Archive for the 'COINTELPRO' Category
European Police Hacked Encrypted Phones Used by Thousands of Criminals
July 2nd, 2020“…and users seemed to think that it was foolproof.” Comedy Gold on Cryptogon this morning. Via: Engadget: In one of the largest law enforcement busts ever, European police and crime agencies hacked an encrypted communications platform used by thousands of criminals and drug traffickers. By infiltrating the platform, Encrochat, police across Europe gained access to […]
Raz Simone Hands Out Firearms in CHAZ
June 18th, 2020Is this a COINTEL program, top to bottom? Via: Vigilance Media:
Political Groups Use “Deeply Spooky” Protester Location Data
June 16th, 2020Via: Ars Technica: It’s no secret that police and other law enforcement agencies have a history of using mobile phone location and other data to target or investigate individuals, and the wave of mass protests in support of black communities and against police brutality this month has provided a rich data trove for them to […]
Project Veritas Infiltrates ANTIFA
June 4th, 2020Via: Project Veritas:
Precomputed Contact Chaining: Inside the NSA’s Secret Tool for Mapping Your Social Network
May 26th, 2020Via: Wired: If anyone could become an intelligence target, Mainway should try to get a head start on everyone. … The NSA had built a live, ever-updating social graph of the US.
New Coronavirus Stimulus Bill In Congress Creates U.S. Digital Dollar
March 23rd, 2020Via: Forbes: As the markets continue to drop and the U.S. looks to Congress for agreement on a massive stimulus package to save the economy from impacts of the coronavirus pandemic, the newest offer by House Democrats includes a very forward-looking kind of stimulus: the creation of a ‘digital dollar’ and the establishment of ‘digital […]
Israel: Shin Bet Uses Secret Mobile Phone Social Graph System to Track Coronavirus Exposure
March 16th, 2020Well, well, well… Lunatic fringe, hair on fire conspiracy theorists: Right again. Via: New York Times: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel has authorized the country’s internal security agency to tap into a vast and previously undisclosed trove of cellphone data to retrace the movements of people who have contracted the coronavirus and identify others […]
How China Is Working to Quarantine the Truth About the Coronavirus
February 19th, 2020“Censorship, diversion, and lying.” Google’s core principals? *I crack myself up* This piece is useful in understanding state behavior, in general, and their large, lapdog media and social networking organizations. Via: DefenseOne: In its battle to contain the coronavirus, the Chinese government has undertaken a wide range of measures, from shutting down cities to using […]
Australia Probes ‘Deeply Disturbing’ Allegations of Chinese Political Interference
November 24th, 2019*pfft* In other (long forgotten) news: New Zealand: National MP Trained by Chinese Spies Via: Reuters: Australia’s domestic spy agency is investigating whether China tried to install an agent in federal parliament in what Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Monday called “deeply disturbing” allegations. The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) said it had launched an […]
Facebook to Train AI Systems Using Police Video
September 17th, 2019Via: AP: Facebook will work with law enforcement organizations to train its artificial intelligence systems to recognize videos of violent events as part of a broader effort to crack down on extremism. Facebook’s AI systems were unable to detect live-streamed video of a mass shooting at a mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand. The effort will […]
