Surveillance

EU expands Russia sanctions over cybercrime, surveillance and rights abuses

VKontakte and several Russian surveillance firms were added to the EU sanctions list over alleged ties to the FSB and the repression of government critics.

 A Russian flag is seen on the laptop screen in front of a computer screen on which cyber code is displayed, in this illustration picture taken March 2, 2018.
Former Israeli intelligence officer and spyware CEO Tal Dilian poses at his home in Limassol, Cyprus, April 2020; illustrative.

Former IDF intel. officer sentenced to prison term in Greek spying case

an illustrative image of Anthropic's Claude.

Anthropic says Chinese AI labs stole data from Claude to train rival models

Israel, India relations

Israeli firm Autonomous Guard enters Indian defense market with $1.9m deal


High Court puts the heat on Shin Bet coronavirus surveillance

The High Court had previously appeared to support Shin Bet surveillance of coronavirus-infected citizens.

SECURITY SURVEILLANCE monitors. Privacy advocates argue that even if the official transfer of data does not identify individuals, anyone who wants to abuse the information to invade an individual’s privacy can do so with ease

Israel's new virus surveillance system detects masks and social distancing

However, the monitoring system does not have facial recognition capabilities.

Surveillance, illustrative

Amnesty International vs. Morocco and Israel

Lately Amnesty has been targeting Israel through its fixation on Pegasus, a software that can be “injected” into smartphones to track the user’s location, calls, messages, etc.

Activists of Amnesty International demonstrate to show their support with the Syrian people at the Fontaine des Innocentes in Paris May 29, 2012.

Shin Bet spied on civilians for years without Knesset approval - report

A limited committee formed by the Justice Ministry approved the plan and Attorney-General Avichai Mandelblit later approved the plan as well.

Different types of 4G, 5G and data radio relay antennas for mobile phone networks are pictured on a relay mast operated by Vodafone in Berlin, Germany April 8, 2019.

Four takeaways on how privacy did in Shin Bet-coronavirus surveillance law

Surveillance, illustrative

US federal court rules lawsuit against Israeli NSO can continue

The United States District Court of the Northern District of California denied most of the arguments NSo Group made in its request in April.

Silhouettes of mobile users are seen next to a screen projection of Whatsapp logo in this picture illustration

Knesset reinstates Shin Bet surveillance of coronavirus infected citizens

Program authorized for 21 days, long-term bill still under debate

A man wears a face mask for fear of the coronavirus as he takes the train to Haifa, on March 17, 2020

Knesset c'tee approves reinstating Shin Bet coronavirus surveillance

Program authorized for 21 days, long-term bill still under debate

Knesset plenum April 20, 2020

Knesset moves toward reinstating Shin Bet corona surveillance

Program authorized for 21 days, long-term bill still under debate

A woman wearing a mask checks her mobile phone in Shanghai, China January 29, 2020

Shin Bet surveillance schizophrenia - analysis

No democratic country in the world, including some doing better than Israel in combating corona, is using its intelligence services to track infected citizens.

Surveillance, illustrative