spying

Washington Post Tackles Snooping, Encrypts Webite

Major American news outlet encrypts website to protect readers from spies and hackers

9 years ago

Fake Mobile Towers Spy On UK Phone Users

British mobile users revealed to be under survelliance from police and other forces using fake mobile phone towers

9 years ago

Yahoo To Face Lawsuit For Email Spying

American judge orders Yahoo to face class-action lawsuit for alleged snooping of people's emails

9 years ago

NSA Data Collection Ruled Illegal By US Court

American appeals court rules bulk collection of phone records by NSA is illegal, but program still continues

9 years ago

Airbus Looks To Sue NSA Amidst Spying Allegations

French aerospace giant filing lawsuit after documents emerged in German press implicating the NSA in European industrial spying

9 years ago

Lebanese Hackers Behind Volatile Cedar Spy Campaign

Hackers linked to Lebanese political group are behind a 'well managed' espionage campaign, warns researcher

9 years ago

Gemalto Hack Probe Confirms US, UK Spy Link

Gemalto's 'thorough investigation' concludes GCHQ and the NSA was probably behind 'sophisticated intrusion'

9 years ago

Secretive UK Court Declares GCHQ Mass Surveillance Program Unlawful

GCHQ was operating illegally for at least seven years between 2007 and 2014

9 years ago

NSA Reform Proposals Slammed As ‘Pitiful’

New proposals governing NSA data collection don't go far enough, campaigners complain

9 years ago

Huawei Denies Spying; Fights Internal Fraud With Confession Program

Elusive Huawei boss uses World Economic Forum at Davos to prove firm's transparency

9 years ago

BlackBerry Gains Secusmart To Foil Snoopers

BlackBerry closes up acquisition of German specialist that secured Angela Merkel’s BlackBerry against the NSA

9 years ago

UN Resolution Warns of ‘Intrusive’ Digital Spying

Privacy concerns highlighted by UN Committee in wake of mass surveillance and data interception revelations

9 years ago

Amnesty International Launches Anti-Spying Tool To Combat State Snooping

Want to know if a government has been spying on your computer? Amnesty offers a detection tool

9 years ago

WhatsApp Turns On End-To-End Encrypted Texts

Fully encrypted Whatsapp messages a potential terrorist tool or just protection from GCHQ/NSA spying efforts?

9 years ago

Police Using Loopholes To Spy On Texts, Voicemail And Emails – Report

UK police forces are accessing people's stored communications without their knowledge, according to an investigation

10 years ago

Surveillance Protesters Picket GCHQ

Britain's top secret eavesdropping agency, GCHQ, faces a weekend of protests by privacy campaigners

10 years ago

‘Hand Over Your Source Code’, Russia Tells Apple And SAP

“To prove you are not spies, we require your source code”, Russia tells Apple and SAP

10 years ago

BlackBerry Buys Secusmart – The Firm That NSA-Proofed Merkel’s Phone

Secusmart secured Angela Merkel's BlackBerry against NSA snooping. Now BlackBerry wants to offer that more widely

10 years ago

Snowden Calls For Development Of Anti-Surveillance Kit

Edward Snowden calls on the tech industry to develop anti-surveillance products in wake of NSA spying

10 years ago

NSA Spying Helps Security, Says US Privacy Watchdog

Privacy watchdog says the NSA spying has improved America's cyber security, but there are still concerns

10 years ago

US China Cyber Initiative Withers After Hacking Charges

Joint cyber crime initiative stalls after the US levels hacking charges at Chinese army personnel

10 years ago

Germany Drops Verizon After NSA Spying Furore

German government cancels Verizon Communications contract in the wake of the NSA spying row

10 years ago

EU Data Watchdog Calls For Snooping Protection

European citizens need better protection from state-sponsored spying, warns top EU watchdog

10 years ago

Vodafone Delivers On Promise To Reveal State Snooping

Vodafone carries out its threat and discloses information about government snooping requests

10 years ago

Google Glass Spyware Risk Revealed

The potential of the Google Glass device to be used for snooping has been revealed by researchers with a proof…

10 years ago

FreedomPop ‘Snowden Phone’ To Tackle Privacy Concerns

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

10 years ago

Angela Merkel Proposes Secure European Communications Network

Pan-European network would help improve data security following recent NSA snooping allegations

10 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…

10 years ago

Chancellor Merkel Warns UK And US On Surveillance

Merkel says snooping “sows distrust” amongst allies in address to German parliament

10 years ago

NSA Trawls Crash Data For App Vulnerabilities – Report

The NSA reportedly monitors data from application crashes in order to pinpoint vulnerabilities

10 years ago