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WikiLeaks publishes 'unprecedented' secret Australian court suppression order. Julian Assange: 'The Australian government is not just gagging the press, it is blindfolding the public.' Photo: AFP Social media users could be charged for sharing report WikiLeaks has struck again, releasing the text of a secret court order that cannot be published in Australia.

WikiLeaks publishes 'unprecedented' secret Australian court suppression order

The anti-secrecy group has this morning published a Victorian Supreme Court suppression order that WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange describes as “unprecedented” in scope. A.HRC.27.37_en.pdf. US Military Admits Spending Millions to Study Manipulation of Social Media Washington's Blog. Blacklisted: The Secret Government Rulebook For Labeling You a TerroristThe Intercept. The Obama administration has quietly approved a substantial expansion of the terrorist watchlist system, authorizing a secret process that requires neither “concrete facts” nor “irrefutable evidence” to designate an American or foreigner as a terrorist, according to a key government document obtained by The Intercept.

Blacklisted: The Secret Government Rulebook For Labeling You a TerroristThe Intercept

The “March 2013 Watchlisting Guidance,” a 166-page document issued last year by the National Counterterrorism Center, spells out the government’s secret rules for putting individuals on its main terrorist database, as well as the no fly list and the selectee list, which triggers enhanced screening at airports and border crossings. The new guidelines allow individuals to be designated as representatives of terror organizations without any evidence they are actually connected to such organizations, and it gives a single White House official the unilateral authority to place entire “categories” of people the government is tracking onto the no fly and selectee lists. The NSA Wants You to Trust Tor, Should You? In the ongoing drizzle of Snowden revelations the public has witnessed a litany of calls for the widespread adoption of online anonymity tools.

The NSA Wants You to Trust Tor, Should You?

One such technology is Tor, which employs a network of Internet relays to hinder the process of attribution. Though advocates at the Electronic Frontier Foundation openly claim that “Tor still works[i]” skepticism is warranted. In fact anyone risking incarceration (or worse) in the face of a highly leveraged intelligence outfit like the NSA would be ill-advised to put all of their eggs in the Tor basket. This is an unpleasant reality which certain privacy advocates have been soft-pedaling. The NSA Wants You To Use Tor. [HOPE X] Welcome to Hackers On Planet Earth! [HOPE X] Olsen Room Video Stream. [HOPE X] Streaming Live! Edward Snowden urges professionals to encrypt client communications. Loaded: 0% Progress: 0% The NSA whistleblower, Edward Snowden, has urged lawyers, journalists, doctors, accountants, priests and others with a duty to protect confidentiality to upgrade security in the wake of the spy surveillance revelations.

Edward Snowden urges professionals to encrypt client communications

Snowden said professionals were failing in their obligations to their clients, sources, patients and parishioners in what he described as a new and challenging world. "What last year's revelations showed us was irrefutable evidence that unencrypted communications on the internet are no longer safe. Any communications should be encrypted by default," he said. Edward Snowden: 'If I end up in chains in Guantánamo I can live with that' - video interview. Meet the Muslim-American Leaders the FBI and NSA Have Been Spying On - The InterceptThe Intercept. The National Security Agency and FBI have covertly monitored the emails of prominent Muslim-Americans—including a political candidate and several civil rights activists, academics, and lawyers—under secretive procedures intended to target terrorists and foreign spies.

Meet the Muslim-American Leaders the FBI and NSA Have Been Spying On - The InterceptThe Intercept

According to documents provided by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, the list of Americans monitored by their own government includes: • Faisal Gill, a longtime Republican Party operative and one-time candidate for public office who held a top-secret security clearance and served in the Department of Homeland Security under President George W. JTRIG Tools and Techniques. In NSA-intercepted data, those not targeted far outnumber the foreigners who are.

Ordinary Internet users, American and non-American alike, far outnumber legally targeted foreigners in the communications intercepted by the National Security Agency from U.S. digital networks, according to a four-month investigation by The Washington Post.

In NSA-intercepted data, those not targeted far outnumber the foreigners who are

Nine of 10 account holders found in a large cache of intercepted conversations, which former NSA contractor Edward Snowden provided in full to The Post, were not the intended surveillance targets but were caught in a net the agency had cast for somebody else. Many of them were Americans. NSA Targets the Privacy-Conscious for Surveillance. Jake Appelbaum et. al, are reporting on XKEYSCORE selection rules that target users -- and people who just visit the websites of -- Tor, Tails, and other sites.

NSA Targets the Privacy-Conscious for Surveillance

This isn't just metadata; this is "full take" content that's stored forever. This code demonstrates the ease with which an XKeyscore rule can analyze the full content of intercepted connections. NSA targets the privacy-conscious (Seite 1) NSA targets the privacy-conscious von J.

NSA targets the privacy-conscious (Seite 1)

Appelbaum, A. Xkeyscorerules100.