UK's Sunak voiced 'strong concerns' over alleged China spying to Premier Li

The United Kingdom's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says he has spoken with Chinese Premier Li Qiang about alleged spying in the UK on behalf of Beijing.Sunak's ...#Beijing #ChinesePremierLiQiang #LiQiang #Politics #PrimeMinisterRishiSunak #RishiSunak #UKsPrimeMinisterRishiSunak #UnitedKingdomsPrimeMinisterRishiSunak #aljazeera #aljazeeraenglish #aljazeera #aljazeeraenglish #aljazeeralive #aljazeeranews #aljazeeracom #espionageforChina #spying
UK's Sunak voiced 'strong concerns' over alleged China spying to Premier Li

A bird carrying #spying equipment was captured in #Lebanon

Possibly from #Israel. #pigeon

Le Sénat donne son feu vert à l’activation à distance des caméras ou micros des téléphones

The Senate gives the green light to the remote activation of the cameras or microphones of the telephones

L'article 3 du projet de loi du garde des Sceaux est controversé et cristallise les inquiétudes de la gauche et d'associations.

Article 3 of the Keeper of the Seals bill is controversial and crystallizes the concerns of the left and associations.

Translations by StartPage.

https://www.francetvinfo.fr/societe/justice/le-senat-donne-son-feu-vert-a-l-activation-a-distance-des-cameras-ou-micros-des-telephones_5875187.html

Le Sénat a donné, mercredi 7 juin dans la soirée, son feu vert à une disposition controversée du projet de loi sur la justice autorisant le déclenchement à distance des caméras ou micros des téléphones dans certaines enquêtes, à l'insu des personnes visées. L'article 3 du texte porté par le garde des Sceaux, Eric Dupond-Moretti, examiné en première lecture par les sénateurs, apporte plusieurs modifications à la procédure pénale.\
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La mesure votée mercredi a deux finalités. D'une part, la géolocalisation en temps réel pour certaines infractions. D'autre part, l'activation de micros et caméras pour capter son et images, qui serait réservée aux affaires de terrorisme, de délinquance et de criminalité organisées.

The Senate gave, Wednesday, June 7 in the evening, the green light to a controversial provision of the justice bill authorizing the remote triggering of cameras or telephone microphones in certain investigations, without the knowledge of the persons concerned. Article 3 of the text carried by the Keeper of the Seals, Eric Dupond-Moretti, examined at first reading by the senators, brings several modifications to the criminal procedure.\
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The measure voted on Wednesday has two purposes. On the one hand, real-time geolocation for certain offences. On the other hand, the activation of microphones and cameras to capture sound and images, which would be reserved for cases of terrorism, delinquency and organized crime.

"délinquance" (delinquency) seems a bit vague.

#france #privacy #surveillance #spying #smartphones #trackers #smart-phones #computers #cameras #microphones #remote-spying #remote-surveillance #human-rights #civil-rights

Le Sénat donne son feu vert à l’activation à distance des caméras ou micros des téléphones

L'article 3 du projet de loi du garde des Sceaux est controversé et cristallise les inquiétudes de la gauche et d'associations.

Hackaday Links: June 11, 2023

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Hackaday Links: June 11, 2023

As Tom Nardi mentioned in this week’s podcast, the Northeast US is pretty apocalyptically socked in with smoke from wildfires in Canada. It’s what we here in Idaho call “August,&#…

Police omitted folder called ‘CIA’ from the computer of Spaniard who allegedly spied on Julian Assange

https://english.elpais.com/international/2023-06-04/police-omitted-folder-called-cia-from-the-computer-of-spaniard-who-allegedly-spied-on-julian-assange.html

#julianassange #wikileaks #davidmorales #ecuador #cia #spying #document-dump #dropthecharges #freeassange #weareallassange

Police omitted folder called ‘CIA’ from the computer of Spaniard who allegedly spied on Julian Assange

In a recent document dump delivered to the presiding judge, more than 250 extra gigabytes of files related to the surveillance of the founder of WikiLeaks were included — far more than what was initially presented by police

Russian State Media, RIA Novosti on #Telegram:

— "The #FSB has revealed the intelligence of the American intelligence agencies, carried out using #Apple devices.

The department reported that in the course of ensuring the security of the Russian telecommunications infrastructure, anomalies were identified that are characteristic only for users of Apple mobile phones and are caused by the operation of previously unknown malicious software.

Several thousand telephone sets of this brand were infected, the FSB said.
The information received by the Russian special services testifies to the close cooperation of Apple with the #US intelligence community, the Russian department noted."

#Russia #CIA #FBI #NSA #Spying

An American RC-135V reconnaissance aircraft circling the Russian territory of #Kaliningrad, a highly rare event.

#russia #us #Spying

CIA Launches Telegram Channel

The CIA launched a Telegram channel to get Russians to spy for them, with one former spook saying now is 'probably the best period of recruiting Russians that we've had'

CIA’s global mission requires that individuals be able to contact us securely from anywhere in the world. That’s why, for the first time, CIA is establishing a presence on Telegram – to reach those who feel compelled to engage CIA and ensure they know how to do so as securely as possible. If you’re considering reaching out to CIA, please review the materials on this channel: we value those willing to talk with us, and your safety is our priority.

#CIA #Temegram #Politics #Russia #Spying
https://www.cia.gov/stories/story/cia-launches-telegram-channel/

#gafam #microsoft #spying

Shut down the UK Ministry of Truth

My name’s Mark and I’m a human rights campaigner. I’ve just found out I was included in a government Mis/Disinformation Report for sharing a petition from the official Parliamentary petitions website

And it’s clear that I’m not the only one.

https://www.change.org/p/shut-down-the-ministry-of-truth?recruiter=1293514696

#ToryDictatorship #censorship #spying #safety #privacy #security #ToryFascistDictatorship #ToryCorruption #DemocracyNotAutocracy #HumanRights #disinformation #UnitedKingdom #ToryScum #petitions

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US Intelligence Leaks Shed Light on Surveillance on Allies

The leaked documents contain extensive top-secret data related to U.S.-friendly nations including Ukraine, South Korea, and Israel.

The reported leaks of highly classified documents that have been trending online recently shed light on the extensive spying activities conducted by Washington on its allies and foes alike.

#Politics #US #Spying #Ukraine #Israel #SouthKorea Europe #CIA #Pentagon #NSA

https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/US-Intelligence-Leaks-Shed-Light-on-Surveillance-on-Allies-20230412-0008.html

...from May onwards British subjects of His Majesty will have the privilege of having our right to a private life violated by somebody with two X sex chromosomes instead of an X & Y.

How very progressive of the British establishment to ensure equal rights violation opportunities to women. Congratulations to Anne Keast-Butler on becoming head privacy rights violator of GCHQ.

#annekeastbutler #gchq #privacy #uk #rightsviolations #biggovernment #spying #surveillancestate #intel #mi5 #mi6 #britishgovernment #usa #britishintelligence #intelagencies #informationera #informationwarfare #righttoaprivatelife #elites #elitism #progressivism #neoliberalglobalism #bigbrother

https://www.foxnews.com/world/uk-has-named-first-woman-lead-communications-intelligence-agency-gchq

UK has named first woman to lead communications intelligence agency GCHQ

The U.K. has named the first woman to lead its communications intelligence agency GCHQ. Anne Keast-Butler will start the position in May where she will replace Jeremy Fleming.

Recreating Theremin’s Bug: How the Soviet Union Spied on the US Embassy for 7 Years

The strange thing about the bug is that it wasn’t directly powered. It was actually a resonant cavity that only worked when it was irradiated with an external RF energy. Most of the video is background about the bug, with quite a few details revealed.

It goes to show that technology does not have to be complex to be effective. In this case, the simpler, the better.

The video at the link below has a lot of background of how it came about, as well the recreation exercise for the BBC. But the article also contains some links out to further sources on the reasons why the bug actually works.

And if you are not used to a colloquial English accent, the word sounding like “book” is actually “bug”

See https://hackaday.com/2023/03/25/recreating-one-of-historys-best-known-spy-gadgets/
#Blog, #bugs, #security, #spying, #technology

Opinion The inside story of how the U.S. shot down the Chinese balloon

(sorry if this is paywalled :( )

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/02/04/chinese-balloon-pentagon-intelligence-details/

#balloon #spying #Chinese

Opinion | The inside story of how the U.S. shot down the Chinese balloon

A Pentagon official with firsthand knowledge of the event provides details about Saturday's mission, but plenty of secrets, and mysteries, remain.

Meanwhile....

In case things have become too routine, boring, uneventful....

US downs Chinese balloon, drawing a threat from China

#US #China #balloon #surveillance #international #spying #diplomacy #oops

US downs Chinese balloon, drawing a threat from China

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military on Saturday shot down a suspected Chinese spy balloon off the Carolina coast after it traversed sensitive military sites across North America. China insisted the flyover was an accident involving a civilian...

The Chris Hedges Report podcast with Kevin Gosztola on Julian Assange and the End of Press Freedom

https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/the-chris-hedges-report-podcast-with-63e

The legal action against #JulianAssange is poised to culminate in a #trial in the United States in 2023, and this book will help the #public understand the proceedings.

This new #book by #KevinGosztola, (2/21/2023) who has spent the last decade covering #Assange, #WikiLeaks, and the wider #war on #whistleblowers, tells the full story based on #testimony from dozens of witnesses. It examines #abuses-of-power by the #CIA and the #FBI, including a #spying operation that targeted Assange's #family, #lawyers, and #doctors. It outlines how WikiLeaks exposed the reality of American #wars, the #US #government's #unprecedented #indictment against Assange as a #publisher, and the #media's role in persuading the #public to " #shoot-the-messenger." #Guilty-of-Journalism offers a #balanced and #comprehensive #perspective on all the events leading up to what #press-freedom advocates have called the #trial-of-the-century.

#chrishedges #podcast #journalism #freepress #freespeech #politics #freeassange #weareallassange

The Chris Hedges Report with Kevin Gosztola

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#Britain reconsidering Iran nuclear deal after execution of Alireza Akbari

The UK is reconsidering its support for the Iran nuclear deal following the execution of a British-Iranian dual national, The #SundayTelegraph understands.

Alireza Akbari, a former Iranian deputy defence minister, was charged with #spying for #MI6 and before his death claimed to have been tortured for 3,500 hours.

#Politics #Iran #UK #JCPOA #AlirezaAkbari #DeathPenalty #Torture

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/01/14/iran-executes-british-iranian-dual-national-alireza-akbari/

Britain reconsidering Iran nuclear deal after execution of Alireza Akbari

The former Iranian deputy defence minister had been sentenced to death on charges of spying for Britain

UK supermarket uses facial recognition tech to track shoppers

Attached to the ceiling above the gray shiny floor, watching as people enter the store, is a camera. The device scans faces, matching them against a corporate database of suspicious, potentially criminal shoppers who have been placed on a watchlist

The cameras are in breach of data rights and individual privacy

Every time a customer walks into a shop or business that uses Facewatch’s system, a biometric profile is created

Facewatch also adds to their watchlist subjects of interest posted on police websites

If staff have reasonable grounds to suspect a customer of committing a crime, whether it’s shoplifting or disorderly conduct, they can add the customer to a Facewatch list of “subjects of interest.” Facewatch’s policy notice says that the police also have the power to upload images and data to Facewatch’s system.

https://www.codastory.com/authoritarian-tech/uk-supermarket-biometric-cameras/

#UK #privacy #CCTV #BigBrother #supermarket #corporate #spying #PoliceState #China #Hikvision

UK supermarket uses facial recognition tech to track shoppers

Biometric cameras scan faces and add shoppers to a secret watchlist of suspects, holding their data for years.

An unofficial Iranian news source says that #AlirezaAkbari the former defense minister of IRI and dual British, Iranian citizen was hanged.

#Iran #Politics #StopExecutionsInIran #UK #Spying

"They found the analytics control and other privacy settings had no obvious effect on Apple’s data collection—the tracking remained the same whether iPhone Analytics was switched on or off.

“The level of detail is shocking for a company like Apple,” Mysk told Gizmodo."

WTF!?

"An independent test suggests Apple collects data about you and your phone when its own settings promise to “disable the sharing of Device Analytics altogether.”"

New Research Says

Apple Is Tracking You Even When Its Own Privacy Settings Say It’s Not

"For all of Apple’s talk about how private your iPhone is, the company vacuums up a lot of data about you. iPhones do have a privacy setting that is supposed to turn off that tracking. According to a new report by independent researchers, though, Apple collects extremely detailed information on you with its own apps even when you turn off tracking, an apparent direct contradiction of Apple’s own description of how the privacy protection works."

https://gizmodo.com/apple-iphone-analytics-tracking-even-when-off-app-store-1849757558

#tracking #apple #iphone #surveillance #prism #linux #bsd #gnulinux #safari #gizmodo #security #hackernews #analytics #privacy #computer #smartphones #phones #phone #spying #backdoor

Apple Tracks You Even With Its Own Privacy Protections on, Study Says

An independent test suggests Apple collects data about you and your phone when its own settings promise to “disable the sharing of Device Analytics altogether.”