Putin targets foes with 'zombie' gun which attack victims' central nervous system Could be used against Russia's enemies and perhaps its own dissidents By Christopher Leake and Will Stewart Published: 23:08 GMT, 31 March 2012 | Updated: 23:08 GMT, 31 March 2012 Mind-bending ‘psychotronic’ guns that can effectively turn people into zombies have been given the go-ahead by Russian president Vladimir Putin. The futuristic weapons – which will attack the central nervous system of their victims – are being developed by the country’s scientists. They could be used against Russia’s enemies and, perhaps, its own dissidents by the end of the decade. Fire: Putin, seen using a traditional pistol, has new weapons in his sights Sources in Moscow say Mr Putin has described the guns, which use electromagnetic radiation like that found in microwave ovens, as ‘entirely new instruments for achieving political and strategic goals’. Plans to introduce the super- weapons were announced quietly last week by Russian defence minister Anatoly Serdyukov
EEUU 'espía' a través de los servidores de Apple, Google o Facebook | Estados Unidos El Gobierno de Barack Obama no sólo tiene información sensible de millones de llamadas telefónicas, también tiene acceso directo a los datos y a los servidores de todopoderosas empresas de Internet como Google, Facebook o Apple. Una presentación en Powepoint de la Agencia de Seguridad Nacional (NSA) a la que ha tenido acceso los diarios 'The Guardian' y 'The Washington Post' probaría el control de EEUU sobre el contenido de determinados e-mails, fotografías, vídeos conversaciones de chat o transferencia de archivos. El director de la NSA, James Clapper ha afirmado que este tipo de informaciones amenazan la seguridad nacional. Estas revelaciones son "una amenaza potencial a nuestra capacidad para identificar y abordar los riesgos a los que se enfrenta nuestro país", aseguró en un comunicado difundido esta noche. Sin confirmar oficialmente la existencia de este programa, la Casa Blanca ha asegurado que era esencial para la lucha contra el terrorismo. Las empresas niegan su consentimiento
U.S., British intelligence mining data from nine U.S. Internet companies in broad secret program The National Security Agency and the FBI are tapping directly into the central servers of nine leading U.S. Internet companies, extracting audio and video chats, photographs, e-mails, documents, and connection logs that enable analysts to track foreign targets, according to a top-secret document obtained by The Washington Post. The program, code-named PRISM, has not been made public until now. Equally unusual is the way the NSA extracts what it wants, according to the document: “Collection directly from the servers of these U.S. London’s Guardian newspaper reported Friday that GCHQ, Britain’s equivalent of the NSA, also has been secretly gathering intelligence from the same internet companies through an operation set up by the NSA. According to documents obtained by The Guardian, PRISM would appear to allow GCHQ to circumvent the formal legal process required in Britain to seek personal material such as emails, photos and videos from an internet company based outside of the country.
NSA files decoded: Edward Snowden's surveillance revelations explained | World news Two factors opened the way for the rapid expansion of surveillance over the past decade: the fear of terrorism created by the 9/11 attacks and the digital revolution that led to an explosion in cell phone and internet use. But along with these technologies came an extension in the NSA’s reach few in the early 1990s could have imagined. Details that in the past might have remained private were suddenly there for the taking. Chris Soghoian Principal technologist, ACLU NSA is helped by the fact that much of the world’s communications traffic passes through the US or its close ally the UK – what the agencies refer to as “home-field advantage”. The Snowden documents show that the NSA runs these surveillance programs through “partnerships” with major US telecom and internet companies. The division inside the NSA that deals with collection programs that focus on private companies is Special Source Operations, described by Snowden as the “crown jewels” of the NSA. Jeremy Scahill Fiber-optic cable
NSA slides explain the PRISM data-collection program Burgers vinden veiligheid vaak belangrijker dan privacy - Politiek-digitaal.nl Van onze redactie - maandag, 25 10 2004 20:00 Nederlanders hebben geen moeite met het prijsgeven van privacy, als dat meer veiligheid oplevert. Ruim 85% vindt cameratoezicht prima en bijna iedereen is voor toepassing van DNA-technieken, zo blijkt uit een rapport over de toekomst van het Sociaal en Cultureel Planbureau. De conclusies staan in schril contrast met de ‘Big Brother Awards’ die vandaag uitgereikt werden aan de grootste privacyschenders van het afgelopen jaar. Aantasting privacy nauwelijks een probleemDeze technieken kunnen de privacy van burgers aantasten, maar dit wordt door de bevolking nauwelijks als probleem ervaren. Big Brother Awards 2004De onverschilligheid van burgers op het gebied van hun persoonlijke levenssfeer is, naar alle waarschijnlijkheid, de digitale burgerrechtenorganisatie Bits of Freedom (BOF) een doorn in het oog. Minister Donner van Justitie viel wederom in de prijzen.
Parlement européen et Commission européenne: Arrêtez la surveillance de masse, protégez nos données et nos lanceurs d'alertes! Arrêtez la surveillance de masse, protégez nos données et nos lanceurs d'alertes! Nous, vos concitoyens, sommes préoccupés car nous voyons que nos droits fondamentaux ont été violés. Nous ne souhaitons pas vivre dans une culture de surveillance massive dans laquelle nous sommes tous placés sous suspicion généralisée. Nous réclamons que les demandes suivantes soient traitées sérieusement... Nous, vos concitoyens, sommes préoccupés car nous voyons que nos droits fondamentaux ont été violés. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Cordialement. Google: There Is No PRISM Back Door To Our Servers, No Open-Ended Access To User Data - TechCrunch All of the companies that are allegedly involved in the PRISM surveillance program have now issued short statements saying that they are not participating in this program and that they are not allowing the government “direct access” to their servers. Among these, of course, is Google. The company, however, also just issued a longer statement penned by its CEO Larry Page and Chief Legal Officer David Drummond. In it, Page and Drummond argue, just like in the company’s shorter statement, that Google does not give the U.S. government “direct access or a ‘back door’ to the information stored in our data centers.” Google also argues that it had never heard of a broad type of order like the one Verizon apparently received and which led to the release of millions of call records. Most importantly, though, Google continues to argue that it is not providing the government with “open-ended access to [its] users’ data.”
NSA surveillance: The US is behaving like China | Ai Weiwei Even though we know governments do all kinds of things I was shocked by the information about the US surveillance operation, Prism. To me, it's abusively using government powers to interfere in individuals' privacy. This is an important moment for international society to reconsider and protect individual rights. I lived in the United States for 12 years. This abuse of state power goes totally against my understanding of what it means to be a civilised society, and it will be shocking for me if American citizens allow this to continue. The US has a great tradition of individualism and privacy and has long been a centre for free thinking and creativity as a result. In our experience in China, basically there is no privacy at all – that is why China is far behind the world in important respects: even though it has become so rich, it trails behind in terms of passion, imagination and creativity. But still, if we talk about abusive interference in individuals' rights, Prism does the same.