Web Resources – Digital Citizenship and Surveillance Society

IC Off the Record

Arne Hintz — Thu, 28 May 2015 14:48:11 +0000

Description: “Direct access to leaked information related to the surveillance activities of the U.S. Intelligence Community and their partners.” Web link Publisher: IC Off the Record

Government Releases Once-Secret Report on Post-9/11 Surveillance

Arne Hintz — Mon, 27 Apr 2015 08:52:37 +0000

Description: “In response to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit by The New York Times, the government has declassified a 2009 report by five agencies’ inspectors general about the Stellarwind program, the group of N.S.A. warrantless wiretapping and bulk phone and e-mail records collection activities initiated by President George W. Bush after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. In 2009, the government released a 43-page unclassified version which omitted discussion of many key facts that then remained secret.”

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Publisher: New York Times

The Snowden Digital Surveillance Archive

Arne Hintz — Wed, 01 Apr 2015 15:02:38 +0000

Description: “This archive is a collection of all documents leaked by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden that have subsequently been published by news media.” Web link Publisher: Canadian Journalists for Free Expression

The Darknet and Online Anonymity

Arne Hintz — Thu, 26 Mar 2015 13:01:01 +0000

Description: “A very small proportion of websites use sophisticated anonymity systems, which allow their operators to conceal their identity if they wish to. This part of the web is commonly referred to as the darknet. The darknet helps citizens to protect their security and privacy and to circumvent censorship. It also facilitate organised crime, such as the billion dollar drug market known as Silk Road. This POSTnote discusses the challenge of preventing such crimes without compromising the other uses of anonymity technologies.”

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Publisher: Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology

EU Committee of Ministers Recommendation on a Guide to Human Rights for Internet Users

Arne Hintz — Thu, 26 Mar 2015 12:53:42 +0000

Description: “Council of Europe member States have the obligation to secure for everyone within their jurisdiction the human rights and fundamental freedoms enshrined in the European Convention on Human Rights (ETS No. 5, the Convention). This obligation is also valid in the context of Internet use. Other Council of Europe conventions and instruments, which deal with the protection of the right to freedom of expression, access to information, the right to freedom of assembly, protection from cybercrime and of the right to private life and to the protection of personal data, are also applicable.”

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Publisher: Council of Europe

NSA Organisation Chart

Arne Hintz — Mon, 23 Mar 2015 09:24:31 +0000

Description: Interactive map of the structure of the NSA.

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Publisher: David Somerville

Top Level Communications

Arne Hintz — Mon, 23 Mar 2015 09:23:34 +0000

Description: “Here you can read about: – Signals Intelligence (SIGINT), – Communications Security (COMSEC), – Information Classification, and also about the equipment, from past and present, which make that civilian and military leaders can communicate in order to fulfill their duties.” Web link Publisher: Top Level Communications

FVEYdocs

Arne Hintz — Mon, 23 Mar 2015 09:22:04 +0000

Description: Searchable archive of documents and news articles about Five Eyes surveillance. Web link Publisher: FVEYdocs.org

ACLU NSA Archive

Arne Hintz — Mon, 23 Mar 2015 09:18:00 +0000

Description: “The ACLU long suspected that the NSA has gone far beyond its counterterrorism and foreign intelligence mandate, implementing a massive system to conduct bulk surveillance of millions of innocent Americans.” This is their archive of materials. Web link Publisher: ACLU

Bugged Planet

Arne Hintz — Mon, 23 Mar 2015 09:16:06 +0000

Description: Surveillance programme related wiki. Web link Publisher: buggedplanet.info