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Electrospaces.net @electrospaces.bsky.social · Sep 1

NEW: The standards of the US Telephone Security Group (TSG), to prevent phones from being turned into a listening device:
www.electrospaces.net/2025/08/prev...

Preventing telephone manipulation: the TSG standards

A weblog about Signals Intelligence, Communications Security and top level telecommunications equipment

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Electrospaces.net @electrospaces.bsky.social · 1h

Military AI software Data company #Palantir appears to be one of the most influential, secretive, and controversial companies in the world. NRC visited the office in London. What is the worldview of the Palantirians?
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...

The West is superior and must always win. This is how Palantir views the world

Military AI software: Data company Palantir is one of the most influential, secretive, and controversial companies in the world. NRC visited the office in London. What is the worldview of the Palantir...

www.nrc.nl

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Andy Greenberg @agreenberg.bsky.social · 2d

Researchers pointed a satellite dish at the sky for 3 years and monitored what unencrypted data it picked up. The results were shocking: They obtained thousands of T-Mobile users' phone calls and texts, military and law enforcement secrets, much more: www.wired.com/story/satell... 🧵👇

Satellites Are Leaking the World’s Secrets: Calls, Texts, Military and Corporate Data

With just $800 in basic equipment, researchers found a stunning variety of data—including thousands of T-Mobile users’ calls and texts and even US military communications—sent by satellites unencrypte...

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 7d

New from 404 Media: the Discord hack is every users' worst nightmare. Yesterday the hackers started posting Discord users' selfies, identity documents, email addresses, phone numbers, more. I watched in real time. This is risk of tech storing ID for age verification
www.404media.co/the-discord-...

The Discord Hack is Every Users’ Worst Nightmare

A hack impacting Discord’s age verification process shows in stark terms the risk of tech companies collecting users’ ID documents. Now the hackers are posting peoples’ IDs and other sensitive informa...

www.404media.co

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Electrospaces.net @electrospaces.bsky.social · 6d

En met een kleine input mijnerzijds voor wat betreft de gebruikte communicatie-apparatuur :-)

de Volkskrant @volkskrant.nl · 7d

Alles in ‘A House of Dynamite’ is zenuwslopend, van de naderende kernkop tot de incompetente leiders

Alles in ‘A House of Dynamite’ is zenuwslopend, van de naderende kernkop tot de incompetente leiders in de VS

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Electrospaces.net @electrospaces.bsky.social · 8d

A range of alleged classified US government documents appeared on Telegram, but the classification markings indicate that they are fake: SCI is a category and not a marking itself, and also "Eyes Only" isn't used in that way anymore, see: www.electrospaces.net/2013/09/the-...

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Electrospaces.net @electrospaces.bsky.social · 9d

Generative AI might end up being worthless — and that could be a good thing
theconversation.com/generative-a...

Generative AI might end up being worthless — and that could be a good thing

GenAI does some neat, helpful things, but it’s not yet the engine of a new economy — and it might not ever be.

theconversation.com

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Le Cueilleur @lecueilleur.bsky.social · 10d

In the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad, near the Polish border, Moscow #GRU is currently constructing the largest Circularly Disposed Antenna Array (CDAA) in the world. The array spans 1.6 kilometers in diameter, roughly four times the size of comparable Western systems.
tochnyi.info/2025/08/puti...

Putin’s ears within Europe: Uncovering Kaliningrad’s Hidden Antenna Array – Tochnyi.info

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Bert Hubert 🇺🇦🇪🇺🇺🇦 @berthub.eu · 16d

Gisteren promoveerde Rowin Jansen op zijn proefschrift "Toezicht op de #AIVD en #MIVD". Op het symposium schok ik van de naïviteit van een deel van het inlichtingen-establishment over toezicht in politiek roerige tijden. Moeten we de minister gewoon maar vertrouwen? berthub.eu/articles/pos...

Symposium toezicht AIVD en MIVD 29 September & Rowin Jansen - Bert Hubert

Gisteren promoveerde Rowin Jansen aan de Radboud Universiteit op zijn proefschrift “Toezicht op de AIVD en de MIVD”. Rowin arriveerde een aantal jaren geleden prominent in de scene rond de inlichtinge...

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Electrospaces.net @electrospaces.bsky.social · 12d

Who needs CIA, NSA or FBI, when you have ICE...

Andrew Couts @couts.bsky.social · 13d

NEW: ICE is planning to hire a team of nearly 30 people to surveil social media 24/7, build dossiers on people, and flag them for arrest and deportation. @dell.bsky.social has the scoop: www.wired.com/story/ice-so...

ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 Social Media Surveillance Team

Documents show ICE plans to hire dozens of contractors to scan X, Facebook, TikTok, and other platforms to target people for deportation.

www.wired.com

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Barbara Kathmann @barbarakathmann.bsky.social · 13d

Belastingdienst naar Microsoft: Schoffering van Tweede Kamer en van bedrijfsleven. Natuurlijk kunnen we niet morgen al onafhankelijk zijn. Hoeft ook niet, maar als de overheid nu de stappen zet die wel kunnen, dan komt digitale autonomie waar het moet, sneller dichterbij! www.bnr.nl/nieuws/tech-...

Woede om overstap Belastingdienst naar Microsoft: 'Schoffering van Tweede Kamer'

De Belastingdienst en andere overheidsdiensten stappen over op technologie van Microsoft waardoor digitale onafhankelijkheid in het geding komt.

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404 Media @404media.co · 15d

BREAKING: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has bought access to a surveillance tool that is updated every day with billions of pieces of location data from hundreds of millions of mobile phones, according to ICE documents reviewed by 404 Media.

🔗 www.404media.co/ice-to-buy-t...

ICE to Buy Tool that Tracks Locations of Hundreds of Millions of Phones Every Day

Documents show that ICE has gone back on its decision to not use location data remotely harvested from peoples' phones. The database is updated every day with billions of pieces of location data.

www.404media.co

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Electrospaces.net @electrospaces.bsky.social · 15d

Interessant interview met Rowin Jansen, die afgelopen maandag promoveerde op een zeer gedegen proefschrift over het toezicht op de AIVD en de MIVD:
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...

‘Politiek wantrouwen maakt toezicht op AIVD en MIVD onwerkbaar en ontneemt de diensten zicht op waar het om draait: de nationale veiligheid’

Rowin Jansen | universitair docent rechtswetenschap: De discussie rond de ‘sleepwet’ is symbolisch voor wat vaker misgaat in Den Haag: sturen op basis van onderbuikgevoelens en mediadruk en dat vertal...

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Electrospaces.net @electrospaces.bsky.social · 19d

Two 17-year-old boys from the Netherlands are suspected of preparing a hacking operation for Russian intelligence: nltimes.nl/2025/09/26/t...

Two Dutch teens arrested in rare Russian espionage case

Dutch authorities have arrested two 17-year-old boys suspected of performing espionage tasks for a Russian intelligence service, in what officials call a “unique case” in the Netherlands, De Telegraaf...

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NOS @nieuws.nos.nl · 20d

'Twee tieners opgepakt voor spionageklus voor Rusland'

De jongens van 17 zouden zijn benaderd via Telegram door een pro-Russische hacker om met een zogenoemde wifi-sniffer in Den Haag rond te lopen.

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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 21d

Breaking: Microsoft disabled some cloud services used by Israel after it found the defense ministry was using them to surveil Gaza citizens.

Microsoft Cuts Back Work With Israel’s Defense Ministry

The software company found the ministry used cloud services to surveil Gaza citizens.

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Electrospaces.net @electrospaces.bsky.social · 22d

More about the bilateral hotlines between heads of state and government leaders all over the world: www.electrospaces.net/2012/11/bila...

Bilateral Hotlines Worldwide

A weblog about Signals Intelligence, Communications Security and top level telecommunications equipment

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Electrospaces.net @electrospaces.bsky.social · 22d

Behind the scenes of the phone calls between the presidents of the United Stated and China: www.cfr.org/article/trum...

Trump, Xi, and the Making of a Presidential Phone Call

President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping held a call on Friday for the second time this year. CFR President Michael Froman and Senior Fellow Rush Doshi break down the issues at stake, …

www.cfr.org

Electrospaces.net @electrospaces.bsky.social · 24d

Erik Akerboom stopt per 1 juni 2026 als directeur-generaal van de #AIVD. Het zoeken van een opvolger zal binnenkort van start gaan:
www.algemenebestuursdienst.nl/actueel/nieu...

Erik Akerboom verlaat de Algemene Inlichtingen- en Veiligheidsdienst

Erik Akerboom zal per 1 juni 2026 zijn functie van directeur-generaal van de Algemene Inlichtingen- en Veiligheidsdienst (AIVD) bij het ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties neerleg...

www.algemenebestuursdienst.nl

Electrospaces.net @electrospaces.bsky.social · 24d

For decades, many Americans feared the CIA and the NSA, but it seems that now the threat comes from other federal agencies..

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Electrospaces.net @electrospaces.bsky.social · 24d

Thorough and interesting report about the recents developments in the high-end spyware-market: www.atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-res...

Mythical Beasts: Diving into the depths of the global spyware market

The second edition of the Mythical Beasts project assess how the global spyware market has developed and changed over the past year.

www.atlanticcouncil.org

Electrospaces.net @electrospaces.bsky.social · 26d

Hebben alle overheidswebsites al een #RSS-feed? Dan kunnen we berichten ook zonder X of Instagram volgen

Electrospaces.net @electrospaces.bsky.social · 29d

Interesting piece about the origins and the character of the Five Eyes partnership:
"NSA and GCHQ officers were given a freer hand because their political masters did not fully understand the technical implications of what their subordinates were doing" engelsbergideas.com/essays/five-...

Five Eyes: the past, present and future of the world's key intelligence alliance

The Five Eyes network represents one of the closest partnerships between nation states in history - how did it come into being? And what explains its remarkable durability?

engelsbergideas.com

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Electrospaces.net @electrospaces.bsky.social · 29d

Sterke roep om een betere wettelijke basis voor de soms vergaande activiteiten van de Teams Openbare Orde Inlichtingen (TOOI) van de politie: www.parool.nl/amsterdam/ho...

Hoe ver gaat de geheime dienst van de politie? ‘Ze opereren in de schaduw van het recht’

Er moet meer transparantie komen over de rol van het Tooi, een geheime dienst waarmee de politie heimelijk informatie verzamelt. Dat bepleitte D66-fractievoorzitter Rob Hofland donderdag in de Amsterd...

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Follow the Money @ftm.nl · Sep 13

Gevoelige data van miljoenen Nederlanders lopen gevaar. Techbedrijf Zivver, dat vertrouwelijke communicatie voor rechtbanken en ziekenhuizen beveiligt, is overgenomen door het Amerikaanse Kiteworks, dat wordt geleid door voormalige Israëlische spionnen. Daarnaast kan Zivver meelezen met berichten.

‘Strategische blunder’: vertrouwelijke data van Nederlanders in handen van Amerikanen

Met de overname van een Amsterdams databeveiligingsbedrijf kwam vertrouwelijke communicatie over veel Nederlanders in Amerikaans-Israëlische handen. Een strategische blunder, zeggen experts. De gegeve...

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · Sep 15

New from 404 Media: airlines are selling *5 billion* ticketing records to the government for warrantless searching, per new docs we obtained. ARC is a data broker owned by United, American, Delta, etc. Then sells peoples' travel info to ICE, Secret Service, FBI etc www.404media.co/airlines-sel...

Airlines Sell 5 Billion Plane Ticket Records to the Government For Warrantless Searching

New documents obtained by 404 Media show how a data broker owned by American Airlines, United, Delta, and many other airlines is selling masses of passenger data to the U.S. government.

www.404media.co

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