Google eavesdrops on users and stores conversations on its own servers. The smartphone monitors not only when the user is on the phone, uses social networks or a search engine, says VC. The gadget records information even when it just lies on the table or bag. Learn about ...
A British newspaper reported that Israeli-made software could be used to hack the popular application, writes Israel News. The hacking of the popular Internet messaging program WhatsApp made it possible to install the Israeli-made Pegasus online surveillance program into the smartphones of people being monitored. According to the report, the company...
The U.S. Drug Control Administration (DEA) and the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have hidden hidden surveillance cameras inside streetlights across the country, according to federal documents recovered by Quartz journalists. According to government procurement data, since June 2018, the DEA has paid a Houston, Texas-based company ...
In 2004, American businessman Peter Thiel, inspired by The Lord of the Rings, founded Palantir Technologies, a company that analyzes big data and thus helps prevent terrorist attacks and find criminals. True, according to Bloomberg, over time, the company has become a global surveillance tool for ordinary Americans. Palantir Technologies ...
The WikiLeaks revelatory project has begun publishing a large array of classified documents from the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), codenamed Vault7. The leak is announced on the project's Twitter account as the largest in the history of American intelligence. The first part of the publication is called Year Zero and includes ...
On December 12, former Uber security officer Ward Spangenberg filed a lawsuit against the organization claiming that it was using an internal passenger tracking system to covertly track “high-ranking politicians, celebrities and even ...
Transportation company Uber now tracks the location of a customer even after they arrive at their destination and get out of the car. The app from Uber for Android version 3.222.4 automatically "flashes" user location tracking, reports Naked Security. In previous ...
During this period, the courts granted four million 517 thousand of the four million 695 thousand such petitions, human rights activists note in their study, citing data from the judicial department at the Supreme Court. At the same time, in just 9 years, listening on the basis of a court decision could ...
US intelligence and national security officials warn that the depth of understanding of Russia and the ability of the United States to gather information about the country leave much to be desired, despite the high stakes in current conflicts. The Washington Post newspaper writes about it. The publication indicates that ...
The US National Security Agency has been tracking Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. This is reported by The Wall Street Journal, citing its sources. The leaders of friendly countries are being watched despite the promise of US President Barack Obama to abandon such measures, the newspaper emphasizes. ...