On January 13th, 2010 the Tel Aviv Court handed down its first verdict in the case of illegal eavesdropping on businessman and philanthropist Michael Cherney. Illegal spying was commissioned by a Russian citizen, who at the time was an executive in Oleg Deripaska’s empire. On January 13, the Tel Aviv Court confirmed the plea bargain…
Category: Surveillance
FBI Broke Privacy Laws, Says Justice Department Probe
Massimo Calabresi reports: The FBI repeatedly broke the law between April 2003 and November 2006 in its efforts to monitor telecommunications in line with counterterrorism objectives, a Justice Department investigation has found. A report released Wednesday by the Department’s Inspector General, Glenn Fine, reveals that three major telecom companies — whose identities remain classified —…
Ghana’s National Security Coordinator rejects calls for law on sim card registration
Fiifi Koomson reports: The National Security Coordinator Lt. Col (Rtd) Larry Gbevlo-Lartey has dismissed calls for a law to back a directive for the mandatory registration of mobile phone sim cards. Col Gbevlo-Lartey says agitation for such a law is “completely out of the question.” National Security has issued a directive to mobile phone service…
Virgin Media to trial piracy-detection software
Barry Collins reports: For Alan Ellis, last week was a good one: he was acquitted of conspiracy to commit fraud. The prosecution had argued that the 26-year-old received at least £190,000 in donations to Oink, his filesharing website. Until Oink was shut down in 2007, it had, the crown claimed, helped 200,000 users illegally to…