Spying

LOOK: The Cross-Dressing Spy Is Revealed

PA | Posted 23.05.2013 | UK

Spies might be supposed to be masters of disguise, but a British intelligence officer caused embarrassment to his political masters through his pencha...

Assange: UK Spies Called My Extradition A 'Fit-Up'

The Huffington Post UK | Jessica Elgot | Posted 20.05.2013 | UK

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has claimed that "spies" at one of the UK's intelligence agencies openly discussed his predicament over instant messe...

Is This Man An American 'Spy' In Russia?

The Huffington Post UK | Jessica Elgot | Posted 14.05.2013 | UK

It has all the hallmarks of a Cold War thriller, an all-American spy, complete with blonde wig, wads of cash, chiselled cheekbones and files of inform...

9 Ways To Avoid Being Watched By Cameras, Officials And Hackers

Posted 14.05.2013 | UK Tech

We live in a world where infrared cameras can scan for drunks and the government has revived the so-called 'Snooper's Charter' to track every email, c...

What's The Deal With Movie Making And Torture?

Kevin Toolis | Posted 18.03.2013 | UK Entertainment
Kevin Toolis

I am all in favour of movies that try to help us understand the world we inhabit. And there is nothing more serious than democratic states abandoning the rule of law and torturing people. And that is why I have spent the last three years of my life also making a movie about torture.

Spy Apps Encourage Invasion of Privacy

Alex Morrison | Posted 16.03.2013 | UK Tech
Alex Morrison

Several companies have launched apps which give full access to smartphones or computers, allowing snoopers to see text messages, emails and photographs, listen to phone calls and even activate phones to listen to sounds around the handset even when it is not in use.

500,000 Vetted In Terror Checks Ahead Of Olympic Games

PA | Posted 06.06.2012 | UK

Up to 500,000 people from across the world are being screened to try to stop next month's Olympic Games from being targeted by criminals or terrorists...

Family Relations Strained by Mobile Technology's Great Leap Forward

Louise Halford | Posted 02.08.2012 | UK Lifestyle
Louise Halford

Over the last six months, I and my colleagues at Pannone have noticed a steady stream of a new type of case, one in which estranged parents are being accused of using mobile video calls to their children as an opportunity to spy on their exes.

Lord Ashdown: 'Email Snooping Plans Breach Coalition Agreement'

Posted 12.04.2012 | UK Politics

Plans to expand the powers of the intelligence agencies to spy on emails and phone calls would break the coalition agreement, former Lib Dem leader Lo...

UK Government Snooping Plan Could Break EU Laws

Telegraph | Posted 05.06.2012 | UK Tech

New surveillance plans could breach European data protection laws, experts have warned, in a further blow to the Government's controversial proposals....

'Snooping' Law Will Give Spies 'Unfettered Access To People's Private Data'

PA/The Huffington Post | HuffPost UK staff | Posted 02.04.2012 | UK

Coalition plans to expand the powers of the security services to monitor emails and phone calls will give them "unfettered access every single communi...

'Snooping' Law Will Give Spies 'Unfettered Access To People's Private Data'

PA/The Huffington Post | HuffPost UK staff | Posted 02.04.2012 | UK Politics

Coalition plans to expand the powers of the security services to monitor emails and phone calls will give them "unfettered access to every single comm...

Government Official Admits Britain Used A Fake Rock To Spy On Russians

PA | Posted 19.01.2012 | UK Politics

A former UK government official has admitted Britain was behind a plot to spy on Russians with a device hidden in a fake rock, it emerged today. Ru...

Wikileaks' Spyfiles: Julian Assange Tells Phone Owners 'You're Screwed'

Huffington Post UK | Felicity Morse | Posted 01.12.2011 | UK

Wikileaks has released the first swathe of 'spyfiles' documents from security companies around the world, in an effort to “shine a light" on a "secr...

William Hague: Spies Have Lost Their Lives In The Fight Against Terrorism

Huffington Post UK | Posted 16.11.2011 | UK Politics

William Hague has lifted the lid on British spying, saying secret agents "risk" or "lose" their lives as part of their work. In a rare speech by a ...

EDF Fined For Spying On Greenpeace

PA | Posted 10.01.2012 | UK

Greenpeace has called on the UK and other countries not to work with the nuclear industry after energy giant EDF was found guilty of spying on the env...

Man Arrested After Claims Spurs Spied On Olympic Officials

PA | Posted 08.01.2012 | UK

A 29-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of fraud after allegations that Tottenham Hotspur FC spied on Olympics officials during its stadium b...

Lib Dem Quits Role Over Russian 'Spy' Affair

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 19.12.2011 | UK Politics

Mike Hancock, the Liberal Democrat who employed and allegedly had an affair with a women suspected of being a Russian spy has quit the Commons defence...

Are Mosques Really A Problem?

Muhammad Abdul Bari | Posted 14.12.2011 | UK
Muhammad Abdul Bari

The revelation a few weeks ago of the Gaddafi regime's US-UK spy links, and the allegation that MI6 planted Libyan spies in British mosques to hunt ou...