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1. What To Do If You Think You Are Being Bugged October 28, 2009 Have you ever been in a situation where someone who really shouldn't suddenly knows some information you have shared only in a private conversation or within a closed meeting with colleagues? Or have competitors known about confidential business information that was shared with only a few trusted individuals within a company? In situations like this it might be that your communications may have fallen foul of being bugged with electronic eavesdropping equipment. Eavesdropping can cost companies and individuals huge amounts in terms of money, time and reputation and it's therefore ... (read more) Author: Nicola Brown

2. SSL Security Site seal from clickssl.com July 21, 2009 CLICKSSL.COM currently offers a free Secure Site Seal to all SSL Certificate Customers, which helps them to educate web visitors on the security technology they employ to protect against phishing attacks and eavesdropping. Security Site Seal clearly shows that the transactions performed on the website are securely encrypted by strongest SSL technology. When visitor click on SSL site seal, it displays website security information. If you have installed true value SSL (Organization Verified SSL Certificate) then you can show True Site Seal. This shows organizations details such as domain n... (read more) Author: seo seo

3. RemoteObserver - comprehensive control and monitoring of your network activities February 27, 2009 Most people strongly object to eavesdropping and surveillance because of the single fact that it steals their privacy - and that is quite fair and reasonable. However, there are situations and places where control over network activities is a vital necessity - for instance, in university and library networks, on your kids' computers and in your department or company. In these cases, monitoring may prevent exposure to explicit content, idle browsing, activities unrelated to your employees' immediate tasks or even business espionage! RemoteObserver will solve your network monitoring problem... (read more) Author: Vadim Timoshin

4. VOIP Service Security for home and business October 16, 2008 When choosing an Internet phone service provider there are some security issues to take into consideration, such as keeping other people from eavesdropping on your conversations. Ask your Internet phone service provider if they offer any kind of voice security using encryption or separate data routes. It is possible to break your conversation into multiple pieces (data packets) and send it out over multiple pathways. No one will notice any difference; but anyone try to eavesdrop will only get one part of the conversation at any given time. Eavesdropping is not the only security issue to ... (read more) Author: EJ Wisher

5. Congressional Panics September 03, 2008 Best sellers will be written on “The Congressional Panics of the 21st Century”. So far, they have brought us the Patriot Act, Iraq War, millions of deaths, and government eavesdropping on our phone calls. Now they have brought us a bailout of banks that have, in collusion with the Fed, made their own beds, and $10.6 trillion worth of debt. Now that Congress, the Fed, and Bush have acted in collusion to transfer the country's wealth out of the population's hands and into the coffers of the oil companies, foreign oil industries, the military industrial complex, and the banks, the country's ... (read more) Author: Web Smith

6. Eavesdropping During Pregnancy August 10, 2008 Do you feel like someone is eavesdropping on your every conversation? Do you have the suspicion that someone can read your moods and even reacts to them and you are alone in a room. If so, you may be pregnant. It is a known fact that as your baby grows inside you, your little precious bundle is sensitive to your moods and actually recognizes the sound of your voice long before birth. Did you know that if you raise your voice or are in a "heated discussion" your baby senses stress and loud conversations can raise the heart rate of a baby and even wake it from sleep. Your baby shares in eve... (read more) Author: Lenore ZurWelle

7. There Are Many Benefits To Your Digital Cordless Phone July 31, 2008 Have you ever been concerned that your neighbor might be listening in on your most private telephone conversations? Are you worried about placing orders over your cordless phone system for fear of revealing your sensitive data to others? If these are your concerns, then a digital cordless phone may be for you. Digital signal encryption secures your conversations and telephone credit card transactions from eavesdropping by all but the most high-tech scanners. They not only provide much needed security features; they also give you advanced features and functions that give the knock-out blo... (read more) Author: Mike Selvon

8. Baby Monitors - The Burglars Best Friend July 24, 2008 Baby Monitors are one of the most purchased home communication devices. And for good reason, everyone with a baby should have one. Choosing the best one for your particular situation is sometimes difficult with so many features to choose from. Anyone with baby monitor experience has probably lived through the early noise interference problems, the buzzing noise when you turned on your microwave and even hearing your neighbors baby monitor. Today's models are quiet, more sophisticated, and some providing video not just sound. Unfortunately all baby monitors use a radio signal. If you ... (read more) Author: Brian Bees

9. Bush Wants Action on Stimulus, Warrantless Surveillance January 26, 2008 President Bush wants swift Congressional action on tax cuts to stimulate the economy and broader powers for the government to monitor the communications of suspected terrorists. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports, opposition Democrats want more court oversight of eavesdropping and both Republican and Democratic senators want to expand the president's economic stimulus plan. President Bush says Congress should move as soon as possible to approve taxpayer rebates and business incentives meant to stimulate a U.S. economy hurt by rising fuel prices and instability in the housing a... (read more)

10. Bush Urges Congress to Pass Key Pieces of Legislation October 17, 2007 President Bush has urged the U.S. Congress to move forward on key pieces of legislation, including the federal budget, children's health care measures, and an electronic surveillance bill. At a news conference in Washington Wednesday, Mr. Bush said the Democratic Party-controlled Congress has not sent him any appropriations bills for the current fiscal year. The president urged Congress to send a bipartisan bill that strengthens the Federal Intelligence Surveillance Act, which allows for wide use of eavesdropping of potential terrorist suspects without a court warrant. The House of Represent... (read more)

11. White House Concerned by Leaked bin Laden Tape October 09, 2007 The White House says it is concerned by the leak of a private security firm's eavesdropping on al-Qaida communications.  VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports, the company's chief says the disclosure has ruined a long-running surveillance operation. The private firm SITE Intelligence Group notified the White House last month that it had obtained a new video from terrorist leader Osama bin Laden. The company offered it to U.S. officials on the condition that they not reveal its existence until after al-Qaida released it, thereby protecting the integrity of the surreptit... (read more)

12. US Intelligence Chief Appeals to Congress on Surveillance Powers September 18, 2007 The U.S. Director of National Intelligence, Mike McConnell, has urged lawmakers not to weaken powers Congress approved in August expanding government capabilities conduct electronic eavesdropping to prevent future terrorist attacks. VOA's Dan Robinson reports from Capitol Hill.  Before leaving Washington in August for its summer break, Congress approved what is called the Protect America Act. Passed with bipartisan margins in the House and Senate, it came after an intense Bush administration campaign to revise existing law from 1978 called the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA)... (read more)

13. Republican Senators Disagree on US Surveillance Program August 20, 2006 A senator from President Bush's Republican Party says the president overstepped his authority by ordering an anti-terrorist program to monitor international phone calls without court orders. Senator Chuck Hagel from the state of Nebraska was asked about the eavesdropping program on Fox television Sunday, after a U.S. court declared the program was unconstitutional. Another Republican senator, John McCain, defended the plan, saying there is no one who believes the government should not have the authority to perform such wiretapping. Speaking to NBC television, McCain stressed the need for sur... (read more)

14. Bush Condemns Court Ruling Against Wiretap Program August 18, 2006 President Bush has condemned a U.S. federal court ruling that an administration wiretapping program is unconstitutional. The program allows eavesdropping on international phone calls and e-mails without warrants. President Bush said Friday, those who praise the court decision simply do not understand the nature of the world in which we now live. A federal judge in the northern state of Michigan ruled Thursday that tapping phones without warrants violates the right of free speech and and the right of freedom from unreasonable searches. A rights group, the American Civil Liberties Union, challe... (read more)

15. Civil Liberties Group Challenges US Eavesdropping June 06, 2006 A prominent U.S. civil liberties organization Tuesday announced it filed a lawsuit in Detroit challenging the legality of the National Security Agency's warrantless surveillance program. President Bush's decision to use the NSA to monitor some communications between U.S. citizens and terror suspects abroad has been the subject of an often heated debate in Congress and the media. The American Civil Liberties Union told reporters its case is the first legal challenge to the Bush administration's wiretapping program. The ACLU has filed the lawsuit on behalf of a group of scholars, journalists an... (read more)

16. CIA Nominee Defends Surveillance Program May 18, 2006 President Bush's nominee to lead the Central Intelligence Agency, General Michael Hayden, has defended a controversial eavesdropping program he launched, as part of the war on terrorism. Critics question the legality of the program. Hayden spoke Thursday at his Senate confirmation hearing. At issue is a program established by General Hayden, when he led the National Security Agency. The program is designed to monitor phone calls between people in the United States and suspected terrorists overseas. Hayden sought to ease the concerns of some lawmakers, who have questioned the legality of the... (read more)

17. Security/Privacy for Home VoIP - Don't Just Think VoIP May 17, 2006 Much disussion has centred around the security and privacy aspects of VoIP as well as significant issues in relation to emergency calls. This article will focus on the importance of considering the wider implications of security in the context of utilsing VoIP. There are numerous security concerns with VoIP with two common ones being the privacy aspect of eavesdropping in on a conversation and a second being the hacking into and use of a VoIP users account. It is arguable that focus in relation to security aspects of VoIP technology has and continues to be improved and addressed. E... (read more) Author: Tim ONeill

18. Bush Defends CIA Nominee, Domestic Eavesdropping May 13, 2006 President Bush has defended his choice to head the Central Intelligence Agency, as well as controversial domestic eavesdropping efforts designed to prevent terrorist attacks. In his weekly radio address Saturday, Mr. Bush said General Michael Hayden is eminently qualified to lead the CIA, an agency he described as essential to the security of the American people. "For the last year, he's been our Nation's first deputy director of national intelligence, and has played a critical role in our efforts to reform America's intelligence capabilities to meet the threats of a new century," said Mr. ... (read more)

19. US Attorney General Defends Domestic Spying January 24, 2006 The Bush administration is making an aggressive effort this week to defend a domestic spying program being carried out by the National Security Agency. But critics of the program are not backing down, insisting that the president broke the law by authorizing domestic eavesdropping without first obtaining a court warrant. On Tuesday, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said the surveillance program targets communications with suspected terrorists and is critical to preventing a repeat of the 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States. "This administration has chosen to utilize every necessary ... (read more)

20. US Deputy Intelligence Chief Makes Surveillance Defense January 23, 2006 The second-ranking member of the U.S. intelligence community offered a vigorous defense of a controversial electronic surveillance program Monday. General Michael Hayden was a key player in the surveillance program in which the National Security Agency intercepted phone calls and e-mails without a court authorization to do so. Deputy Director of National Intelligence Michael Hayden said the electronic eavesdropping by the National Security Agency, or NSA, was both legal and necessary to intercept further terrorists attacks on the United States. In a speech at the National Press Club, General... (read more)

21. Cheney Defends Wiretaps January 19, 2006 U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney has defended eavesdropping on Americans without court approval, saying the practice is critical to national security. Speaking to a conservative policy institute, the Manhattan Institute, in New York, Cheney said the practice is a wartime measure, limited in scope and fully consistent with both the president's legal powers and Americans' civil liberties.  Warrantless wiretaps on e-mails and telephone calls that cross U.S. boundaries was revealed by the New York Times last month.  Administration critics describe the policy as an unprecedented expansio... (read more)

22. Key Senate Democrats Will Oppose Supreme Court Nomination January 19, 2006 Top Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee say they will oppose the nomination of Judge Samuel Alito to the U.S. Supreme Court. The Democrats who announced their opposition to Judge Samuel Alito's nomination say the nominee's record and his responses to questions during last week's Judiciary Committee hearings do not leave them convinced that he would be an impartial justice on the high court. These Democrats, who have been outspoken critics of President Bush's decision to order, without warrants, eavesdropping on American citizens suspected of having ties to terrorists, believe Alito is ... (read more)

23. Declassified Letters Indicate NSA Initiated Domestic Spying Effort January 04, 2006 A declassified letter from a U.S. congressional leader suggests the National Security Agency (NSA) may have begun domestic eavesdropping without specific permission from President Bush. The letter from House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, dated October 2001, asked General Michael Hayden, then NSA chief, if the president had specifically approved the expansion of NSA surveillance powers described in a House intelligence committee briefing. General Hayden replied later that month that he used only "his authorities" to adjust NSA information-collecting and reporting policies. Parts of both lette... (read more)

24. Powell Backs Bush on Domestic Spying December 26, 2005 Former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell says President Bush was right in authorizing a domestic spying program. In an interview broadcast Sunday on U.S. television - on ABC's This Week program - says there was "absolutely nothing wrong" with the president's actions, because he was trying to protect the nation in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Mr. Powell acknowledges that the administration could have secured warrants from a secret federal court that approves wiretapping and other forms of eavesdropping. He also says Congress will have to determine whether it g... (read more)

25. Government Eavesdropping is Concern in Europe December 23, 2005 Europe is closely following the controversy in the United States over news that the Bush administration eavesdropped on some people without court approval. Lisa Bryant reports for VOA from Paris that when it comes to eavesdropping, the same tensions between private rights and the war against terror exist in Europe as well. Days after London bombing suspect Osman Hussain fled Britain last July, he was arrested in Rome. Police had traced Mr. Hussain's journey across the United Kingdom, France and Italy after the botched July 21 suicide attacks via conversations on his mobile phone. Whether polic... (read more)

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