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Nov 6 15 2:45 PM
By urging EU members to stop the persecution of Edward Snowden, the European Parliament showed its independence from the United States, the chairman of the independent non-profit organization Workshop of Eurasian Ideas told Radio Sputnik. The fact that the EU Parliament recognized Snowden as a human rights activist and urged the countries of the EU to provide protection to the former NSA employee shows that Europe is tired of getting bullied by Washington, and decided to show its independence by refusing to follow White House orders, Grigory Trofimchuk, the chairman of the Workshop of Eurasian Ideas, argued. "I think that Europe's decision — is not simply a formal document, but the intentional act of defiance to Washington which goes against US policy on the Snowden issue… [Europe] gladly seized the opportunity to demonstrate its independence," Trofimchuk told Radio Sputnik. This is the EU Parliament's response to US policies in the Middle East and North Africa that led to the refugee crisis in Europe as well as Washington's attempts to draw Europe into a continent-wide war because of the Ukrainian conflict, Trofimchuk argued. This is a serious statement on behalf of the EU. "The crack" in relations between the United States and the EU has already appeared and might increase further down the road, the political expert said, adding that it's highly likely that Washington now might come up with retaliatory policies.
The fact that the EU Parliament recognized Snowden as a human rights activist and urged the countries of the EU to provide protection to the former NSA employee shows that Europe is tired of getting bullied by Washington, and decided to show its independence by refusing to follow White House orders, Grigory Trofimchuk, the chairman of the Workshop of Eurasian Ideas, argued.
"I think that Europe's decision — is not simply a formal document, but the intentional act of defiance to Washington which goes against US policy on the Snowden issue… [Europe] gladly seized the opportunity to demonstrate its independence," Trofimchuk told Radio Sputnik.
This is the EU Parliament's response to US policies in the Middle East and North Africa that led to the refugee crisis in Europe as well as Washington's attempts to draw Europe into a continent-wide war because of the Ukrainian conflict, Trofimchuk argued.
This is a serious statement on behalf of the EU. "The crack" in relations between the United States and the EU has already appeared and might increase further down the road, the political expert said, adding that it's highly likely that Washington now might come up with retaliatory policies.
Read more @ http://sputniknews.com/politics/20151102/1029496672/protection-snowden-eu-confronts-us.html
EU votes to drop charges against Edward Snowden
The European Parliament voted on October 29 to drop all criminal charges against NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden and offer him asylum and protection from rendition from third parties, The Independent said that day. MEPs voted 285-281 to recognise Snowden's status as a “human rights defender”. The resolution asked member states to grant him protection from extradition to the US, where he is wanted under several Espionage Act charges. The resolution also said “too little has been done to safeguard citizens' fundamental rights following revelations of electronic mass surveillance”. Snowden exposed the extent of the National Security Agency's spying program in 2013. TeleSUR English said that day that the resolution also slammed the European Commission and others for not having properly applied a previous European Parliament resolution passed in March last year, shortly after Snowden's shocking revelations on the US-EU Safe Harbour scheme. Implemented since 2000, the Safe Harbour Scheme allowed US companies to transfer data from the EU to the United States.
The European Parliament voted on October 29 to drop all criminal charges against NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden and offer him asylum and protection from rendition from third parties, The Independent said that day.
MEPs voted 285-281 to recognise Snowden's status as a “human rights defender”. The resolution asked member states to grant him protection from extradition to the US, where he is wanted under several Espionage Act charges.
The resolution also said “too little has been done to safeguard citizens' fundamental rights following revelations of electronic mass surveillance”. Snowden exposed the extent of the National Security Agency's spying program in 2013.
TeleSUR English said that day that the resolution also slammed the European Commission and others for not having properly applied a previous European Parliament resolution passed in March last year, shortly after Snowden's shocking revelations on the US-EU Safe Harbour scheme. Implemented since 2000, the Safe Harbour Scheme allowed US companies to transfer data from the EU to the United States.
Read more @ https://www.greenleft.org.au/node/60528
European Union lawmakers passed a resolution asking their nations to protect Edward Snowden, the National Security Agency leaker. Comments from Twitter are edited for clarity and grammar: EU nations should protect Edward Snowden. I believe doing so would continue moving toward better privacy protection for people. — @sergioDACED The fact that Snowden is accepted by the EU shows that the EU lacks values. — @eantolini1 Every person who stands for the people without regard for himself or herself should be protected from the government.
European Union lawmakers passed a resolution asking their nations to protect Edward Snowden, the National Security Agency leaker. Comments from Twitter are edited for clarity and grammar:
EU nations should protect Edward Snowden. I believe doing so would continue moving toward better privacy protection for people.
— @sergioDACED
The fact that Snowden is accepted by the EU shows that the EU lacks values.
— @eantolini1
Every person who stands for the people without regard for himself or herself should be protected from the government.
Read more @ http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2015/11/02/edward-snowden-european-union-tellusatoday-your-say/75069622/
The EU resolution declaring former NSA contractor Edward Snowden a “human rights defender” may open some doors for the whistleblower to travel freely to some European states, despite the witch hunt against him, analyst and political columnist Ted Rall told RT. RT: The resolution is calling Snowden a “human rights defender” – that is a far cry from ... John Kerry who said that Snowden has betrayed his country. What kind of a reaction do you think we will get from Washington? Are they going to accept this? Ted Rall: Well they have already indicated that nothing has changed as far as they are concerned. Mr. Snowden has reached out on a number of occasions to the US government and offered to come back and even accept jail time, if he is allowed to have a fair trial, which appears to be a condition that the US is not willing to grant. Even though the whole world appears to be on Mr. Snowden’s side, it does not appear that the US has gotten the message.
The EU resolution declaring former NSA contractor Edward Snowden a “human rights defender” may open some doors for the whistleblower to travel freely to some European states, despite the witch hunt against him, analyst and political columnist Ted Rall told RT.
RT: The resolution is calling Snowden a “human rights defender” – that is a far cry from ... John Kerry who said that Snowden has betrayed his country. What kind of a reaction do you think we will get from Washington? Are they going to accept this?
Ted Rall: Well they have already indicated that nothing has changed as far as they are concerned. Mr. Snowden has reached out on a number of occasions to the US government and offered to come back and even accept jail time, if he is allowed to have a fair trial, which appears to be a condition that the US is not willing to grant. Even though the whole world appears to be on Mr. Snowden’s side, it does not appear that the US has gotten the message.
Read more @ https://www.rt.com/op-edge/320113-snowden-eu-resolution-freedom/
BRUSSELS — The European Parliament narrowly adopted a nonbinding but nonetheless forceful resolution on Thursday urging the 28 nations of the European Union to recognize Edward J. Snowden as a “whistle-blower and international human rights defender” and shield him from prosecution. On Twitter, Mr. Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor who leaked millions of documents about electronic surveillance by the United States government, called the vote a “game-changer.” But the resolution has no legal force and limited practical effect for Mr. Snowden, who is living in Russia on a three-year residency permit. Whether to grant Mr. Snowden asylum remains a decision for the individual European governments, and none have done so thus far.
BRUSSELS — The European Parliament narrowly adopted a nonbinding but nonetheless forceful resolution on Thursday urging the 28 nations of the European Union to recognize Edward J. Snowden as a “whistle-blower and international human rights defender” and shield him from prosecution.
On Twitter, Mr. Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor who leaked millions of documents about electronic surveillance by the United States government, called the vote a “game-changer.” But the resolution has no legal force and limited practical effect for Mr. Snowden, who is living in Russia on a three-year residency permit.
Whether to grant Mr. Snowden asylum remains a decision for the individual European governments, and none have done so thus far.
Read more @ http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/30/world/europe/edward-snowden-nsa-whistleblower.html?_r=0
The narrowly passed measure called on member states to protect the whistleblower from prosecution, which he sees as ‘a chance to move forward’ Edward Snowden on Thursday hailed as “extraordinary” and a “game-changer” a vote in the European parliament calling on member states to prevent his extradition to the US. The parliament voted 285-281 to pass a largely symbolic measure, a resolution that called on European Union member states to “drop any criminal charges against Edward Snowden, grant him protection and consequently prevent extradition or rendition by third parties, in recognition of his status as whistleblower and international human rights defender”.
The narrowly passed measure called on member states to protect the whistleblower from prosecution, which he sees as ‘a chance to move forward’
Edward Snowden on Thursday hailed as “extraordinary” and a “game-changer” a vote in the European parliament calling on member states to prevent his extradition to the US.
The parliament voted 285-281 to pass a largely symbolic measure, a resolution that called on European Union member states to “drop any criminal charges against Edward Snowden, grant him protection and consequently prevent extradition or rendition by third parties, in recognition of his status as whistleblower and international human rights defender”.
Read more @ http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/oct/29/edward-snowden-eu-parliament-vote-extradition
On Oct. 29, the European Parliament approved a resolution (passed by 285 votes to 281) calling “on European Union Member States to drop any criminal charges against Edward Snowden, grant him protection and consequently prevent extradition or rendition by third parties, in recognition of his status as whistleblower and international human rights defender.” The European Parliament, based in Brussels, has no legal power to compel European Union countries to implement its demands. But it frequently acts as a bully pulpit in Europe to advance a distinctly left-wing agenda and a broader supranational ideology that seeks to trample on the principles of national sovereignty and self-determination. The resolution also condemns “recent laws in some Member States that extend surveillance capabilities of intelligence bodies,” including in France, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.
On Oct. 29, the European Parliament approved a resolution (passed by 285 votes to 281) calling “on European Union Member States to drop any criminal charges against Edward Snowden, grant him protection and consequently prevent extradition or rendition by third parties, in recognition of his status as whistleblower and international human rights defender.”
The European Parliament, based in Brussels, has no legal power to compel European Union countries to implement its demands. But it frequently acts as a bully pulpit in Europe to advance a distinctly left-wing agenda and a broader supranational ideology that seeks to trample on the principles of national sovereignty and self-determination. The resolution also condemns “recent laws in some Member States that extend surveillance capabilities of intelligence bodies,” including in France, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.
Read more @ http://dailysignal.com/2015/10/30/the-european-parliament-is-wrong-on-edward-snowden-and-national-security/
Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner has confirmed she met with former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden during a visit to Moscow in April. Fernández casually dropped the information into her first speech following the weekend's first round presidential poll in which her favored candidate, Daniel Scioli, only scraped first place despite her backing. It came immediately after she expressed her opposition to the idea of electronic voting. "If the Argentine parliament approves electronic voting then, when the day comes, I will not know whether to vote or not," she said. "Especially after having chatted with Edward Snowden when I was in Russia, which I will reveal now for the first time." Fernández went on to describe the American whistleblower as "the man who revealed the secrets behind the handling of history, life, and information technology in the world."
Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner has confirmed she met with former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden during a visit to Moscow in April.
Fernández casually dropped the information into her first speech following the weekend's first round presidential poll in which her favored candidate, Daniel Scioli, only scraped first place despite her backing.
It came immediately after she expressed her opposition to the idea of electronic voting.
"If the Argentine parliament approves electronic voting then, when the day comes, I will not know whether to vote or not," she said. "Especially after having chatted with Edward Snowden when I was in Russia, which I will reveal now for the first time."
Fernández went on to describe the American whistleblower as "the man who revealed the secrets behind the handling of history, life, and information technology in the world."
Read more @ https://news.vice.com/article/argentine-president-confirms-she-met-edward-snowden-in-moscow-in-april
Tweets by former NSA whistleblower claim Theresa May’s plans are akin to compiling ‘a list of every book you’ve ever opened’ Edward Snowden has outlined his opposition to the British government’s investigatory powers bill, arguing that Conservative politicians were “taking notes on how to defend the indefensible”. The former National Security Agency (NSA) whistleblower, whose disclosure of top-secret documents ultimately led to the home secretary, Theresa May, proposing the bill, made a series of tweets on Wednesday warning that the communications data covered by the legislation was “the activity log of your life”.
Tweets by former NSA whistleblower claim Theresa May’s plans are akin to compiling ‘a list of every book you’ve ever opened’
Edward Snowden has outlined his opposition to the British government’s investigatory powers bill, arguing that Conservative politicians were “taking notes on how to defend the indefensible”.
The former National Security Agency (NSA) whistleblower, whose disclosure of top-secret documents ultimately led to the home secretary, Theresa May, proposing the bill, made a series of tweets on Wednesday warning that the communications data covered by the legislation was “the activity log of your life”.
Read more @ http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/04/edward-snowden-attacks-tories-over-investigatory-powers-bill
WE HAVE all heard the warnings. ‘Be careful what you post online.’ ‘We all leave a digital footprint.’ ‘Nothing is ever truly deleted.’ But we never really think much of it. Most of us are not that bothered about checking in at our favourite restaurant while posing in a selfie with our bestie. But in the wake of the Edward Snowden leaks, former spies say we should care about what we post online saying it gives authorities even more unfettered access into our private lives. “Facebook is evil, in my view, I’ve been saying this for years,” Annie Machon, a former MI5 agent, told the Germany documentary Digital Dissidents which airs on the ABC Four Corners program tonight. “It is the spy’s wet dream. “We offer our information and it’s just there on a plate for the spies to access. And we know they do through backdoors and things. And yet, that sort of information used to take them weeks or months to gather on an individual.” Ms Machon, along with her former partner David Shayler, who was a MI6 spy, broke protocol in the mid-90s by exposing alleged crimes committed by the British intelligence service, MI5.
WE HAVE all heard the warnings.
‘Be careful what you post online.’ ‘We all leave a digital footprint.’ ‘Nothing is ever truly deleted.’
But we never really think much of it. Most of us are not that bothered about checking in at our favourite restaurant while posing in a selfie with our bestie.
But in the wake of the Edward Snowden leaks, former spies say we should care about what we post online saying it gives authorities even more unfettered access into our private lives.
“Facebook is evil, in my view, I’ve been saying this for years,” Annie Machon, a former MI5 agent, told the Germany documentary Digital Dissidents which airs on the ABC Four Corners program tonight. “It is the spy’s wet dream.
“We offer our information and it’s just there on a plate for the spies to access. And we know they do through backdoors and things. And yet, that sort of information used to take them weeks or months to gather on an individual.”
Ms Machon, along with her former partner David Shayler, who was a MI6 spy, broke protocol in the mid-90s by exposing alleged crimes committed by the British intelligence service, MI5.
Read more @ http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/german-documentary-examines-the-role-of-the-whistleblowers-in-exposing-the-intelligence-services/story-fn948wjf-1227583113374
The internet activity of everyone in Britain will have to be stored for a year by service providers, under new surveillance law plans. Police and intelligence officers will be able to see the names of sites people have visited without a warrant, Home Secretary Theresa May said. But there would be new safeguards over MI5, MI6 and the police spying on the full content of people's web use. Mrs May told MPs the proposed powers were needed to fight crime and terror. Follow the latest developments on our live page The wide-ranging draft Investigatory Powers Bill also contains proposals covering how the state can hack devices and run operations to sweep up large amounts of data as it flows through the internet, enshrining in law the previously covert activities of GCHQ, as uncovered by whistleblower Edward Snowden. The draft bill's measures include: Giving a panel of judges the power to block spying operations authorised by the home secretaryA new criminal offence of "knowingly or recklessly obtaining communications data from a telecommunications operator without lawful authority", carrying a prison sentence of up to two yearsLocal councils to retain some investigatory powers, such as surveillance of benefit cheats, but they will not be able to access online data stored by internet firmsThe Wilson doctrine - preventing surveillance of Parliamentarians' communications - to be written into lawPolice will not be able to access journalistic sources without the authorisation of a judgeA legal duty on British companies to help law enforcement agencies hack devices to acquire information if it is reasonably practical to do soFormer Appeal Court judge Sir Stanley Burnton is appointed as the new interception of communications commissioner Mrs May told MPs the draft bill was a "significant departure" from previous plans, dubbed the "snooper's charter" by critics, which were blocked by the Lib Dems, and will "provide some of the strongest protections and safeguards anywhere in the democratic world and an approach that sets new standards for openness, transparency and oversight".
The internet activity of everyone in Britain will have to be stored for a year by service providers, under new surveillance law plans.
Police and intelligence officers will be able to see the names of sites people have visited without a warrant, Home Secretary Theresa May said.
But there would be new safeguards over MI5, MI6 and the police spying on the full content of people's web use.
Mrs May told MPs the proposed powers were needed to fight crime and terror.
The wide-ranging draft Investigatory Powers Bill also contains proposals covering how the state can hack devices and run operations to sweep up large amounts of data as it flows through the internet, enshrining in law the previously covert activities of GCHQ, as uncovered by whistleblower Edward Snowden.
The draft bill's measures include:
Mrs May told MPs the draft bill was a "significant departure" from previous plans, dubbed the "snooper's charter" by critics, which were blocked by the Lib Dems, and will "provide some of the strongest protections and safeguards anywhere in the democratic world and an approach that sets new standards for openness, transparency and oversight".
Read more @ http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-34715872
The Investigatory Powers Bill, known by critics as "the Snooper's Charter," could also require overseas companies to play a part in bulk collection of data and interception of messages. In an echo of Australia's new mandatory data retention scheme, the UK Government introduced draft legislation on Wednesday that would allow British police and intelligence agencies to access a record of any UK citizen's website visits. The Investigatory Powers Bill (PDF), drafted by British Home Secretary Theresa May, covers a wide spectrum of government surveillance activities, including the bulk collection of data, the interception of communications, and the hacking and bugging of electronic equipment. Because of its scope, the bill could affect every British citizen and every Internet service provider and communications company in the UK. But the changes wouldn't just affect UK-based companies; the bill also includes provisions for foreign companies operating in the UK. That includes US companies like Apple, Google and Facebook, all of which operate messaging services the government could potentially request access to.
The Investigatory Powers Bill, known by critics as "the Snooper's Charter," could also require overseas companies to play a part in bulk collection of data and interception of messages.
In an echo of Australia's new mandatory data retention scheme, the UK Government introduced draft legislation on Wednesday that would allow British police and intelligence agencies to access a record of any UK citizen's website visits.
The Investigatory Powers Bill (PDF), drafted by British Home Secretary Theresa May, covers a wide spectrum of government surveillance activities, including the bulk collection of data, the interception of communications, and the hacking and bugging of electronic equipment.
Because of its scope, the bill could affect every British citizen and every Internet service provider and communications company in the UK. But the changes wouldn't just affect UK-based companies; the bill also includes provisions for foreign companies operating in the UK. That includes US companies like Apple, Google and Facebook, all of which operate messaging services the government could potentially request access to.
Read more @ http://www.cnet.com/au/news/what-websites-have-you-visited-spy-agencies-could-find-out-under-proposed-law/
On Wednesday, the Investigatory Powers Bill was published in draft form, but it was in the wake of 9/11 that the UK government started its mass surveillance programs, spying on the online activities of British citizens. Under the guise of the 1984 Telecommunications Act, this surveillance was moved up a gear in 2005. Former deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg says that very few politicians knew about it. Clegg only learned of the surveillance programs that were used to harvest emails, phone records, and texts in 2010, and questioned whether it was necessary. The former PM makes the revelations in an article for the Guardian in which he says that after Edward Snowden NSA and GCHQ spying revelations, "the knee-jerk response from the government was to play the man and ignore the ball". Clegg and his part of the coalition government were instrumental in blocking the progress of the snooper's charter which ultimately led to the draft Investigatory Powers Bill. He admits that the new bill is "far from perfect" and expresses concern that there has been insufficient meaningful scrutiny.
On Wednesday, the Investigatory Powers Bill was published in draft form, but it was in the wake of 9/11 that the UK government started its mass surveillance programs, spying on the online activities of British citizens. Under the guise of the 1984 Telecommunications Act, this surveillance was moved up a gear in 2005. Former deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg says that very few politicians knew about it.
Clegg only learned of the surveillance programs that were used to harvest emails, phone records, and texts in 2010, and questioned whether it was necessary. The former PM makes the revelations in an article for the Guardian in which he says that after Edward Snowden NSA and GCHQ spying revelations, "the knee-jerk response from the government was to play the man and ignore the ball".
Clegg and his part of the coalition government were instrumental in blocking the progress of the snooper's charter which ultimately led to the draft Investigatory Powers Bill. He admits that the new bill is "far from perfect" and expresses concern that there has been insufficient meaningful scrutiny.
Read more @ http://betanews.com/2015/11/05/uk-government-started-online-mass-surveillance-after-911-but-few-politicians-knew/
Our online data and history to be stored by companies and websites for 12 months under new surveillance law Internet firms will have to store details of people's online activity for 12 months under a new surveillance law to be applied in the UK. The government is promising strict safeguards, including a ban on councils accessing people's internet records and a new offence of misuse of the data. Ministers are also facing calls for judges to sign warrants to access the content of digital records. Currently responsibility lies with Home Secretary Theresa May. The draft bill, which David Cameron says is one of the most important pieces of legislation of this parliament, will be published in the House of Commons on Wednesday. It will be examined in detail by both Houses of Parliament before the final bill is voted on next year. The language in the draft bill will be dry - but quite simply it creates new powers to allow arms of the state to access your online life - if they have cause and legal justification to do so.
Our online data and history to be stored by companies and websites for 12 months under new surveillance law
Internet firms will have to store details of people's online activity for 12 months under a new surveillance law to be applied in the UK.
The government is promising strict safeguards, including a ban on councils accessing people's internet records and a new offence of misuse of the data.
Ministers are also facing calls for judges to sign warrants to access the content of digital records.
Currently responsibility lies with Home Secretary Theresa May. The draft bill, which David Cameron says is one of the most important pieces of legislation of this parliament, will be published in the House of Commons on Wednesday.
It will be examined in detail by both Houses of Parliament before the final bill is voted on next year.
The language in the draft bill will be dry - but quite simply it creates new powers to allow arms of the state to access your online life - if they have cause and legal justification to do so.
Read more @ http://neoskosmos.com/news/en/Big-brother-is-watching-ou-online-activity-stored-for-12-months-under-new-surveillance-law
Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson said Tuesday that he would not grant Edward Snowden a pardon, despite speaking in positive terms about the information uncovered by the NSA whistleblower. Carson said of pardoning Snowden, “It would set a very bad precedent… There are appropriate ways to reveal things, and that was an inappropriate way, because it jeopardized our country.” In Carson’s new book A More Perfect Union, Carson wrote that “surreptitiously tracking phone calls, purchasing activity, web site visitation history, and a host of other activities is tantamount to the illegal search and seizure forbidden by the Fourth Amendment,” adding the government did not come clean about its involvement until “exposed by an informant.”
Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson said Tuesday that he would not grant Edward Snowden a pardon, despite speaking in positive terms about the information uncovered by the NSA whistleblower.
Carson said of pardoning Snowden, “It would set a very bad precedent… There are appropriate ways to reveal things, and that was an inappropriate way, because it jeopardized our country.”
In Carson’s new book A More Perfect Union, Carson wrote that “surreptitiously tracking phone calls, purchasing activity, web site visitation history, and a host of other activities is tantamount to the illegal search and seizure forbidden by the Fourth Amendment,” adding the government did not come clean about its involvement until “exposed by an informant.”
Read more @ http://www.mediaite.com/online/carson-supports-edward-snowdens-work-but-not-edward-snowden/
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“You’ll never go wrong with IBM” was good investing advice fifty years ago, or even ten years ago. The story is different now. Big Blue can’t keep up in a cloud-based world. International Business Machines is not the only U.S. tech giant caught in the trap, but the “international” part of its name makes IBM uniquely vulnerable. The company thought it could grow by storing, processing and transporting data between hemispheres. IBM had a good plan. It might even have worked, had Edward Snowden not come along. Snowden single-handedly changed the global economy. He exposed the U.S. government’s “collect it all” intelligence methods and the way technology and telecom companies betrayed their own customers. Less than three years later, we already see major consequences.
Read more @ http://www.newsmax.com/Finance/PatrickWatson/Edward-Snowden-IBM-Global-Tech-Dream/2015/11/04/id/700499/
Snowden think he has something in common with the blimp Edward Snowden believes he has something in common with the large military blimp that came unmoored in Maryland on Wednesday. Snowden, who leaked information about top-secret government programs in 2013, joked on Twitter that the loose blimp wasn’t the first time “mass surveillance [led] to unauthorized travel.”
Read more @ http://time.com/4091212/edward-snowden-blimp/
Many new features and packages have been added Tails, a Live operating system that is built with the declared purpose of keeping users safe and anonymous while going online, has been updated to version 1.7. This is a major upgrade and users have been advised to make the switch as soon as possible. Tails is getting a lot more attention than it used to, even if the operating system has been around for a long time. The reason for the sudden fame is the fact that whistleblower Edward Snowden said that he used this Linux OS to keep his information trafficking activities safe from the authorities. Tails has even been spotted in a TV show, so we know that people are becoming much more aware of its existence.
Tails, a Live operating system that is built with the declared purpose of keeping users safe and anonymous while going online, has been updated to version 1.7. This is a major upgrade and users have been advised to make the switch as soon as possible.
Tails is getting a lot more attention than it used to, even if the operating system has been around for a long time. The reason for the sudden fame is the fact that whistleblower Edward Snowden said that he used this Linux OS to keep his information trafficking activities safe from the authorities. Tails has even been spotted in a TV show, so we know that people are becoming much more aware of its existence.
Read more @ http://news.softpedia.com/news/edward-snowden-s-favourite-distro-tails-gets-major-upgrade-to-1-7-495717.shtml
There’s a slight chance that you may value privacy but may not have the $800 or so that the likes of a BlackBerry or Blackphone demand. If that’s the case, this may be the next best thing. Open Whisper, the makers of RedPhone and TextSecure apps for encrypted calling and SMS, has received what may be the biggest independent endorsement for a mobile app, ever. The developer is bringing “Signal,” an app that combines the two functions into one, to Android phones, and what do you know, Edward Snowden himself is a fan. I use Signal every day. #notesforFBI (Spoiler: they already know) https://t.co/KNy0xppsN0 — Edward Snowden (@Snowden) November 2, 2015 Android Authority reports that the app has been available on iOS for half a year, and has garnered a reputation for staying true to its word. The two separate apps have also been available on Android, but are being combined into a new free solution.
There’s a slight chance that you may value privacy but may not have the $800 or so that the likes of a BlackBerry or Blackphone demand. If that’s the case, this may be the next best thing.
Open Whisper, the makers of RedPhone and TextSecure apps for encrypted calling and SMS, has received what may be the biggest independent endorsement for a mobile app, ever.
The developer is bringing “Signal,” an app that combines the two functions into one, to Android phones, and what do you know, Edward Snowden himself is a fan.
I use Signal every day. #notesforFBI (Spoiler: they already know) https://t.co/KNy0xppsN0
— Edward Snowden (@Snowden) November 2, 2015
Android Authority reports that the app has been available on iOS for half a year, and has garnered a reputation for staying true to its word. The two separate apps have also been available on Android, but are being combined into a new free solution.
Read more @ http://www.computerdealernews.com/news/heres-the-encrypted-call-and-messenger-app-that-edward-snowden-himself-uses/45311
HE might have been trying to become the next Julian Assange, but all Michael Scerba achieved was a one-year jail sentence for disclosing secret information online. The then-21-year-old Department of Defence graduate came to the attention of authorities after he posted a “highly sensitive” report on the anonymous image-sharing forum 4chan. For this crime, Justice Richard Refshauge sentenced the 24-year-old to spend a minimum of three months in prison, with the remainder to be served as a suspended sentence, subject to a two-year good behaviour bond. In 2012, the Department of Defence graduate burnt the document to a compact disc after downloading it from a Secret Defence Security Network. He then took it home and shared the first two pages of the 15-page document on the website with the comment, “Julian Assange is my hero”.
HE might have been trying to become the next Julian Assange, but all Michael Scerba achieved was a one-year jail sentence for disclosing secret information online.
The then-21-year-old Department of Defence graduate came to the attention of authorities after he posted a “highly sensitive” report on the anonymous image-sharing forum 4chan.
For this crime, Justice Richard Refshauge sentenced the 24-year-old to spend a minimum of three months in prison, with the remainder to be served as a suspended sentence, subject to a two-year good behaviour bond.
In 2012, the Department of Defence graduate burnt the document to a compact disc after downloading it from a Secret Defence Security Network.
He then took it home and shared the first two pages of the 15-page document on the website with the comment, “Julian Assange is my hero”.
Read more @ http://www.news.com.au/technology/online/department-of-defence-graduate-jailed-for-leaking-top-secret-documents-on-4chan/story-fnjwnfzw-1227597932337
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