Surveillance-IT

Microsoft: Government Data Requests Target Individuals

Police and government data requests focused overwhelmingly on individuals over enterprises in 2013, according to Microsoft

11 years ago

ICO Fines British Abortion Charity £200k For Data Breach

British Pregnancy Advice Service was hacked twice in March 2012 by Anonymous hacker James Jeffrey

11 years ago

FreedomPop ‘Snowden Phone’ To Tackle Privacy Concerns

FreedomPop launches a fully encrypted smartphone dubbed the Privacy Phone, to counter NSA snooping

11 years ago

US Government Accuses Operator Sprint Of Overcharging For Surveillance

US telco Sprint overcharged the US government £13m for facilitating spying operations such as wiretaps, according to a US Justice…

11 years ago

NHS Under Fire Over Third-Party Handling Of Patient Data

NHS data sharing initiatives cause upset again after two third parties take down files that indicate they shared public data…

11 years ago

Legal Protests Will Keep NSA’s Phone Record Hoard For Longer!

A legal complaint to stop the NSA storing phone records is having the opposite result, says Wayne Rash. The data…

11 years ago

GCHQ Could Have Been Watching Your Webcam Feed

Snowden documents suggest GCHQ was collecting millions of images of law-abiding citizens obtained directly from their webcams during online chats…

11 years ago

Virgin Media Boosts Top Fibre Optic Speeds to 152Mbps

Virgin Media to offer free speed upgrades to customers - and parental controls too

11 years ago

MWC 2014: Privacy-Focused Blackphone Enters The Market

Geeksphone and Silent Circle unveil privacy-focused Blackphone in Barcelona, fulfilling Phil Zimmerman's dream of secure phone calls

11 years ago

Poll: What’s The NSA Scandal Done To Your Attitudes?

Now surveillance by governments has been exposed, has the NSA scandal affected your trust for leading Internet brands?

11 years ago

Two Fifths Of Businesses Are Confused By Data Management Legislation

Six Degrees Group claims people put their trust in managed data service providers

11 years ago

Care.data: Government’s Medical Database Plans Delayed

Privacy groups pleased government has recognised need for transparency

11 years ago

Snowden Leak: NSA And GCHQ Targeted WikiLeaks And Pirate Bay

WikiLeaks website visitors have their IP addresses scooped up by British snoops, fresh leaks show

11 years ago

Hacking Team Spyware ‘Hits Ethiopian Journalists’

"Lawful intercept" tech allegedly used in attacks on Ethiopian journalists, as civil rights activists fret about abuse of the software

11 years ago

Google Asks Congress To Revise Privacy Laws

Google asks US Congress to revise American privacy laws and takes part in "The Day We Fight Back" campaign, in…

11 years ago

LinkedIn Pulls Intro Service After Only Five Months

Integrated iPhone email service sparked security concerns after being introduced last October

11 years ago

Facebook: The Mixed Legacy Of Its First Ten Years

Facebook turns ten as observers debate its social legacy and its future

11 years ago

Internet Giants Reveal Secret Government Data Requests

Tens of thousands of requests were made by the FISA court in the first half of 2013

11 years ago

US Navy Cybersecurity Chief Michael Rogers To Be New Head Of NSA

Vice-Admiral Michael Rogers nominated by President Obama to take NSA role

11 years ago

Head Of GCHQ Sir Iain Lobban To Leave By The End Of 2014

The Foreign Office says move not connected to criticism of data collection practices

11 years ago

NSA And GCHQ Spy On Targets Using Leaky Mobile Apps

Angry Birds likely one of many mobile apps being exploited by the NSA and GCHQ in their mass spying efforts

11 years ago

Verizon’s Transparency Report Shows Another Rise In US Data Requests

Verizon reveals the masses of data requests it receives from the US government and law enforcement

11 years ago

Swedish Researchers Uncover Dirty Tor Exit Relays

Researchers find 25 "spoiled onions" used to look through or censor users' Tor traffic

11 years ago

University Of Cumbria To Accept Fees In Bitcoin

Rival university lecturer says Cumbria would be braver to use dogecoin

11 years ago

Lawyer: EU Privacy Laws Will Lead To Fining Frenzy In UK

As Viviane Reding says greater fining powers are needed, top data protection lawyer warns about incoming laws

11 years ago

Google Chrome Feedly And Twitter Extensions Pulled In Adware Scare

Two extensions to Google's Chrome browser concerning social media were apparently spamming users with ads

11 years ago

Anti-RSA Brigade Set Up Rival TrustyCon Conference

TrustyCon will take place just down the road from RSA Conference

11 years ago

Snowden: NSA Collects 200m Texts A Day And GCHQ Can See Them Too

GCHQ has access to NSA Dishfire database of texts and phone numbers, according to leaked documents

11 years ago

Quiz Of The Week: Edward Snowden And the NSA

Edward Snowden's revelations of NSA surveillance have sparked arguments round the world. How well do you know the story?

11 years ago

Vodafone Demands Right To Publish Government Surveillance Requests

Vodafone writes to 24 governments to ask for more freedom to be open

11 years ago