China’s Xi challenges Obama on telecoms spying report
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DefenceTalkChina’s President Xi Jinping questioned his US counterpart Barack Obama about reports that Washington had secretly tapped Chinese telecoms giant Huawei for years, a top security aide said Monday. “President Xi did raise that recent report in the context of their discussions on cyber-security,” Ben Rhodes, Obama’s deputy national security adviser, told a press briefing. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/chinas-xi-challenges-obama-on-telecoms-spying-report-59136/
Cyber-savvy Estonia urges EU to rely less on US ‘clouds’
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DefenceTalkIT hub Estonia on Wednesday urged the European Union to rely less on US firms for “cloud” data storage, amid tensions over claims of US spying and data surveillance. “Recent months have proven once again that it’s very important for Europe to have its own data clouds that operate strictly under European legislation,” Estonian President […]https://www.defencetalk.com/cyber-savvy-estonia-urges-eu-to-rely-less-on-us-clouds-48300/
Snowden exit: Hong Kong revels in its rule of law
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DefenceTalkHong Kong has risked the threat of US reprisals in allowing Edward Snowden to leave. But its government insists that the rule of law took primacy for a territory that jealously guards its separateness from mainland China. On social media, there was talk of political considerations at play in allowing the former National Security Agency […]https://www.defencetalk.com/snowden-exit-hong-kong-revels-in-its-rule-of-law-48223/
China army newspaper hits out at US’s PRISM program
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DefenceTalkChina’s official army newspaper Sunday branded the United States Internet surveillance programme exposed by former spy Edward Snowden as “frightening”, and accused the US of being a “habitual offender” when it comes to network monitoring. The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Daily hit out at the US for implying that spying on citizens from other countries […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-army-newspaper-hits-out-at-uss-prism-program-48114/