Canada’s CSE is attempting to make it easier for organizations to detect malicious software in files.
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Things Are Good: Easily Browse Online Anonymously
In a world where our digital lives are tracked by democratic governments (Canada and the UK amongst them) we need to ensure that we can have private conversations online. Over at Digg they have collected a very easy to follow setup to get your protecting your privacy online in only
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Conservatives Failed to Protect Privacy
The Liberals record? Not much better. “I can’t answer the question about the former government, what their reasons were,” said Sajjan, also noting he does not believe any of the metadata inadvertently shared could have ended up in the hands of any countries beyond the Five Eyes. BREAKING: #CSE suspends #metadata sharing with int'l partners […]
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: The Establishment And Your Phone
In the good old days, Canada’s spy agencies were not supposed to spy on Canadians. Government departments are also supposed to benefit from their research into vulnerabilities in computer systems, because holes can be closed. CSE was, according to The CBC, and The Intercept, intentionally not filling holes it found
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: More Spy Stuff
The bottom half of this page is all about CSE. Canada’s had a recent track record that’s bad. PONY EXPRESS ring a bell? So what is our watchdog really doing? Not much, judging by recent news reports. If you're in Canada I'll be on @cbcasithappens shortly talking about our story
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: The Pony Express Government
CSE has undertaken a domestic spy operation that is illegal in Canada, because it’s spying on communication of Canadian citizens. CSE is supposed to only spy on foreigners, and the Commissioner overseeing the signals intelligence agency is supposed to put a stop to any overstepping of that mandate. Something clearly
Continue readingPolitical Eh-conomy: Jason Kenney gets a growth portfolio
Jason Kenney has long been one of Stephen Harper’s trusted lieutenants and after yesterday’s cabinet reshuffle, he is now Minister of National Defence. In Harperland, this is a decisive promotion: from the “ugh, why are we still doing this?” of Employment and Social Development to the prestigious, patriotic defence portfolio.
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Canadians Being Spied On
Your Government is Spying On Your Downloads. http://t.co/2hkBFUe7K3 w/ @caparsons pic.twitter.com/OHOf95n64u — CANADALAND (@CNDLND) February 2, 2015 3. Or maybe the media has allowed government (#CSE) to define spying on its own terms- the least alarming terms possible. — Jesse Brown (@JesseBrown) February 2, 2015 4. #CSE says it doesn't
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: CSEC Back In The News
Here’s an interesting bit of the process the NSA and partners are going about tracking your online activities so they can link everything you do that isn’t encrypted and disassociated from your IP address and social profiles online, to you personally. LEVITATION has been watching you, most certainly. Every RT
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Harper Government Spying On Hockey Chat Rooms
According to a report published Sunday by German weekly news magazine, Der Spiegel, the Communications Security Establishment (CSEC), Canada’s national electronic intelligence agency, monitors websites devoted to hockey. The post Harper Government Spying On Hockey Chat Rooms appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Harper’s new terror laws must respect Canadians’ fundamental rights: watchdogs
Canada’s provincial and federal privacy commissioners are warning the Harper government against using the recent shootings in Ottawa and Quebec as a pretext to attack Canadians’ fundamental rights. The post Harper’s new terror laws must respect Canadians’ fundamental rights: watchdogs appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Ultra-secretive spy agency CSEC creeping on Canadians: VIDEO
Canada’s largest civic engagement organization, OpenMedia.ca, says the country’s ultra-secret spy agency CSEC collects a staggering amount of revealing information on law-abiding Canadians. The post Ultra-secretive spy agency CSEC creeping on Canadians: VIDEO appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: CSEC is Watching
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Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Borg at #UofR on Privacy
MP for north shore Montreal, Charmaine Borg, made a presentation at the UofR this morning. Great discussion on privacy at the @UofRegina for more information on privacy visit http://t.co/rocBN6vHSn #NDP — Charmaine Borg (@mpcharmaineborg) September 12, 2014 Of the things she noted was that cell phones are tracking devices, and
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: New approach needed to tackle Canada’s growing privacy deficit
The Protect our Privacy Coalition, legal experts and OpenMedia.ca believe that Canadians need effective legal measures to safeguard their privacy rights. The post New approach needed to tackle Canada’s growing privacy deficit appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Canada’s Secretive Spy Agency CSEC Spies For Israel
A story recently published by Glenn Greenwald reveals that Canada’s highly secretive spy agency CSEC cooperates with with the NSA to support Israeli intelligence agencies with “cash, weapons and surveillance.” The post Canada’s Secretive Spy Agency CSEC Spies For Israel appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Nora Loreto reviews the Canadian Foundation for Labour Rights’ Unions Matter: Unlikely to convince someone who is anti-union on its own, Unions Matter provides the fodder for union activists to be able to make important arguments in favour of unionization. Even more important,
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Mike Konczal and Bryce Covert write that an effective solution to wealth inequality shouldn’t be limited to redistributing individual income or assets, but should also include the development of a commonwealth which benefits everybody: Instead of just giving people more purchasing power,
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Glenn Greenwald to speak in Ottawa at Oct 25 event sponsored by OpenMedia
Glenn Greenwald Speaks 2014, Ottawa Pulitzer-prize winning journalist Glenn Greenwald is coming to Canada. He will speak about privacy, state surveillance, and its impact on Canadians at an event in downtown Ottawa sponsored by your OpenMedia.ca team. WHO: Glenn Greenwald, American journalist, lawyer, and author, who is best known for
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Harper’s Online Surveillance Bill C‐13 Reveals “Canada’s Growing Privacy Deficit”
by: Obert Madondo | June 8, 2014 Canada’s privacy experts are gravely concerned about Bill C-13, the Conservatives’ Orwellian cybercrime bill, deceptively named “Protecting Canadians from Online Crime Act“. Last week, over 30 of them expressed their concern in a scathing letter addressed to Prime Minister Stephen Harper. The signatories also told Harper
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