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J. Stelmach - The Pegasus spyware in Poland and worldwide
08.11.2021
From the very first appearance, the Pegasus spyware has been identified as a tool aimed at journalists and social activists. Despite the passage of time, Pegasus still found ways to overcome newer technological security measures. However, legal regulations did not keep up with its development, often allowing for its free use by intelligence services and law enforcement agencies.
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A. Nyzio - Surveillance in Poland A.D. 2020
03.11.2021
Each year the Polish Ministry of Justice and the Public Prosecutor General, as well as telecommunication and software companies, publish information concerning surveillance in Poland in the previous year. It is worth taking a closer look at statistics on obtaining user data, wiretapping, and correspondence control, to evaluate and illustrate forms, scale and trends of surveillance. As always with the classified activities carried out by the security apparatus, the information is scarce and often vague, and each incomplete answer is usually followed by a series of further questions and doubts.
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B. Kosowski - The legitimacy of imposition of a state of emergency in Poland in response to the crisis situation at the border with Belarus
02.09.2021
The commentary refers to the legitimacy of imposing a state of emergency in Poland in response to the crisis situation at the state border with Belarus, in the context of legal regulations relating to states of emergency in Poland. The author presents an opinion that for formal reasons it would be more justified to introduce martial law instead of a state of emergency.
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A. Gruszczak - The defeat of the West and the future of "Chaosistan"
18.08.2021
The lament over the fall of Kabul and the return of the Taliban to power in Afghanistan is heard all over the West and echoes elsewhere in the world. Indeed, this historic event terrifies the governments and societies of Western powers and the countries of the South Asian region. The memory of the previous Taliban rule (1996-2001), cultivated to justify the NATO intervention and the West's twenty years of tutelage over the Afghan government, abounds in examples of barbarism, cruelty and human rights violations. It brings a direct association with the activities of the Islamic State and other extremist Islamic armed groups. Dramatic scenes of the escape of representatives of Western countries and their closest associates, a besieged airport in Kabul and reports from areas recently occupied by the Taliban have completed the picture of the defeat suffered by the Western coalition in Afghanistan. The future of "Chaosistan" - to use Gen. McChrystall's phrasing - is expressed in the famous saying attributed to Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar: "Americans have the watches. We have the time.”
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D. Dziwisz - The return of the Czar and the Dream Team – Joe Biden’s first decisions on cybersecurity
13.08.2021
Dominika Dziwisz
KBN Commentary no. 8 (80) / 2021
12 August 2021
The president's first 100 days in the White House is perceived by US policy commentators as a forecast for the new president's term of office - both in terms of what to expect from it and what the new administration can propose and achieve. This is the best time to break through with new, sometimes controversial, ideas and initiatives. After a few months spent by the new president in the White House, it is possible to make the first analyzes and assess whether Joe Biden's policies on cybersecurity are different to what the Trump team proposed in 2018.
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