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We’re all Palestinians Now: Israel-backed NSO Spyware used against US State Department
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Reuters reports that at least nine US State Department officials had their smartphones hacked by Pegasus spyware,
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Is Big Brother Israel a ‘stalker state’?
( Jordan Times) – In an interview with The Washington Post, Israel’s Breaking the Silence, an ex-soldiers rights organisation, has highlighted
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Apple Sues Israeli gov’t-backed NSO Spyware Company: “Notorious Hackers – Amoral 21st C. Mercenaries”
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Apple is suing the NSO group, which produced the spyware that Israel uses to keep under surveillance the 5 million
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How Israel’s Tech for Cyber Surveillance of Palestinians is now Targeting You
( Middle East Monitor) – The revelation a few years ago that the US National Security Agency (NSA) had been conducting mass surveillance on
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Experts Say Infinite Coronavirus Vaccines Won’t End the Pandemic, Call for “Robust Surveillance”
The plan is to have an app, run by the government, where you have to scan a QR code every time you enter a building. The app then alerts you if
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Big Tech Pushes Digital ID Cards Tracking Vaccinations, Shopping, Banking Activity And More
Whitney Webb, Children’s Health Defense Waking Times Tech giants with deep ties to the U.S. national security state — Microsoft, Oracle and the
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Grim New Study Calculates How Many Times Per Week Security Cameras Record Americans
Jake Anderson, The Mind Unleashed Waking Times By now most Americans are keenly aware of the vast surveillance infrastructure tracking our everyday
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China Is Sending a COVID Testing Team to Hong Kong. Locals Worry It Might Be a Front for Government Spying.
A mainland Chinese medical team has been sent to Hong Kong to carry out widespread testing as the city tries to tame another wave of coronavirus
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It’s kind of scary. I mean, I know that Google Maps has everything recorded. Some family members recounted, a few years back, how they were
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Narrative Managers Argue China-Like Internet Censorship Is Needed
Caitlin Johnstone, Guest Waking Times Neoconservative publication The Atlantic has published an article authored by two university professors
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Will Coronavirus Response Erode Our Right to Privacy?
As White House coronavirus task force member Dr. Deborah Birx states that outbreak projections widely spread by the media aren’t always what they
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NYPD Releases Orwellian Video of Drones Spying on Citizens to Enforce Social Distancing
Matt Agorist, The Free Thought Project Waking Times New York, NY — In a matter of weeks, Americans have watched a police state unfold in front of
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Closing Loopholes in the Legal Framework for Government Surveillance in Taiwan
This article was originally published by Global Taiwan Institute in its weekly newsletter, The Global Taiwan Brief, Vol. 5, Issue 3. Used with
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Coronavirus vs. the Mass Surveillance State: Which Poses the Greater Threat?
Jon Rappoport, Guest Waking Times “If, as it seems, we are in the process of becoming a totalitarian society in which the state apparatus is
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Vol. 5, Issue 3
The Global Taiwan Brief Volume 5, Issue 3 Fortnightly ReviewBy: Russell Hsiao Sino-Japanese Relations in 2020 and Implications for TaiwanBy: I-wei