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Privazzzzzy? Pay attention, your wallet's at risk
Comment You may not spend your weekends plotting the violent overthrow of the capitalist system, but that's no reason to give the government permission to rummage around through all your communications, any more than you'd want a Whitehall... [17 May 2001]
Your boss is watching you...
News It said in a statement: "The notion of management having a free hand to spy indiscriminately on workers' email is unreasonable, intrusive and unacceptable. But according to the latest survey from law firm Allen &... [04 Apr 2001]
US considers office snooping reform
News Software that lets suspicious employers spy on employees is in widespread use in the US, and currently the workers do not have a right to know about the activity. The US Congress is considering legislation that will... [21 Jul 2000]
SEC plans to spy on online crooks
News The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is setting up an automatic surveillance system to monitor online fraud, according to reports. The SEC, which regulates the investments industry in the US, is trying to set up a system which... [29 Mar 2000]
Nato denies Kosovo security breach
News A spy within Nato passed lists of bombing targets and flight plans to Belgrade during the Kosovo campaign, according to a BBC investigation. The news organisation has alleged that generous access to a Nato computer... [09 Mar 2000]
FSA trains staff to spy on online fraudsters
News The Financial Services Authority (FSA) is to train its enforcement officials to surf the Internet to crackdown on fraud and unlicensed financial services on the Web. A spokeswoman for the FSA said it is considering a number of ways to... [20 Dec 1999]
Transatlantic Cable : The CIA gets into Venture Capital
Comment If you're setting up a company in Silicon Valley, there are people falling over themselves to lend you the money to do it. Despite tech stocks falling over the past few weeks, Venture Capital companies are practically getting into... [05 Oct 1999]
Serbs accuse US government of hacking
News The Serbian Deputy Information Minister, Miodrag Popovic has accused the US government of blocking a Web site that contains details of communications spy bases in Europe. The minister spoke out on national TV on Monday,... [20 Jan 1999]
Hackers release Windows spy tool
News A group of hackers called Cult of the Dead Cow has released a tool that it claims will spy on computers running Windows 95 and 98. The group says the application - dubbed Back Orifice - can remotely control a Windows 95... [07 Aug 1998]