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Do telcos make for competent spies? 
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Do telcos make for competent spies? Powered by SC Magazine
Mar 7, 2014 | Comment Now 
Intelligence agency overseer wades into telco data retention.
 
"Tower dump" of consumer mobile data a popular police snooping tactic 
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"Tower dump" of consumer mobile data a popular police snooping tactic Powered by SC Magazine
By Danielle Walker | Dec 10, 2013 | Comment Now 
Among 125 law enforcement agencies in 33 states, one in every four use the "tower dump" tactic, new reports reveal.
 
ASIO raids lawyer office seeking Timor wiretap documents 
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By Darren Pauli | Dec 3, 2013 | Comment Now 
Documents claim ASIS agents planted bugs in Govt office walls under aid work guise.
 
NSA planned to spy on Australia 
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NSA planned to spy on Australia Powered by SC Magazine
By Darren Pauli | Nov 22, 2013 | Comment Now 
Breach 'common understanding' not to spy.
 
Yahoo encrypts ALL DATA 
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Yahoo encrypts ALL DATA Powered by SC Magazine
By Adam Greenberg | Nov 21, 2013 | Comment Now 
Says it never gave data to government agencies.
 
Australia spied on Indonesian President  
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By Darren Pauli | Nov 18, 2013 | Comment Now 
President, wife and inner circle tracked.
 
British spies used fake LinkedIn, Slashdot pages to tap telco 
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British spies used fake LinkedIn, Slashdot pages to tap telco Powered by SC Magazine
By Danielle Walker | Nov 13, 2013 | Comment Now 
Quantum Insert tool used.
 
New Zealand's spying law passes 
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New Zealand's spying law passes Powered by SC Magazine
By Juha Saarinen | Nov 6, 2013 | Comment Now 
Gives intelligence agencies a say in network procurements.
 
Spy game: Australia and the Asia-Pacific 
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Spy game: Australia and the Asia-Pacific Powered by SC Magazine
By Mark Beeson | Nov 5, 2013 | Comment Now 
It’s 'not cricket' to spy on friends.
 
US privacy experts debate worth of mass data collection 
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By Danielle Walker | Oct 30, 2013 | Comment Now 
A panel shared their views on online privacy expectations.
 
Smart TVs a spying portal for hackers, researcher finds 
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Smart TVs a spying portal for hackers, researcher finds Powered by SC Magazine
By Darren Pauli | Oct 24, 2013 | Comment Now 
Don't keep your TV in the bedroom, consumers warned.
 
NSA phone taps deterred a 'few' terrorists, not 54 
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NSA phone taps deterred a 'few' terrorists, not 54 Powered by SC Magazine
By Adam Greenberg | Oct 17, 2013 | Comment Now 
Director to exit hot seat next year.
 
Aust spy agency gave 300k contacts in one day to NSA 
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Aust spy agency gave 300k contacts in one day to NSA Powered by SC Magazine
By Darren Pauli | Oct 16, 2013 | Comment Now 
NSA raiding address books.
 
NSA report says Aust spooks swiped 311,113 contacts in one day 
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NSA report says Aust spooks swiped 311,113 contacts in one day Powered by SC Magazine
By Darren Pauli | Oct 15, 2013 | Comment Now 
NSA raiding address books.
 
NSA tool may track burner mobiles 
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NSA tool may track burner mobiles Powered by SC Magazine
By SC Australia Staff | Oct 15, 2013 | Comment Now 
Metadata provides rough phone fingerprint.
 
Russians eavesdrop WiFi, phone comms during Olympics 
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Russians eavesdrop WiFi, phone comms during Olympics Powered by SC Magazine
By Juha Saarinen | Oct 8, 2013 | Comment Now 
Sochi visitors warned.
 
17 ways to make NSA spying more expensive 
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17 ways to make NSA spying more expensive Powered by SC Magazine
By SC Australia Staff | Sep 6, 2013 | Comment Now 
New Snowden documents alleged the National Security Agency has deployed vast resources to break encryption and secure backdoors in vendor software and services. While concerned ...
 
Leaked documents shed light on FinFisher govt spyware 
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Leaked documents shed light on FinFisher govt spyware Powered by SC Magazine
By Juha Saarinen | Sep 2, 2013 | Comment Now 
Claims it can break encryption.
 
US intercepted UN comms: report 
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US intercepted UN comms: report Powered by SC Magazine
By Juha Saarinen | Aug 26, 2013 | Comment Now 
Chinese beat NSA to it.
 
NZ passes spy laws 
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NZ passes spy laws Powered by SC Magazine
By Juha Saarinen | Aug 23, 2013 | Comment Now 
PM promises to resign if wholesale spying occurs.
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