India is among the 29 countries whose government asked Vodafone for access to digital network data Vodafone is prevented by Indian laws from disclosing how many such warrants for disclosure were issued, according to the Law Enforcement Disclosure Report. The concerns expressed are: How the company responds to demands for access from agencies and authorities who seek … [Read more...] about India Sought Access to Data, Says Vodafone
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Only Part Of The Correspondence Released: Snowden
Edward Snowden has accused National Security Agency (NSA) of revealing only parts of his email queries to the agency, and of withholding emails enquiring about indefensible collection activities. He also asked the US govt to enquire with his former colleagues and management regarding him voicing concerns over the improper and unconstitutional surveillance activities instead … [Read more...] about Only Part Of The Correspondence Released: Snowden
NSA Row Sparks Rush for Encrypted e-mail
Proton Mail, an end-to-end encrypted email services to prevent swooping of messages launched Google Gmail,Yahoo Mail too works to further improve secured delivery of messages services Move a result of US NSA contractor Snowden’s disclosure on prevalence of widespread online surveillance Proton Mail’s co-developer Jason Stockman, Harvard scientists, Massachusetts Institute … [Read more...] about NSA Row Sparks Rush for Encrypted e-mail
Enquiry Commission And Failing Confidence
Enquiry commissions appointed by the govt often fail to inspire confidence in people due to various reasons. These commissions generally toe the line of the regime that appoints them. They only come up with fact finding reports that can be rejected by the govt. Of late, BJP and UPA have been at loggerheads over the appointment of the head of a committee to enquire … [Read more...] about Enquiry Commission And Failing Confidence
NSA’s MYSTIC Programme can Record 100% Telephonic Calls
NSA can record all phone calls of a country NSA has developed a MYSTIC surveillance programme in 2009 with the following features: record 100% of foreign country's telephone calls 'retrospective retrieval tool', which can review conversations upto 30 days it reached full capacity when used in the first target nation in 2011 initially, it recorded every … [Read more...] about NSA’s MYSTIC Programme can Record 100% Telephonic Calls