Archive for the 'Technology' Category
AT&T Invents Programming Language for Mass Surveillance
October 31st, 2007Please indulge me by re-reading this extended passage from Synthetic Environments for Analysis and Simulation: Remember Russell Tice, the NSA SIGINT officer who had knowledge of a special access NSA operation that was so disturbing that he tried to tell the U.S. Congress about it? What was Tice talking about here: Tice said his information […]
How Much of Cryptogon Has Google Disappeared?
October 29th, 2007Over the past few months, I’ve noticed that Google has been dropping Cryptogon material from their index. I’ve also noticed fewer referrals from Google searches. Google is a particularly evil organization, but, for a long time, search worked well (unless you happened to be in China). Not anymore. Well, not for people looking for information […]
Italian Government: “Testing of Top Secret Weapons by an Unknown Power” May Have Caused Sicily Fires
October 27th, 2007I almost wanted to take a screenshot of this… Yes: This story is actually posted on the Telegraph. And it’s not little green men, mind you! It was either, “Unnatural forces capable of creating a large amount of electromagnetic energy,” or, “The testing of top secret weapons by an unknown power which are also capable […]
Scientists Want to Steer Hurricanes with Industrial Slag and Directed Energy Systems
October 21st, 2007What could possibly go wrong? Via: Telegraph: Scientists have made a breakthrough in man’s desire to control the forces of nature – unveiling plans to weaken hurricanes and steer them off course, to prevent tragedies such as Hurricane Katrina. The damage done to New Orleans in 2005 has spurred two rival teams of climate experts, […]
Microsoft Patent for Collecting EEG Data from Computer Users
October 16th, 2007Via: New Scientist: The company says that it is hard to properly evaluate the way people interact with computers since questioning them at the time is distracting and asking questions later may not produce reliable answers. “Human beings are often poor reporters of their own actions,” the company says. Instead, Microsoft wants to read the […]
Active Denial Weapon Demonstration Video
October 12th, 2007Freedom you can feel. Related: Say Hello to the Goodbye Weapon
Qwest Refused to Participate with Some Aspects of NSA Surveillance Program
October 11th, 2007Again, there’s something else that we’re not aware of yet. Something besides the run-of-the-mill surveillance. From the article about Qwest article below: Nacchio planned to demonstrate at trial that he had a meeting on Feb. 27, 2001, at NSA headquarters at Fort Meade, Md., to discuss a $100 million project. According to the documents, another […]
Micro UAV Surveillance at Antiwar Protests
October 10th, 2007Via: Washington Post: Vanessa Alarcon saw them while working at an antiwar rally in Lafayette Square last month. “I heard someone say, ‘Oh my god, look at those,’ ” the college senior from New York recalled. “I look up and I’m like, ‘What the hell is that?’ They looked kind of like dragonflies or little […]
Thou Shalt Not Kill, Except in a Popular Video Game at Church
October 10th, 2007Via: New York Times: First the percussive sounds of sniper fire and the thrill of the kill. Then the gospel of peace. Across the country, hundreds of ministers and pastors desperate to reach young congregants have drawn concern and criticism through their use of an unusual recruiting tool: the immersive and violent video game Halo. […]
“Storm Isn’t Doing Much, so Far, Except Gathering Strength.”
October 4th, 2007Strange story about a worm that has been building a vast botnet of sleeper zombies. The thing has been growing for months. Very interesting read. Via: Wired: The Storm worm first appeared at the beginning of the year, hiding in e-mail attachments with the subject line: “230 dead as storm batters Europe.” Those who opened […]
