Andrea Vance | Stuff | 15 Sept 2014 The impending release of new Snowden files has forced the Government to admit its foreign spy agency was gearing up for mass surveillance in the wake of an illegal spying scandal. Prime Minister John Key said the Government Communications Security Bureau teamed up with overseas intelligence agencies,…
Bryce Edwards | NZ Herald | 14 Sept 2014 Will tomorrow’s Dotcom/Greenwald Moment of Truth revelations about state surveillance in New Zealand actually change anything in the lead up to polling day? Should the public really be concerned about this issue? Do any of the allegations amount to an ‘abuse of power’ or an attack…
by Steve Watson | Infowars.com | August 1, 2014 In a move that sounds like something out of a frightening dystopian fiction, a school in New Zealand has come under intense criticism from parents for attempting to introduce a scheme to tag children with microchips in order to promote good behaviour. Fairfax Media reports that Swannanoa School…
by Steve Watson | Infowars.com | July 29, 2014 The Australian government is pushing to implement a ”surveillance tax” on the people of the country in order to pay for a mandate that would see communications companies retaining data on customers for two years. In a disturbing development that should serve as a warning to…
NZ Herald 14 May 2014 David Fisher New documents released by whistleblower Edward Snowden show New Zealand’s GCSB closely enmeshed with some of the most controversial parts of the United States’ spying apparatus. The documents were released with released with journalist Glenn Greenwald’s new book No Place To Hide, which tells the story of Snowden’s…
Steve Watson Infowars.com March 28, 2014 A leading IBM official has urged the world to “embrace” ubiquitous surveillance of the public through biometrics, because, he argues, it is too late to fight against it. “…trying to stop this would be fighting the wrong battle.” said Peter Waggett, Programme Leader at IBM’s Emerging Technology Group. “We’re…
The Daily Caller 13 Mar 2014 Giuseppe Macri New research published by Stanford Univeristy Wednesday reveal phone and Internet metadata collected by the NSA can expose far more information about an individual than the agency admits, including, “medical conditions, financial and legal connections, and even whether they own a gun.” Two of the school’s computer…
NZ Herald 11 Mar 2014 David Fisher NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden says the United States’ spy agency has helped find or create loopholes in New Zealand law to enable widespread spying. In testimony to the European Parliament, the exiled former NSA worker said the agency’s Foreign Affairs Division put pressure on other countries to change…
NZ Herald 5 Mar 2014 David Fisher The path to improvement for Prime Minister John Key’s malfunctioning spy agency appears to have frozen, a progress report shows. Of 80 recommendations intended to fix the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB), just 35 have been completed. The recommendations came after Cabinet Secretary Rebecca Kitteridge’s report in April…