Surveillance
UK Supreme Court rejects Bahrain immunity claim in dissidents’ spyware lawsuit
Britain’s Supreme Court ruled that Bahrain cannot use state immunity to block a lawsuit by two dissidents who allege the kingdom hacked their laptops with FinSpy surveillance software.
Elbit Systems secures $370 million in US Customs and Border Protection deals
EU expands Russia sanctions over cybercrime, surveillance and rights abuses
Former IDF intel. officer sentenced to prison term in Greek spying case
Knesset committee extends Shin Bet surveillance to May 26 in split vote
You want to change from a democracy to a Shin Bet state’
Gov't extends Shin Bet coronavirus surveillance, advances Knesset bill
The current plan is to ask the Knesset Intelligence Subcommittee to extend the program until June 16 or until a new Knesset law is passed to regulate it.
Coronavirus cannot be used as excuse to curb human rights, nations told
"We are ... concerned by the growing practice of monitoring and closely controlling people’s movements, even at the cost of their privacy."
Knesset blocks police from getting addresses without court order
“The goal now is to free up the stranglehold on the market… we need to adapt into a corona routine and to return to regular life.”
Muslim politician tweets Jewish yellow star to protest surveillance
“Remove that star, Arnoud. You have no right to reference it,” wrote de Nooijer, who represents the pro-Israel Christian SGP party.
Israelis underestimating gravity of gov't surveillance, expert warns
“The Israeli public is not aware of its right to privacy as citizens in other countries are. Maybe it is not in our culture, and we consider ourselves very open,” she added.
