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.
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Geoff White
How your desk is a jackpot for spies…
The humble desk has a double life. On the one hand it is home to coffee rings and chewed biros. On the other, it is a window spies can use to access your private information. So how safe are you?
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Paul Mason
Exclusive: Laura Poitras on Snowden – the movie
Laura Poitras’ movie CITZENFOUR captures the man at the centre of today’s Watergate moment – Edward Snowden – in a compelling story of whistleblowing and NSA snooping.
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Geoff White
Why US state spying is good – and Chinese state spying is bad
China has come out fighting following news that five of its army officers have been charged by the FBI. But with no real chance of arrest, what is behind the FBI’s charges against individuals?
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Geoff White
Did UK spooks use NSA data to spy on Britons?
A new report on how GCHQ and the UK’s other spy agencies used NSA data is published – but it leaves many questions still unanswered.
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Geoff White
Asking the right questions on surveillance, the NSA and your texts
There are serious questions to be asked after the revelations about the NSA, GCHQ and intercepted text messages. But to get the right answers, let’s be clear what we’re asking.
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Paul Mason
Snowden’s alternative Christmas message: your child will never have privacy
He’s on the run and faces jail if he returns to the USA. But from Moscow, where he’s been granted political asylum Edward Snowden has delivered a defiant message on Channel 4.
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Geoff White
A ‘European cloud’ won’t keep your data safe from prying eyes
You might think that if you live in London and email your mate in Paris, there’s no chance the message will ever go via the US. You’re wrong.
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Gary Gibbon
Spies come in from the cold
In an unprecedented televised evidence session, intelligence chiefs say the Edward Snowden leaks will make it “far, far harder” to detect terrorist plots in years to come.
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Geoff White
So how did the NSA eavesdrop on Angela Merkel’s mobile calls?
The German and French leaders are outraged at the level of NSA phone surveillance. But in fact there are several ways of monitoring people’s mobile calls.
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Geoff White
Insatiable demand for IT experts undermines state security
The US and UK governments are struggling to recruit the number of tech-savvy agents they require to police their citizens. And that is causing security issues.