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Sunday 20 September 2020
The story was one of several offered by Spicer as evidence to support the president’s explosive claims that Obama had moved to “tap my phones.”
And “Belfast”, and “Seán” and “pub.”
The man pretended to be the head of spy agency GCHQ.
It has been revealed that UK authorities have access to one Irish submarine internet cable.
In one six-month period in 2008, the British spy agency collected webcam imagery from more than 1.8 million Yahoo user accounts around the world.
Iain Lobban is to leave GCHQ later this year after nearly six years as its director.
The secret operation, codenamed ‘Dishfire’, used the messages to extract data on the location, contact networks and credit card details of mobile users.
Searching questions need to be asked over what type of data the EU retains – and what it does with this data, writes David Moloney.
British spy chiefs said today that intelligence leaks by Edward Snowden were being used by enemies to change the way they operate.
For most, debates about the snooping NSA and GCHQ are little more than great material for a chat down the pub – but for human rights defenders around the world, digital security is synonymous with personal security, writes Mary Lawlor.
The Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger has said that senior government officials pressured his paper to destroy files related to its recent stories about the National Security Agency in the US.
The Guardian says diplomats at a finance ministers’ summit in 2009 were tapped – on the day that a British-hosted G8 begins.
William Hague says any proposals by British intelligence agencies to intercept data needs the approval of ministers.
The Guardian says Britain’s GCHQ surveillance agency has been able to access data harvested by the US’s ‘PRISM’ system.
Our nightly round-up of the day’s main news, and the bits-and-pieces you might have missed…
It’s reported that the UK government is seeking the power to monitor calls, texts, emails and web visits under new legislation.
The British intelligence agency GCHQ launches its most unusual recruitment drive yet. It simply asks: can you crack it?
The Guardian says the UK’s electronic interception centre has also been asked to try and find those responsible for starting riots.
MORE THAN THREE-quarters of people would support the government looking into the prospect of a four-day work week, according to a new survey.
This means doing the same job for the same salary, but over four days rather than five.
There have been calls for this idea to be explored already and the Four Day Week Ireland campaign today released details on its public attitude survey conducted last month.
Two out of three respondents said a four-day work week is “realistic and achievable” in the medium term.
67% of employers said they support the idea and 46% said it would be “feasible” to trial in their workplace.
“The four-day week, with no loss of pay, offers the potential of a genuinely better future for workers and employers alike,” said Joe O’Connor, director of campaigning with Fórsa trade union.
What may once have seemed like a radical concept is now, for many, a reasonable and rational ambition. The Covid-19 pandemic has further disrupted societal and workplace norms, while illustrating the potential for very different models of work.
So today we’re asking: Would you support a four-day work week?
Poll Results:
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
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