surveillance

Communications Data Bill Public Consultation Closes

Now it's up to the Joint Committee to carry on scrutinising the controversial draft Snooper's Charter>

12 years ago

BBC Under Fire For Secret Use Of RIPA Surveillance Powers

Broadcaster just one of many publicly-funded firms keeping schtum about use of RIPA

12 years ago

Brit Firm Implicated In Bahrain Activist Cyber Spy Attacks

British organisation is implicated in a cyber spy campaign that appears to be going after activists in Bahrain

12 years ago

ICO Orders Council To Stop Spying On Cab Passengers

Southampton Council wanted to record video and audio in every city cab

12 years ago

UK Government Faces Lawsuit Over Surveillance Technology Exports

Snooping gear has gone to Syria, Iran and Egypt, and Privacy International isn't happy

12 years ago

Home Office Defends ‘Snooper’s Charter’ At Westminster

Home Office officials tell a Parliamentary Committee why they want our communications data

13 years ago

Syrian Spying Tool DarkComet Killed

Remote access tool killed by its creator, but the Syrian government may still be using it

13 years ago

Apple Sends Out Spy Planes To Challenge Google Maps

iOS 6 will feature “Google on steroids”, according to reports

13 years ago

Anti ‘Snooper’s Charter’ Petition Gets Over 155,000 Signatures

People are getting behind petitions against the Communications Data Bill

13 years ago

Govt ‘Massively Retreating’ From Black Boxes Of Snooper’s Charter

TechWeekEurope understands the Home Office is "retreating massively" from installing black boxes in ISPs to watch over people's communications

13 years ago

‘Snooper’s Charter’ Becomes Draft Bill In Queen’s Speech

Plans to allow GCHQ to watch over all of the UK's communications data are formalised in the Queen's Speech

13 years ago

MPs: GCHQ Snooping Law Makers Are Tech Idiots

Conservative and Lib Dem MPs bash other politicians' knowledge over the tech aspects of proposed controversial surveillance laws

13 years ago

Want to Avoid GCHQ Snooping? It’s As Simple As Using Skype

The myriad ways people can hide their web activity makes the government's overbearing legislation absurd, says Tom Brewster

13 years ago

Anonymous Claims Home Office Website Takedown

The hacking collective Anonymous claims to have successfully launched a denial-of-service attack on the Home Office's website, and promises more…

13 years ago

Nick Clegg Promises Safeguards In Web Surveillance Legislation

Deputy PM says surveillance plans will be open to debate but ensures safeguards over any monitored data

13 years ago

Home Secretary Defends Phone And Internet Surveillance Proposals

Theresa May claims tracking communications will help crack down on paedophiles and terrorists

13 years ago

Government Internet Surveillance Measures Slammed

Government plans to monitor people's web and email use are heavily criticised.

13 years ago

ZTE Cuts Business In Iran After Spy Kit Embarassment

ZTE partners want to know if the company shipped their gear to the Iran

13 years ago

ZTE Sold Surveillance Equipment To State-Owned Iranian Telco

ZTE reportedly signed a deal in 2010 to provide broad monitoring equipment to Iran

13 years ago

Cisco Touts Virtualised Video Surveillance On UCS

Cisco Systems is virtualising its Video Surveillance software, integrating it into the UCS converged platform

13 years ago

Hactivists Plot Satellite System To Bypass Web Censorship

So called hacktivists are considering an outlandish plan to launch their own satellites to create a free space-based Internet, immune…

13 years ago

French Firm Supplied Gaddafi’s Internet Spying Kit

French social media publisher OWNI claims Amesys provided dissident-surveillance equipment to Libya

13 years ago

Hague Pressured Over Iranian Phone Tracking Tools

A British company with links to Wiliam Hague, sold mobile phone tracking software to Iran

13 years ago