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Possible Pakistani pigeon-spy probed by Punjab Police - #WTFWednesday
On the evening of May 27th, a barber in the Indian town of Pathankot, near the border of Pakistan, decided he wanted to keep a pigeon as a pet. Never mind why, or how he caught it. Just imagine his su...
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Spy Game: NSA caught spying on German and French allies
Nations must strike a precarious balance when it comes to spying and surveillance. Too much spying and citizens become uneasy, worried that global investigations will turn local and start infringing o...
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Game over: Hacking Team disclosure exposes spy agency playbooks
Who hacks the hackers? It's a question the founder of Hacking Team — a company which supplies its own version of surveillance malware to governments worldwide — is struggling to answer after the H...
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Who is Jacob Appelbaum?
When it comes to digital anonymity and Internet privacy rights, names like Edward Snowden and Julian Assange get most of the press. But there are other players who are critical to the movement, like J...
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Snowden should be welcomed home with open arms, not handcuffs
Hope remains for the homecoming of Edward Snowden, the American whistleblower who exposed illegal government spying programs. In a surprising change of tone, former US attorney general Eric Holder say...
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Your Oyster card is keeping tabs on you - #WTFWednesday
London’s 500,000 public surveillance cameras aren’t the only tool that can be used to spy on you in the British capital. The Oyster card, London’s ubiquitous blue public transit card, keeps a di...
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New iris scanner makes Minority Report look like the Flintstones - #WTFWednesday
You’ve already seen iris-scanning technology in movies. Like Minority Report, where every time Tom Cruise wants to walk through a door all he has to do is flash his eyes at a scanner on the wall. An...
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WhatsApp gets low marks for privacy in EFF report
If the government knocked on WhatsApp’s digital door and asked for your message history, would they comply? Would WhatsApp ask for a warrant before handing it over? Would you even be notified? If yo...
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London’s 500,000 cameras are watching you. All the time - #WTFWednesday
This post was originally published on Jun 30, 2015. If you’ve ever been to London, you’ll know it’s a great place to see the sights, climb some apple and pears, and overpay for mediocre food and...
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Australia's new anti-piracy law: Sink or swim?
This article was originally published on June 29, 2015. What happens when the government decides to crack down on Internet piracy? In Australia, the result is The Copyright Amendment (Online Infringem...
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