US attempts to crack down on spying turned out to be just racism
Let's get the Chinese brainboxes they must be spies
The US Justice Department is giving up on its controversial China Initiative which was supposed to crack down on foreign spying but was just a cover to target Chinese academics and tech researchers.
Twitter employees spied for Saudi Arabia
Court told how the pair looked for Riyadh critics
Two former employees of Twitter were charged with spying for Saudi Arabia by snooping into thousands of private accounts seeking personal information about critics of the Riyadh government.
Microsoft finds first evidence of mid-term election tampering
There might be a spy amongst us
Microsoft detected and helped block hacking attempts against three congressional candidates this year, a company executive said.
European governments using mobile metadata to deport immigrants
Would chuck away that phone if I were you
European leaders appeasing the rise of anti-immigration parties are using metadata on smartphones to start sending migrants back.
German spooks can spy on network hubs
Court says there is nothing to worry about
Germany's spy agency can monitor major internet hubs if Berlin deems it necessary for strategic security interests, a federal court has ruled.
Republicans want to extend internet snooping plan
Worried about armed revolt
Having just spent a fortune giving big corporations and the very rich tax cuts while doing nothing for the poor and middle classes, the US Republicans want to maintain the iron grip that security forces have over the internet, just in case the rest of the country revolts by linking themselves to worldwide terrorist organisations.
European Parliament clamps down on spying hardware
This gear threatening security and human rights
The European Parliament has overwhelmingly backed plans to control exports of devices to intercept mobile phone calls, hack computers or circumvent passwords that could be used by foreign states to suppress political opponents or activists.
Iphone ships with spying feature
Lets spooks see what you are doing without you knowing
The fruity cargo cult Apple’s iOS operating system has a natty feature which allows spooks to turn on your phone so they can see what you are doing.
US will start spying on home grown terrorists
Finally realised that those are the main threat
US spooks are finally turning their considerable tech spying power on to the white men with guns who do most of the terrorism in the country.
Security experts warn against Kaspersky
Former NSA cybersecurity analysts think it is too risky
Two former NSA security experts have warned those who are concerned about privacy or have sensitive information against using Kaspersky software