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Electronic Surveillance
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Below are groups and resources (books, articles, websites, etc.) related to this topic. Click on an item’s title to go its resource page with author, publisher, description/abstract and other details, a link to the full text if available, as well as links to related topics in the Subject Index. You can also browse the Title, Author, Subject, Chronological, Dewey, LoC, and Format indexes, or use the Search box. Connexions LibraryComplaints filed against telecom companies for their role in UK mass surveillance programme Privacy International Article 2013 On 5 November 2013, Privacy International filed formal complaints with the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in the UK against some of the world's leading telecommunication ... The Computers are Listening: How the NSA Converts Spoken Words Into Searchable Text Froomkin,Dan Article 2015 Top-secret documents from the archive of Edward Snowden show the National Security Agency can now automatically recognize the content within phone calls by creating rough transcripts and phonetic repr... Connexions Library: Human Rights and Civil Liberties Focus  Website Selected articles, books, websites and other resources on civil liberties and human rights. Fake cell phone 'towers' may be spying on Americans' calls, texts Munoz, Eduardo Article 2014 More than a dozen 'fake cell phone towers' could be secretly hijacking Americans' mobile devices in order to listen in on phone calls or snoop on text messages, a security-focused cell phone company c... FBI director wants access to encrypt Apple, Google users' data, demands law 'fix' Article 2014 The FBI director has slammed Apple and Google for offering their customers encryption technology that protects users’ privacy. "Deeply concerned" James Comey wants to push on Congress to "fix" laws to... The FBI Director's Evidence Against Encryption Is Pathetic Froomkin, Dan; Vargas-Cooper, Natasha Article 2014 FBI Director James Comey gave a speech Thursday about how cell-phone encryption could lead law enforcement to a “very dark place” where it “misses out” on crucial evidence to nail criminals. To make h... The Great SIM Heist: How Spies Stole the Keys to the Encryption Castle Scahill, Jeremy; Begley, Josh Article 2015 American and British spies hacked into the internal computer network of the largest manufacturer of SIM cards in the world, stealing encryption keys used to protect the privacy of cellphone communicat... Inside NSA, Officials Privately Criticize 'Collect It All' Surveillance Maass, Peter Article 2015 As Members of Congress struggle to agree on which surveillance programs to re-authorize before the Patriot Act expires, they might consider the unusual advice of an intelligence analyst at the Nationa... The Intercept Website A platform to report on the documents previously provided by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, with a long-term mission is to produce fearless, adversarial journalism across a wide range of issues. 'I've Got Nothing to Hide' and Other Misunderstandings of Privacy Solove, Daniel J. Article 2007 According to the nothing to hide argument, there is no threat to privacy unless the government uncovers unlawful activity, in which case a person has no legitimate justification to claim that it remai... The Logic behind Mass Spying: Empire and Cyber Imperialism Petras, James Article 2013 Revelations about the long-term global, intrusive spying by the US National Security Agency (NSA) and other allied intelligence apparatuses have provoked widespread protests and indignation and threat... Mass Surveillance is Driven by the Private Sector: The Lesson of Hacking Team's Malware Blunden, Bill Article 2015 A report published by Privacy International as well as an article posted by Vice Motherboard clearly show that both the DEA and the United States Army have long-standing relationships with Hacking Tea... No Safe Harbor: How NSA Spying Undermined U.S. Tech and Europeans' Privacy O'Brien, Danny Article 2015 The spread of knowledge about the NSA's surveillance programs has shaken the trust of customers in U.S. Internet companies like Facebook, Google, and Apple: especially non-U.S. customers who have disc... NSA, GCHQ mapping "political alignment" of cellphone users: New report reveals London, Eric Article 2014 New information made public by Edward Snowden reveals that the governments of the United States and United Kingdom are trawling data from cellphone “apps” to accumulate dossiers on the “political alig... The NSA's Invasion of Google and Yahoo Servers: Your Email is Likely Being Monitored Lopez, Alfredo Article 2013 The American National Security Agency (NSA) has been intercepting information coming in and out of Google and Yahoo servers over non-public, internal network fibre optic lines. In December, 2012 alone... NSA's Path to Totalitarianism: Ever-Shrinking Democracy in America Pollack, Norman Article 2013 The American National Security Agency (NSA) appears as a “rogue” organization, extremism in the putative service of liberty. Or better, call it, stripped of all cosmetics, the unerring mark of a Polic... The NSA's Spying Operation on Mexico: Systematic Eavesdropping on the Government Carlsen, Laura Article 2013 The American NSA has been systematically eavesdropping on the Mexican government for years. Three major programs constitute a massive espionage operation against Mexico. Orwell's Triumph: How Novels Tell the Truth of Surveillance Frank, Sam Article 2015 Novels may be the best medium for describing a distopian world in which everyone is under constant surveillance. Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - December 5, 2015: Ecosocialism, environment, and urban gardening Diemer, Ulli (ed.) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2015 This issue of Other Voices covers a wide range of issues, from the climate crisis and the ecosocialist response, to terrorism and the struggle against religious fundamentalism, as well as items on urb... Profiled: From Radio to Porn, British Spies Track Web Users' Online Identities Gallagher, Ryan Article 2015 Amid a renewed push from the U.K. government for more surveillance powers, more than two dozen documents being disclosed by The Intercept reveal for the first time several major strands of GCHQ’s (Gov... Protect Yourself from Electronic Spying with Surveillance Self-Defense: Sources News Release Article 2014 The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has launched its updated "Surveillance Self-Defense" report, a comprehensive how-to guide to protecting yourself from electronic spying for Internet users all ... Reflections on a whistleblower: Two years after Snowden Tzabiras, Marianna Article 2015 Two years after Snowden, the international state of surveillance and the ranks of whistleblowers both continue to grow.
Secret 'BADASS' Intelligence Program Spied on Smartphones Lee, Micah Article 2015 British and Canadian spy agencies accumulated sensitive data on smartphone users, by piggybacking on ubiquitous software from advertising and analytics companies, according to a document obtained by N... Selling your Secrets: The Invisible World of Software Backdoors and Bounty Hunters Chatterjee, Pratap Article 2014 The documents released by whistleblower Edward Snowden reveal that the world of NSA mass surveillance involves close partnerships with a series of companies most of us have never heard of that design ... 6 Ideas For Those Needing Defensive Technology to Protect Free Speech from Authoritarian Regimes: 4 Ways the Rest of Us Can Help Eckersley, Peter Article 2009 The Internet remains one of the most powerful means ever created to give voice to repressed people around the world. Unfortunately, new technologies have also given authoritarian regimes new means to ... Spooky Business: A New Report on Corporate Espionage Against Non-profits: Sources News Release Article 2013 Giant corporations are employing highly unethical or illegal tools of espionage against nonprofit organizations with near impunity, according to a new report by Essential Information. The Terrifying World of Electronic Monitoring: From Drone Strikes to Martha Stewart Kilgore, James Article 2013 Electronic monitoring is about tracking and marking. The GPS technology that is trending in electronic monitors tracks people’s every movement with the purpose of marking them for punishment if they d... The Threat of the Tag Morris, Fanella Article Tracking anklets for convicts are not a good way to alleviate prison overcrowding. Three Leaks, Three Weeks, and What We've Learned About the US Government's Other Spying Authority: Executive Order 12333 Jaycox, Mark M. Article 2013 The National Security Agency has been siphoning off data from the links between Yahoo and Google data centers, which include the fiber optic connections between company servers at various points aroun... Uncivil Obedience: The Tactics and Tales of a Democratic Agitator Borovoy, A. Alan Book 1991 How to push for social change without breaking the law. Why I'm Saying Goodbye to Apple, Google and Microsoft: I'm putting more trust in communities than corporations Gillmor, Dan Article 2015 Gillmor discusses how we are losing control over the technology tools that once promised equal opportunity in speech and innovation. Work and New Technologies: Other Perspectives (Volume 3) DeBresson, Chris; Lowe Benston, Margaret; Vorst, Jesse Book 1987 Essays covering health hazards, labour concerns, and issues of deskilling related to new technologies in the workplace. Sources LibraryCompanies that cooperate with dictatorships must be sanctioned Sources News Release 2011 Reporters Without Borders condemns the criminal cooperation that exists between many western companies, especially those operating in the new technology area, and authoritarian regimes. CSE monitors millions of Canadian emails to government Hildebrandt, Amber; Seglins, Dave; Pereira, Michael 2015 Canada's electronic spy agency collects millions of emails from Canadians and stores them for "days to months" while trying to filter out malware and other attacks on government computer networks. EFF Demands Release of More Secret Surveillance Court Rulings Sources News Release 2014 In a continuing campaign to uncover the government's secret interpretations of the surveillance laws underlying the National Security Agency (NSA)'s spying programs, the Electronic Frontier Foundation... Email privacy Wikipedia article 2012 Email privacy is the broad topic dealing with issues of unauthorized access and inspection of electronic mail. This unauthorized access can happen while an email is in transit, as well as when it is s... I, spy: Edward Snowden in exile Rusbridger, Alan; MacAskill, Ewen 2014 The Guardian interviews Edward Snowden, the former NSA contractor who leaked thousands of classified documents to media outlets. Snowden shares his views on the events that have occured since his exil... Is Your Printer Spying On You? Imagine that every time you printed a document it automatically included a secret code that could be used to identify the printer - and potentially the person who used it. Journalists Welcome European Call to Review Anti-Terrorism Laws Sources News Release 2009 Ministers of the human rights network of the Council of Europe have called on their governments to review anti-terrorism laws in the face of strong criticism from journalists that some laws are in pra... New Documents and Reports Confirm AT&T and NSA's Longstanding Surveillance Partnership Rumold, Mark 2015 Reports today in the New York Times and ProPublica confirm what EFF's Jewel v. NSA lawsuit has claimed since 2008 -- that the NSA and AT&T have collaborated to build a domestic surveillance infrastruc... Revealed: how Whisper app tracks ‘anonymous’ users Lewis, Paul; Rushe, Dominic 2014 The company behind Whisper, the social media app that promises users anonymity and claims to be “the safest place on the internet”, is tracking the location of its users, including some who have speci... |
