Tag: Surveillance

Categories World

Edward Snowden Criticizes Amazon For Hiring Former Director of US National Security Agency

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US whistleblower Edward Snowden criticized Amazon after it was reported that Keith Alexander, a former chief of the US National Security Agency (NSA), who held the post when the global surveillance scandal broke out, had joined the e-commerce giant’s board as a director. … Read More >Edward Snowden Criticizes Amazon For Hiring Former Director of US National Security Agency

Categories Asia & Pacific

Singapore to tag visitors with electronic monitoring devices to ensure Covid-19 quarantine compliance

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New arrivals to Singapore won’t necessarily have to quarantine at a government facility during the pandemic – some, including residents, will receive an electronic monitoring device that will alert authorities if they leave home. … Read More >Singapore to tag visitors with electronic monitoring devices to ensure Covid-19 quarantine compliance

Categories UK

GCHQ propagandizing kids as young as four in secretive school ‘educational’ programs aimed at recruitment – report

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Britain’s GCHQ spy agency is running secretive “educational” programs in dozens of schools and disseminating propaganda to children as young as four years old, without the knowledge of parents, it’s been revealed. … Read More >GCHQ propagandizing kids as young as four in secretive school ‘educational’ programs aimed at recruitment – report

Categories EU

‘Orwellian dictatorship’: Italian government to recruit 60,000 ‘civic assistants’ to snitch on Covid-19 rule-breakers

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The Italian government is preparing to recruit unemployed citizens to act as volunteer social-distancing enforcers, who will operate amongst the masses as life returns to a semi-normal state after the Covid-19 lockdown. … Read More >‘Orwellian dictatorship’: Italian government to recruit 60,000 ‘civic assistants’ to snitch on Covid-19 rule-breakers

Categories Middle East

‘Blow to privacy’: Top Israeli court to ban use of anti-terror tech on coronavirus patients, unless govt makes it law

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Israel’s High Court of Justice has ruled that a domestic spy agency must stop tracking coronavirus patients with tech it would otherwise use on terrorists – but only pending a law to legalize the practice. … Read More >‘Blow to privacy’: Top Israeli court to ban use of anti-terror tech on coronavirus patients, unless govt makes it law

Categories USA

‘Subtle cues’ make people SHARE more online, study says – what does this mean for a post-Covid-19 world?

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A new study suggests people may have privacy concerns when it comes to technology, but there are psychological temptations for them to divulge too much, a fact that could have repercussions during the Covid-19 pandemic. … Read More >‘Subtle cues’ make people SHARE more online, study says – what does this mean for a post-Covid-19 world?