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Six Chinese Nationals Charged With Economic Espionage
In a sign the U.S government is losing patience with Chinese industrial espionage, it charged six Chinese nationals with economic espionage, saying they stole secrets from two military contractors, the Department of Justice said on […]
UK Government Secretly Changes Laws To Allow Illegal Spying
If anyone still thought legal challenges to surveillance are possible, think again. After, against all odds, succeeding in the United Kingdom it appears lawmakers will simply change the laws to allow for the otherwise illegal […]
South Korean Law Forces Spyware On Teen Mobile Phones
South Korea has adopted the highly repressive North Korean regime as its personal freedom reference point. As the North blocks sites and web pages with gusto, South Korea is now telling parents they must install […]
NSA Caught In More Industrial Espionage, Hacked EU Giant Siemens
A German newspaper reported Sunday that the NSA’s campaign of industrial espionage against European companies could be more wide ranging than first reported. While initial reports only talked of stealing plans from Airbus and passing […]
China Fingered In Massive Cyber Attack On U.S. Websites
The United States will press China to comprehensively investigate reports that Chinese attackers, probably state sponsored, were behind a massive cyber attack against prominent U.S. websites. State Department spokesman Jeff Rathke said the U.S. is […]
Appeals Court Rules NSA Spying Illegal
While an appeals court found Thursday that the NSA’s data collection on law abiding Americans over-reaches and raises grave privacy concerns, it remains to be seen if the ruling will put any type of halt […]
Meet The 27,000 People Working To Spy On You
A trio of transparency scholars have collected personal details of 27,000 intelligence officers they say are working on surveillance programs. The data dump not only names the officers, but in some cases tells you where […]
Canada Passes Sweeping Spy Bill Aimed At Citizens
While Europe comes to its senses and resoundingly rejects measures that allow governments to spy on its citizens, Canada has moved in the opposite direction. The federal government’s controversial new anti-terrorism bill won the approval […]
NSA Now Spying On Every American Phone Call By Converting Them To Text
New reports show that the NSA has been using software to convert your phone calls into transcripts stored in searchable databases, it was revealed on Tuesday. Documents leaked by Edward Snowden and published by The […]
Ron Paul Warns That ‘USA Freedom Act’ Will Result In Lost Liberty
Ron Paul has released a lengthy treatise today on the dangers of the pending USA Freedom Act, an extension of the liberty-reducing PATRIOT Act. In a detailed statement, presented below, Mr Paul illustrates how ineffective […]
Mass Surveillance Ruled Unconstitutional In Slovak Republic
Laws that allow for spying on European citizens continue to fall across the continent. First it was Bulgaria, which followed in the wake of the Netherlands. Yesterday the Constitutional Court of the Slovak Republic has […]
UN Rules Internet Censorship, Kill Switches Violate Human Rights
In a landmark UN authored paper, a group of leading experts have said that forcing the shutdown of internet access is impermissible under international human rights law — even during times of war and conflict. […]
Here’s A List Of Everything Facebook Knows About You
And it isn’t just Facebook that knows all this – your data is freely shared with the NSA and CIA. It’s also available, without a warrant, to every law enforcement branch in the country. Just […]
Germany Launches Public Probe Of NSA Data Collection
Germany was up in arms this weekend over fresh spying allegations that could harm the country’s thorny relationship with surveillance of its citizens. The revelations bring back Soviet era memories where secret police held dossiers […]
New Legislation Voids Fourth Amendment, Shares Your Data Without Permission
While defense secretary Ashton Carter unveiled the Pentagon’s new Cyber Strategy last week he failed to mention the provision that will send private data about U.S. citizens and companies to foreign militaries. “To improve shared […]
China Isn’t The Only One: Airbus Sues Over NSA Blueprint Theft
Fresh evidence emerged Friday that China isn’t the only country engaged in rampant industrial espionage. European aerospace giant Airbus is promising legal action over claims its top secret blueprints were stolen by German spies and […]
Motel 6 Caught Uploading Guest Information To Police
In yet another example of pervasive spying on Americans by law enforcement and big corporations, the Providence Journal reports on a newly signed agreement between Motel 6 in Warwick, R.I. and the local police force. […]
New EU Regulations Mean Cars Will Spy On You
In another blow to individual privacy the European Union has enacted strict laws that now force car manufacturers to track and submit loads of data about their driver to authorities. While supposedly for safety purposes […]
Russia Releases Spy Photos Of U.S. Defense Satellite
Russia can add space to the list of places it is causing worry and disruption according to new reports. The belligerent communist state has already invaded Ukraine and is assisting Iran in Yemen but it […]
Internet Bill Of Rights Shows Brazil Understands What We Don’t
CryptoRave, the largest conference on cryptology and Internet privacy in Latin America, kicked off Friday in São Paulo, Brazil. Several thousand people – young programmers, activists, hackers and self-described “cyberpunks” – will attend the 24-hour […]
U.S. Readying Hacking Related Sanctions On China & Russia
The United States government is preparing the first round of sanctions against foreign entities or individuals involved in hacking, according to a senior Department of Justice official. The move will mark the first test of […]
Louisiana Declares War On Privacy By Banning Cash At Garage Sales
Louisiana cemented itself as the most privacy unfriendly state in the union when it passed a bill last week banning the use cash in all secondhand transactions. The shocking move is both a blow to […]
Former Attorney General Lied To Congress About NSA Spying
Startling revelations about U.S. domestic spying programs were revealed in newly declassified documents on Saturday, Americans.org has learned. According to the documents former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales lied to Congress about the dispute between […]
How Big Retailers Spy On You While Shopping
A dirty little secret in retail is that every shopper that sets foot through the door of a major retail chain is being tracked in an extraordinary level of detail. The Federal Trade Commission announced […]
Does Viral Ad Campaign Offer Scary Glimpse Into Our Future?
Every day in Hong Kong more than 16,000 tons of waste is dumped in the streets and public spaces. A new project from the Hong Kong Cleanup Challenge and ad agency Ogilvy & Mather Hong […]
Snowden Popularity Shows Tech Literacy Gap In America
An interesting study was published late Thursday about America’s perception of Edward Snowden, the ex-NSA contractor who leaked classified information about America’s illegal spying operations against its citizens. The poll is interesting because it shows […]
NSA Now Spying On Your Snail Mail
The NSA and America’s other secret police continue their war on Americans with revelations this week that the U.S. Postal Service photographs the front and back of all mail sent throughout the U.S. The program […]
No Charges Filed Against Contractor Paid By Chinese To Spy
Bizarre revelations emerged Wednesday morning that a state department contractor leaked data on Americans to Chinese agents and yet was not prosecuted by the department of justice. Unsealed court documents show State Department translator Xiaoming […]
NSA Reform Stalls As Bill Introduced To Extend Patriot Act Until 2020
Hopes for meaningful reform to America’s illegal and democracy perverting spy apparatus suffered a major blow Wednesday as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell introduced a bill Tuesday night that would reauthorize the controversial surveillance authority […]