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XKeyscore: NSA tool collects ‘nearly everything a user does on the internet’
• XKeyscore gives ‘widest-reaching’ collection of online data • NSA analysts require no prior authorization for searches • Sweeps up emails, social media activity …
‘Prolific Partner’: German Intelligence Used NSA Spy Program
Angela Merkel and her ministers claim they first learned about the US government’s comprehensive spying programs from press reports. But SPIEGEL has learned that …
Cyber warfare: Don’t get caught in the cross hairs
We are on the precipice of a cyber-war. The recent revelations around Prism provide an extreme example of how nation states are taking a …
It’s Time to Rewrite the Internet to Give Us Better Privacy, and Security
It’s not too late to restore confidence, writes “digital Cassandra” Lawrence Lessig, but we need to start by asking the right questions. Almost 15 …
U.S., British intelligence mining data from nine U.S. Internet companies in broad secret program
The National Security Agency and the FBI are tapping directly into the central servers of nine leading U.S. Internet companies, extracting audio and video …
NSA Prism program taps in to user data of Apple, Google and others
• Top-secret Prism program claims direct access to servers of firms including Google, Apple and Facebook • Companies deny any knowledge of program in …
Using Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000, HMRC can access details on what websites you view, where a mobile phone call was made/received: Date & Time of Emails, Texts & Phone calls.
Figures show Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs officials made almost 14,400 authorised views of “communications data” on taxpayers during tax evasion investigations. This compares …
Queen’s speech revives ‘snooper’s charter’ legislation
Downing Street briefing resurrects controversial bill tracking individuals’ email, internet and mobile text use The government appears to have left open the door to …
Link Exposes Users of ‘Bang With Friends’
Bang With Friends, a mobile application that facilitates casual encounters among friends, has a simple pitch: “Your friends will never know you’re interested unless …
Snapchats Don’t Disappear: Forensics Firm Has Pulled Dozens of Supposedly-Deleted Photos From Android Phones
A 24-year-old forensics examiner from Utah has made a discovery that may make some Snapchat users think twice before sending a photo that they …
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