Geoff White
What is Safe Harbor?
Safe Harbor – as the spelling suggests, it’s a US-focused invention. But what on earth is it, and why does today’s European Court of Justice decision on it matter?
-
Theresa May: surveillance bill has ‘strong safeguards’
Unveiling a draft Investigatory Powers Bill, Home Secretary Theresa May tells MPs it represents a “significant departure” from previous proposals dubbed the snoopers’ charter by critics.
-
-
NSA loses Patriot Act phone-spying powers
US spy agencies lose the legal authority to collect Americans’ phone records and other data after the Senate failed to pass legislation extending such powers.
-
Snowden leaks: undermining security or defending privacy?
The whistleblower Edward Snowden is defended by a privacy watchdog as a new report claims his “reckless” actions caused “serious damage” to counter terrorism.
-
Geoff White
Does GCHQ really only use ‘a fraction’ of its data?
The findings in today’s intelligence and security committee report seem at odds with the picture presented by documents from the whistleblower Edward Snowden.
-
Geoff White
Surveillance declared legal – but would a new law change anything?
There are different rules about what the spy agencies can do in Britain, compared to the rest of the world – will a replacement law give the same protection within and outside the UK?
-
‘Snooping’ laws: what can we expect from MP’s spying report?
The power of UK security agencies to access private communications will be examined in a parliamentary report due to be published on Thursday.
-
Geoff White
Spying: who’s got your back?
The people who are supposed to be protecting our privacy from the spies are mostly former judges and politicians. Transparency doesn’t appear high on their list.
-
GCHQ broke the law by spying on UK citizens
GCHQ broke the law in its access to billions of emails and online address books gathered by American spies, the UK’s surveillance watchdog has ruled.
-
Geoff White
Crime is changing, and technology is playing a major role
News last week that crime rates had fallen to a record low gives an indication as to how that shift is taking place.
-
Mass surveillance by GCHQ ‘is lawful’, tribunal finds
Privacy campaigners vow to take their case to the European court after a secret tribunal rules that GCHQ mass surveillance techniques are lawful and not in breach of human rights.
-
Geoff White
Is Facebook really capable of monitoring terrorists?
Bearing in mind Facebook moderators sometimes have trouble telling the difference between breastfeeding and porn, I reckon they’d struggle to distinguish angry boasts from genuine threats to life.
-
Geoff White
‘The new Stuxnet’ – is GCHQ linked to Regin hacking campaign?
Reports emerge of a new highly advanced hacking tool that may be linked to the UK’s spying headquarters.
-
Spy cable revealed: how telecoms firm worked with GCHQ
One of the UK’s largest communications firms had a leading role in creating the surveillance system exposed by Edward Snowden, it can be revealed.
-
Jonathan Rugman
Could Alan Turing have worked for our modern security services?
This week sees the opening of a film about codebreaker Alan Turing’s work at Bletchley Park. Would there be room for him in today’s MI6? Former spy chief John Scarlett thinks so.
