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Russia Says US Hacked Thousands Of Apple Phones In Spy Plot
Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Thursday it had uncovered an American espionage operation that compromised thousands of iPhones using sophisticated surveillance software.
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Pegasus Spyware: Israel's Attorney General Orders Probe of NSO Claims
Israel’s attorney general said he was launching an investigation into Israeli police’s use of phone surveillance technology following reports that investigators improperly tracked targets without authorisation.
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Opinion: Why Pegasus Scandal Is A Wake-Up Call For US
Of the 50,000 phone numbers that were, according to a consortium of investigative journalists, possible targets for surveillance using the Israeli company NSO Group Ltd.'s Pegasus spyware, apparently not one had a +1 prefix.
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US Colleges Turning Students' Phones Into Surveillance Devices, Tracking Locations of Hundreds of Thousands
Short-range phone sensors and campuswide Wi-Fi networks are empowering colleges across the United States to track hundreds of thousands of students more precisely than ever before.
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National Security Agency Triples Collection Of Phone Records in United States
The US National Security Agency collected 534 million records of phone calls and text messages of Americans last year, more than triple gathered in 2016, a US intelligence agency report released on Friday said.
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New Technique to Identify 'IMSI Catchers' That Pretend to Be Cell Towers
IMSI Catchers work by pretending to be a legitimate cell tower that a phone would normally communicate with, tricking the phone into sending back identifying information.
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FBI Can Easily Spy on Journalists Working in the US, Report Claims
A report by The Intercept claims that FBI can easily obtain phone records of journalists and also target their sources.
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US, UK Spies Targeted Airline Passengers' Mobiles: Report
"The use of mobile phones with internet connections in the sky gave rise to the creation of specific programs at the NSA and GCHQ."
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California Terror Investigators Can't View NSA Phone Records
The US government's ability to review and analyze five years' worth of telephone records for the married couple blamed in the deadly shootings in California lapsed just four days earlier when the National Security Agency's controversial mass surveillance program was formally shut down.
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National Security Agency Ends Mass Phone Surveillance Programme
The US National Security Agency (NSA) on Sunday ended its mass phone surveillance programme and replaced it with a focused and targeted domestic surveillance programme.
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US Judge Rules Against NSA in Phone Spying Case
Unlike previous rulings against the NSA's program, Leon's opinion does not grant a stay, meaning it will take effect immediately.
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US Secret Service Allowed to Use Warrantless Stingray Phone Tracking
The policy unveiled is similar to the one announced in September by the Justice Department, which includes the FBI.
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ACLU Asks Appeals Court to Halt NSA Phone Record Collection
ACLU told the 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan that it should rule that a law Congress passed on June 2 is being used illegally.
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US Court Rules NSA Can Temporarily Resume Bulk Phone Data Collection
US Congress provided a 180-day transition period until the new mechanism of obtaining call detail records is implemented.
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The NSA Can't Surveil Americans' Every Phone Call - At Least for Now
Today is a landmark day for Americans' privacy: you can finally make a telephone call in the United States without the NSA automatically keeping a record of who you called, when, and for how long. It's been more than a decade since that was the case. Now the only question is: will it last?
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Russia Says US Hacked Thousands Of Apple Phones In Spy Plot
Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Thursday it had uncovered an American espionage operation that compromised thousands of iPhones using sophisticated surveillance software.
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Pegasus Spyware: Israel's Attorney General Orders Probe of NSO Claims
Israel’s attorney general said he was launching an investigation into Israeli police’s use of phone surveillance technology following reports that investigators improperly tracked targets without authorisation.
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Opinion: Why Pegasus Scandal Is A Wake-Up Call For US
Of the 50,000 phone numbers that were, according to a consortium of investigative journalists, possible targets for surveillance using the Israeli company NSO Group Ltd.'s Pegasus spyware, apparently not one had a +1 prefix.
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US Colleges Turning Students' Phones Into Surveillance Devices, Tracking Locations of Hundreds of Thousands
Short-range phone sensors and campuswide Wi-Fi networks are empowering colleges across the United States to track hundreds of thousands of students more precisely than ever before.
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National Security Agency Triples Collection Of Phone Records in United States
The US National Security Agency collected 534 million records of phone calls and text messages of Americans last year, more than triple gathered in 2016, a US intelligence agency report released on Friday said.
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New Technique to Identify 'IMSI Catchers' That Pretend to Be Cell Towers
IMSI Catchers work by pretending to be a legitimate cell tower that a phone would normally communicate with, tricking the phone into sending back identifying information.
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FBI Can Easily Spy on Journalists Working in the US, Report Claims
A report by The Intercept claims that FBI can easily obtain phone records of journalists and also target their sources.
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US, UK Spies Targeted Airline Passengers' Mobiles: Report
"The use of mobile phones with internet connections in the sky gave rise to the creation of specific programs at the NSA and GCHQ."
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California Terror Investigators Can't View NSA Phone Records
The US government's ability to review and analyze five years' worth of telephone records for the married couple blamed in the deadly shootings in California lapsed just four days earlier when the National Security Agency's controversial mass surveillance program was formally shut down.
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National Security Agency Ends Mass Phone Surveillance Programme
The US National Security Agency (NSA) on Sunday ended its mass phone surveillance programme and replaced it with a focused and targeted domestic surveillance programme.
-
US Judge Rules Against NSA in Phone Spying Case
Unlike previous rulings against the NSA's program, Leon's opinion does not grant a stay, meaning it will take effect immediately.
-
US Secret Service Allowed to Use Warrantless Stingray Phone Tracking
The policy unveiled is similar to the one announced in September by the Justice Department, which includes the FBI.
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ACLU Asks Appeals Court to Halt NSA Phone Record Collection
ACLU told the 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan that it should rule that a law Congress passed on June 2 is being used illegally.
-
US Court Rules NSA Can Temporarily Resume Bulk Phone Data Collection
US Congress provided a 180-day transition period until the new mechanism of obtaining call detail records is implemented.
-
The NSA Can't Surveil Americans' Every Phone Call - At Least for Now
Today is a landmark day for Americans' privacy: you can finally make a telephone call in the United States without the NSA automatically keeping a record of who you called, when, and for how long. It's been more than a decade since that was the case. Now the only question is: will it last?
