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  • July 2008

    • Big Brother Comes to Sweden

      Spiked  |  Jul 13, 08 1:01 PM CDT

      Big Brother Comes to Sweden

      (Newser) - Don’t believe the hype: “Sweden is no cuddly liberal democracy,” writes Nathalie Rothschild for Spiked, berating her home country for “introducing the most Draconian surveillance law in Europe.” Known as the FRA law but nicknamed "Lex Orwell " by opponents, the legislation gives intelligence agencies the right to intercept all incoming foreign communication. “Emulate Sweden? No thanks.” More »

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      terrorism  • surveillance  • Sweden  • FISA  • eavesdropping  • government spying  • Big Brother

  • June 2008

    • Telecoms Gain Immunity From Wiretap Suits

      New York Times  |  Jun 20, 08 8:42 AM CDT

      Telecoms Gain Immunity From Wiretap Suits

      (Newser) - Yesterday's Congressional deal on warrantless wiretapping will wipe out some 40 pending lawsuits against phone companies that took part in the Bush administration's eavesdropping scheme, ending 5 months of Democratic resistance to giving the telcos immunity for their actions. In what the New York Times calls to the biggest change to surveillance law in 30 years, telecoms will receive protection from lawsuits so long as a court determines that the government asked them to allow the tap. More »

    • Eavesdropping on Internet Calls Is Easy

      MIT Technology Review  |  Jun 17, 08 7:00 PM CDT

      Eavesdropping on Internet Calls Is Easy

      (Newser) - Not only are most Internet phone calls not encrypted, but a bandwidth-saving technique could undermine encryption once it’s implemented. Researchers at Johns Hopkins found that a compression method called variable-bit-rate encoding makes it possible for eavesdroppers to identify given phrases in an encrypted VoIP call 50% of the time, reports Technology Review . More »

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      encryption  • Internet phone  • eavesdropping  • VoIP

  • February 2008

    • Wiretaps Continue Under Lapsed Law

      Reuters  |  Feb 24, 08 11:31 AM CST

      Wiretaps Continue Under Lapsed Law

      (Newser) - US spy agencies are continuing wiretap surveillance despite the fact that a law re-authorizing the administration's controversial program failed to pass a divided legislature last weekend. Telecommunications companies are cooperating with the government despite concerns, Reuters reports. Wiretaps will resume under the current law "at least for now," according to a joint statement yesterday by the Justice Department and Office of National Intelligence. More »

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      George W. Bush  • Congress  • Department of Justice  • wiretap  • eavesdropping  • Protect America Act  • spies

  • September 2007

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