Daily Archives: 5. Februar 2023


05.02.2023 - 22:38 [ Tagesschau.de ]

Unabhängiger Kontrollrat: Wer überwacht die Überwacher?

Die ehemaligen Richterinnen und Richter vom Unabhängigen Kontrollrat (UK-Rat), einer neuen Obersten Bundesbehörde, ĂĽberprĂĽfen seit Anfang 2022 die technischen ĂśberwachungsmaĂźnahmen des BND, also, wie der Auslandsgeheimdienst die weltweite Telefon-, Internet- oder Satellitenkommunikation durchsucht…

Wahrscheinlich gibt es keine so mächtige und gleichzeitig kaum bekannte Behörde…

Die Diskussion trifft auf eine Behörde, die sich noch immer in einem provisorischen Zustand befindet…

Deshalb finden die streng geheimen Sitzungen momentan noch auf dem BND-Gelände im Berliner SĂĽdwesten statt…

05.02.2023 - 22:31 [ Michael Thenissen / Nitter ]

… „kein EU-Land wollte konkrete Zusagen ĂĽber eine Beteiligung an dem Panzer-Paket machen. Selbst die niederländische Regierung, die wie #Polen in den Medien schon die Lieferung von #Leopard2-Panzern zugesagt hatte, wolle sich nicht festlegen“.

05.02.2023 - 22:27 [ Tagesschau.de ]

Panzer fĂĽr die Ukraine: Bisher wenige Zusagen fĂĽr „Leoparden“

Einem Bericht des „Spiegel“ zufolge soll sich Bundeskanzler Olaf Scholz telefonisch bei seinen Amtskollegen bemĂĽht haben, weitere Lieferzusagen zu bekommen. Noch in der vergangenen Woche aber habe bei einer Videokonferenz von Verteidigungsminister Boris Pistorius kein anderes europäisches Land konkrete Lieferzusagen machen wollen, berichtet das Magazin.

Auch die Niederlande, die öffentlich bereits die Lieferung an die Ukraine angekündigt hatten, wollte sich demnach nicht konkreter festlegen.

05.02.2023 - 22:13 [ Haaretz ]

The Battle for Democracy Will Divide Israel for Years

It was a fifth weekend of mass protests in Tel Aviv and other cities, somewhat overshadowed by a bizarre social media post by a retired air force officer. According to Col. Zeev Raz, “If a prime minister stands up and assumes dictatorial powers, he‘s a dead man. It’s as simple as that.”

This prime minister, who‘s not quite yet a dictator, spent the weekend in Paris after meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron.

05.02.2023 - 22:06 [ theGuardian.com ]

Israel protests: thousands rally for fifth week against government’s legal reforms

Crowds carrying blue and white Israeli flags filled the city’s central Kaplan Street on Saturday, with signs labelling the new government a “threat to world peace”.

The protests have become a weekly fixture on Saturday evenings since the prime minister’s new government – dubbed the most rightwing in Israel’s history – took office in late December.

05.02.2023 - 11:48 [ TeleGuard.com ]

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05.02.2023 - 11:30 [ Swisscows.com ]

Swisscows – Anonymous Search Engine

Why is the private search engine Swisscows against surveillance?

Our vision is that every user can be online without fear of surveillance, annoying advertising and unwanted data storage. We have been working towards this goal for over 20 years. Fortunately, data security has now become a relevant topic and many people have understood what all happens to their data completely without their knowledge.

05.02.2023 - 11:26 [ Cisco.com ]

Next Generation Cryptography

he following table can help customers migrate from legacy ciphers to current or more secure ciphers. The table explains each cryptographic algorithm that is available, the operations that each algorithm supports, and whether an algorithm is Cisco‘s best recommendation. Customers should pay particular attention to algorithms designated as Avoid or Legacy. The status labels are explained following the table.

05.02.2023 - 10:23 [ BreakingDefense.com ]

Congress, Pentagon: Compromise NDAA released with $857.9 billion topline

(December 06, 2022)

And of course, it wouldn’t be a defense-related topic in 2022 without a focus on China. “The language extends the Pacific Deterrence Initiative (PDI) through fiscal year 2023, identifies approximately $11.5 billion of investments in support of PDI objectives, and authorizes approximately an additional $1 billion to address unfunded requirements identified by the Commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM).” It also includes potentially interesting language requiring “the establishment of a joint force headquarters within the INDOPACOM area of responsibility.”

05.02.2023 - 10:20 [ Antiwar.com ]

Lawmakers Want Increase in Pentagon’s INDOPACOM Budget for 2023

(May 2, 2022)

President Biden has requested a massive $813 billion military budget for the 2023 fiscal year, but it isn’t enough for Congress. Lawmakers have been combing the budget to find ways to increase the spending, and one area of concern is the Pentagon’s budget request for US Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM).

05.02.2023 - 09:53 [ William Yang / Nitter ]

„The US believes Chinese spy satellites in low Earth orbit are capable of offering similar or better intelligence, limiting the value of whatever Beijing can glean from the high-altitude balloon, which is the size of three buses, according to another defense official.“

(03.02.2023)

05.02.2023 - 09:37 [ Andrew Russell - Davis / Nitter ]

US secretary of state Antony Blinken has consequently cancelled his weekend visit to China! He‘d expected meeting China’s President Xi Jinping & 1st Biden administration cabinet secretary to visit China & the 1st secretary of state to travel to the country in more than 5 years.