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In Mexico, a controversial new law requires cell phone users to hand over sensitive information to the government - 30 avril 2021
The law adds Mexico to a list of 18 countries globally that require biometric data registration for cell phone users
Digital rights groups are sounding the alarm about a new law in Mexico that would require all cell phone users to register their personal information and biometric data in a massive government (...)
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Inside Israel’s lucrative — and secretive — cybersurveillance industry - 18 mars 2021
The country’s hacking software is recognized the world over. Not everyone thinks it’s a good thing.
At age 18, K., like almost all Israelis, began his mandatory army service. “This was my way to give back to society and defend my country,” he says. “I was one of them. I was one of the radical ones.” From violent (...)
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Israel’s cyber-spy industry helps world dictators hunt dissidents and gays - 15 mars 2021
Haaretz investigation spanning 100 sources in 15 countries reveals Israel has become a leading exporter of tools for spying on civilians. Dictators around the world – even in countries with no formal ties to Israel – use them eavesdrop on human rights activists, monitor emails, hack into apps and record (...)
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Amérique latine : désastre écologique et luttes sociales - Ép. 3/4 - Un monde sous perfusion métallique - 9 mars 2021
Au Chili, au Pérou, en Argentine, les conflits se sont multipliés ces dernières années entre les populations locales et les multinationales minières, accusées de violences et de dégâts environnements. Alors quelles sont ces revendications environnementales et sociales ?
En mars dernier, les salariés de la plus grande (...)
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The pandemic will end. But in India, Tunisia and Peru, there are signs the surveillance will not - 2 septembre 2020
In India, judges make downloading a coronavirus app mandatory for suspects released on bail, Tunisia has a long history of government surveillance and in Peru, a survey system slurps personal data. In all three countries, writers fear Covid-19 surveillance could outlive the virus.
Emergencies change the rules. (...)
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New corona apps : fake it till you make it - 24 juin 2020
This week, De Correspondent’s Dimitri Tokmetzis and I revisited one of the key questions in the debate about contact-tracing apps – how much data should they collect ?
While tech companies want to limit the amount of information governments can harvest from iPhone and Android users, health agencies say they need (...)
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Covid Contact tracing apps are a complicated mess : what you need to know - 23 mai 2020
As Governments, Apple and Google compete in proximity tracing, here’s our take on building tech in times of crisis.
Key findings
Contact tracing is an important emergency healthcare initiative, and is necessarily invasive.
Coronavirus Apps do much more and much less than manual contact tracing.
There are (...)
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Tracking the Global Response to COVID-19 | Privacy International - 20 mars 2020
Tech companies, governments, and international agencies have all announced measures to help contain the spread of the COVID-19 virus.
Some of these measures impose severe restrictions on people’s freedoms, including to their privacy and other human rights. Unprecedented levels of surveillance, data exploitation, (...)
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How the CIA used Crypto AG encryption devices to spy on countries for decades - 11 février 2020
For decades, the CIA read the encrypted communications of allies and adversaries.
For more than half a century, governments all over the world trusted a single company to keep the communications of their spies, soldiers and diplomats secret.
The company, Crypto AG, got its first break with a contract to build (...)
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Autoridad de datos personales investiga a Telefónica por vender ubicación de clientes | Ojo Público - 6 février 2020
La compañía de telecomunicaciones recopila la ubicación de sus usuarios a través de 21 mil antenas en todo el país. En octubre del año pasado, OjoPúblico detectó riesgos a la privacidad de sus cientes, luego de analizar las bases de datos vendidas por esta compañía al Estado peruano y que eran declaradas como anónimas.
La (...)
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Une campagne de phishing persistante cible des gouvernements du monde entier - 16 décembre 2019
La société américaine de cybersécurité Anomali a mis au jour une campagne de phishing internationale visant aussi bien le gouvernement américain que sud-africain, suédois ou japonais. Actuellement ni les motivations, ni les auteurs de ces actes n’ont été percés.
Une importante campagne de phishing sévit aux quatre coins de (...)
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Perú Adopta por Decreto la Retención de Datos : La Información de Localización No Estará Protegida - 1er août 2015
El Presidente de Perú Ollanta Humala firmó el pasado 27 de julio el Decreto Legislativo 1182 que permite a la policía accede sin órden judicial y en tiempo real a los datos de localización de manera 24/7. Pero eso no la peor parte del decreto : obliga a los proveedores de telecomunicaciones, por un año, a retener los (...)
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Un scandale « Wikileaks » au Pérou fait tomber le gouvernement - 3 avril 2015
Le 31 mars 2015 au Pérou, une motion de censure a eu raison de la chef du gouvernement Ana Jara. En cause, un scandale lié à la surveillance de journalistes, de politiques (du parti au pouvoir et de l’opposition) et d’hommes d’affaires, de stars ou de citoyens lambda par les renseignements péruviens. Le « DiniLeaks » (...)
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Drone and CCTVs for Everyone : Surveillance Tech Expands Across Latin America - 13 janvier 2015
Despite the fact that there is no conclusive evidence that camera surveillance is an effective deterrent against crime, the movement towards a pervasive surveillance state continues in many Latin American countries. Surveillance technologies such as drones are gaining popularity, raising significant concerns for (...)
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Proposal of New Provisions Applicable to All Services of the secret TISA negotiations - 18 décembre 2014
TISA text on E-Commerce, Data Flows and others
The following release is a bilingual copy of the Proposal of New Provisions Applicable to All Services and the Annex on Professional Services of the Trade in Services Agreement (TISA). The main players in the top secret negotiations are the United States and all 28 (...)
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New report finds little oversight of surveillance, intelligence agencies in Latin America - 20 novembre 2014
Governments across Latin America are struggling to put in place effective intelligence and surveillance oversight regimes that guarantee the rights of citizens, according to a new report released by Privacy International’s partner in Argentina, Asociación por los Derechos Civiles.
The report, "Who’s watching the (...)
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Biometrics : friend or foe of privacy ? - 16 décembre 2013
New technologies may hold great benefits for the developing world, but without strong legal frameworks ensuring that rights are adequately protected, they pose serious threats to populations they are supposed to empower.
This is never more evident than with the rapid and widespread implementation of biometric (...)
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What Will Japan’s Entry Into TPP Mean for Internet Users ? - 19 juillet 2013
The Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement threatens the rights of Internet users in all its potential signatories, from Peru to Canada to the United States. This week as part of the 18th round of meetings in Kota Kinabulu, Malaysia, a new country, Japan, officially joins the negotiations. Japan is arriving (...)
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Le Japon songe à étendre la durée de protection du droit d’auteur - 13 juillet 2013
Au Japon, des réflexions sont en cours sur l’extension de la durée de protection du droit d’auteur. Selon la législation actuelle, le contrôle exclusif des droits perdure 50 ans après la mort de l’artiste. Il est question d’étendre cette durée post mortem à 70 ans. Cette piste serait fortement poussée par les États-Unis, (...)
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5 Russian-Made Surveillance Technologies Used in the West - 10 mai 2013
We all know surveillance is big in Putin’s Russia. What you may not know is that Russia’s surveillance tech is being used all over "” even here in the U.S.
The Kremlin is up to its domes in spy technology. One reason is fear, provoked by the Arab Spring, of a growing and diffuse protest movement that uses social (...)
