Appeals court finds NSA's bulk phone data collection was unlawful
Edward Snowden, who revealed the program in 2013, says he feels vindicated.
A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that the US National Security Agency's bulk collection of citizens' phone records was against the law. The program, now ended, collected records from phone carriers about who called whom. The massive collection went beyond the scope of what Congress allowed under a foundational surveillance law, the panel of judges ruled, adding that the program may have violated the US Constitution.
The collection program was first revealed to the public in 2013 by journalists who received a document leak from Edward Snowden, a former NSA contractor. Snowden also revealed several other programs in which the NSA and agencies in cooperating countries tapped into the backbone of the internet in the name of foreign surveillance. The NSA news outraged privacy advocates and US citizens whose data was caught up in the dragnet. It also prompted US tech companies to distance themselves from government spy agencies in an effort to reassure customers that their data was secure.
https://www.cnet.com/news/appeals-court-finds-nsas-bulk-phone-data-collection-was-unlawful/
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Edward Snowden, who revealed the program in 2013, says he feels vindicated.
A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that the US National Security Agency's bulk collection of citizens' phone records was against the law. The program, now ended, collected records from phone carriers about who called whom. The massive collection went beyond the scope of what Congress allowed under a foundational surveillance law, the panel of judges ruled, adding that the program may have violated the US Constitution.
The collection program was first revealed to the public in 2013 by journalists who received a document leak from Edward Snowden, a former NSA contractor. Snowden also revealed several other programs in which the NSA and agencies in cooperating countries tapped into the backbone of the internet in the name of foreign surveillance. The NSA news outraged privacy advocates and US citizens whose data was caught up in the dragnet. It also prompted US tech companies to distance themselves from government spy agencies in an effort to reassure customers that their data was secure.
https://www.cnet.com/news/appeals-court-finds-nsas-bulk-phone-data-collection-was-unlawful/
#US #NSA #unlawful #mass #surveillance
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Appeals court finds NSA's bulk phone data collection was unlawful
Edward Snowden, who revealed the program in 2013, says he feels vindicated.
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China's 'hybrid war': Beijing's mass surveillance of Australia and the world for secrets and scandal
A Chinese company with links to Beijing's military and intelligence networks has been amassing a vast database of detailed personal information on thousands of Australians, including prominent and influential figures.
A database of 2.4 million people, including more than 35,000 Australians, has been leaked from the Shenzhen company Zhenhua Data which is believed to be used by China's intelligence service, the Ministry of State Security.
Zhenhua has the People's Liberation Army and the Chinese Communist Party among its main clients.
Information collected includes dates of birth, addresses, marital status, along with photographs, political associations, relatives and social media IDs.
It collates Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram and even TikTok accounts, as well as news stories, criminal records and corporate misdemeanours.
While much of the information has been "scraped" from open-source material, some profiles have information which appears to have been sourced from confidential bank records, job applications and psychological profiles.
The company is believed to have sourced some of its information from the so-called "dark web".
One intelligence analyst said the database was "Cambridge Analytica on steroids", referring to the trove of personal information sourced from Facebook profiles in the lead up to the 2016 US election campaign.
👀 👉🏼 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-09-14/chinese-data-leak-linked-to-military-names-australians/12656668
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A Chinese company with links to Beijing's military and intelligence networks has been amassing a vast database of detailed personal information on thousands of Australians, including prominent and influential figures.
A database of 2.4 million people, including more than 35,000 Australians, has been leaked from the Shenzhen company Zhenhua Data which is believed to be used by China's intelligence service, the Ministry of State Security.
Zhenhua has the People's Liberation Army and the Chinese Communist Party among its main clients.
Information collected includes dates of birth, addresses, marital status, along with photographs, political associations, relatives and social media IDs.
It collates Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram and even TikTok accounts, as well as news stories, criminal records and corporate misdemeanours.
While much of the information has been "scraped" from open-source material, some profiles have information which appears to have been sourced from confidential bank records, job applications and psychological profiles.
The company is believed to have sourced some of its information from the so-called "dark web".
One intelligence analyst said the database was "Cambridge Analytica on steroids", referring to the trove of personal information sourced from Facebook profiles in the lead up to the 2016 US election campaign.
👀 👉🏼 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-09-14/chinese-data-leak-linked-to-military-names-australians/12656668
#china #beijing #australia #eu #uk #canada #hybrid #war #mass #surveillance #thinkabout
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China's mass surveillance of 35,000 Australians revealed
A database of 2.4 million people, including more than 35,000 Australians, has been leaked from the Shenzhen company Zhenhua Data, which is believed to be used by China's intelligence service, the Ministry of State Security.
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German government decides on intelligence surveillance like in Snowden times
The German Federal Intelligence Service is to hack into mobile phone and Internet providers and monitor the communications of all customers. The German government has passed a bill to this effect. A new body, not the Federal Data Protection Commissioner, is to be responsible for oversight.
The German government today decided to again massively expand the powers of the Federal Intelligence Service. The cabinet approved the bill to amend the BND law, which will then go to the Bundestag.
The grand coalition had passed the current BND law in 2017 in response to the revelations by Edward Snowden and the intelligence investigation committee. At the time, our conclusion was, "Everything the BND does will simply be legalized. And even expanded." In May, the Federal Constitutional Court ruled the law unconstitutional and overturned it. Now the federal government is making a new attempt, which is likely to end up in court again.
We published the first draft in September and the second draft in November. Experts criticized the drafts: think tanks, journalists, press freedom NGOs, Internet associations and the Federal Data Protection Commissioner. Despite the opportunity to comment, the government did not change much.
Hacking, mass surveillance, metadata
Because the current BND law is based on unconstitutional basic assumptions, the Chancellor's Office has almost completely rewritten the law. We had already reported on many of the details. In the future, the foreign intelligence service will be allowed to legally hack not only individuals and devices, but also servers and service providers, including entire mobile and Internet providers.
https://netzpolitik.org/2020/bnd-gesetz-bundesregierung-beschliesst-geheimdienst-ueberwachung-wie-zu-snowden-zeiten/
#mass #surveillance #germany #secretservice #goverment #privacy #hacking #metadata #mobilfunk #isp #thinkabout #netpolitics
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📡@NoGoolag
The German Federal Intelligence Service is to hack into mobile phone and Internet providers and monitor the communications of all customers. The German government has passed a bill to this effect. A new body, not the Federal Data Protection Commissioner, is to be responsible for oversight.
The German government today decided to again massively expand the powers of the Federal Intelligence Service. The cabinet approved the bill to amend the BND law, which will then go to the Bundestag.
The grand coalition had passed the current BND law in 2017 in response to the revelations by Edward Snowden and the intelligence investigation committee. At the time, our conclusion was, "Everything the BND does will simply be legalized. And even expanded." In May, the Federal Constitutional Court ruled the law unconstitutional and overturned it. Now the federal government is making a new attempt, which is likely to end up in court again.
We published the first draft in September and the second draft in November. Experts criticized the drafts: think tanks, journalists, press freedom NGOs, Internet associations and the Federal Data Protection Commissioner. Despite the opportunity to comment, the government did not change much.
Hacking, mass surveillance, metadata
Because the current BND law is based on unconstitutional basic assumptions, the Chancellor's Office has almost completely rewritten the law. We had already reported on many of the details. In the future, the foreign intelligence service will be allowed to legally hack not only individuals and devices, but also servers and service providers, including entire mobile and Internet providers.
https://netzpolitik.org/2020/bnd-gesetz-bundesregierung-beschliesst-geheimdienst-ueberwachung-wie-zu-snowden-zeiten/
#mass #surveillance #germany #secretservice #goverment #privacy #hacking #metadata #mobilfunk #isp #thinkabout #netpolitics
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BND-Gesetz: Bundesregierung beschließt Geheimdienst-Überwachung wie zu Snowden-Zeiten – netzpolitik.org
Der Bundesnachrichtendienst soll Mobilfunk- und Internetanbieter hacken und die Kommunikation aller Kunden überwachen. Die Bundesregierung hat einen entsprechenden Gesetzentwurf beschlossen. Der Geheimdienst wächst weiter und bekommt nächstes Jahr erstmals…
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All of these 🔼 themes we at @FuryRoad_Intel have been explaining make sense once you see this video.
0:15 #Mass #formation explained
0:51 first two prerequisite conditions
1:14 second two conditions explained
1:35 TIMELINE
2:01 How it works — how we win
2:30 Voice of Dissent - origin and objectives to win this
3:39 violence vs truth telling in effectiveness — how we win
This is how we win. We win by an all hands effort focused on the 40% who go along with the herd. Forget about the 30% and cheerleading to the 25%
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Credit to Greg Reese
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All of these 🔼 themes we at @FuryRoad_Intel have been explaining make sense once you see this video.
0:15 #Mass #formation explained
0:51 first two prerequisite conditions
1:14 second two conditions explained
1:35 TIMELINE
2:01 How it works — how we win
2:30 Voice of Dissent - origin and objectives to win this
3:39 violence vs truth telling in effectiveness — how we win
This is how we win. We win by an all hands effort focused on the 40% who go along with the herd. Forget about the 30% and cheerleading to the 25%
Get Your Head In This Game
#KnowWhoYouFollow
Credit to Greg Reese
Matias #Desmet #cogdis #cognitive #dissonance