Everyone #39;s a Target, NSA #39;s Mass Surveillance and Cyber Warfare in the Middle East
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Edward Snowden und Glenn Greenwald auf der global conferenc
Edward Snowden hatte sich am Mittwoch nachmittag per Videoschalte live an die Besucher der CeBIT gewendet. Mit dabei ist auch Glenn Greenwald, der persnlich anwesend war.
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Theresa May says Edward Snowden leaks have hit MI5 and MI6 resources Home Secretary launches scathing attack on harm caused by the fugitive He stole 1.7m files from America's National Security Agency and GCHQ
By James Slack, Home Affairs Editor for the Daily Mail
Published: 19:59 EST, 17 March 2015 | Updated: 03:44 EST, 18 March 2015
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Leaks by the US traitor Edward Snowden have damaged intelligence agencies across the world and drained vital resources from MI5, MI6 and GCHQ, Theresa May warned last night.
The Home Secretary made a scathing attack on the harm caused by the fugitive who stole 1.7 million top-secret documents from Americas National Security Agency and GCHQ.
The secret techniques revealed by the subsequent leaks to the Guardian newspaper have made it easier for terrorists, jihadis and organised criminals to avoid detection.
Leaks by the US traitor Edward Snowden (pictured) have damaged intelligence agencies across the world Theresa May has warned
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Theresa May says Edward Snowden has damaged intelligence agencies across the world
Asked by Michael Ellis, a Conservative MP, if there had been "financial consequences", Mrs May replied: "If work has to be done in order to try to mitigate the impact then that takes resource."
It is understood the security services MI5 and MI6 have had to mothball or abandon "safe houses" whose locations were revealed by the Snowden documents, because they were considered compromised.
The impact will also have had a wide-ranging effect on staffing hours and deployment.
Edward Snowden has sought political asylum in Russia
Outside the committee, Mr Ellis said: "It is clear to me the damage Snowden has done is monumental.
"Not only has he jeopardised national security by his leaks, but he has also put people at risk and it is clear that he has also caused considerable financial loss."
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Snowden stole tens of thousands of files from systems at the US National Security Agency in 2013 from which the techniques and methods of it and GCHQ were exposed in a series of articles in The Guardian newspaper.
In the wake of the scandal, Sir John Sawers, then Chief of MI6, said Britains enemies would be rubbing their hands with glee.
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Some two years after Edward Snowden revealed that he leaked classified documents about government snooping, some Americans say they have taken extra precautions to protect themselves online.
But by and large, most seemingly have not changed their Internet or mobile phone habits.
Those are the conclusions of a report released this week by the Pew Research Centers Internet project that explores U.S. attitudes about electronic surveillance.
Titled "Americans Privacy Strategies Post Snowden," the study is the first to probe not only Americans opinions about alleged National Security Agency monitoring of phones and the Internet, but also how those opinions are shaping their behavior.
"In this report, we have indications that a sizable segment of Americans are changing some of their behaviors in response to the Snowden leaks," lead author and Pew senior researcher Mary Madden said. "But most of these changes are not highly technical and instead point to self-censoring behavior."
Nearly 90 percent of the 475 respondents had heard at least a little about the NSA programs revealed in the Snowden leaks, with about 30 percent saying theyve heard a lot.
Of that 90 percent, just about one-third say theyve altered their behavior in some way to help shield their activities and guard their privacy on the phone or online. These steps included changing privacy settings on social media like Facebook (17 percent), avoiding certain apps or programs (15 percent), or communicating more in person than electronically (14 percent).
One possible reason more adults didnt change their behavior, Madden said, is a lack of awareness of available tools or a perceived lack of technological knowledge.
"Things like encryption, proxy servers, anonymity services these are all technologies that are being used by a pretty small segment of the population right now," Madden told VOA. "We find that over half of Americans say they in fact it would be difficult for them to find tools and strategies for them to be more private online."
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Despite Snowden Leaks, Few Americans Curb Online Habits
Theresa May says Edward Snowden leaks have hit MI5 and MI6 resources Home Secretary launches scathing attack on harm caused by the fugitive He stole 1.7m files from America's National Security Agency and GCHQ
By James Slack, Home Affairs Editor for the Daily Mail
Published: 19:59 EST, 17 March 2015 | Updated: 20:02 EST, 17 March 2015
Leaks by the US traitor Edward Snowden have damaged intelligence agencies across the world and drained vital resources from MI5, MI6 and GCHQ, Theresa May warned last night.
The Home Secretary made a scathing attack on the harm caused by the fugitive who stole 1.7 million top-secret documents from Americas National Security Agency and GCHQ.
The secret techniques revealed by the subsequent leaks to the Guardian newspaper have made it easier for terrorists, jihadis and organised criminals to avoid detection.
Leaks by the US traitor Edward Snowden (pictured) have damaged intelligence agencies across the world Theresa May has warned
Last night, it emerged vital safe houses had also been lost.
Security officials have had to abandon buildings used to house top-secret sources for fear they have been compromised at huge cost to the British taxpayer.
In evidence to MPs, Home Secretary Mrs May said: I assess and so does the director general of MI5 that the Snowden leaks did cause damage.
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In the nearly two years since Edward Snowden leaked secrets about U.S. government online surveillance, about a third of U.S. adults have taken steps to guard their Internet behavior more closely, according to a new survey.
But few have adopted the strongest measures to protect their privacy.
ThePew Research Center survey found that 87% of U.S. adults queried had heard about the Snowden leaks, and 34% of them subsequently took at least one action to shield their privacy.
Some adjusted social media settings or put off social media altogether. Apps and search engines have been avoided. Others have tried to talk in person instead of through chat apps or the phone.
The biggest change noted was with passwords 25% have adopted stronger ones. Email was also a big pivot point, with 18% of adults aware of the U.S. surveillance efforts saying they have changed their email usage at least somewhat.
Those U.S. citizens most concerned about surveillance were the most likely to change behavior, which might seem obvious. Still, no more than 10% of those aware of U.S. surveillance turned to powerful measures such as do-not-track, encryption and anonymity software. Tools like Tor, PGP and proxy servers can add to privacy and security, but often are cumbersome to install and use.
While 54% of those surveyed said it is OK for the government to monitor communications of foreign citizens, just 40% said it was acceptable for the government to track communications of U.S. citizens.
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'I think it's more likely than not, actually, that the technical side of the argument will win.' - Snowden speaking at this week's FutureFest
Edward Snowden was received with raputuous applause after emphasising to UK conference delegates this weekend the importance of encryption as a weapon in the privacy war. In a powerful speech, he reminded people that we are not powerless to let governments sleepwalk us in to a mass surveillance world, because we have the technological tools at our disposal to do something about it.
The NSA whistleblower, who appeared through a live video link from Moscow at innovation charity Nesta's FutureFest event on Saturday, described the relationship between governments and citizens as a 'broken marriage'.
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When asked how those in power can rebuild trust, he said it had to be a collective effort of the media, civil society, tech companies and everybody to demand accountability of those creating surveillance systems without the involvement of citizens.
Snowden added that governments are decieving us by saying that their interception of citizen data is for our own good- 'These programmes are not public safety programmes, they're spying programmes.'
'The question that we as a society have to ask,' added Snowden, 'is are our collective rights worth a small advantage in our ability to spy.'
Governments are afraid of us finding out about these abilities through classified slides like the ones he leaked back in 2013, 'not because it would cause security concerns they don't want us to know what they're doing because it would cause a damaging public debate,' said Snowden.
'The government doesn't want us to know how they are interpreting the law and redefining powers, and how they're redefining the boundaries of our rights and liberties, morally, socially... without our involvement.'
But on a positive note, Snowden described mass surveillance 'one of the few places in the global political debate where we have a choice' - thanks to end-to-end encryption.
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