Archive for the 'Surveillance' Category
Army Readies Its Mammoth Spy Blimp for First Flight
May 23rd, 2012Via: Wired: Sure, it took an extra year or so, but Northrop Grumman has finally penciled in the first flight of the giant surveillance airship it’s building for the U.S. Army. The Long Endurance Multi-Intelligence Vehicle — a football-field-size, helium-filled robot blimp fitted with sensors and data-links — should take to the air over Lakehurst, […]
Iraqi Military to Buy U.S. Drones to Monitor Oil Fields
May 22nd, 2012Via: The Hill: American military drones are returning to the skies above Iraq more than five months after U.S. troops withdrew from the country. But this time, the drones will be operated by members of the Iraqi navy and will provide overwatch for the country’s oil platforms off its southern coast, U.S. officials in Baghdad […]
FBI Investigates Bomb Threat at Site of New NSA Data Center in Utah
May 22nd, 2012Via: AP: The FBI is investigating a bomb threat that halted construction of a National Security Agency data center at Utah’s Camp Williams. FBI spokeswoman Debbie Dujanovic Bertram tells The Associated Press that agents are searching the site for anything suspicious. Research Credit: KL
Surveillance State Wenlock
May 18th, 2012Via: Forbes: London decided to make its surveillance yen a dominant feature of its otherwise goofy mascots. “Wenlock” and “Mandeville” both have a huge single eye made out of a camera lens so that they can “record everything.” Image at right is from the official London Olympics website. In case that’s too subtle for you, […]
Britain: Met Police Uses ‘Quick’ Mobile Data Extraction System on Suspects’ Mobile Phones
May 17th, 2012Via: Computerworld UK: The Metropolitan Police has rolled out a mobile device data extraction system to allow officers to extract data “within minutes” from suspects’ phones while they are in custody. The capability would be particularly useful if the police force were to face a similar situation to the riots last August, which were reportedly […]
DHS Considers Collecting DNA From Kids
May 17th, 2012Via: Electronic Frontier Foundation: Documents just released by US Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) in response to one of EFF’s Freedom of Information Act requests show that DHS is considering collecting DNA from kids ages 14 and up—and is exploring expanding its regulations to allow collection from kids younger than that. The proposal appears to […]
Quiet Eye: Magic 8 Ball System in Prometheus Advertising Video
May 17th, 2012This is for the upcoming film, Prometheus. A few influences for this clip: “An integrated system maintains an unblinking eye” Anomaly Detection at Multiple Scales (ADAMS) Future Attribute Screening Technologies Via: YouTube:
NSA Not Required to Reveal Any Dealings with Google
May 12th, 2012Via: AFP: The top-secret US National Security Agency is not required to reveal any deal it may have with Google to help protect against cyber attacks, an appeals court ruled Friday. The US Court of Appeals in Washington upheld a lower court decision that said the NSA need not confirm or deny any relationship with […]
Chinese Physicists Teleport Photons Over 100 Kilometers
May 12th, 2012Via: MIT Technology Review: So these guys clearly have their eye on the possibility of satellite-based quantum cryptography which would provide ultra secure communications around the world. That’s in stark contrast to the few kilometres that are possible with commercial quantum cryptography gear. Of course, data rates are likely to be slow and the rapidly […]
Backdoors in RuggedCom Networking Equipment
May 11th, 2012Via: Wired: A Canadian company that makes equipment and software for critical industrial control systems planted a backdoor login account in its flagship operating system, according to a security researcher, potentially allowing attackers to access the devices online. The backdoor, which cannot be disabled, is found in all versions of the Rugged Operating System made […]
