Five Eyes
Anglophone surveillance partnership
Five Eyes is an intelligence-sharing alliance comprising the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.
The partnership dates to World War II signals intelligence cooperation and remains the world's most integrated surveillance network.
Member nations share intercepted communications and coordinate espionage activities: The Five Eyes agreement lets these countries spy on each other's citizens and share the data.
Covert intelligence gathering
- counterintelligenceDefense against enemy espionage
- SIGINTIntelligence from communications intercepts
- signalsConveyed indications
- interceptSeize en route
decrypt · classified · briefing · agents · moles · informants · assets · cryptology
Southern Hemisphere continent-country
- CanadaNorthern North American nation
- New ZealandPacific island nation
- United KingdomAtlantic archipelago nation
- United StatesNorth American federal republic
Anglosphere · partnership · treaty · signatories · cooperation · bilateral · multilateral · defense
Ongoing observation of something
- wiretappingCovert phone surveillance
- eavesdroppingSecretly listening to others
- interceptionSeizing something in transit
- metadataDescriptive information about content
tracking · watchlist · CCTV · bugging · reconnaissance · mass surveillance · communications · dragnet
Dominant group's control
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- diplomacyNegotiation between nations
- WesternOf Euro-American civilization
- Cold WarProlonged East-West standoff
superpower · China · Russia · cybersecurity · sanctions · deterrence · strategic · global
espionage
Covert intelligence gathering
- counterintelligenceDefense against enemy espionage
- SIGINTIntelligence from communications intercepts
- signalsConveyed indications
intercept · decrypt · classified · briefing · agents · moles · informants · assets · cryptology · human intelligence
Australia
Southern Hemisphere continent-country
- CanadaNorthern North American nation
- New ZealandPacific island nation
- United KingdomAtlantic archipelago nation
United States · Anglosphere · partnership · treaty · signatories · cooperation · bilateral · multilateral · defense · security
monitoring
Ongoing observation of something
- wiretappingCovert phone surveillance
- eavesdroppingSecretly listening to others
- interceptionSeizing something in transit
metadata · tracking · watchlist · CCTV · bugging · reconnaissance · mass surveillance · communications · dragnet · oversight
hegemony
Dominant group's control
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- diplomacyNegotiation between nations
- WesternOf Euro-American civilization
Cold War · superpower · China · Russia · cybersecurity · sanctions · deterrence · strategic · global · foreign policy
Five Eyesprivacy
Freedom from observation
civil liberties · digital privacy · personal freedom · human rights · Fourth Amendment
Five EyesChina
East Asian superpower
Russia · Iran · North Korea
Five Eyesencryption
Converting data into code
end-to-end encryption · Tor · Signal · VPN · cryptography
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