Spying

WATCH: How Spying On Your Ex Could Land You In Court

Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Video, Spy on Ex, Divorce Spying, Spying Custody Cases, Technology Divorce, Spying in Divorce Case, Spying, Spy Gadgets, Custody Battles, Divorce News

Would you use spy gadgets in order to get custody of your kids? On Thursday, "ABC World News with Diane Sawyer" explored the increasing use of sur...

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Online Spying, Brought to You by Facebook

Josh Levy | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Spying, Facebook, Privacy, Cispa, Free Speech, Sopa, National Security Agency, Cispa Bill, Cispa Legislation, Technology News

You'd think online services would oppose something like this -- but in fact Facebook, Microsoft and others support it. Under CISPA, they wouldn't be required to share any information about their users with authorities. But if they chose to do so, the bill would protect them from any legal blowback.

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Congress Renames SOPA, Hopes No One Will Notice

Chris Michael | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Mike Rogers, Internet, Congress, Pipa, Freedom, Mark Zuckerberg, Spying, Facebook, Comedy News, Comedy, Chris Michael, Cispa, Sopa, Comedy News

In its latest attempt at controlling the internet, Congress has unveiled a fresh, new SOPA-like bill called CISPA, or the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act.

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NYPD: Shredding the Constitution

James Zogby | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Nypd, Ethnic Profiling, Spying, Nypd Profiling, Nypd Muslim Surveillance, Nypd Muslims, American Muslims, Bloomberg Nypd Muslims, Nypd Surveillance, Nypd Spying, Arab Americans, New York News

Arab and Muslim immigrants have become increasingly fearful of law enforcement. Trust has been broken. And trust between the community and the police is the key to any successful crime prevention strategy.

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NYPD Surveillance Shows No Good Deed Goes Unpunished For American Muslims

Sahar Aziz | Posted 05.06.2012

Read More: Community Outreach, Counterterrorism, Nypd Muslims, Muslim Americans, Surveillance, Post 9/11, Spying, Nypd Spying, Nypd Spying on Mosques, FBI Surveillance, Nypd, Religion News

So long as the police engage in systemic racial profiling and attendant criminal punishments, community outreach is futile, as well as disingenuous.

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Yale Students Pose To Say 'Call The NYPD'

The Huffington Post | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 02.29.2012

Students at Yale University in New Haven, Conn. are protesting the NYPD after a series of articles revealed the New York police spied on Muslims on ca...

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The NYPD Should Build, Not Disrupt Faith

Joshua Stanton | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Religious Freedom USA, Nypd, Students, College Campus, Domestic Spying, Spying, Msa, Islam, Police, Collaboration, Interfaith, Muslims, New York City, Religion News

The very logic behind this NYPD initiative raises my hackles. Is a religious community really free to assemble when it does not feel safe doing so?

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A Brewing Battle Over Warrantless Wiretapping

Jameel Jaffer | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Nsa, Warrantless Wiretapping, Spying, Faa, Fisa, Fisa Amendments Act, George W. Bush, Politics News

The courts have a role to play in ensuring that government surveillance complies with the Constitution. We'll find out on Tuesday whether the Obama administration is finally willing to let the courts play that role.

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The Undercover Drone

Christopher Brauchli | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Surveillance, Spying, Air Space, War in Iraq, Iraq-Drones, US Drones, World News

Permitting the United States to fly drones wherever it wants is the price a country may have to pay for friendship with the United States. Some countries may think that price too high.

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NYPD's Spying Programs Produced Mixed Results

AP | ADAM GOLDMAN | Posted 02.22.2012

Read More: Nypd, Muslim Surveillance, Ny News, Nypd Scandals, Muslims, Spying, New York News

WASHINGTON — The CIA says its inspector general has found nothing wrong with the spy agency's close partnership with the New York Police Departm...

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The Top 10 Ways Mobile Carriers Tried to Screw Us in 2011

Josh Levy | Posted 02.15.2012

Read More: AT&T, Apple, Sprint, Carrier Iq, Verizon, T-Mobile, Iphone, Spying, Android, Privacy, Google, Technology News

AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon do so many bad, annoying and anti-consumer things that it's almost impossible to document it all.

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The Middle East's Latest Police State

Patrick Galey | Posted 01.25.2012

Read More: Syria, Lebanon, Hezbollah, Espionage, Spying, World News, World News

Western and Arab diplomats will cheerfully tell you (off the record) that a number of international missions monitor conversations across the country, as do domestic organizations. It's a poorly kept secret that it's hard to keep a secret in Lebanon.

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Banned for Life From Facebook, Man Finds a Home on Google Plus (Video)

Dan McDermott | Posted 01.15.2012

My special guest on this edition of Google Plus Week is Adam Guerbuez, the Montreal marketer who got sued for $873 million by Facebook and lost.

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The Patriot Act Was Just the Start: 10 Years of Unrestrained Surveillance

Michelle Richardson | Posted 12.29.2011

Read More: Surveillance, Cybersecurity, Patriot Act, Spying, Privacy, Homeland Security, Government Surveillance, Patriot Act 10 Years, Obama Cyber Security, White House Cybersecurity Proposal, Politics News

As members of Congress and the administration debate a new cybersecurity proposal, for once, our privacy must be considered just as high a priority as our security.

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Hackers Attacked U.S. Satellites Connected To The Internet, Report Finds

HuffingtonPost.com | Gerry Smith | Posted 12.27.2011

Read More: Satellites, Satellite Hacked, Cyber Security, NASA Satellite, Cybersecurity, Spying, Hacking, Cyber Attacks, China, U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, Hackers, Technology News

Space may be a new frontier in the battle in cyberspace, according to a new report. Hackers, potentially from China, have been able to disrupt U.S....

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Kucinich Denies Knowing Alleged Syrian Spy From Virginia

AP | MATTHEW BARAKAT | Posted 12.17.2011

Read More: DC News, Virginia, Spying, Bashar Assad, Haytham Faraj, Dennis Kucinich, Mohamad Soueid, Syria, Video, DC News

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The lawyer for a Virginia man accused of acting as a Syrian spy said Monday that his client's recent travel to that country wa...

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US Fights Imprisoned Spy's Plan To Return To Cuba

AP | CURT ANDERSON | Posted 11.12.2011

Read More: Cuban Five, Florida Crime, Spy Rene Gonzalez, Spy Wants to Return to Cuba, Cuban Intelligence Officer, Spying, Cuban Spy, Espionage, Rene Gonzalez, Crime News

MIAMI — A former Cuban intelligence officer convicted of spying in the U.S. wants to return immediately to Cuba upon his release from prison nex...

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The NYPD: Spies, Spooks and Lies

Len Levitt | Posted 11.07.2011

Read More: Muslims, Spying, Nypd, Ray Kelly, Counterintelligence, Domestic Spying, Nypd Spying on Mosques, Nypd Spying, September 11 Anniversary, Nypd Scandals, New York News

The scope of the surveillance described in Intelligence Divison documents suggest that the NYPD may have targeted subjects without specific tips about wrongdoing. The spying has targeted virtually every level of Muslim life in NYC.

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Watch: Gaddafi Leaves Behind Trove of Secrets

The Huffington Post | Mark Hanrahan | Posted 11.02.2011

Read More: Libya Intelligence Files, World, Surveillance, Political Freedom, Spying, World News, Libya, North Africa, Intelligence, Video, Arab Spring, Libya Rebels, Muammar Gaddafi, Middle East, Libya Fighting, Gaddafi Regime, World News

Following Muammar Gaddafi's flight from Tripoli, the secrets of his repressive regime are being made public for the first time. Reporters have fou...

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FBI: Alleged Pakistani Agent Directed Thousands In Campaign Contributions

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Blumenthal | Posted 09.18.2011

Read More: Foreign-Agents-Registration, Foreign-Agents, Pakistan, Dan Burton, Fbi, Spying, Campaign Finance, Kashmir, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The Justice Department charged two men on Tuesday who are allegedly agents of the Pakistani government with failing to report that they ...

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Secret Service Investigates "People Looking At Computers"

Posted 09.07.2011

Read More: Peoplelookingatcomputers, Fraud, Law, Kyle McDonald, Mac Store, Crime, Apple Store, Secret Service, People Looking at Computers, Surveillance, Spying, Technology, Technology Law, Kyle McDonald Secret Service, Tumblr, Arts News

"People Staring At Computers," the Tumblr blog with the rather self-explanatory title, went viral in late June and has already landed its creator in h...

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Artist Who Installed Spy Camera Software In Apple Stores Probed By Secret Service

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 09.07.2011

Read More: Macbook, Kyle McDonald, Apple Stores, Apple, Secret Service, Spying, Kyle McDonald APPLE, Kyle McDonald Secret Service, New York News

NEW YORK -- The U.S. Secret Service is investigating a Brooklyn media artist who reportedly installed a custom app on computers in an Apple store that...

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Convicted Spy Not Allowed At Father's Funeral

AP | TOM COYNE | Posted 08.20.2011

Read More: Spy Funeral, Indiana Spy, White House, Northwest Indiana, Jonathan Pollard Spy, Jonathan Pollard, Spying, Navy, Israel, Domestic Spying, Chicago News

MISHAWAKA, Indiana — A former U.S. Navy intelligence analyst convicted of spying for Israel was not permitted to attend his father's funeral in ...

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Spying Professors See How Students Use Laptops In Class

The Huffington Post | Catharine Smith | Posted 07.19.2011

Read More: Student Laptop, Professors Spy Laptops, Laptops, Spying, Student Laptop Spying, Laptop in Class, Technology News

How are students really using their laptops in class? To find out some professors have conducted studies that involved "spying" on their students. ...

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Julian Assange: Web Is 'Greatest Spying Machine'

Newser | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Assange Web Spying, Web, Government Spying, Online Privacy, Julian Assange, Spying, Assange Cambridge, Julian Assange Web, Technology News

The Internet is the "greatest spying machine the world has ever known," WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has warned in a speech. While the Web holds g...

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