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"Twelve years ago today, Edward Snowden — a longtime Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF) board member — blew the whistle to journalists on global mass surveillance programs, changing the way we think about the relationship between privacy and national security.

The 2013 revelations take on added urgency as the Trump administration reportedly attempts to circumvent existing privacy guardrails to build a “master database” containing the most sensitive information the government holds on any given individual.

Such a database, combined with the government’s sprawling surveillance authorities, would grant the administration an unprecedented view into our private lives and provide it more opportunities to crack down on dissent.

It’s all the more reason to revisit what abuses the Snowden disclosures helped us mitigate, and which still urgently need fixing.

Here are some of the top impacts the disclosures had. Since it’s the 12th anniversary, we’ll list 12 of them."

freedom.press/the-classifieds/

Freedom of the PressSnowden surveillance revelations take on added urgency 12 years laterThe anniversary is a reminder to resist the characterization of whistleblowers as threats to national security for revealing information the government wants to keep secret.
#USA#Snowden#NSA

#Trumps dystopischer Überwachungsplan ist bereits im Gange. Die Trump-Regierung sammelt Daten über alle Amerikaner, und sie beauftragte dazu #Palantir, das vom rechtsextremen Peter #Thiel gegründet wurde. Im Prinzip eine Erweiterung und Fortführung der #NSA Überwachung (vor der Edward Snowden die Welt gewarnt hatte), ab jetzt aber für ein faschistoides Regime.

newrepublic.com/post/195904/tr

bsky.app/profile/honkhase.bsky

The New Republic · Trump Taps Palantir to Create Master Database on Every AmericanTrump’s dystopian plan is already underway.

So, if I read this right, there was an investigation into leaks of secret Pentagon plans to take control of the Panama Canal being investigated by Pete Hegseth's PERSONAL lawyer, who is NOT a government employee but presumably is the same lawyer you may remember from fiascos such as SgnalGate, which used illegal NSA wiretaps.

What a bunch of clowns!

Putin must be so proud....

#corruption #trump #idiocy #wiretap #NSA #incompetence #BananaRepublic

theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m

The Guardian · White House stunned as Hegseth inquiry brings up illegal wiretap claimsBy Hugo Lowell
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@EndIsraeliApartheid

Elle aurait dû parler aussi des espionnnage US et Israélien des journalistes et des Etats

C'est peut-être même pour cela que les USA ont enfin libérer Assange pour que les gens perdent leurs attentions sur des affaires comme #Pegasus, #Reign, #Predator, #NSA qui ont préparé le terrain pendant des années pour que le génocide puisse advenir, en écartant des journaliste et en captant des informations d'Etats pour les tenir en laisse.

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#Sicherheitsbehörden warnen vor #russischer #Spionage mit #IP-Kameras

Mutmaßliche Mitarbeiter des #russischen #Militärgeheimdienstes #GRU haben sich Zugriff auf Netzwerke und IP-Kameras von Betreibern #kritischer #Infrastrukturen ( #KRITIS ) verschafft. Das melden unter anderem #NSA, #FBI, der Bundesnachrichtendienst ( #BND ) und die Bundesämter für Verfassungsschutz ( #BfV ) sowie Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik ( #BSI ).

heise.de/news/Sicherheitsbehoe

heise online · Sicherheitsbehörden warnen vor russischer Spionage mit IP-KamerasBy Falk Steiner

.. kabelsamarbejde dækker over, at 🇺🇸 #NSA højst sandsynligt kan høste store mængder #data og udføre storskala #overvågning via danske tele -kabler/-fiber

- Vi er jo fuldstændig åbne og blottede for spionage fra NSA. Og sikkert også fra de 🇺🇸 #BigTech

- Selvom BigTech siger, at de ikke medvirker, så kan NSA få fat på det, hvis de vil
ekstrabladet.dk/nyheder/samfun

Problemet for den 🇩🇰 regering og efterretningstjeneste er, at samarbejdet med 🇺🇸 var meget givtigt - indtil for nylig

Ekstra Bladet · Danmark hjælper amerikanerne med spionageBy Peter Keldorff

Today in Labor History May 20, 1949: The U.S. established the National Security Agency. Up until recently it was (and probably still is) the nation’s largest spy agency, in spite of massive cuts and mass firings by the Trump administration. The NSA currently engages in worldwide mass data collection as well as physically bugging targets. They were likely behind the Stuxnet software attack that severely damaged Iran’s nuclear program. The NSA spied on anti-Vietnam War activists and continues to spy on U.S. citizens. Many of their secret surveillance programs were leaked by Edward Snowden, who was forced to flee the country. He is now living in exile in Russia. Private companies, like AT&T and Verizon have collaborated with the NSA to help them spy on U.S. citizens. They supposedly have access to all communications made via Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Yahoo, YouTube, AOL, Skype, Apple and Paltalk.

I’d like to say the good news is that the vast majority of this data is pornographic. Problem is, they’re using people’s porn habits to discredit and embarrass them, particularly Muslim clerics and activists. According to a July 2014 report in the Washington Post, 90% of those being surveilled by the NSA are ordinary Americans, not intended targets. But since they’re surveilling every communication made by nearly everyone in the U.S., they’re surveilling pretty much everyone. So, the obvious question is: Why are 10% of all Americans (a full 33 million people) considered targets? And if there really are 33 million of us who are opposed the U.S. government, how come we keep ending up with such shit politicians? And this particular data was true prior to Trump taking office. One can presume that everyone who has ever said anything critical of the U.S., or Trump, is now in the crosshairs.