Search results for: Edward Snowden

Fri, August 2nd 2013, 15:00 · Nanine Steenkamp

Snowden offered job at VKontakte

United States intelligence whistleblower Edward Snowden has been offered a position at Russian social network VKontakte, following his granted asylum by Russia. → Read more
Mon, July 7th 2014, 12:00 · Chris Udemans

Regular internet user data intercepted by NSA – report

More regular internet users have data intercepted by the United States (US)-based National Security Agency (NSA) than legally targeted foreigners, according to a survey by the Washington Post. → Read more
Wed, July 2nd 2014, 15:30 · Chris Udemans

Algeria, Ethiopia assist NSA surveillance programme – report

The Algerian and Ethiopian governments are helping the United States (US)-based National Security Agency (NSA) collect private data about Africans, according to a report. → Read more
Tue, July 1st 2014, 11:30 · Chris Udemans

NSA allowed to spy on Africa since 2010 – report

The Unites States’ National Security Agency was given permission in 2010 to perform blanket surveillance of African states, allowing the institution to intercept information it deems in the interest of national security, according to a report. → Read more
Thu, June 5th 2014, 17:00 · Chris Udemans

Reset the Net launched for online privacy

Global internet advocates have launched the “Reset the Net” campaign in order to educate internet users on privacy protocols available to them, with Edward Snowden urging support for the initiative on the one year anniversary of the first National Security Agency (NSA) revelation. → Read more
Mon, April 28th 2014, 11:00 · Paul Adepoju

Okolloh named in TIME 100 2014

Kenyan Ory Okolloh, who co-founded Ushahidi and now leads Omidyar Network's investments and transparency programmes in Africa, has been named on the 2014 TIME 100, the annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. → Read more
Wed, March 26th 2014, 10:30 · Chris Udemans

Obama to end NSA surveillance – report

United States (US) president Barack Obama plans to ask congress to end the National Security Agency’s (NSA) telephone surveillance programme while allowing the government to access metadata when it is needed, according to Reuters. → Read more
Tue, March 25th 2014, 07:00 · Chris Udemans

Huawei disturbed by NSA server infiltration

Chinese technology giant Huawei has said it will condemn the infiltration of its servers on the part of the United States’ National Security Agency (NSA) should allegations be true, according to Reuters. → Read more
Thu, December 19th 2013, 09:00 · Tom Jackson

Tech leaders meet Obama over surveillance

Leaders of some of the world’s biggest technology firms met US President Barack Obama this week to discuss the National Security Agency’s (NSA) surveillance of their data servers and customers. → Read more
Mon, December 9th 2013, 19:00 · Richard Cutcher

Google, Facebook and co set up surveillance lobby group

Leading technology and internet companies have established the Reform Government Surveillance lobby group, in a bid to curb snooping by the United States’ National Security Agency (NSA) on their data servers and customers. → Read more
Wed, November 20th 2013, 17:00 · Richard Cutcher

OPINION: Internet giants now pining for anonymity achieved by Bitcoin

As Google, Microsoft and Yahoo!, among others, all winge about interference and surveillance by the United States’ National Security Agency (NSA) and the United Kingdom’s GCHQ, digital currencies such as Bitcoin are already way ahead of the internet giants. → Read more
Fri, November 1st 2013, 08:30 · Susan Mwenesi

Google, Yahoo! unhappy over data transmission interception

Google and Yahoo! have reacted furiously to revelations the United States’ National Security Agency (NSA) had a hidden interception capability which could tap into the search giants’ fibre optic cables. → Read more
Wed, October 30th 2013, 11:20 · Winfred Kuria

We must make internet more resistant to surveillance – IETF

The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) has announced plans to intensify its focus on online security, after years of unsure strategies to solve the technical problem. → Read more
Thu, September 12th 2013, 16:30 · Richard Cutcher

Mayer and Zuckerberg slam US government

Yahoo! and Facebook chiefs have blasted critics who have accused the respective companies of secretly collaborating with the National Security Agency’s surveillance programme. → Read more
Mon, September 2nd 2013, 17:30 · Richard Cutcher

Microsoft and Google join forces to battle US government gagging orders

Microsoft and Google are set to sue the United States government in a bid to be allowed to publish more information on the official requests for user data they receive from the National Security Agency (NSA). → Read more
Mon, September 2nd 2013, 09:30 · Nanine Steenkamp

Banking Trojans major spam issue

Banking Trojans are currently the most dominant malware threat, according to Kaspersky Lab, featuring in email attacks. → Read more
Wed, August 28th 2013, 12:00 · Richard Cutcher

African government requests ignored by Facebook

Not a single African government request for Facebook data was accepted by the social network, while the United States had 79 per cent of up to 12,000 requests accepted. → Read more
Tue, August 20th 2013, 06:00 · Kamau Mbote

Wikileaks hits 2 million Twitter followers

Wikileaks now has two million followers on Twitter, as the fate of whistleblowers around the world continues to make headlines. → Read more
Fri, August 16th 2013, 09:00 · Guest Post

Guest Post: Can a commercial VPN protect you from government spying?

Nick Pearson is chief executive officer (CEO) of IVPN, a privacy-focused virtual private network (VPN) service and Electronic Frontier Foundation member. → Read more
Mon, July 15th 2013, 12:21 · Susan Mwenesi

Microsoft collaborated with US security services – report

Microsoft collaborated with the United States’ (US) intelligence services to allow the latter to intercept users’ communications, according to a report by The Guardian. → Read more