Girls Aloud murder fantasy prompts arrest and charge: “A man has been arrested and charged over a blog post detailing the imaginary kidnap, torture and murder of the members of Girls Aloud. He has been…
Ofcom fines Barclaycard over silent calls: “Ofcom has fined Britain’s biggest credit card company Barclaycard £50,000 over silent phone calls made on behalf of the company. The telecoms regulator called Barclaycard’s behaviour ‘the most serious’…
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…
UK minister looks for delete key on user generated content: “ Burnham lets slip UK.gov real view of the net The UKCCIS is go, with the aim of making the internet safe for kids. But…
Palmtop computer stolen from open window in M15 hideout: “A handheld computer containing secret intelligence documents about terrorism has been stolen through the open window of an MI5 hideout, in what appeared a fresh British…
Phil Qiu: The Chinese authorities have blacklisted certain words on the internet. But you can’t suppress communication: “Phil Qiu: The Chinese authorities have blacklisted certain words on the internet. But you can’t, ultimately, suppress communication”…
(Via Spy Blog – SpyBlog.org.uk.) Computer Misuse Act amendments come into force on 1st October 2008: “ The controversial amendments to the Computer Misuse Act 1990, which were brought onto the statute book by the…
MI6 photos ‘sold on auction site’: “Police are probing the sale of a digital camera said to contain MI6 images, the Foreign Office confirms.” (Via BBC News.)
Germany Says Rapidshare Must Proactively Monitor Content For Infringement: “Another day, another awful legal ruling about file sharing. This time, coming out of Germany. A German court has told file hosting company Rapid Share that…