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Cyber wrap
Posted By ASPI International Cyber Policy Centre on October 31, 2013 @ 13:30
This week the fallout from the leak of classified NSA documents continued, as German Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed her outrage at the revelation the US had been tapping her phone for up to ten years, telling reporters that ‘Spying against friends is not acceptable against anyone.' However, Spiegel Online questioned Merkel’s sincerity, as it emerged that Merkel had resisted the passage of EU-wide data protection framework that would fine companies found to be passing data to intelligence agencies.
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[1] Image: http://www.aspistrategist.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/768px-Angela_Merkel_10.jpg
[2] outrage: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-10-25/angela-merkel-obama-nsa-spying-spies-espionage/5044760
[3] questioned: http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/germany-impedes-eu-privacy-efforts-despite-outrage-at-nsa-spying-a-930488.html
[4] Senator Dianne Feinstein: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/wall-street-journal/barack-obama-ally-dianne-feinstein-seeks-us-spying-shakeup/story-fnay3ubk-1226749238638
[5] defended: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-24729628
[6] joked: http://www.washingtonpost.com/posttv/world/new-zealand-defense-minister-jokes-about-us-spying/2013/10/28/6cf84fd6-4018-11e3-9c8b-e8deeb3c755b_video.html
[7] ruled out: http://www.afr.com/p/national/nbn_ban_on_huawei_stays_brandis_kEv63fHTjE0CYZXb29tTDK
[8] why: http://www.afr.com/p/blogs/christopher_joye/public_debate_needed_on_huawei_ban_VGcrOTn52pDVOnQsirf61K
[9] warned: http://www.afr.com/p/technology/huawei_ban_might_deter_investors_9gjZa2JNHo8YWCHsbW5lhI
[10] announced: http://www.itnews.com.au/News/361736,defence-appoints-new-infosec-chief.aspx
[11] Five Principles for Shaping Cyber Security Norms: http://blogs.technet.com/b/security/archive/2013/10/21/advancing-the-discussion-on-international-cybersecurity.aspx
[12] ASPI International Cyber Policy Centre: http://cyberpolicy.aspi.org.au/
[13] Wikimedia Commons: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Angela_Merkel_10.jpg