Archive for the 'Technology' Category
The Future of Airport Security: Thermal Lie-Detectors and Cloned Sniffer Dogs
November 27th, 2011Via: CNN: After the EU’s announcement that it will ban “backscatter” x-ray body scanners, airports may have to look harder at alternative security measures. From Bluetooth tracking to thermal lie-detector cameras, we take a glimpse into the weird and wonderful future of airport security. The check-point of the future Earlier this year, the International Air […]
PayPal’s Links to Palantir, a Metasearch Technology Used by Intelligence, Law Enforcement and Military Organizations
November 27th, 2011And guess where they’re located? That’s right: Facebook’s former building. I couldn’t make it up if I tried. Via: Bloomberg: An organization like the CIA or FBI can have thousands of different databases, each with its own quirks: financial records, DNA samples, sound samples, video clips, maps, floor plans, human intelligence reports from all over […]
Reviewing DoD Interest in Cold Fusion
November 27th, 2011Via: Cold Fusion Now: The majority of cold fusion research has been done by self-funded independent scientists. Yet several federal entities and independent companies have found the results of experiments convincing enough to provide some small-scale funding to a select few labs. Department of Defense agencies that have provided funding, confirmed results, or positively-reviewed cold […]
Internet Plague: Paid Shills in Comments
November 27th, 2011See, Undercover Researchers Expose Chinese Internet Water Army for more. Via: BBC: Trust in information on the web is being damaged by the huge numbers of people paid by companies to post comments online, say researchers. Fake posters can “poison” debate and make people unsure about who they can trust, the study suggests. Some firms […]
Climategate 2.0 Emails
November 26th, 2011WattsUpWithThat Climategate 2 FOIA 2011 Searchable Database
Apple iTunes “Flaw” Allowed Government Spying for 3 Years
November 25th, 2011Via: Telegraph: An unpatched security flaw in Apple’s iTunes software allowed intelligence agencies and police to hack into users’ computers for more than three years, it’s claimed. A British company called Gamma International marketed hacking software to governments that exploited the vulnerability via a bogus update to iTunes, Apple’s media player, which is installed on […]
Robots Will Soon Begin Patrolling South Korean Prisons
November 25th, 2011Via: Telegraph: Robot guards with sensors to detect abnormal behaviour will soon begin patrolling South Korean prisons to ease the burden on their human counterparts, researchers said on Thursday.
The Surveillance Catalog
November 24th, 2011Via: Wall Street Journal: Documents obtained by The Wall Street Journal open a rare window into a new global market for the off-the-shelf surveillance technology that has arisen in the decade since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. The techniques described in the trove of 200-plus marketing documents include hacking tools that enable governments […]
Malls Track Shoppers with Cell Phone Surveillance Systems
November 23rd, 2011Via: CNN: Attention holiday shoppers: your cell phone may be tracked this year. Starting on Black Friday and running through New Year’s Day, two U.S. malls — Promenade Temecula in southern California and Short Pump Town Center in Richmond, Va. — will track guests’ movements by monitoring the signals from their cell phones. While the […]
Fathoming Amazon: 9 Things to Know
November 21st, 2011Via: Frugal Dad: Source: Frugaldad.com
