Loek Essers reports: The Dutch police and intelligence services tapped at least 3350 internet connections in 2009. An increase of 385 percent since 2006. The number of internet wiretaps by the Dutch government has exploded in recent years, reveals Dutch ict-newssite Webwereld. There is political uproar about the explosive growth of these numbers, which up…
Category: Surveillance
A quarter of Germans want to be implanted with chips
Clay Dillow reports: Privacy-loving Americans have roundly rejected the idea of implanting microchips within their bodies, but one in four Germans is enthusiastic about the idea of having a chip implanted as long as there are tangible benefits involved. Those benefits don’t even have to be of the life-and-death nature; some said they would implant…
Cyta clients sue over privacy violations
Helen Christophi reports: Two Cyta subscribers have filed separate lawsuits in the Limassol District Court yesterday, alleging the company has been secretly monitoring their mobile phone calls and text messages. They are seeking compensation of up to €100,000. Limassol law firm Kostas Melas and Associates is representing the two subscribers, a young man working in…
Webcamgate class action? Parents say “no, thanks”
Dan Hardy reports: A group of Lower Merion and Harriton High School parents will meet tonight to discuss ways to derail the possibility that a federal lawsuit over laptop spying could lead to a lengthy and expensive class-action case against their district. Bryn Mawr resident Michael Boni, one of the organizers, said yesterday: “We have…