Global surveillance
This is an attempt to give an overview of revelations and comments following the leaks of Edward Snowden. Short URL to this page: https://tinyurl.com/no21984 . Last update 2016-10-05.
Other compilations and time lines.
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The site originates from a data network exhibition (autumn/winter 2013/14).
The revelations follow below. Comments and followups are listed chronologically in these categories (separate files):
- General comments and followups (2016-04-03)
- Freedom of expression, press freedom, privacy and democracy (2016-04-03)
- Journalism (2015-09-07)
- Metadata (2015-01-27)
- Comments on Edward Snowden and whistleblowing (2016-10-05)
- Official responses (2015-09-07)
- Nobel peace prize / Bjørnson prize / Ossietzky prize (2016-03-08)
- Future of Internet - Internet security (2016-03-08)
- Business (2015-05-25)
- Public protests (2015-09-07)
- Compilations - timelines (2016-09-18)
- Norwegian revelations and comments (2015-09-08)
- Miscellaneous (2015-09-07)
- Some links (2014-07-07)
Revelations
Crude categories:
- International relations and operations,
- Technical issues,
- Security,
- Privacy,
- NSA and partners,
- Business,
- Press and journalism,
- Government,
- Documents,
Revelations not yet categorized
- 2016-09 - The Intercept: Inside Menwith Hill The NSA’s British Base at the Heart of U.S. Targeted Killing
https://theintercept.com/2016/09/06/nsa-menwith-hill-targeted-killing-surveillance/ - 2016-08-19 - The Intercept: The NSA Leak Is Real, Snowden Documents Confirm
https://theintercept.com/2016/08/19/the-nsa-was-hacked-snowden-documents-confirm/ - 2013-11-22 - New York Times: N.S.A. Report Outlined Goals for More Power
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/23/us/politics/nsa-report-outlined-goals-for-more-power.html - 2013-08-29 - Washington Post: U.S. spy network's successes, failures and objectives detailed in 'black budget' summary
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/black-budget-summary-details-us-spy-networks-successes-failures-and-objectives/2013/08/29/7e57bb78-10ab-11e3-8cdd-bcdc09410972_story.html
Revelations - International relations and operations
- 2015-06-24 - The Guardian: GCHQ documents raise fresh questions over UK complicity in US drone strikes
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/jun/24/gchq-documents-raise-fresh-questions-over-uk-complicity-in-us-drone-strikes - 2015-05-04 - Der Spiegel: America's Willing Helper: Intelligence Scandal Puts Merkel in Tight Place
http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/bnd-intelligence-scandal-puts-merkel-in-tight-place-a-1031944.html - 2015-04-24 - Der Spiegel: Spying Close to Home: German Intelligence Under Fire for NSA Cooperation
http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/german-intelligence-agency-bnd-under-fire-for-nsa-cooperation-a-1030593.html - 2015-04-09 - The Intercept: DEA Global Surveillance Dragnet Exposed; Access to Data Likely Continues
https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/04/08/dea-surveillance-phone-records-crisscross-nsa/ - 2015-04-02 - The Intercept: Britain Used Spy Team to Shape Latin American Public Opinion on Falklands
https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/04/02/gchq-argentina-falklands/ - 2015-03-25 - The Intercept: Netanyahu’s Spying Denials Contradicted by Secret NSA Documents
https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/03/25/netanyahus-spying-denial-directly-contradicted-secret-nsa-documents/ - 2015-03-22 - The Intercept: New Zealand Spied on WTO Director Candidates
https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/03/22/new-zealand-gcsb-spying-wto-director-general/ - 2015-03-08 - Stuff.co.nz: Snowden files: Inside Waihopai's domes
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/67082905/snowden-files-inside-waihopais-domes - 2015-02-10 - The Intercept: NSA Claims Iran Learned from Western Cyberattacks
https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/02/10/nsa-iran-developing-sophisticated-cyber-attacks-learning-attacks/ - 2014-12-13 - The Intercept: Operation Socialist: The Inside Story of How British Spies Hacked Belgium’s Largest Telco
https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/12/13/belgacom-hack-gchq-inside-story/ - 2014-10-11 - The Intercept: Core Secrets: NSA Saboteurs in China and Germany
https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/10/10/core-secrets/ - 2014-09-16 - The New York Times: Israel’s N.S.A. Scandal
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/17/opinion/israels-nsa-scandal.html?_r=2 - 2014-09-15 - The Intercept: Snowden: New Zealand’s Prime Minister Isn’t Telling the Truth About Mass Surveillance
https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/09/15/snowden-new-zealand-surveillance/ - 2014-08-31 - The Intercept: How the NSA Helped Turkey Kill Kurdish Rebels
https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/08/31/nsaturkeyspiegel/ - 2014-08-04 - The Intercept: Israel-US 1999 Agreement
https://firstlook.org/theintercept/document/2014/08/03/israel-us-1999-agreement/ - 2014-08-04 - The Intercept: Cash, Weapons and Surveillance: the U.S. is a Key Party to Every Israeli Attack
https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/08/04/cash-weapons-surveillance/ - 2014-07-25 - The Intercept: The NSA’s New Partner in Spying: Saudi Arabia’s Brutal State Police
https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/07/25/nsas-new-partner-spying-saudi-arabias-brutal-state-police/ - 2014-06-17 - The // Intercept: NSA Turned Germany Into Its Largest Listening Post in Europe
https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/06/17/germany-nsas-largest-listening-post-europe/ - 2014-06-16 - Der Spiegel: Snowdens Deutschland-Akte
https://magazin.spiegel.de/digital/#SP/2014/25/127626332 - 2014-06-03 - The Register: REVEALED: GCHQ's BEYOND TOP SECRET Middle Eastern INTERNET SPY BASE
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/06/03/revealed_beyond_top_secret_british_intelligence_middleeast_internet_spy_base/ - 2014-05-19 - The // Intercept: Data Pirates of the Caribbean: The NSA Is Recording Every Cell Phone Call in the Bahamas
https://firstlook.org/theintercept/article/2014/05/19/data-pirates-caribbean-nsa-recording-every-cell-phone-call-bahamas/ - 2014-04-04 - The // Intercept: The “Cuban Twitter” Scam Is a Drop in the Internet Propaganda Bucket
https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/04/04/cuban-twitter-scam-social-media-tool-disseminating-government-propaganda/ - 2014-03-29 - The // Intercept: Der Spiegel: NSA Put Merkel on List of 122 Targeted Leaders
https://firstlook.org/theintercept/article/2014/03/29/der-spiegel-nsa-ghcq-hacked-german-companies-put-merkel-list-122-targeted-leaders/ - 2014-03-29 - Der Spiegel: 'A' for Angela Merkel: GCHQ and NSA Targeted Private German Companies
http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/gchq-and-nsa-targeted-private-german-companies-a-961444.html - 2014-03-29 - Der Spiegel: Überwachungsskandal: NSA speicherte mehr als 300 Berichte über Merkel
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/ueberwachung-nsa-speicherte-mehr-als-300-berichte-ueber-merkel-a-961414.html - 2014-03-22 - New York Times: N.S.A. Breached Chinese Servers Seen as Security Threat
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/23/world/asia/nsa-breached-chinese-servers-seen-as-spy-peril.html?hp&_r=1 - 2014-03-22 - Der Spiegel: Targeting Huawei: NSA Spied on Chinese Government and Networking Firm
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/nsa-spied-on-chinese-government-and-networking-firm-huawei-a-960199.html - 2014-01-30 - Information (Danish): NSA spionerede mod COP15-forhandlinger (NSA spied against the COP15-negotiations in 2009 (Climate)
http://www.information.dk/486285 - 2013-12-06 - The Sydney Morning Herald: Telstra's data 'vaccum'
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/telstras-data-vacuum-20131205-2yucb.html - 2013-12-05 - L'Espresso: Revealed: How the Nsa Targets Italy
http://espresso.repubblica.it/inchieste/2013/12/05/news/revealed-how-the-nsa-targets-italy-1.144428 - 2013-12-02 - CBCNews: Read Snowden NSA document on G8, G20 summit surveillance
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/read-snowden-nsa-document-on-g8-g20-summit-surveillance-1.2447387?cmp=rss - 2013-12-01 - CBCNews: New Snowden docs show U.S. spied during G20 in Toronto
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/new-snowden-docs-show-u-s-spied-during-g20-in-toronto-1.2442448 - 2013-11-24 - Politiken (Danish): NSA-sag er nået til Danmark
http://politiken.dk/indland/ECE2141803/nsa-sag-er-naaet-til-danmark/ - 2013-11-18 - The Guardian: Australia's spy agencies targeted Indonesian president's mobile phone
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/18/australia-tried-to-monitor-indonesian-presidents-phone - 2013-11-05 - The Independent: Revealed: Britain's 'secret listening post in the heart of Berlin'
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/revealed-britains-secret-listening-post-in-the-heart-of-berlin-8921548.html - 2013-11-02 - New York Times: Documents Show N.S.A. Efforts to Spy on Both Enemies and Allies
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/11/03/world/documents-show-nsa-efforts-to-spy-on-both-enemies-and-allies.html - 2013-10-27 - Bild am Sonntag: Obama wollte alles über Merkel wissen
http://www.bild.de/politik/inland/spionage/obama-billigt-lauschangriff-auf-merkel-33140378.bild.html - 2013-10-25 - Le Monde: The NSA's intern inquiry about the Elysée hacking revealed
http://www.lemonde.fr/technologies/article/2013/10/25/the-nsa-s-intern-inquiry-about-the-elysee-hacking-revealed_3502734_651865.html - 2013-10-24 - The Guardian: NSA monitored calls of 35 world leaders after US official handed over contacts
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/24/nsa-surveillance-world-leaders-calls - 2013-10-23 - Der Spiegel: Kanzler-Handy im US-Visier? Merkel beschwert sich bei Obama
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/nsa-merkel-beschwert-sich-bei-obama-a-929636.html - 2013-10-21 - Le Monde: Comment la NSA espionne la France
http://www.lemonde.fr/technologies/article/2013/10/21/comment-la-nsa-espionne-la-france_3499758_651865.html - 2013-08-12 - Der Spiegel: Ally and Target: US Intelligence Watches Germany Closely
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/germany-is-a-both-a-partner-to-and-a-target-of-nsa-surveillance-a-916029.html - 2013-06-17 - The Guardian: GCHQ intercepted foreign politicians' communications at G20 summits
http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2013/jun/16/gchq-intercepted-communications-g20-summits
Revelations - Technical issues
- 2015-07-01 - The Intercept: XKEYSCORE: NSA's Google for ghe World's private Communications
https://theintercept.com/2015/07/01/nsas-google-worlds-private-communications/ - 2015-06-22 - The Intercept: POPULAR SECURITY SOFTWARE CAME UNDER RELENTLESS NSA AND GCHQ ATTACKS
https://theintercept.com/2015/06/22/nsa-gchq-targeted-kaspersky/ - 2015-05-25 - The Intercept: The Computers are listening: How the NSA converts spoken Words into searchable Text
https://theintercept.com/2015/05/05/nsa-speech-recognition-snowden-searchable-text/ - 2015-05-21 - The Intercept: NSA Planned to Hijack Google App Store to Hack Smartphones
https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/05/21/nsa-five-eyes-google-samsung-app-stores-spyware/ - 2015-05-21 - The Intercept: The NSA Plan to Find Bin Laden by Hiding Tracking Devices in Medical Supplies
https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/05/21/nsa-plan-find-osama-bin-laden-infiltrating-medical-supply-chain/ - 2015-05-18 - The Intercept: What the Snowden Files Say About the Osama Bin Laden Raid
https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/05/18/snowden-osama-bin-laden-raid/ - 2015-05-11 - The Intercept: The Computers are Listening: Speech Recognition is NSA’s Best-Kept Open Secret
https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/05/11/speech-recognition-nsa-best-kept-secret/ - 2015-05-05 - The Intercept: The Computers are Listening: How the NSA Converts Spoken Words Into Searchable Text
https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/05/05/nsa-speech-recognition-snowden-searchable-text/ - 2015-04-02 - CBCnews: Communication Security Establishment's cyberwarfare toolbox revealed
http://www.cbc.ca/news/communication-security-establishment-s-cyberwarfare-toolbox-revealed-1.3002978 - 2015-03-23 - The Intercept: Documents Reveal Canada’s Secret Hacking Tactics
https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/03/23/canada-cse-hacking-cyberwar-secret-arsenal/ - 2015-03-11 - The Intercept: Top secret documents from the CIA's campaign to defeat Apple security
https://firstlook.org/theintercept/documents/ - 2015-03-10 - The Intercept: New Zealand Targets Trade Partners, Hacks Computers in Spy Operations
https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/03/10/new-zealand-gcsb-spying-trade-partners-nsa/ - 2015-02-20- - NRK (Norwegian Broadcasting): Telenor kan være offer for hacking avslørt i Snowden-dokumenter
http://www.nrk.no/verden/telenor-nevnt-i-snowden-dokumenter-1.12221489 - 2015-02-19 - The Intercept: The Great SIM Heist How Spies Stole the Keys to the Encryption Castle
https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/02/19/great-sim-heist/ - 2015-02-04 - The Intercept: Western Spy Agencies Secretly Rely on Hackers for Intel and Expertise
https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/02/04/demonize-prosecute-hackers-nsa-gchq-rely-intel-expertise/ - 2015-01-27 - Threatpost: Researchers Link Regin to Malware Disclosed in Recent Snowden Documents
https://threatpost.com/researchers-link-regin-to-malware-disclosed-in-recent-snowden-documents/110667 - 2014-12-28 - Der Spiegel: Prying Eyes: Inside the NSA's War on Internet Security
http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/inside-the-nsa-s-war-on-internet-security-a-1010361.html - 2014-12-28 - Der Spiegel: NSA Documents: Attacks on VPN, SSL, TLS, SSH, Tor
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/nsa-documents-attacks-on-vpn-ssl-tls-ssh-tor-a-1010525.html - 2014-12-04 - The Intercept: Operation Auroragold: How the NSA Hacks Cellphone Networks Worldwide
https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/12/04/nsa-auroragold-hack-cellphones/ - 2014-08-25 - The Intercept: The Surveillance Engine: How the NSA Built Its Own Secret Google
https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/08/25/icreach-nsa-cia-secret-google-crisscross-proton/ - 2014-06-06 - The Guardian: Vodafone reveals existence of secret wires that allow state surveillance
http://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/jun/06/vodafone-reveals-secret-wires-allowing-state-surveillance - 2014-04-30 - The // Intercept: FLAME, sophisticated malware reportedly developed by NSA/CIA/Israel (document)
https://firstlook.org/theintercept/document/2014/04/30/lobban-nsa-visit-precis/ - 2014-04-26 - Dagbladet: NIS aquires supercomputer
http://www.dagbladet.no/2014/04/26/nyheter/snowden_i_norge/edward_snowden/nsa/etterretningstjenesten/32991102/ - 2014-03-15 - The // Intercept: Compare the NSA’s Facebook Malware Denial to its Own Secret Documents
https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/03/15/nsa-facebook-malware-turbine-non-denial-denial/ - 2014-03-12 - The // Intercept: How the NSA Plans to Infect “Millions” of Computers with Malware
https://firstlook.org/theintercept/article/2014/03/12/nsa-plans-infect-millions-computers-malware/ - 2014-02-13 - NBC News: War on Anonymous: British Spies Attacked Hackers, Snowden Docs Show
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/investigations/exclusive-snowden-swiped-password-nsa-coworker-n29006 - 2014-02-08 - New York Times: Snowden Used Low-Cost Tool to Best N.S.A.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/09/us/snowden-used-low-cost-tool-to-best-nsa.html?hp&_r=1 - 2014-01-14 - New York Times: N.S.A. Devises Radio Pathway Into Computers
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/15/us/nsa-effort-pries-open-computers-not-connected-to-internet.html - 2013-12-30 - Der Spiegel: NSA's Secret Toolbox: Unit Offers Spy Gadgets for Every Need
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/nsa-secret-toolbox-ant-unit-offers-spy-gadgets-for-every-need-a-941006.html - 2013-12-30 - The Daily Dot: The NSA has nearly complete backdoor access to Apple's iPhone
http://www.dailydot.com/politics/nsa-backdoor-iphone-access-camera-mic-appelbaum/ - 2013-12-30 - Wired: NSA Hackers Get the ‘Ungettable’ With Rich Catalog of Custom Tools
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/12/nsa-hacking-catalogue/ - 2013-12-29 - Der Spiegel: Inside TAO: Documents Reveal Top NSA Hacking Unit
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/the-nsa-uses-powerful-toolbox-in-effort-to-spy-on-global-networks-a-940969.html - 2013-12-17 - Dagbladet: Norway´s secret surveillance of Russian politics for the NSA
http://www.dagbladet.no/2013/12/17/nyheter/samfunn/politikk/utenriks/overvaking/30877258/ - 2013-12-10 - Washington Post: NSA uses Google cookies to pinpoint targets for hacking
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2013/12/10/nsa-uses-google-cookies-to-pinpoint-targets-for-hacking/ - 2013-12-09 - The Guardian: NSA files: games and virtual environments paper
http://www.theguardian.com/world/interactive/2013/dec/09/nsa-files-games-virtual-environments-paper-pdf - 2013-12-07 - Washington Post: FBI’s search for ‘Mo,’ suspect in bomb threats, highlights use of malware for surveillance
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/fbis-search-for-mo-suspect-in-bomb-threats-highlights-use-of-malware-for-surveillance/2013/12/06/352ba174-5397-11e3-9e2c-e1d01116fd98_story.html - 2013-11-23 - nrc.nl: NSA infected 50,000 computer networks with malicious software
http://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2013/11/23/nsa-infected-50000-computer-networks-with-malicious-software/ - 2013-11-22 - Dagbladet: NSA-files repeatedly show collection of data "against countries" - not "from"
http://www.dagbladet.no/2013/11/22/nyheter/edward_snowden/utenriks/usa/nsa/30444117/ - 2013-11-11 - Der Spiegel: Quantum Spying: GCHQ Used Fake LinkedIn Pages to Target Engineers
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/ghcq-targets-engineers-with-fake-linkedin-pages-a-932821.html - 2013-11-10 - Arstechnica: UK spies continue “quantum insert” attack via LinkedIn, Slashdot pages
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/11/uk-spies-continue-quantum-insert-attack-via-linkedin-slashdot-pages/ - 2013-11-04 - Washington Post: How we know the NSA had access to internal Google and Yahoo cloud data
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2013/11/04/how-we-know-the-nsa-had-access-to-internal-google-and-yahoo-cloud-data/ - 2013-10-30 - Washington Post: NSA infiltrates links to Yahoo, Google data centers worldwide, Snowden documents say
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/nsa-infiltrates-links-to-yahoo-google-data-centers-worldwide-snowden-documents-say/2013/10/30/e51d661e-4166-11e3-8b74-d89d714ca4dd_story.html - 2013-09-20 - Der Spiegel: Belgacom Attack: Britain's GCHQ Hacked Belgian Telecoms Firm
http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/british-spy-agency-gchq-hacked-belgian-telecoms-firm-a-923406.html - 2013-09-07 - Der Spiegel: Privacy Scandal: NSA Can Spy on Smart Phone Data
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/privacy-scandal-nsa-can-spy-on-smart-phone-data-a-920971.html - 2013-08-31 - Washington Post: U.S. spy agencies mounted 231 offensive cyber-operations in 2011, documents show
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-spy-agencies-mounted-231-offensive-cyber-operations-in-2011-documents-show/2013/08/30/d090a6ae-119e-11e3-b4cb-fd7ce041d814_story.html - 2013-08-02 - The Guardian: BT and Vodafone among telecoms companies passing details to GCHQ
http://www.theguardian.com/business/2013/aug/02/telecoms-bt-vodafone-cables-gchq - 2013-08-02 - ArsTechnica: Seven telcos named as providing fiber optic cable access to UK spies - New Snowden leaks show Verizon, Vodafone, and BT share direct data.
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/08/seven-telcos-named-as-providing-fiber-optic-cable-access-to-uk-spies/ - 2013-07-31 - The Guardian: XKeyscore: NSA tool collects 'nearly everything a user does on the internet'
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/31/nsa-top-secret-program-online-data - 2013-06-21 - The Guardian: GCHQ taps fibre-optic cables for secret access to world's communications
http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2013/jun/21/gchq-cables-secret-world-communications-nsa - 2013-06-08 - The Guardian: Boundless Informant: NSA explainer – full document text
http://www.theguardian.com/world/interactive/2013/jun/08/boundless-informant-nsa-full-text - 2013-06-06 - The Guardian: NSA Prism program taps in to user data of Apple, Google and others
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/06/us-tech-giants-nsa-data
Revelations - Security
- 2014-03-31 - Reuters: Exclusive: NSA infiltrated RSA security more deeply than thought - study
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/31/us-usa-security-nsa-rsa-idUSBREA2U0TY20140331 - 2013-12-20 - The Guardian: $10m NSA contract with security firm RSA led to encryption 'back door'
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/20/nsa-internet-security-rsa-secret-10m-encryption?CMP=ema_follow - 2013-12-20 - Reuters: Exclusive: Secret contract tied NSA and security industry pioneer
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/12/20/us-usa-security-rsa-idUSBRE9BJ1C220131220 - 2013-10-04 - Washington Post: Secret NSA documents show campaign against Tor encrypted network
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/secret-nsa-documents-show-campaign-against-tor-encrypted-network/2013/10/04/610f08b6-2d05-11e3-8ade-a1f23cda135e_story.html - 2013-10-04 - The Guardian: Attacking Tor: how the NSA targets users' online anonymity
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/04/tor-attacks-nsa-users-online-anonymity - 2013-10-04 - The Guardian: 'Peeling back the layers of Tor with EgotisticalGiraffe' – read the document
http://www.theguardian.com/world/interactive/2013/oct/04/egotistical-giraffe-nsa-tor-document?CMP=twt_gu - 2013-10-04 - The Guardian: NSA and GCHQ target Tor network that protects anonymity of web users
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/04/nsa-gchq-attack-tor-network-encryption - 2013-09-05 - The New York Times: N.S.A. Foils Much Internet Encryption
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/06/us/nsa-foils-much-internet-encryption.html - 2013-08-30 - Networkworld: Leaked US spying budget reveals investments in 'groundbreaking' cryptanalysis
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/083013-leaked-us-spying-budget-reveals-273380.html
Revelations - Privacy
- 2015-06-04 - The Intercept: Report: NSA Sifts Americans’ International Internet Traffic to Hunt Hackers
https://theintercept.com/2015/06/04/nsa-hackers-nyt-warrantless-surveillance/ - 2015-06-01 - BoingBoing: NSA facial recognition: combining national ID cards, Internet intercepts, and commercial facial databases for millions of people
https://boingboing.net/2014/06/01/nsa-facial-recognition-combin.html - 2014-10-10 - The Guardian: EE, Vodafone and Three give police mobile call records at click of a mouse
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/10/automatic-police-access-customers-mobile-phone-records-like-cash-machine-ripa-three-ee-vodafone#start-of-comments - 2014-07-23 - Washington Post: Privacy watchdog’s next target: the least-known but biggest aspect of NSA surveillance
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/07/23/privacy-watchdogs-next-target-the-least-known-but-biggest-aspect-of-nsa-surveillance/ - 2014-07-09 - The Intercept: Meet the Muslim-American Leaders the FBI and NSA Have Been Spying On
https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/07/09/under-surveillance/ - 2014-07-05 - Washington Post: In NSA-intercepted data, those not targeted far outnumber the foreigners who are
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/in-nsa-intercepted-data-those-not-targeted-far-outnumber-the-foreigners-who-are/2014/07/05/8139adf8-045a-11e4-8572-4b1b969b6322_story.html - 2014-07-03 - DasErste.de: NSA targets the privacy-conscious
http://daserste.ndr.de/panorama/aktuell/nsa230_page-1.html - 2014-07-03 - New York Times: German Student Under N.S.A. Scrutiny, Reports Say
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/07/04/world/europe/german-student-under-nsa-scrutiny-reports-say.html - 2014-05-31 - New York Times: N.S.A. Collecting Millions of Faces From Web Images
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/01/us/nsa-collecting-millions-of-faces-from-web-images.html - 2014-04-02 - USA today: U.S. confirms warrantless searches of Americans
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2014/04/01/us-confirms-warrantless-searches-nsa/7176749/ - 2014-04-01 - The Guardian: NSA performed warrantless searches on Americans' calls and emails – Clapper
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/01/nsa-surveillance-loophole-americans-data - 2014-03-18 - Washington Post: NSA surveillance program reaches ‘into the past’ to retrieve, replay phone calls
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/nsa-surveillance-program-reaches-into-the-past-to-retrieve-replay-phone-calls/2014/03/18/226d2646-ade9-11e3-a49e-76adc9210f19_story.html - 2014-02-28 - The Guardian: Optic Nerve: millions of Yahoo webcam images intercepted by GCHQ
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/27/gchq-nsa-webcam-images-internet-yahoo - 2014-02-27 - The Guardian: Yahoo webcam images from millions of users intercepted by GCHQ
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/27/gchq-nsa-webcam-images-internet-yahoo - 2014-02-26 - The Hufftington Post: Top-Secret Document Reveals NSA Spied On Porn Habits As Part Of Plan To Discredit 'Radicalizers'
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/26/nsa-porn-muslims_n_4346128.html - 2014-02-24 - The // Intercept: How Covert Agents Infiltrate the Internet to Manipulate, Deceive, and Destroy Reputations
https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/02/24/jtrig-manipulation/ - 2014-02-15 - New York Times: Spying by N.S.A. Ally Entangled U.S. Law Firm
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/16/us/eavesdropping-ensnared-american-law-firm.html?hp&_r=1 - 2014-01-28 - The Guardian: Angry Birds and 'leaky' phone apps targeted by NSA and GCHQ for user data
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/27/nsa-gchq-smartphone-app-angry-birds-personal-data - 2014-01-27 - New York Times: Spy Agencies Tap Data Streaming From Phone Apps
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/28/world/spy-agencies-scour-phone-apps-for-personal-data.html?smid=tw-nytimesworld - 2014-01-27 - NBC news: Snowden docs reveal British spies snooped on YouTube and Facebook
http://investigations.nbcnews.com/_news/2014/01/27/22469304-snowden-docs-reveal-british-spies-snooped-on-youtube-and-facebook?lite - 2014-01-16 - Channel 4: Revealed: UK and US spied on text messages of Brits
http://www.channel4.com/news/intercept-text-messages-spy-nsa-gchq-british-phone - 2014-01-16 - The Guardian: NSA collects millions of text messages daily in 'untargeted' global sweep
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/16/nsa-collects-millions-text-messages-daily-untargeted-global-sweep - 2013-12-13 - Washington Post: By cracking cellphone code, NSA has capacity for decoding private conversations
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/by-cracking-cellphone-code-nsa-has-capacity-for-decoding-private-conversations/2013/12/13/e119b598-612f-11e3-bf45-61f69f54fc5f_story.html - 2013-12-06 - The Sydney Morning Herald: Forget the needle, take the haystack
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/forget-the-needle-take-the-haystack-20131206-2yudy.html - 2013-12-04 - Washington Post: NSA tracking cellphone locations worldwide, Snowden documents show
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/nsa-tracking-cellphone-locations-worldwide-snowden-documents-show/2013/12/04/5492873a-5cf2-11e3-bc56-c6ca94801fac_story.html - 2013-11-26 - Hufftington Post: Top-Secret Document Reveals NSA Spied On Porn Habits As Part Of Plan To Discredit 'Radicalizers'
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/26/nsa-porn-muslims_n_4346128.html?1385526024 - 2013-11-20 - The Guardian: US and UK struck secret deal to allow NSA to 'unmask' Britons' personal data
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/20/us-uk-secret-deal-surveillance-personal-data - 2013-11-19 - Dagbladet(Norwegian): USA overvåket 33 millioner norske mobilsamtaler (US surveillance monitored 33 million Norwegian cell phone calls)
http://www.dagbladet.no/2013/11/19/nyheter/pluss/samfunn/politikk/utenriks/30383890/ - 2013-10-25 - The Guardian: Leaked memos reveal GCHQ efforts to keep mass surveillance secret
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/oct/25/leaked-memos-gchq-mass-surveillance-secret-snowden - 2013-10-15 - Washington Post: NSA collects millions of e-mail address books globally
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/nsa-collects-millions-of-e-mail-address-books-globally/2013/10/14/8e58b5be-34f9-11e3-80c6-7e6dd8d22d8f_story.html - 2013-09-28 - New York Times: N.S.A. Gathers Data on Social Connections of U.S. Citizens
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/29/us/nsa-examines-social-networks-of-us-citizens.html - 2013-09-09 - Der Spiegel: iSpy: How the NSA Accesses Smartphone Data
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/how-the-nsa-spies-on-smartphones-including-the-blackberry-a-921161.html - 2013-09-06 - The Guardian: Revealed: how US and UK spy agencies defeat internet privacy and security
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/05/nsa-gchq-encryption-codes-security - 2013-09-05 - The Guardian: US and UK spy agencies defeat privacy and security on the internet
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/05/nsa-gchq-encryption-codes-security - 2013-08-13 - Washington Post: NSA gathered thousands of Americans’ e-mails before court ordered it to revise its tactics
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/nsa-gathered-thousands-of-americans-e-mails-before-court-struck-down-program/2013/08/21/146ba4b6-0a90-11e3-b87c-476db8ac34cd_story.html - 2013-08-09 - The Guardian: NSA loophole allows warrantless search for US citizens' emails and phone calls
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/09/nsa-loophole-warrantless-searches-email-calls - 2013-06-30 - Der Spiegel: Partner and Target: NSA Snoops on 500 Million German Data Connections
http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/nsa-spies-on-500-million-german-data-connections-a-908648.html - 2013-06-27 - The Guardian: NSA collected US email records in bulk for more than two years under Obama
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/27/nsa-data-mining-authorised-obama - 2013-06-06 - The Guardian: NSA collecting phone records of millions of Verizon customers daily
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/06/nsa-phone-records-verizon-court-order
Revelations - NSA and partners
- 2015-12-23 - The Intercept: NSA Helped British Spies Find Security Holes In Juniper Firewalls
https://theintercept.com/2015/12/23/juniper-firewalls-successfully-targeted-by-nsa-and-gchq/ - 2015-08-15 - The New York Times: AT&T Helped U.S. Spy on Internet on a Vast Scale
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/16/us/politics/att-helped-nsa-spy-on-an-array-of-internet-traffic.html - 2015-03-14 - The Intercept: New Zealand Used NSA System to Target Officials, Anti-Corruption Campaigner
https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/03/14/new-zealand-xkeyscore-solomon-islands-nsa-targets/ - 2015-03-05 - The New Zealand Herald: Snowden revelations / The price of the Five Eyes club: Mass spying on friendly nations
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11411759 - 2015-03-05 - The New Zealand Herald: Snowden GCSB revelations / Russel Norman says GCSB 'breaking the law'
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11411730 - 2015-03-04 - The Intercept: New Zealand Spies on Neighbors in Secret “Five Eyes” Global Surveillance
https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/03/04/new-zealand-gcsb-surveillance-waihopai-xkeyscore/ - 2015-02-25- - The Intercept: Canadian Spies Collect Domestic Emails in Secret Security Sweep
https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/02/25/canada-cse-pony-express-email-surveillance/ - 2015-01-28 - The Intercept: Canada Casts Global Surveillance Dragnet Over File Downloads
https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/01/28/canada-cse-levitation-mass-surveillance/ - 2014-06-19 - Information: NSA ‘third party’ partners tap the Internet backbone in global surveillance program
http://www.information.dk/501280 - 2014-06-18 - The // Intercept: How Secret Partners Expand NSA’s Surveillance Dragnet
https://firstlook.org/theintercept/article/2014/06/18/nsa-surveillance-secret-cable-partners-revealed-rampart-a/ - 2014-04-30 - The // Intercept: British Spy Chiefs Secretly Begged to Play in NSA’s Data Pools
https://firstlook.org/theintercept/article/2014/04/30/gchq-prism-nsa-fisa-unsupervised-access-snowden/ - 2014-03-13 - The // Intercept: Foreign Officials In the Dark About Their Own Spy Agencies’ Cooperation with NSA
https://firstlook.org/theintercept/article/2014/03/13/nsa-elected-officials-foreign-countries-unaware-countries-cooperation-us/ - 2014-02-18 - ACLU: U.S. and U.K. Targeted WikiLeaks With Surveillance and Political Pressure, Documents Show
https://www.aclu.org/national-security-technology-and-liberty/us-and-uk-targeted-wikileaks-surveillance-and-political - 2014-01-02 - The Guardian: Top secret program to target iPhones: Australian agencies may have known
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/01/top-secret-program-to-target-iphones?CMP=ema_follow - 2013-12-10 - CBC news: Snowden document shows Canada set up spy posts for NSA
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/snowden-document-shows-canada-set-up-spy-posts-for-nsa-1.2456886 - 2013-12-05 - Swedish National Tevevision (SVT) (in Swedish): SVT avslöjar: FRA spionerar på Ryssland åt USA (Sweden spies on Russia on behalf of US)
http://www.svt.se/ug/uppdrag-granskning-granskar-nsa-filerna - 2013-12-02 - The Guardian: Revealed: Australian spy agency offered to share data about ordinary citizens
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/02/revealed-australian-spy-agency-offered-to-share-data-about-ordinary-citizens - 2013-11-30 - nrc.nl: Dutch intelligence agency AIVD hacks internet forums
http://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2013/11/30/dutch-intelligence-agency-aivd-hacks-internet-fora/ - 2013-11-01 - The Guardian: GCHQ and European spy agencies worked together on mass surveillance
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/nov/01/gchq-europe-spy-agencies-mass-surveillance-snowden - 2013-09-11 - The Guardian: NSA and Israeli intelligence: memorandum of understanding - full document
http://www.theguardian.com/world/interactive/2013/sep/11/nsa-israel-intelligence-memorandum-understanding-document - 2013-09-11 - The Guardian: NSA shares raw intelligence including Americans' data with Israel
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/11/nsa-americans-personal-data-israel-documents - 2013-09-06 - metro: Sverige pekas ut som NSA:s hemliga nyckelpartner
http://www.metro.se/nyheter/sverige-pekas-ut-som-nsas-hemliga-nyckelpartner/EVHmie!Y2roR7RjY2g/ - 2013-08-23 - The Guardian: NSA paid millions to cover Prism compliance costs for tech companies
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/23/nsa-prism-costs-tech-companies-paid - 2013-08-05 - Der Spiegel: Mass Data: Transfers from Germany Aid US Surveillance
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/german-intelligence-sends-massive-amounts-of-data-to-the-nsa-a-914821.html - 2013-07-12 - The Guardian: How Microsoft handed the NSA access to encrypted messages
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/11/microsoft-nsa-collaboration-user-data - 2013-06-07 - The Guardian: UK gathering secret intelligence via covert NSA operation
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/jun/07/uk-gathering-secret-intelligence-nsa-prism
Revelations - Business
- 2015-05-12 - The Intercept: Many of the NSA’s Loudest Defenders Have Financial Ties to NSA Contractors
https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/05/12/intelligence-industry-cash-flows-media-echo-chamber-defending-nsa-surveillance/ - 2015-03-10 - The Intercept: The CIA Campaign to Steal Apple’s Secrets
https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/03/10/ispy-cia-campaign-steal-apples-secrets/ - 2014-09-14 - The Intercept: The NSA and GCHQ Campaign Against German Satellite Companies
https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/09/14/nsa-stellar/ - 2013-09-15 - Der Spiegel: 'Follow the Money': NSA Spies on International Payments
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/spiegel-exclusive-nsa-spies-on-international-bank-transactions-a-922276.html - 2013-09-08 - FANTÁSTICO (Brazilian TV): NSA Documents Show United States Spied Brazilian Oil Giant
http://g1.globo.com/fantastico/noticia/2013/09/nsa-documents-show-united-states-spied-brazilian-oil-giant.html
Revelations - Press and journalism
- 2015-01-19 - The Guardian: GCHQ captured emails of journalists from top international media
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/jan/19/gchq-intercepted-emails-journalists-ny-times-bbc-guardian-le-monde-reuters-nbc-washington-post - 2013-08-31 - Der Spiegel: Snowden Document: NSA Spied On Al Jazeera Communications
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/nsa-spied-on-al-jazeera-communications-snowden-document-a-919681.html
Government
- 2015-06-22 - The Intercept: CONTROVERSIAL GCHQ UNIT ENGAGED IN DOMESTIC LAW ENFORCEMENT, ONLINE PROPAGANDA, PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH
https://theintercept.com/2015/06/22/controversial-gchq-unit-domestic-law-enforcement-propaganda/ - 2014-08-26 - edwardsnowden.com: NSA sharing metadata with 23 other US government agencies
https://edwardsnowden.com/revelations/#nsa-sharing-metadata-with-23-other-us-government-agencies - 2014-07-23 - The Intercept: The Secret Government Rulebook For Labeling You a Terrorist
https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/07/23/blacklisted/ - 2014-06-30 - Washington Post: Court gave NSA broad leeway in surveillance, documents show
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/court-gave-nsa-broad-leeway-in-surveillance-documents-show/2014/06/30/32b872ec-fae4-11e3-8176-f2c941cf35f1_story.html?hpid=z5 - 2014-03-11 - New York Times: How a Court Secretly Evolved, Extending U.S. Spies’ Reach
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/12/us/how-a-courts-secret-evolution-extended-spies-reach.html?_r=1&referrer= - 2013-12-13 - Washington Post: White House to preserve controversial policy on NSA, Cyber Command leadership
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/white-house-to-preserve-controversial-policy-on-nsa-cyber-command-leadership/2013/12/13/4bb56a48-6403-11e3-a373-0f9f2d1c2b61_story.html - 2013-12-13 - The Guardian: NSA review to leave spying programs largely unchanged, reports say
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/13/nsa-review-to-leave-spying-programs-largely-unchanged-reports-say
Documents
- 2016-05-18 - The Intercept: We're broadening access to the Snowden archive
https://theintercept.com/2016/05/16/the-intercept-is-broadening-access-to-the-snowden-archive-heres-why/ - 2015-06-22 - The Intercept: GCHQ Application for Renewal of Warrant GPW/1160
https://theintercept.com/document/2015/06/22/gchq-warrant-renewal/ - 2015-06-22 - The Intercept: Documents
https://theintercept.com/documents/ - 2014-05-12 - Glenn Greenwall: "All of the documents newly reported in "No Place to Hide" are now online, with some others"
http://glenngreenwald.net/pdf/NoPlaceToHide-Documents-Compressed.pdf - 2014-05-12 - The Guardian: Glenn Greenwald: how the NSA tampers with US-made internet routers
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/may/12/glenn-greenwald-nsa-tampers-us-internet-routers-snowden - 2014-04-04 - The // Intercept: Full-Spectrum Cyber Effects
https://firstlook.org/theintercept/document/2014/04/04/full-spectrum-cyber-effects/ - 2013-12-11 - Sveriges Television: Read the Snowden documents from the NSA
http://www.svt.se/ug/read-the-snowden-documents-from-the-nsa
Publisert 31. aug. 2013 22:14 - Sist endret 21. aug. 2017 10:40