Mass surveillance

We are monitored by applications, even when we are not monitored by services. This is now the environment in which we operate - an environment that Professor Ronald Deibert identifies as "surveillance capitalism."

In the warning issued on Wednesday, which came from several countries, it was revealed that Chinese cyber espionage was aimed at military and government organizations in the US, Reuters reported.
The Chinese government has rejected claims it is spying on Western targets, calling the warning from the US and its allies a "collective disinformation campaign".

The writer, who died on this day in January 1950 in London, was most famous for two novels which explored totalitarian politics: 1984 and Animal Farm

No wonder Greece is tumbling down the world press freedom rankings, when journalists who ask the wrong questions get put under state surveillance.

Ljubljana – The national app for the Covid-19 digital certificate has been published in the Apple and Google application stores almost three weeks after the EU-wide digital Covid certificate scheme entered into effect. Almost 12,000 users have activated the app so far, the National Institute of Public Health (NIJZ) said on Tuesday.

Ljubljana – With new coronavirus infections steadily declining, the National Institute of Public Health (NIJZ) has relaunched the active tracing of contacts of those who have tested positive, which had been suspended in autumn due to an unmanageable inflow of daily cases.

"The federal government has taken note of this report and is in contact with relevant national and international actors for clarification," spokesman Steffen Seibert said, but declined to comment further on the allegations of espionage.

France, Germany and other European countries demanded answers on May 31 following reports the U.S. spied on its allies using Danish underwater cables, as questions mounted over whether Denmark knew about the operation.

European countries have pressed the US and Denmark over reports the two worked together to spy on top European politicians, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Danish broadcaster DR said Denmark's Defence Intelligence Service (FE) collaborated with the US National Security Agency (NSA) to gather information from 2012 to 2014.

The US spied on top politicians in Europe, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel, from 2012 to 2014 with the help of Danish intelligence, AFP reported, quoting Danish and European media on Sunday.