A federal judge threw out claims by a California man who became a media sensation after he found a government GPS tracker in his car. ‘Yasir Afifi says he was due for an oil change […]
11th Circuit decided man had no expectation of privacy regarding records establishing his location near certain cellphone towers.
Allows intelligence agencies to tap phones and emails without judicial permission.
Digital communications once considered private are now permanent record.
‘Hundreds of people have taken to the streets in the French capital city of Paris to show their anger at a new controversial bill that would give the intelligence services sweeping espionage powers, Press TV […]
‘German Chancellor Angela Merkel has defended her country’s intelligence agency over its cooperation with US National Security Agency to spy on EU countries and entities. “In the face of international terrorism threats, they can only […]
Justice Department may be about to reveal significant details about how and where the devices are typically deployed.
US intelligence agencies have no objection to us encrypting messages – as long as they can still read them.
Said it was imperative the BND continue to work with the NSA to help in the fight against international terrorism.
‘Controversial plans to give private companies such as Google responsibility for storing people’s private personal health data could be revived, a minister has suggested. Life sciences minister George Freeman, a Conservative, told business leaders that […]
‘It’s after midnight. From this mountaintop perch, he can still see the radioactive remains of what used to be Washington, D.C., illuminating the horizon as he exits the helicopter. The nuclear glow serves as stark […]
In 1984, George Orwell depicted a future in which the government watches citizens’ every move. But Orwell got it only partly right. ‘For many people, the most significant threat to their privacy may come not […]
‘A group of Western aid workers for an organisation headed by former Foreign Secretary David Miliband have been thrown out of pro-Moscow eastern Ukraine on suspicion of ‘espionage’. The move against the International Rescue Committee […]
‘The claims that Merkel’s government knew about German state intelligence spying on behalf of the Americans against the country’s own industrial interests raise disturbing questions about the integrity of German government leaders. The apparent betrayal […]