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Pierluigi Paganini January 20, 2018

The US Global surveillance bill has been signed by President Trump

US Government missed a historic opportunity to reform a dangerous surveillance law that opens to a global surveillance, instead it has signed a version that makes it worse. The U.S. legal framework related to the domestic surveillance has been signed by President Trump one day after the Senate approved it with 65 votes against 34. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 02, 2017

NSA announces it will stop surveillance activities on emails, texts and other internet communications

NSA announces a change in its surveillance activities, it will no longer spy on citizens’ emails, texts, and other Internet communications. It is official, the US NSA announced it will no longer spy on emails, texts and other internet communications that mention targets of surveillance.The NSA issued the official statement last week, announcing a historical change of tactic […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 14, 2017

Facebook and Instagram will not allow developers from scanning social media profiles for surveillance

Facebook company and Instagram will not allow developers scanning their social media profiles for surveillance activities. Facebook and it app Instagram have updated the terms and conditions to prevent developers from scanning social media profiles for surveillance activities. A report recently published revealed the US Department of Homeland Security used software to scan social media […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 06, 2016

Yahoo – The Reuter’s article is misleading and the surveillance tool doesn’t exist

A few hours after the Reuters reported the existence of a surveillance tools used by Yahoo for email massive scanning, the Tech giant denied it. This week the Reuters reported Yahoo reportedly scanned all of its users’ incoming emails with a secret software program that is designed to gather information for the US Government agencies. According to […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 05, 2016

Reuters – Yahoo allowed US government to secretly scanning customer emails

Yahoo may have allowed US government to search user emails by using a secret software program that scanned hundreds of millions of Mail accounts. Yahoo is still in trouble, this time the company has reportedly scanned all of its users’ incoming emails with a secret software program that is designed to gather information for the US Government […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 03, 2016

British MPs emails are routinely accessed by GCHQ

New documents leaked by Edward Snowden reveal that both the British Intelligence and the NSA regularly intercept the British MPs emails. According to Computer Weekly, new documents leaked by Edward Snowden reveal that both the British Intelligence and the NSA regularly intercept the British MPs emails and peers. The revelations have been made public through an […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 28, 2015

NSA will lose access to its surveillance metadata in Nov. 29

Metadata acquired due to the NSA surveillance programs was ruled illegal by a court in May 2015. The NSA will lose access to its metadata in Nov. 29. According to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), the NSA will destroy millions of US phone records collected during its investigation. The process will […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 06, 2015

GCHQ mass internet surveillance was unlawful, IPT rules

The Investigatory Powers Tribunal has considered unlawful the GCHQ access to information gathered by the NSA through its massive surveillance programs. The British intelligence GCHQ acted illegally in accessing millions of personal communications collected by the NSA, this is the judgment of The Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) that ruled against the national intelligence agency and security services. […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 18, 2015

New Snowden documents reveal the NSA Digital Arms Race

A new collection of document examined by Der Spiegel magazine reveals that the NSA is now preparing for future dominance in cyberspace. Snowden‘s revelations on mass surveillance by the NSA have shocked the IT industry, but experts say the worst is yet to come. The NSA is working to significantly evolve its methods in relation […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 12, 2014

There is a second Snowden in the US intelligence, which is leaking classified data

Citizenfour, the new film on Edward Snowden, shows journalist Greenwald discussing with a second source which is disclosing classified information. There is another whistleblower inside the US Intelligence, according to the popular journalist Glenn Greenwald Edward Snowden was not alone as revealed in the new documentary about Edward Snowden that premiered in New York last week. […]

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The US Global surveillance bill has been signed by President Trump

NSA announces it will stop surveillance activities on emails, texts and other internet communications

Facebook and Instagram will not allow developers from scanning social media profiles for surveillance

Yahoo – The Reuter’s article is misleading and the surveillance tool doesn’t exist

Reuters – Yahoo allowed US government to secretly scanning customer emails

British MPs emails are routinely accessed by GCHQ

NSA will lose access to its surveillance metadata in Nov. 29

GCHQ mass internet surveillance was unlawful, IPT rules

New Snowden documents reveal the NSA Digital Arms Race

There is a second Snowden in the US intelligence, which is leaking classified data

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