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NSA documents unveil the full extent of their spying technology

NSA documents unveil the full extent of their spying technology

The NSA have uncovered a way to spy on all digital communications through a ‘loophole’ which is built into most electronic devices, it has been revealed. Under a Freedom of Information Act request uncovered by journalists at the news website Spiegel, NSA agents are able to keep an eye on all levels of our digital lives – from computing centres[Read More…]

Tesco customers to be tracked and entered onto a database

Tesco customers to be tracked and entered onto a database

Tesco has announced plans to install facial recognition software in petrol stations so that advertisements can be tailored to suit them, it has been reported. The report was first published in the Grocer, and revealed how the retailer will introduce the OptimEyes screen, developed by Alan Sugar’s Amscreen, to all 450 of its UK petrol stations. This new screen will[Read More…]

Gareth Williams

Police claim MI6 spy committed suicide then padlocked his own body in a bag

I kid you not. One story that has been making the rounds recently is that of a rather unfortunate fellow called Gareth Williams who had also chosen an equally unfortunate career as an MI6 spy. This career was to spell the death knell to his life. No-one is quite certain of the circumstances surrounding his death, but the reported cover-up[Read More…]

Lamp posts have been fitted with listening devices and cameras in order to monitor conversations in public

High-powered bugs to eavesdrop on street conversations

The government has announced that all street conversations in the UK will now be monitored with listening devices inserted into lamp posts. Think I’m joking? Councils across several major cities in England have announced the insertion of new “intelligent” listening devices  which will allegedly be used to counteract terrorism and crime. The Sigard system has been tested in London, Manchester,[Read More…]

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff

Brazil outlines plans to ban NSA

The Brazilian government has unveiled plans to block the controversial US spying agency, the National Security Agency (NSA) it has been revealed. Proposals put forward so far include plans to lay an underwater fiber optic cable directly to Europe so as to avoid routing the country’s internet connections through the US. Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff announced recently that her government[Read More…]