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New York police caught lying over Stingray use, spying without court oversight

2015-04-08 22:11:39| Extremetech

The Erie County Police Department has been caught lying about both its use of controversial stingray devices and the degree of oversight those devices are subject to.

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Is Your Christmas Present Spying on You?

2014-12-25 19:37:13| Wireless - Topix.net

When it comes to gifts from the Internet of Things department , there's no jolly guy in a white-trimmed red suit with a bag full of presents, no magic reindeer clip-clopping on the roof. In fact, it's far more likely that you'll never discern the pitter-pat of digital feet when you connect that IoT gift to your WiFi -- whether it belongs to members of a marketing team, cyber thieves or your garden-variety voyeur.

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Flaws in Ancient Standard Enable Wireless Eavesdropping, Spying

2014-12-23 23:27:01| TechNewsWorld

Vulnerabilities in Signaling System 7, telephony signaling protocols used by carriers worldwide, allow third parties to listen to people's cellphone calls and intercept text messages despite encryption, The Washington Post reported last week. German cybersecurity researchers Tobias Engel of Sternraute and Karsten Nohl of Security Research Labs separately discovered these vulnerabilities.

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How Government Spying Undermines Climate Action

2014-11-27 18:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

EcoWatch: Unless youve been living in a hole in the ground or in a galaxy far, far away you wont have missed media revelations about government security services snooping on our every communication. Personal phone calls and e-mails are among the data routinely scooped up and stored for possible later scrutiny. It makes a mockery of the notion of personal privacy. As private citizens we express, or suppress, our outrage and get on with our day-to-day lives. We call, text and mail our nearest and dearest...

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