NSA whistleblower: Warrantless wiretaps targeted journos: “ Door to room 641A cracked open Russell Tice has dropped another bombshell. More than two years after he leaked the existence of the NSA’s warrantless wiretapping program to…
Private firm may track all email and calls The private sector will be asked to manage and run a communications database that will keep track of everyone’s calls, emails, texts and internet use under a…
Wacky Jacqui’s £12bn gIMP could be unleashed by 2012: “ But ‘nothing decided’ on comms überdatabase, says Home Office The government Interception Modernisation Programme (gIMP), a plan by spy chiefs to centrally collect details of…
Spy chiefs plot £12bn IT spree for comms überdatabase: “ Black boxes to keep Black’s firm in the black Billions of pounds of public money will soon be up for grabs for private IT contractors…
There’s no hiding place as spy HQ plans to see all – Times Online From The Sunday Times, October 5, 2008 (David Leppard) Every call you make, every e-mail you send, every website you visit…
Government will spy on every call and e-mail – Times Online From The Sunday Times, October 5, 2008 (David Leppard) Ministers are considering spending up to £12 billion on a database to monitor and store…
More on Skype surveillance in China… Skype spies give pause for thought in China: “Most Chinese who use Skype – or at least its Chinese version TOM-Skype – were thrilled to find a way to…
China Skype service snags and stores users’ messages: “ More than a million messages logged Human rights advocates have uncovered a huge surveillance system in China that monitors and archives text messages sent with the…
Surveillance of Skype Messages Found in China: “A Canadian human rights group has uncovered a system that tracks politically charged text messages sent by customers of Tom-Skype, a joint venture of which eBay’s Skype is…
Rights Group Sues NSA and Cheney for Spying: “The Electronic Frontier Foundation sued the government and top Bush officials over its warrantless wiretapping program Thursday. The suit comes just a day before the government tries…