Archive for October, 2014

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British Spies Allowed to Access U.S. Data Without a Warrant

October 28th, 2014

Via: National Journal: British authorities are capable of tapping into bulk communications data collected by other countries’ intelligence services—including the National Security Agency—without a warrant, according to secret government documents released Tuesday. The agreement between the NSA and Britain’s spy agency, known as Government Communications Headquarters or GCHQ, potentially puts the Internet and phone data […]

Cryptogon Readers Send Contributions

October 28th, 2014

Update: The KLs of Cryptogon Three different KLs sent funds this month. I’m going to first name last initial to keep things clear. Kelle L sent $20 earlier in October and $30 just now. Thank you. — Thank you. Ken L $25 Eileen $75

Assange: Google Is Not What It Seems

October 28th, 2014

Via: Newsweek: It was also in 1999 that Schmidt joined the board of a Washington, D.C.–based group: the New America Foundation, a merger of well-connected centrist forces (in D.C. terms). The foundation and its 100 staff serve as an influence mill, using its network of approved national security, foreign policy and technology pundits to place […]

Extensive U.S. Mail Monitoring Revealed

October 28th, 2014

Via: Dallas Morning News: The U.S. Postal Service reported that it approved nearly 50,000 requests last year from law enforcement agencies and its own internal inspection unit to secretly monitor the mail of ordinary Americans for use in criminal and national security investigations. The findings serve as a rare public accounting of the Postal Service’s […]

Deepwater Horizon Spill Left an Oil Ring the Size of Rhode Island on Sea Floor

October 28th, 2014

Via: The Verge: There’s an oil ring the size of Rhode Island at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico and researchers say it belongs to oil company BP. According to a study published yesterday in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, about 10 million gallons of coagulated oil now coats the sea floor, […]

Pot Oil “Miracle in a Bottle” Cure Could Land Mom in Jail

October 28th, 2014

The boy had pain so severe he didn’t want to live anymore. The pot oil helped him after 18 other medications didn’t. Now his mother is facing jail. Via: CBS: In March, one mother traveled to Colorado to get a bottle of cannabis oil in hopes of easing the agonizing pain her 15-year-old son has […]

Company Finds Out The Hard Way It’s Illegal To Pay $1.21 An Hour In America

October 27th, 2014

Via: Huffington Post: This takes egregiously low wages to a whole new level. A Silicon Valley company that digitizes images said Thursday that an “administrative error” led to it paying eight workers flown in from Bangalore, India just $1.21 an hour to work 120-hour weeks installing computers in the company’s headquarters. Electronics For Imaging paid […]

Jeb Bush ‘More Than Likely’ Eyeing 2016 Run

October 26th, 2014

Via: CNN: Yet another Bush family member is weighing in on whether or not former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush will run for president in 2016. “I think it’s more than likely that he’s giving this a serious thought in moving forward,” his eldest son, George P. Bush, told ABC on Sunday. “If you had asked […]

Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s Business Partner Dies, Apparently in Suicide

October 26th, 2014

Via: New York Times: Thierry Leyne, a French-Israeli banker and partner of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the disgraced former chief of the International Monetary Fund, was found dead on Thursday after apparently taking his own life in Tel Aviv. Mr. Leyne, 48, jumped off the 23rd floor of one of the Yoo towers, a prestigious residential complex, […]

Pibot – The World’s First Humanoid Robot Pilot

October 26th, 2014

Via: Reuters: Researchers in South Korea are developing a robotic pilot that could potentially replace humans in the cockpit. Unlike drones and autopilot programs which are configured for specific aircraft, the robots’ humanoid design will allow it to fly any type of plane with no additional sensors.

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