Issues/PRISM

=Introduction=

This is a collection of resources and articles related to the NSA surveillance program called PRISM, overall government surveillance, the Verizon metadata and eavesdropping affaird and Edward Snowden the Whistleblower who revealed it all.

'''PRISM is a clandestine national security electronic surveillance program operated by the United States National Security Agency (NSA) since 2007. PRISM is a government codename for a data collection effort known officially as US-984XN.

Documents leaked by Edward Snowden in June 2013 describe the PRISM program as enabling in-depth surveillance on live communications and stored information. It provides for the targeting of any customers of participating corporations who live outside the United States, or American citizens whose communications include web content of people outside the United States. Data which the NSA is able to obtain with the PRISM program includes email, video and voice chat, videos, photos, voice over IP conversations, file transfers, login notifications and social networking details''' from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRISM_(surveillance_program) =Resources=

PRISM Break: http://prism-break.org/ ''Opt out of PRISM, the NSA’s global data surveillance program. Stop reporting your online activities to the American government with these free alternatives to proprietary software.'' A resource that list alternate software options for better privacy.

We The People White House Petition: Pardon Edward Snowden https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/pardon-edward-snowden/Dp03vGYD

Resistance against Cyber-Surveillance within Social Movements and how Surveillance Adapts http://library.queensu.ca/ojs/index.php/surveillance-and-society/article/view/cyber_resist

=Memes, Images and other things of interest=

David Pope "Obama Hope" poster comic from the Canberra Times: http://www.canberratimes.com.au/photogallery/opinion/cartoons/david-pope-20120214-1t3j0.html?selectedImage=1

Obama compared to Benjamin Franklin: http://i.imgur.com/yp3c54H.jpg

PRISM - Dark side of the US Government: http://i.imgur.com/kMkpJSm.jpg (from @JuiceRapNews)

The NSA has sent you a friend request poster: http://i.imgur.com/LH27xkD.jpg

NSA Terrorist identification chart: http://i.imgur.com/uuPwXjw.jpg

=Article Dump=

These articles will eventually be formatted in a more meaningful manner, but for now it is just a dump of relevant links and articles.

The Guardian special section: The NSA Files http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/the-nsa-files

Other surveillance related links/articles
= Privacy = Specifically related to privacy, and why it is important

Why Privacy Matters: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsG-UoZnPTo Privacy International asked lawyers, activists, researchers and hackers at Defcon 2012 about some of the debates that thrive at the intersection between law, technology and privacy. We also wanted to know why privacy matters to them, and what they thought the future of privacy looked like. This video is a result of those conversations. Featuring Cory Doctorow, Kade Crockford, Jameel Jaffer, Dan Kaminsky, Chris Soghoian, Marcia Hoffman, Moxie Marlinspike, Phil Zimmerman, Hanni Fakhoury and Eli O.

The Age newpaper special feature articles on Privacy: http://www.theage.com.au/technology/the-privacy-question

Tales from surveillance states
Related anecdotes, tales and stories of interest

Another Childhood Memory Published Sunday, June 9, 2013 at 3:46 PM http://www.newsfromme.com/2013/06/09/another-childhood-memory-2/

Reddit post to /r/changemyview which give a compelling account of how an authoritarian surveillance state unfolds http://www.reddit.com/r/changemyview/comments/1fv4r6/i_believe_the_government_should_be_allowed_to/caeb3pl

=National Security Inquiry=

This whole issue bears some relevance to the National Security Inquiry undertaken by the Australian government into a range of 'cyber'-security issues, not least of which was a wide ranging Data Retention scheme. The Pirate Party wiki maintains a page of resources on the National Security Inquiry here: http://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/National_Security_Inquiry