NSA's UK partner targets German companies, says report - CNET

 "A new report out of Germany cites the Edward Snowden documents in saying that the GCHQ spied on German Internet companies. It also offers more info on US monitoring of Germany's chancellor."



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Defence Department: Uniforms may get some jobs reprieve

"The Abbott government appears to be quarantining uniformed personnel from looming Defence Department job cuts even though its own figures reveal they are up to 41 per cent more expensive than civilian public servants who can play crucial roles in protecting Australia."



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Edward Snowden documents show Malaysia is an Australia, US intelligence target

"Malaysia’s political leadership is a priority intelligence target for the United States and Australia, according to top secret documents published by Germany’s Der Spiegel magazine."



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Using remote desktop clients: ASD Australian Signals Directorate

"Remote access solutions are increasingly being used to access sensitive or classified systems from homes and public places. "



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Vodafone and Verizon Spied for GCHQ and NSA | NewsClick

"The recent disclosures that have come in the press that Vodafone and Verizon have helped their “parent” spy outfits – GCHQ (UK) and NSA (USA) – to spy on the Indian telecom network will not be a shock to the readers of this column. "



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Enemies-of-the-Internet-2014-entities-at-the-heart-of-censorship-and-surveillance-HotnHitNews-13326032014 | www.hotnhitnews.com | Issue based News Portal from Odisha, India

"Identifying government units or agencies rather than entire governments as Enemies of the Internet allows us to draw attention to the schizophrenic attitude towards online freedoms that prevails in some countries."



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Defence Legislation Amendment (Woomera Prohibited Area) Bill 2014 – Parliament of Australia

 "Defence Legislation Amendment (Woomera Prohibited Area) Bill 2014"



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The Liarocracy: Snowden Reveals NSA Tactics For Defaming Targets

"Why do I distrust our government so much? Because I have experienced, first-hand, their untrustworthiness, and their slanders."



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NSA spied on Chinese govt and telecom giant Huawei - Snowden docs — RT News

"The US National Security Agency (NSA) has spied on Chinese leaders and businesses, new Snowden docs indicate. Yet it seems that China’s telecom giant, Huawei, was the core target for the NSA campaign in China."



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Australian spy agency a law unto itself | Big News Network

"The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) is not getting smaller. Its staff has almost doubled in the past nine years. In a few months, the organisation will move into a $589 million headquarters built to house its growing workforce."



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ASIO and ASIS put out the 'help wanted' sign

"Are you a skilled public servant but can't find a job? Would you like to work in a new building once dubbed ''Lubyanka on the Lake''? Then you should become a spy."



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Google encrypts Gmail to safeguard against NSA snooping — RT News

"Google is doing its best to put a lid on the NSA’s prying eyes by using enhanced encryption technology to make its flagship email service airtight."



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Infosecurity - Twitter Shelves Plans to Encrypt Messages Between Users

"Last November it became known that Twitter was working to encrypt direct messages (DMs) between users in response to NSA/GCHQ snooping. Although general Twitter posts are entirely public, DMs (direct tweets between connected users) are considered to be a private form of messaging. Now it is reported that Twitter has quietly shelved DM encryption plans."



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German parliament confirms NSA inquiry, to start in April | News | DW.DE | 20.03.2014

"Germany's four major parties have unanimously approved a parliamentary inquiry into surveillance by the NSA. A German newspaper reported that whistleblower Edward Snowden, currently in Russia, may testify via Skype."



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Tech giants KNEW about PRISM, web snooping, claims top NSA lawyer • The Register

"Analysis The NSA's general counsel Rajesh De says technology firms were fully aware of both America's web surveillance program PRISM and the mass monitoring of upstream internet traffic."



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Australian Geospatial-Intelligence Organisation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"The Australian Geospatial-Intelligence Organisation (AGO) is an Australian government intelligence agency responsible for the tasking (collection), exploitation (analysis), and dissemination (distribution) of geospatial intelligence (GEOINT). AGO is part of the Australian Department of Defence."



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MH370: 6 Questions About The Objects In The Indian Ocean

"AUSTRALIAN authorities who were tasked with searching the southern Indian Ocean for the missing flight MH370 have sent four aircraft to investigate at least two objects detected by satellite far off the Australian coast."



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Federal South Australian leaders Don Farrell and Jamie Briggs trade blows over development projects | The Australian

"Senator Farrell wants changes to the protection of the Woomera Prohibited Area to unlock “one of the world’s major untapped mineral resources”."



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New Zealand media bury fresh Snowden revelations - World Socialist Web Site

New revelations by whistleblower Edward Snowden, further exposing the New Zealand government’s involvement in the global spying activities of the US National Security Agency (NSA) have been buried by the country’s political and media establishment."



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​Tech giants knew about data collection, says NSA’s top lawyer — RT USA

The top lawyer for the National Security Agency told a civil liberties oversight board on Wednesday that US technology companies were fully aware of the surveillance agency’s data collection – knowledge which the firms have vigorously denied having."



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Australian minister concedes `no breakthrough` with Jakarta

"Jakarta: Australia's Defence Minister conceded Wednesday during a visit to Jakarta there was still no "breakthrough" in improving relations with Indonesia which have been damaged by a row over spying. "



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Report: British spy agency watching Yahoo users' webcam feeds

"The Guardian published a report that alleges that the British spy agency GCHQ intercepted webcam feeds from millions of Yahoo users around the globe."



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Australia wants to hold web records longer because of Snowden- The Inquirer

"AUSTRALIAN LAW ENFORCEMENT is using Edward Snowden's surveillance revelations as an excuse to store web data for at least two years."



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Counselor, Heal Thyself | Fox Business

"All thanks to Mr. Snowden for giving us yet another controversy."



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Spy agencies seek to store Aussies’ web-browsing histories, end encryption — RT News

"The Australian Security Intelligence Organization (ASIO) is pushing for laws that would make telecommunications companies retain their customers’ web-browsing data, as well as forcing web users to decrypt encrypted messages."



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Spies and police want telco data | The Australian

"AUSTRALIA’S police and spy agencies have joined a call on the government to force telecommunications providers to keep data about people’s communications, saying such data has been “critical” in avoiding mass-casualty terrorist attacks."



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While the spies watch, be sure we’re watching them | Herald Sun

"RECENT media reports based on US intelligence disclosures have put intelligence gathering and its oversight back in the spotlight."



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Public apathy over GCHQ snooping is a recipe for disaster | Technology | The Observer

"The lack of public alarm at government internet surveillance is frightening, but perhaps it's because the problem is difficult to convey in everyday terms"



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While the spies watch, be sure we’re watching them | Herald Sun

 "RECENT media reports based on US intelligence disclosures have put intelligence gathering and its oversight back in the spotlight."



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PM gives go-ahead to buy Triton drones | News.com.au

"AUSTRALIA will buy Triton long-range unmanned surveillance drones, but the Abbott government isn't saying how many or how much they'll cost."



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BBC News - Australia to buy US drones for border patrol

 "Australia has announced it will buy unmanned surveillance drones from the US to protect its borders and commercial interests."



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Viceroys of the Pacific | Dissident Voice

"The Australians are the underdressed Viceroys of the pacific, a vestige of past power.  "



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IBM denies sharing client data with NSA — RT USA

"US technology giant IBM has fought back against speculation that the company cooperated with the National Security Agency, publishing a letter to clients Friday in an attempt to distance itself from the embattled intelligence agency."



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Edward Snowden’s Testimony to European Parliament on NSA | Scoop News

"Independent Science News has decided to reprint in full the March 7th testimony of Edward Snowden to the European Parliament. "



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NSA denies mass spyware attack - Zuckerberg calls out Obama on future of internet - Enterprise - | siliconrepublic.com - Ireland's Technology News Service

"The NSA has dismissed reports of a mass spyware effort as inaccurate and denied it used Facebook servers as a honey trap for surveillance. "



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Google to encrypt searches in response to NSA surveillance claims - 13 Mar 2014 - Computing News

"Google has begun routinely encrypting web searches conducted in China as it rolls out a more robust and secure system for handling search traffic."



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Why NSA's Betrayal Of Internet Security Is Akin To A Massive Public Health Disaster | Techdirt

 "One of the most shocking of Snowden's revelations was that the NSA and GCHQ are deliberately weakening the Internet's security -- either by undermining standards, or by using zero-day vulnerabilities to break into systems."



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ASIO error led to Egyptian terrorism suspect being placed in low-security prison in Adelaide, report finds - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

"Significant communication problems within domestic spy agency ASIO led to an alleged Egyptian terrorist being cleared for community detention, a report has found."



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Drones over Down Under: Australia to spend $2.7bn on border UAV patrols — RT News

 "Australia has approved plans to buy several Triton drones to patrol the country’s borders at a cost of US$2.7 billion. The government believes the drones can help to prevent illegal immigration."



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Spies like us - ABC New South Wales - Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)

"James Bond and most spy movies are so far removed from the real world of spies its laughable says a former spy now turned recruiter."



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Australian government defies UN call to release refugee detainees - World Socialist Web Site

"Australia’s Labor Party opposition has joined hands with the Liberal-National government in its defiance of two UN agencies over the indefinite detention of more than 50 refugees denied security clearances by the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO)."



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If GCHQ wants to improve national security it must fix our technology | Technology | theguardian.com

"Our security is better served by protecting us against online threats than it is by giving cops and spies an easier time attacking ‘bad guys’"



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Julian Assange appears at South by Southwest | canada.com

"Wikileaks founder Julian Assange spoke to attendees of the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas, over the weekend about the dangers of state surveillance."



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Julian Assange appears at South by Southwest | canada.com

"Wikileaks founder Julian Assange spoke to attendees of the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas, over the weekend about the dangers of state surveillance."



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Spooking the spooks: US surveillance system to muzzle rogue agents and leakers — RT USA

"US intelligence plans to introduce a massive system of internal surveillance by electronically monitoring the behavior of up to 5 million federal employees with secret clearances, current and former officials told the Associated Press."



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Indonesia, Australia and the Edward Snowden Legacy: Shifting asymmetries of power :: JapanFocus

"A near perfect storm has descended on Australian relations with its nominal strategic partner and largest neighbour, Indonesia, to the point where the Indonesian foreign minister, standing beside John Kerry in Jakarta, said it was “very simple.” “Australia must decide if Indonesia is a friend or an enemy.”1"



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Intelligence watchdog warns against intel agency mission creep • The Register

"A genuine intelligence insider has told a government inquiry that expanding telecommunications intercept powers could be both risky and privacy-invasive."



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Intelligence watchdog warns against intel agency mission creep • The Register

"A genuine intelligence insider has told a government inquiry that expanding telecommunications intercept powers could be both risky and privacy-invasive."



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SXSW14: Eric Schmidt on Julian Assange, GCHQ, Russian internet censorship and robots | Marketing Magazine

"Google executive chairman and former chief executive Eric Schmidt took to the stage at SXSW interactive alongside co-author of 'The Digital Age' Jared Cohen, Google's director of its Ideas think tank, to discuss his views on privacy and the NSA, GCHQ, Russia and robots, reports Loulla-Mae Eleftheriou-Smith."



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Assange: NSA, GCHQ’s ability to surveil everyone on planet ‘almost here’ — RT News

"The NSA and GCHQ will soon have the ability to spy on the entire planet, as their capabilities double every 18 months, Julian Assange told the South by Southwest (SXSW) conference on Saturday."



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Assange: NSA, GCHQ’s ability to surveil everyone on planet ‘almost here’ — RT News

"The NSA and GCHQ will soon have the ability to spy on the entire planet, as their capabilities double every 18 months, Julian Assange told the South by Southwest (SXSW) conference on Saturday."



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Snowden: Spy Services of EU Member States Independently Hawk Domestic Access to NSA, GCHQ | The Dissenter

"As part of a European parliamentary committee’s inquiry into electronic massive surveillance on the citizens of European Union member states, former NSA contractor and whistleblower Edward Snowden provided testimony to the committee."



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Bagehot: A great place to be a spy | The Economist

"INSIDE the vast, doughnut-shaped hideaway of GCHQ, Britain’s signal-intelligence agency, the spies are sweating. In a sense, it turns out that they always are. "



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Australian Court rules in favor of alleged LTTE member

"The Australian High Court has found the denial of a protection visa to a Sri Lankan Tamil with an adverse security assessment from Australian security intelligence organisation was not valid."



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St Austell "UFO" photo part of leaked whistleblower documents | This is Cornwall

"A SLIDE apparently showing a UFO in Cornwall is part of the latest batch of government documents leaked by American National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden."



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NSA and GCHQ: Intelligence Gathering Turns Into Public Manipulation | IVN.us

"Edward Snowden’s trove of documents acquired from the National Security Agency (NSA) has provided a blueprint for understanding the structure and design of intelligence agencies around the world. "



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Defense Update:Australia Continues Heron I Mission in Afghanistan - Defense Update:

While coalition forces begin to withdraw from Afghanistan, the Heron I remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) operated with the Australian Heron Detachment"



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US government’s hacking tools may end up with criminals | South China Morning Post

"Electronic spying tools used by the US government could end up in the hands of organised criminals and hackers, further eroding internet security, warned industry leaders who called for new restrictions and oversight of government activity."



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Infosecurity - Deputy Prime Minister Wants to Start an Obama-style Debate into GCHQ Surveillance

"Nick Clegg, deputy prime minister and leader of the coalition Liberal Democrat party (who temporarily killed off the Data Communications Bill by saying 'it won't happen') has tried and failed to get prime minister David Cameron to launch a public debate over GCHQ in the UK similar to the public debate fostered by President Obama over the NSA in the US."



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Finally: Senior UK Politicians Start To Call For Review Of GCHQ's Spying Activities | Techdirt

"One of the most disappointing aspects of the NSA and GCHQ revelations is the almost total lack of outrage in the UK. The government there has simply stuck to its line that everything was done in accordance with the law, and has refused to consider a formal review of British spying in light of what we have learned. "



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NSA: Deny, Disrupt, Degrade, and Deceive | United Liberty | Free Market - Individual Liberty - Limited Government

"This past Monday Alice Salles posted a very disturbing article about the NSA and GCHQ intercepting and storing webcam images from supposedly private web chats. Between 3 to 11 percent of these images contain sexually explicit content. What would the NSA and GCHQ possibly want with these images apart from a few individual agents getting their jollies?"



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Uncrackable phones provided by Phantom Secure linked to murder of Hells Angels bikies - The West Australian

"Australian law enforcement agencies are increasingly unable to monitor the communications of some of the country's most powerful criminals due to the rising prevalence of uncrackable encrypted phones."



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APS Jobs - Vacancy N.N. 10622158

 "The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) is seeking applications from talented people to fill a number of critical roles in the collection and analysis of intelligence. These roles are ideally suited to people seeking a career in intelligence and national security."



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Anti-leaks legislation coming within weeks, says NSA chief — RT USA

"The head of the National Security Agency, General Keith Alexander, alluded to unspecified legislation on media leaks as being forthcoming, potentially within weeks, during remarks at a cybersecurity panel on Tuesday."



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UK private commission to snoop on Internet spies — RT News

 "The UK Deputy PM has commissioned an independent committee to review Britain’s internet surveillance program after failing to convince PM David Cameron of need for new regulations."



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Why Whistleblowers Matter | Tom Engelhardt

"Who can keep up? The revelations -- mainly thanks to the documents Edward Snowden took from the National Security Agency -- are never-ending. Just this week, we learned that GCHQ, the British intelligence agency whose activities are interwoven with the NSA's, used a program called Optic Nerve"



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Government spying tools will worsen Internet security: experts - chicagotribune.com

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Electronic spying tools used by the U.S. government could end up in the hands of organized criminals and hackers, further eroding Internet security, warned industry leaders who called for new restrictions and oversight of government activity."



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BAE Systems seeks test range remediation contract - UPI.com

 "ADELAIDE, Australia, March 4 (UPI) -- BAE Systems in Australia is touting its test range management technology and experience in its bid for remediation of the country's Woomera Test Range."



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Australia ordered to cease spying on East Timor by International Court of Justice

"Australia has been ordered to cease spying on East Timor and its legal advisers, in a landmark decision by the International Court of Justice relating to a bitter dispute between the two countries over $40 billion of oil and gas reserves in the Timor Sea."



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Phones inherently susceptible to interception: Operators | The Jakarta Post

"Cell phone operators have defended the security features they use on their networks, saying the fact that the telecommunications industry operates in the public sphere makes it susceptible to interception."



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The NSA, Planned Parenthood and Your Right to Privacy | Steven Conn

"Not a week seems to go by without more revelations about how the NSA (or recently the UK's GCHQ) monitors our electronic communications. Who knew that all the time I waste watching old movie clips on YouTube was so interesting to the guardians of our national security."



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Australia ordered to cease spying on East Timor by International Court of Justice

"Australia has been ordered to cease spying on East Timor and its legal advisers, in a landmark decision by the International Court of Justice relating to a bitter dispute between the two countries over $40 billion of oil and gas reserves in the Timor Sea."



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NSA, GCHQ shamed themselves by hacking into Yahoo users private content - expert - The Voice of Russia - The Voice of Russia's Global Discussion

 "The US NSA and UK GCHQ intercepted webcam images of millions of Yahoo users not suspected of any wrongdoing, GCHQ documents have revealed. Kristian Gustafson, "



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Australian ­Secret Intelligence Service is looking online for prospective James Bonds | Herald Sun

"Australia’s secret service is advertising online for curious workers who can keep their mouth shut."



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Senators To Investigate NSA Role In GCHQ 'Optic Nerve' Webcam Spying - Guardian - Democratic Underground

 "Senators to investigate NSA role in GCHQ 'Optic Nerve' webcam spying
Three senators condemn UK spy agency’s ‘breathtaking lack of respect’ over interception of Yahoo users’ webcam images "



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The Worst Snowden Revelation of Them All by Justin Raimondo -- Antiwar.com

"One common reaction to Edward Snowden’s exposure of the National Security Agency’s pervasive surveillance of Americans and people around the world has been: Well, at least they aren’t doing what US government agents did in the 1960s and 1970s – targeting dissident political activists, spying on and disrupting their constitutionally-protected activities, and seeking to discredit them with programs like Cointelpro."



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NSA, GCHQ spied on Israel, Germany, UN and others - new Snowden leaks — RT USA

"Leaders in Israel — one of America’s closest allies—have for years been targeted in a surveillance operation waged by the United States’ National Security Agency, or NSA, according to files leaked by Edward Snowden."



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Limit surveillance to ‘terrorist communication,’ says outgoing NSA boss — RT USA

"General Keith Alexander, the soon-to-be departed chief of the NSA, admitted Thursday in front of a congressional committee that the massive intelligence agency may be open to extracting less, or more targeted metadata from communication companies."



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NSA/GCHQ Spying on Online Porn Habits to Discredit "Radicalizers" | Peace . Gold . LOVE

"So not only are they using your webcam to take pics of you as you masturbate in front of your computer, they plan to use it to discredit all dissenters! Well done, Police State."



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How to foil the NSA and GCHQ with strong encryption- The Inquirer

"THE MOST INTERESTING DEVICE shown at Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona this week was the secure Blackphone developed by Silent Circle and Geeksphone."



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NSA, GCHQ Collected Millions Of Yahoo User Webcam Images | DSLReports, ISP Information

"Snowden leaks had already indicated that the NSA had been busy hacking into Yahoo servers (and Google, Microsoft), obtaining data via the back door in addition to PRISM data they were collecting up front. "



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‘NSA, GCHQ criminals way ahead of the law in Britain and US’ — RT Op-Edge

"There are people trying to make money on the data leak scare, introducing new gadgets, but it doesn’t stop GCHQ or the NSA intercepting the data on its way through the telecommunications network, investigative journalist Tony Gosling told RT."



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