Tag Archives: Prism
UK: NSA and GCHQ spying on Brits perfectly legal
UK security services claimed not to break the law in accessing personal data through the US Prism programme. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23341597 The Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) examined a list of ‘selectors’ (such as email addresses) that requested information on a list of UK nationals or individuals who were under surveillance. “The legal authority for this is contained […]
Russia, UN to copy NSA surveillance techniques
Two members of Russia’s Parliament have cited Mr. Snowden’s leaks about N.S.A. spying as arguments to compel global Internet companies like Google and Microsoft to comply more closely with Russian rules on personal data storage. These rules, rights groups say, would open a back door for Russian law enforcement into services like Gmail. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/15/business/global/nsa-leaks-stir-plans-in-russia-to-control-net.html?pagewanted=all “We […]
Mail Isolation Control & Tracking the Prism of Snail Mail
The Mail Isolation Control and Tracking program was created after the anthrax attacks in late 2001. Highly secret, it seeped into public view last month when the F.B.I. cited it in its investigation of ricin-laced letters sent to President Obama. It enables the Postal Service to retrace the path of mail for law enforcement. No […]
EU spying brought to light through French Prism
France’s foreign intelligence service intercepts computer and telephone data on a vast scale, like the controversial US Prism programme, according to the French daily Le Monde. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-23178284 The data is stored on a supercomputer at the headquarters of the DGSE intelligence service. The operation is “outside the law, and beyond any proper supervision” Other French […]
Dirty Babylon 