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In North America, the Canadians have long had to play country mouse to the flashier city mouse of the U.S. It's the latter that gets all the attention, while the former sits quietly in a corner. But recent stories have shown just how big a player the Canadians are becoming---at least in the surveillance realm.

Canada’s electronic spy agency reportedly tracks and analyzes up to 15 million file downloads from all around the world per day.

Learn more:

- http://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?tag=Cyberespionage...

Commotion is a free, open-source communication tool that uses wireless devices to create decentralized mesh networks. Commotion provides a way for you to share your Internet connection with the people around you, but it is not a replacement for your Internet connection. Read more about how Commotion works on our Frequently Asked Questions page.

Die Kritiker kommen zu Wort: Auf der DLD-Konferenz blies Andrew Keen Internetmillionären wie Mark Zuckerberg den Marsch. Und Mikko Hypponen trug das freie Netz zu Grabe.

Die NSA und ihre Verbündeten sammeln unzählige Informationen über das Internet. In der Datenbank Treasuremap tragen sie alles ein, was sie wissen - zum Spionieren und Angreifen. Es ist die Generalstabskarte für den Cyberwar.

DIY stalker device uniquely IDs people by tracking radio signals they emit.

The research pair first envisioned Snoopy more than two years ago to underscore how much data could be gathered by a collection of devices that are within the capability and budget of a die-hard hobbyist.

With a price tag of under $200 for the Snoopy spying node and $1,650 for the optional flying drone, the resulting proof-of-concept is even more instructive in the post-Snowden world that has since emerged.

If Snoopy is the product of a researcher duo working in their spare time, just think what the National Security Agency, GCHQ of the UK, or Israel's Mossad can do.

When the web became commonplace, the decision-makers ignored it, considering it irrelevant. As a result, freedom flourished online. People weren't just consuming content; they were creating it.

But, eventually, politicians and leaders realised how important the internet is. And they realised how useful the internet can be for other purposes — especially for surveillance of citizens. The two chief inventions of our generation — the internet and the mobile phone — changed the world. However, they both turned out to be perfect tools for the surveillance state. And in such a state, everybody is assumed guilty.

US intelligence agencies have a full legal right to monitor foreigners — and most of us are foreigners to the Americans. So when we use US-based services, we are under surveillance — and most of the services we use are US-based.

Advancements in computing power and data storage have made wholesale surveillance possible. But they've also made leaking possible, which will keep organisations worrying about getting caught over any wrongdoing. The future of the web is hanging in the balance between parties that want to keep us under surveillance and parties that want to reveal the nature of such surveillance. Both parties have the data revolution on their side.

While governments are watching over us, they know we're watching over them.

Lundi, la décision d’un tribunal américain a relancé l’espoir chez les groupes de défense des libertés civiles. Un juge a en effet rendu un verdict...

Le juge rappelle dans sa décision qu’il y a eu en outre, depuis 2005, suffisamment de révélations volontaires par des officiels du renseignement pour que les programmes de surveillance, le type de cible ou encore certaines procédures ne puissent plus être protégées par le secret d’État. Cependant, il ajoute que même si la plainte va pouvoir suivre son cours, il est évident que certaines informations ne pourront en aucun cas être révélées, car jugées trop sensibles.

The NSA's mass surveillance is just the beginning. Documents from Edward Snowden show that the intelligence agency is arming America for future digital wars -- a struggle for control of the Internet that is already well underway.

Learn more:

- http://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?tag=NSA

- http://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?tag=TAO

The National Security Agency has a "Google-like" search engine designed to share 850 billion records about emails, phone calls, internet chats, and more...

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- http://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?tag=NSA

During his talk at HOPE/X Jonathan Zdziarski detailed several undocumented services (with names like 'lockdownd,' 'pcapd,' 'mobile.file_relay,' and 'house_arrest') that run in the background on over 600 million iOS devices.

Zdziarski's questions for Apple include:

• Why is there a packet sniffer running on 600 million personal iOS devices instead of moved to the developer mount?
• Why are there undocumented services that bypass user backup encryption that dump mass amounts of personal data from the phone?
• Why is most of my user data still not encrypted with the PIN or passphrase, enabling the invasion of my personal privacy by YOU?
• Why is there still no mechanism to review the devices my iPhone is paired with, so I can delete ones that don’t belong?

... and his last slide (page 57 of the PDF) sums it up nicely: 

• Apple is dishing out a lot of data behind our backs
• It’s a violation of the customer’s trust and privacy to bypass backup encryption
• There is no valid excuse to leak personal data or allow packet sniffing without the user’s knowledge and permission.
• Much of this data simply should never come off the phone, even during a backup.
• Apple has added many conveniences for enterprises that make tasty attack points for .gov and criminals
• Overall, the otherwise great security of iOS has been compromised… by Apple… by design.

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