Archive for the 'Technology' Category
Proposed Law Would Put Video Cameras In Cars
August 10th, 2010I’m sure the FBI wouldn’t access these cameras, like they access the microphones on the cell phones that people are carrying around. Oh no. Never. Via: CBS: Lawmakers are considering controversial new legislation this week that would allow vehicles to be equipped with dashboard cameras to record the moments leading up to accidents. The proposed […]
“The U. S. patent code was never meant to cover your genes, your cells, your blood, or the marrow in your bones. But it does.”
August 9th, 2010Via: Esquire: Like, for example, the gene called BRCA1. There’s a chance you have that gene. There’s an even better chance your wife has it, or your sister or your mom, because that’s the gene for breast cancer. If you could test yourself for BRCA1 right now, or if you could test your wife or […]
Appeals Court Rules Against Secret Police GPS Tracking
August 9th, 2010Via: Wired: A federal appeals court ruled Friday that the police can’t covertly track a suspect’s car using a GPS device for an extended period of time without getting a warrant. The ruling in the D.C. Court of Appeals overturned the conviction of a suspected cocaine dealer, saying that the use of a secret GPS […]
Google’s CEO: Technology Good, Anonymity “Dangerous”
August 5th, 2010Via: Cnet: For those concerned with privacy, Google CEO Eric Schmidt gave them a few more things to start worrying about.
Cisco’s Sub Second Melt Up and Identifying Crop Circles in the High Frequency Market Data
August 5th, 2010WARNING: This is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any financial instrument. Last week, Cisco (CSCO) was halted because the new “circuit breaker” rule kicked in. The price had moved more than 10% in five minutes (ABC/Reuters): Trading in Cisco Systems Inc shares was briefly halted on Thursday after triggering a circuit breaker. […]
$200 Biometric Lock Vs. Paperclip
August 4th, 2010Via: Wired: The lock that would seem to have thwarted them the most was actually one of the easiest to crack. The Biolock Model 333 is a sleek £126 ($200) lock that combines a mechanical cylinder and fingerprint reader. The Biolock fingerprint reader illuminates a blue LED when a fingerprint is authenticated. If the reader […]
Software for Pentagon Costs Americans Tens of Billions of Dollars Per Year, Winds Up Being Owned by Corporations
August 4th, 2010Would you like some air conditioned tents to go with that? Via: Defense News: The Department of Defense spends tens of billions of dollars annually creating software that is rarely reused and difficult to adapt to new threats. Instead, much of this software is allowed to become the property of defense companies, resulting in DoD […]
Feds Admit Storing Checkpoint Body Scan Images
August 4th, 2010Via: Cnet: For the last few years, federal agencies have defended body scanning by insisting that all images will be discarded as soon as they’re viewed. The Transportation Security Administration claimed last summer, for instance, that “scanned images cannot be stored or recorded.” Now it turns out that some police agencies are storing the controversial […]
Hacker Spoofs Cell Phone Tower to Intercept Calls
August 4th, 2010Via: Wired: A security researcher created a cell phone base station that tricks cell phones into routing their outbound calls through his device, allowing someone to intercept even encrypted calls in the clear. The device tricks the phones into disabling encryption and records call details and content before they’re routed on their proper way through […]
Web Attack Uses Google Geolocation Database to Identify Address of Routers
August 4th, 2010First of all, as usual with stories like this, I have to refer back to my old essay that deals with the Ugly Truth About Online Anonymity. Second, this hack isn’t new. See the Skyhook Wireless antics, circa 2008. Third, the article below doesn’t make it clear, but this will only reveal your exact location […]
