Posted May 9, 2013, 7:30 AM by Rick Burgess | Filed in The Web, IT Security
Last month, India's government deployed what is known as the "Central Monitoring System". The several-million dollar surveillance initiative gives Indian government agencies unprecedented power to silently monitor communications, not the least of which include Internet activity, text messaging and phone…
Posted December 6, 2012, 4:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in The Web
In response to a set of Internet eavesdropping standards recently adopted by the International Telecommunications Union, Congress has voted unanimously(!) in favor of a resolution which opposes any sort of U.N. Internet "takeover". Finally, something which American legislators seem to…
Posted December 5, 2012, 6:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in IT Security, The Web
Despite concerns voiced by Germany, a number of Internet eavesdropping techniques were approved for use by the International Telecommunication Union. The ITU is the specialized U.N. body charged with the facilitation and regulation of information and communication technologies. Cdt.org provides…
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