Surveillance-IT

Microsoft Considers Encryption To Protect Customers From Government Spies

The company is worried its data centres might have been tapped by the NSA

11 years ago

Microsoft’s Scroogled Store Opens For Google Haters

Microsoft's Scroogled Store provides the perfect Christmas gifts for those people who hate Google

11 years ago

British Security Chiefs Let NSA Store UK Email Addresses And Phone Numbers – Snowden

Latest documents give strongest confirmation yet that UK citizens have been spied upon by the NSA

11 years ago

Google’s Latest Transparency Report Criticises Intelligence Agencies

Google is not allowed to reveal how much information is requested by organisations like the NSA, and it’s not happy…

11 years ago

The NSA Refuses To Stop Spying On Germany

Representatives of the German secret services fail to reach an agreement with US colleagues

11 years ago

OpenStack Vendors Look To Protect User Privacy

At the OpenStack Summit, vendors discussed the actions they are taking to protect users from government surveillance

11 years ago

Box CEO Aaron Levie Calls Alleged NSA Spying ‘Inappropriate’

Box CEO calls for more transparency in government surveillance and says country-specific networks are a bad idea

11 years ago

Privacy Group Complaint Says Telecoms Giants ‘Colluded’ With GCHQ Snooping

BT, Verizon and Level 3 amongst those included in a Privacy International complaint with the OECD

11 years ago

Art Coviello: Attacking Anonymity, Just In The Right Places

RSA chief explains why he thinks anonymity is the enemy of privacy, but is he more than a little motivated…

11 years ago

Swisscom Pitches ‘Swiss Cloud’ Privacy Credentials To Concerned Businesses

Swisscom's 'Swiss Cloud' services could be attractive to companies concerned about the extent of government surveillance

11 years ago

Human Rights Groups Urge Cameron To Rethink GCHQ Snooping Reaction

Cameron's reaction to GCHQ's snooping has eroded the freedoms of the press and ignored threats to civil liberties, open letter…

11 years ago

Google And Yahoo Fibre Networks Allegedly Infiltrated By The NSA

The NSA could have harvested information from fibre optic channels connecting Google data centres

11 years ago

Silent Circle And Lavabit Creating Anti-Snooping Email Alternative

Edward Snowden's old email provider and Silent Circle announce the Dark Mail Alliance

11 years ago

ICO Fines North East Lincolnshire Council £80,000 For Lost USB Stick

ICO dishes fine after a teach lost a memory stick with information about 286 children with special needs

11 years ago

RSA’s Art Coviello: Anonymity Is The Enemy Of Privacy

RSA boss and privacy advocates at loggerheads again, as Coviello accused of ignoring the furore around NSA surveillance

11 years ago

NSA Monitored 60 Million Spanish Phone Calls In One Month

Spanish authorities demand explanation after Snowdon documents reveal yet another mass surveillance operation

11 years ago

Mozilla Lightbeam Looks To Visualise Global Web Tracking

Lightbeam will allow users to visualise the way third parties track their web usage

11 years ago

Deutsche Telekom Calls For ‘German Internet’ Following Spy Scandals

Operator wants to protect Germans from foreign surveillance over concerns Chancellor Angela Merkel's phone was monitored

11 years ago

Angela Merkel’s Phone Tapped By NSA – Report

President Obama says US is not tapping Angela Merkel's phone - but Germans aren't satisfied

11 years ago

European Committee Votes For Strict Privacy Laws

Right to be forgotten, increased fines, in tough EU privacy draft

11 years ago

French Government Outraged At The Extent Of NSA Spying

Prime Minister demands to know why the US spy agency recorded more than 70 million French phone calls in 30…

11 years ago

eBay Founder Pledges £154m To Glenn Greenwald-Backed Media Venture

Pierre Omidayar and Glenn Greenwald want to support independent journalists amid fears of lack of press freedom in the US…

11 years ago

Intelligence Committee To Probe GCHQ Snooping Powers

ISC looking into balance between security and privacy after explosive Snowden leaks

11 years ago

Google User Recommendations To Appear In Adverts

Google has changed its terms of service in order to allow users' recommendations and +1 actions to appear in ads

11 years ago

Facebook To Axe Search-by-Name Opt-Out Feature

Facebook is to change a privacy setting that allows users to opt-out of first or last name searches

11 years ago

New UK Cyber Police Chief: We Need Skills To De-Anonymise Tor Crooks

Crooks think they can operate anonymously online with tools like Tor. They can't, says head of the National Cyber Crime…

11 years ago

Privacy Bodies Take GCHQ Snooping Fight To EU Court

Complaints lodged with European Court of Human Rights as the Snowden leaks fallout spreads

11 years ago