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.
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The Canadian Progressive: WikiLeaks publishes CIA tips for sidestepping airport security
WikiLeaks has released two classified CIA documents offering tips to help undercover spies elude security systems at international border crossings using false IDs. The post WikiLeaks publishes CIA tips for sidestepping airport security 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 readingThe Canadian Progressive: Israeli spy veterans refuse to “harm innocent Palestinians”
34 Israeli intelligence veterans who have served in Unit 8200 write to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu explaining why they refuse to serve and “harm innocent Palestinians.” The post Israeli spy veterans refuse to “harm innocent Palestinians” 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 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: Here’s One Way to Land on the NSA’s Watch List
If you downloaded the privacy software Tor in 2011, the NSA may have scouped up your computer IP address and spied on you, says ProPublica. The post Here’s One Way to Land on the NSA’s Watch List appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Bill C-13: Harper tries to turn Canada into a surveillance state… again!
by: Obert Madondo | May 20, 2014 Call it the Harper Conservatives’ resurrection the Orwellian ghost of Vic Toews. Back in 2012, Canadians nuked the then public safety minister’s Bill C-30. The bill, deceptively christened Preventing Children from Internet Predators Act, had sought to give law enforcement agencies unlimited power to spy
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Tell Harper: Defend Online Privacy
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Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Illegal Spying: Class action lawsuit filed against Canada’s electronic spy agency
by: BC Civil Liberties Association | Press Release | April 1, 2014 VANCOUVER – Today, lawyers for the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) filed a proposed national class action lawsuit on behalf of Canadians whose private communications and metadata information has been collected by the Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSEC) in a manner that
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Canadians are using our letter tool to spread the word about privacy
Canadians are using our new letter tool to send decision-makers a hard-hitting message about privacy. Check out this great letter by Blake Moorcroft just published in the Windsor Star. And try out our tool at https://openmedia.ca/letter Re: Probe at cyberspy agency CSEC uncovers wrongdoing, ethics breaches, The Canadian Press, March
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Protect Our Privacy with our Letter to the Editor tool
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Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: CBC: Investigation into CSEC finds serious breaches of ethics and misuse of public assets
Spy agency CSEC’s troubles go from bad to worse after an official review finds serious breaches of ethics and misuse of public funds. An investigation at Canada’s secretive eavesdropping agency has uncovered misuse of public assets and “serious breaches” of the spy outfit’s values and ethics code. The findings, prompted
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Toronto Star: Ottawa imposes a lifelong gag order on bureaucrats who could shed light on CSEC spying
It looks like the government are growing desperate to stifle the growing debate about CSEC’s spying on Canadians. Now they’ve imposed a lifelong gag order on bureaucrats who might shed light on what CSEC has been up to. read more
Continue readingDoes the terrorist threat justify the snooping? Not according to the stats
British Prime Minister David Cameron, speaking about the need for mass surveillance of communications, talked about keeping concerns about civil liberties “in proportion.” Perhaps what should be kept in proportion is his enthusiasm for mass snooping. Mr. Cameron and other national leaders justify their obsession about security and its attendant
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Breaking News – The NSA is Spying on Americans!!1!!
I’m glad we can trust the people we elect, to do the things they say and not deceive us, even in interests of the greater good. Filed under: Humour Tagged: greater good, Humour, Jon Stewart, NSA, Spying
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Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden’s “letter to the Brazilian people”
“At the NSA, I witnessed with growing alarm the surveillance of whole populations without any suspicion of wrongdoing, and it threatens to become the greatest human rights challenge of our time,” says whistleblower Edward Snowden in this “open letter to the Brazilian people”, published by the Folha de S Paulo
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: The Ryan and Amy Show tackles surveillance issues with a catchy music video
Check out this great video by The Ryan and Amy Show. Do you always feel like somebody’s watching you too? You can learn more about Canada’s largest pro-privacy coalition at https://OurPrivacy.ca read more
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