Tag Archives: Surveillance

Retailers Starting To Require ID To Shop In Their Stores?

Posted on December 10, 2023 by Hammers Thor
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I generally don’t post videos, because they take time to watch and I would prefer to read a story rather than have it spoken to me, but I made an exception here. Read the comments below the video as well. … Continue reading →

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Personal Data Collection

Posted on April 24, 2021 by Hammers Thor

Posted at GAËL DUVAL: “Google abuse of dominant position: some facts about the Google Android operating system and personal data collection.” Editor’s Comments: If you own an Android smart phone, you are using the Google Android Operating System, unless you have installed … Continue reading →

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House votes to shut down NSA phone-snooping

Posted on May 22, 2014 by DRenegade

In an overwhelmingly bipartisan vote that would have been unthinkable just a few months ago, the House on Thursday approved a bill to cancel the government’s bulk-data collection programs, including the NSA’s phone-records snooping. Less than a year after the … Continue reading →

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Will US expand NSA surveillance?

Posted on February 20, 2014 by DRenegade

The federal government may actually expand the controversial surveillance program that collects Americans’ phone records in a bid to preserve evidence for the multiple lawsuits filed against the National Security Agency, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. The decision comes despite President … Continue reading →

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NSA reform stalls in committee

Posted on February 16, 2014 by DRenegade

Legislation to rein in the National Security Agency’s surveillance programs has stalled in the House and Senate. More than 130 House lawmakers in both parties have signed on as co-sponsors to legislation that would prevent the NSA from collecting bulk … Continue reading →

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Runaway US spying rattles European leaders

Posted on October 26, 2013 by DRenegade

by ABDEL AZIZ ALUWAISHEG I write this week from Brussels, where the United States spying scandal has overshadowed the two-day summit of European leaders that started on Thursday (Oct. 24). The scandal hit new highs with revelations that the cell phone … Continue reading →

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Spy Agencies Are Doing WHAT?

Posted on September 24, 2013 by DRenegade

Revelations about the breathtaking scope of government spying are coming so fast that it’s time for an updated roundup: The government is spying on essentially everything we do. It is not just “metadata” … although that is enough to destroy your privacy The government has adopted … Continue reading →

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Obama tells Leno: ‘We don’t have a domestic spying program’

Posted on August 7, 2013 by DRenegade

President Obama on Tuesday defended the National Security Agency’s (NSA) surveillance programs in a wide-ranging interview on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” arguing that the agency doesn’t target U.S. civilians. “We don’t have a domestic spying program,” Obama said, … Continue reading →

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‘The Tide Has Turned’: NSA Protesters Back to the Streets for #1984Day

Posted on August 5, 2013 by DRenegade

Thousands of people are expected to rally in cities across the U.S. on Sunday in protest of the National Security Agency’s recently exposed dragnet surveillance programs, in what organizers from the group Restore the Fourth are calling 1984 Day. Protesters in San Francisco, … Continue reading →

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Are You Surprised that the US House Rejected a Proposal to End NSA Surveillance?

Posted on July 24, 2013 by DRenegade

See additional comments on Tea Party Nation. The US House rejected the suspension of illegal NSA surveillance. Why was a vote even necessary? And where are the hearings about this illegal surveillance and its unbridled funding? Here is Rep. Bachmann’s … Continue reading →

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Revealed: the top secret rules that allow NSA to use US data without a warrant

Posted on June 20, 2013 by DRenegade

• Document one: procedures used by NSA to target non-US persons • Document two: procedures used by NSA to minimise data collected from US persons Top secret documents submitted to the court that oversees surveillance by US intelligence agencies show the judges have signed … Continue reading →

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“IN MY COUNTRY, THEY CLAIMED SURVEILLANCE WAS FOR THE SAFETY OF THE PEOPLE. SAME IN SOVIET RUSSIA. SAME IN EAST GERMANY”

Posted on June 12, 2013 by DRenegade

You want to know why revolutions happen? Because little by little by little things get worse and worse. But this thing that is happening now is big. This is the key ingredient. This allows them to know everything they need to … Continue reading →

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Secrets of FBI Smartphone Surveillance Tool Revealed in Court Fight

Posted on April 14, 2013 by DRenegade

A legal fight over the government’s use of a secret surveillance tool has provided new insight into how the controversial tool works and the extent to which Verizon Wireless aided federal agents in using it to track a suspect. Court … Continue reading →

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