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The talk explains and illustrates the procedural and technical details of the surveillance in and around the Ecuadorian embassy in London during the time Julian Assange stayed in there from June 2012 until April 2019.

In the aftermath of Assange's expel from the ecuadorian embassy in London and his arrest based on a US extradition warrant evidence appeared that the "Security" measures of the embassy had at some point switched from protecting Assange and the embassy to an extremely detailled surveillance operation both against Assange and his visitors. The Spanish company "Undercover Global" that has been in charge of the embassy between 2015 and April 2018 and its owner and CEO is under investigation for spying on behalf of the CIA. Material from the second company that has taken over the embassy "Security" in April 2018 has found its way into an attempted extortion and is also subject to a legal investigation. The talk will contain material both documenting the surveillance measures installed as well as audio and video material obtained by the surveillance gear. It will also briefly touch on surveillance measures experienced elsewhere by friends, lawyers, media partners and associates of Assange and Wikileaks in the context of the ongoing man hunt.

After studying the various levels of activities that come together in BuggedPlanet and realizing the scope and level of implementation of NSA´s SIGINT theatre, it´s propably time to step back, summarize the big picture and ask how we handle it properly.

The talk will be structured in three parts: Part 1: Technical Abilities & Affected Areas Technologies of surveillance, telecommunication interception and SIGINT, cryptoanalytics, cryptocircumvention and what areas of data processing must be considered practically targeted and compromised. Part 2: What this means for governments, societies, citizens How the theory of democratic governments, human rights, justice and legal frameworks are being affected by the interception and how this practically affects the processes of governments and its players. I will herefore give examples which SIGINT material is used in the form of Kompromat and Intelligence Operations to influence decisions and decision makers from different countries and continents to show the principles and methods and how this impacts governmental and other businesses. Part 3: Concepts for global TSCM (Technical Surveillance Counter Measures) What are the necessary steps to "de-bug" our countries and how to immunitize against intelligence propaganda in order to achieve data. This part shall be a framework showing some ideas and principles to act, as well as necessary relationships to understand. The idea is to invite the audience to participate in this part and come up with ideas to create a broader concept and agree on the next steps.