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US fears Russian subs near undersea cables may cut off communications
US military and intelligence officials are anxious about Russian submarines and spy ships operating around undersea global communications cables, The New York Times reported, adding that the main concern is Russia cutting the cables during conflict.
The report added that there was no concrete evidence supporting the concerns and was based on increased mistrust of any Russian activity.
“I’m worried...
France intercepts international communications
France’s external intelligence agency has been intercepting international communications for the last couple of years, a new investigation reveals.
The findings of a weeks-long investigation carried out by the French daily Le Nouvel Observateur, published on Wednesday, show that France’s Directorate-General for External Security, known by its French acronym DGSE, has been spying on the...
Feds consider mandating new cars to broadcast speed, location
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is currently considering whether to require all new cars to include communication technology that constantly broadcasts a vehicle’s location, speed, and perhaps even the number of passengers inside.
This new technology, dubbed “vehicle-to-vehicle” (V2V) communications, would be used to alert drivers to possible hazards and improve the safety...
NSA's XKeyscore gives one-click real-time access to almost any internet activity
The map of XKeyscore servers from a 2008 presentation
New revelations about NSA surveillance systems show that it was enough to fill in a short ‘justification’ form before gaining access to any of billions of emails, online chats, or site visit histories through a vast aggregation program called XKeyscore.
The structure of XKeyscore, leaked by the UK’s Guardian newspaper, is sourced from a classified...
French secret services spy on citizens just like PRISM
The logo of France’s Directorate-General for External Security
France’s secret services illegally have been spying on the citizens by monitoring their telephone and internet communications as well as internet searches, a report says.
On Thursday, French daily Le Monde reported that the country’s security services had stored the data from communications on a supercomputer at the headquarters of...