national security agency (nsa)

  1. Jan

    We bought a tracking and listening device from Wish for R356 - and it looks like a panic button

    We tested a R356 spy bug that looks like a panic button MyBroadband bought a cheap 2G listening and tracking device from Wish and found that it worked reasonably well, although it did not use GPS as advertised. At the start of October, news broke that Eskom CEO André de Ruyter had discovered a...
    • Jan
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    • andré de ruyter eskom friedel fivaz george fivaz loadshedding national security agency (nsa) panic button tracker tracking unit
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  3. Jan

    Hacker weighs in on "bug" found in De Ruyter's car

    Revelations about "NSA-level" spying device found in Eskom CEO André de Ruyter's Volvo The “sophisticated NSA-level” bug that Eskom CEO André de Ruyter found in his car is neither particularly intricate nor something advanced nation-state clandestine services would use. This is according to...
    • Jan
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    • andré de ruyter daniel cuthbert eskom george fivaz national security agency (nsa)
    • Replies: 169
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  4. Kevin Lancaster

    World’s largest SIM maker hacked, customers monitored

    World’s largest SIM maker hacked, customers monitored The intelligence services of the United States and Britain hacked into the world’s largest SIM card maker, taking encryption keys allowing them to monitor users
  5. Kevin Lancaster

    Did the NSA hack your hard drive?

    Did the NSA hack your hard drive? Did the National Security Agency plant spyware deep in the hard drives of thousands of computers used by foreign governments, banks and other surveillance targets around the world?
  6. Kevin Lancaster

    Obama changes spying rules

    Obama changes spying rules The United States issued new rules Tuesday limiting spying on foreign citizens
  7. Kevin Lancaster

    Dishonest comments pushed me over the edge: Snowden

    Snowden explains why he did it Edward Snowden says dishonest comments to Congress by the US chief of national intelligence pushed him over the edge and prompted him to leak a trove of national security documents
  8. Kevin Lancaster

    U.S. government standards may enable NSA spying

    NSA spying through coding standards U.S. government standards for software may enable spying by the National Security Agency through widely used coding formulas
  9. Kevin Lancaster

    Snowden attacks British surveillance plans

    Snowden slams British surveillance plans Edward Snowden has attacked British plans to allow police and security services greater access to Internet and phone data
  10. Kevin Lancaster

    SA Internet users may be on NSA watchlist

    SA techies possibly on NSA watchlist Recently disclosed rules for the NSA’s XKeyscore system suggests that curious SA techies may already have a black mark against their names
    • Kevin Lancaster
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    • five eyes (fvey) headline national security agency (nsa) the amnesic incognito live system (tails) xkeyscore
    • Replies: 40
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  11. jes

    South African networks snoopable by design

    South African networks snoopable by design In the wake of concerns over mass surveillance, Vodafone has released a report detailing the legal requirements of 29 countries, including South Africa
    • jes
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    • mass surveillance national security agency (nsa) rica vodafone vodafone law enforcement disclosure report
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  12. jes

    Reset the Net: take back your online privacy

    Reset the Net: take back your online privacy Asking that governments respect our online privacy is not enough, argues Reset the Net. We need to take it back.
    • jes
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    • fight for the future headline mass surveillance national security agency (nsa) privacy reset the net surveillance
    • Replies: 33
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
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