Archive for the 'Surveillance' Category
09/11 25 Years – The Wound Never Healed
September 11th, 2026Via: Richard Dolan:
Anthropic Is Building a Predictive Surveillance System to Monitor Activists
September 9th, 2026Via: The American Prospect: Job postings and interviews with senior security officials at Anthropic show that the frontier AI lab is building out an extensive monitoring system to keep tabs on activists who oppose the rapid development of artificial intelligence. In addition to monitoring activists in the vicinity of Anthropic executives and keeping tabs on […]
LG TVs Run a Network and Audio Surveillance Dragnet Against Users
September 7th, 2026Via: Gamers Nexus: Here’s a brief article about the video above (if you don’t have 2+ hours to spend on this and want a basic summary: LG smart TVs caught logging audio with screen off and snooping on local devices More: LG Isn’t the Only TV Company Spying on You
They Know What’s Coming, Because They Planned It
August 28th, 2026Via: The Burning Platform: Anyone living in the real world of commuting to a job, buying groceries, paying rent, filling up their gas tank, paying utility bills, paying property taxes, and generally trying to live an honest hard working life with a couple weeks of vacation per year, knows they are being fed a load […]
The Hidden Debt That Apple Owes to the CIA
August 20th, 2026Via: Wall Street Journal: Without CIA funding that helped keep NeXT afloat in the ’80s, Steve Jobs might not have made a triumphant return to Apple—and the iPhone might not have its foundational operating code. … “How many units are you prepared to deliver on an annual basis?” Romello asked. “That’s privileged information,” Jobs shot […]
Comcast Offers to Turn Customers’ Wi-Fi Routers Into Motion Detectors
August 19th, 2026Via: Engadget: Comcast has unveiled a new home security platform it’s calling Xfinity Shield. The company says this combines home, family and cybersecurity protection in a single app and it puts Wi-Fi at the center. It’s offering a service called Wi-Fi Shield to Xfinity Internet users at no extra cost. This includes a few features, […]
New ChatGPT Feature Collects Every Keystroke You Make
August 18th, 2026Via: Futurism: OpenAI has revealed a new feature for ChatGPT’s desktop app on macOS that basically tracks your clicks, keystrokes, and more — all so it can fine-tune its AI model, raising obvious privacy concerns. The feature, called Computer History, lets ChatGPT “learn from everything you do on your computer,” said Ari Weinstein, an OpenAI […]
Only Approved Phones Can Pass Google’s New reCAPTCHA, Locking Out Privacy-Focused Alternatives
August 15th, 2026I just encountered one of these for the first time. I’m not doing it. Via: Cybernews: Verify you’re human – by owning an approved Android or an iPhone. Google’s new reCAPTCHA system forces users to scan a QR code with a “compatible mobile device” and locks out anyone using a privacy-focused OS and device, warns […]
Toka: Israeli Company Hacks Security Camera Systems, Can Alter Live Feeds and Past Recordings
August 14th, 2026This is from 2022. Via: Haaretz: The company sells technologies that allow clients to locate security cameras or even webcams within a given perimeter, hack into them, watch their live feed and even alter it – and past recordings – according to internal documents obtained by Haaretz and reviewed by a technical expert. Its activities […]
“McDonald’s Secret Sauce Is Really Commercial Surveillance”
August 13th, 2026Via: Wired: When I first downloaded the McDonald’s app years ago, I signed up for its loyalty program hoping to get better deals. Why not get some cheap french fries? While I understood that this would entail some type of data tracking, I didn’t grasp how the information would be used to algorithmically predict my […]
