Digital Rights Groups Release Tool to "Detekt" Government Spyware
By now, most of the world is well aware of the U. S. National Security Agency's dragnet surveillance programs. Whistleblower Edward Snowden obtained nearly 2 million classified documents from the NSA and revealed just how far governments were willing to invade online privacy, typically with the excuse of thwarting terrorism. A recently-proposed piece of legislation called the "Freedom Act" could have limited the NSA's authority, yet it failed to obtain the necessary votes in the Senate. That's why third party human rights groups like the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Amnesty....
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Group of hackers from Germany are accusing their government for being a tool of foreign intelligence agencies. The lawsuit is handled by the International League for Human Rights. The story takes it roots from the revelations by Edward Snowden a former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) employee and National Security Agency (NSA) contractor who brought to light the details of the surveillance that American government unleashed upon its citizens and beyond. While the German officials had quite a negative response after the information that even Chancellor Angela Merkel’s mobile was being....