Surveillance

Fascinating new book of secret police surveillance photos reveals chilling Big Brother control methods

In one photo, agents spying on American military attaches from the US Embassy in Warsaw snap the officials in a car that has stopped in a forest. Dated 6 April, 1966, the photo is described as being taken during an ‘intelligence reconnaissance’ operation. Beata Bartecka and Łukasz Rusznica, from How To Look Natural in Photos

Compiled as a warning about today’s internet surveillance, the 150 never-before-seen photos cover a wide range of Poland’s communist secret police activities between 1944 and 1989 and reveal the sometimes drastic measures authorities took to keep ‘enemies of the state’ under control.

Nord Stream 2 could be used for intelligence gathering - official

The Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline under the Baltic Sea could be used for clandestine intelligence activities once it is completed, a Polish security official has claimed

I-spy: Poznań firm set to revolutionise how cities are monitored with innovative smart surveillance system

Although looking very similar to traditional CCTV, Inwebit’s Smart Security Platform (SSP) uses advanced algorithms for identifying specific events based on image and sound analysis and sensor data.

Gov't for more surveillance over foreign insurers

The government on Tuesday passed a bill obliging the Financial Supervision Authority (KNF) to raise its supervision over foreign insurers.

German surveillance reports disturbing, Foreign Ministry says

An Austrian daily's reports about the surveillance of Vienna-based institutions, including the Polish embassy, by the German Federal Intelligence Service (BND) are disturbing, the Polish Foreign Ministry said on Sunday.

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