James Ball reports: The UK intelligence agency GCHQ has repeatedly warned it fears a “damaging public debate” on the scale of its activities because it could lead to legal challenges against its mass-surveillance programmes, classified internal documents reveal. Memos contained in the cache disclosed by the US whistleblower Edward Snowden detail the agency’s long fight against making…
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New LinkedIn tool for making connections raises privacy concerns
Tori Floyd reports: A new feature for LinkedIn users has been unveiled, but it’s drawing more questions over privacy rather than praise for ingenuity. LinkedIn announced Intro on October 23, a service that shows your LinkedIn profile on emails sent through your iPhone Mail application. In the blog post about the new tool, the company explains that…
US spying in Europe: Will it backfire on Google and Facebook?
Mark Clayton reports: A public backlash against reported US surveillance activities in France, Germany, and Italy could lead to tough new laws that put American technology companies in the tough spot of being forced to defy either US authorities or the European Union. Read more on CSMonitor.
Len Brown affair: Vodafone warns staff on privacy
Amelia Wade reports: Vodafone has sent some of its staff a warning about delving into records after the Herald‘s hunt for the sender of an anonymous and threatening text to Bevan Chuang. The text was sent from an 021 number and warned her not to go public with details of her affair with Auckland Mayor Len…