Row over damage to Iran’s nuclear programme raises questions about intelligence
The truth may be out there, but the public rarely gets to see it.
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How popular culture gets Australian spy work wrong
James Bond and Jason Bourne have little to tell us about modern spycraft.
Spyware: why the booming surveillance tech industry is vulnerable to corruption and abuse
Revelations of spyware abuse suggest we’re moving to a new reality in which no phone is safe from surveillance.
Trump is right: stories will dry up if the press can’t use anonymous sources
The US president’s attack on confidential sources is one of many legal and technological threats to public interest journalism, as a new report shows
Western democracy’s new maxim: surveillance and soft despotism
What kind of society do our so-called “Western and networked democracies” count as normal if humans are constantly objectified, monitored and profiled?
The right to know vs the need for secrecy: the US experience
The idea of the right to know as the ‘lifeblood of democracy’ is a surprisingly modern development. And in an age when transparency is prized, privacy and secrecy can still be justified in many cases.
Two years on from Snowden, UK gets green light to continue accessing bulk data
An independent review recommends greater transparency but ultimately concludes surveillance can continue.
Intelligence code of conduct saves face for SBY with added benefits
Australia and Indonesia have agreed on a code of conduct on intelligence co-operation, with Australia pledging never to use its spy agencies in ways that could harm Indonesia’s interests. Today’s signing…
How to protect yourself when GCHQ goes for your webcam
News that government intelligence agency GCHQ has been intercepting and storing webcam images from 1.8 million users of Yahoo’s chat service under the codename Optic Nerve is a reminder of how close we…
Gemalto hack shows how far we are from deciding acceptable ‘security norms’
Can the NSA and GCHQ really listen to your phone? Should we be concerned if they could?
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