Amber Rudd yet to emerge from blanket of ministerial double-speak
Source: UK gov says new Home Sec will have powers to ban end-to-end encryption • The Register
Tag: Spying
Leak Reveals Secret FBI Guidelines That Basically Give Them Free Rein To Spy On Journalists And Sources | Techdirt
This is the fox watching the henhouse. These are not restrictions, these are just the DOJ getting to ask itself if it really wants to spy on these journalists, and the DOJ telling itself “sure, go ahead.” There’s a further exception that if someone is a member of the media, but the FBI “suspects” they’re an intelligence officer or affiliated with a foreign intelligence service, “no additional approval requirements” are needed. So, as with the Rosen case, the FBI can just declare him a “co-conspirator” and voila, no approval necessary.
DOJ Warns Calexico Police: Fix Institutional Problems Before Adopting Surveillance Tech | Electronic Frontier Foundation
Maybe the US government should take it’s own advice and follow it
Law enforcement agencies should not expand their electronic surveillance capabilities until they have addressed core problems of corruption, incompetence, poor oversight, and inadequate training. Echoing concerns long raised by EFF, that’s the message the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) sent the Calexico Police Department (CPD) following a years-long investigation into alleged corruption by officers.
Non-US encryption is ‘theoretical,’ claims CIA chief in backdoor debate
No choice but to use American gear, grins spymaster
Source: Non-US encryption is ‘theoretical,’ claims CIA chief in backdoor debate
UK Home Office is creating mega database by stitching together ALL its gov records • The Register
At least it consulted… The public? Parliament? No one? WHAT!
Source: UK Home Office is creating mega database by stitching together ALL its gov records • The Register
FBI Told Cops to Recreate Evidence From Secret Cell-Phone Trackers
Feds tell locals that they need to find other ways “to corroborate information concerning the location of the target obtained through the use of this equipment” if they want to introduce it at trial.
Source: FBI Told Cops to Recreate Evidence From Secret Cell-Phone Trackers
Cops deploy StingRay anti-terror tech against $50 chicken-wing thief • The Register
Whaddaya mean abuse of privacy?!
Source: Cops deploy StingRay anti-terror tech against $50 chicken-wing thief • The Register
Secret US spy court approved every surveillance request in 2015
Perfect batting average continues with the FISA Court two years in a row now.
Source: Secret US spy court approved every surveillance request in 2015
US House unanimously passed bill requiring warrants for e-mail | Ars Technica
It remains to be seen whether Senate has the wherewithal to approve House version.
Source: US House unanimously passed bill requiring warrants for e-mail | Ars Technica