Archive for the 'Surveillance' Category
U.S. Spy Satellites
May 14th, 2024Via: Covert Cabal:
Chat GPT-4o: OpenAI’s New Realtime Multimodal Model
May 13th, 2024A few initial thoughts… This will make the individual profiling and surveillance that has been done by search engines for decades seem trivial. OpenAI almost certainly wants this to be free for everyone in order to gather up as much personal and training data as possible. OpenAI is probably able to review each of these […]
Apple Reportedly Near Deal To Infuse ChatGPT Into iPhones
May 13th, 2024Via: ZeroHedge: Apple is nearing a deal with Microsoft-backed OpenAI to infuse its large language model, known as ChatGPT, into the future iPhone operating system, according to Bloomberg, citing sources familiar with the discussions. The two sides have been finalizing terms for a pact to use ChatGPT features in Apple’s iOS 18, the next iPhone […]
How Attackers Can Decloak Routing-Based VPNs For a Total VPN Leak
May 6th, 2024I’ve been advising Cryptogon readers not to trust VPNs for a couple of decades, but not for this reason. My guess is that a lot of VPN admins are checking their configurations right now. Even if this DHCP exploit is mitigated, it doesn’t change the fact that the VPN provider can see every site you […]
War Zone Surveillance Technology Is Hitting American Streets
May 1st, 2024Via: NOTUS: Big Brother isn’t just watching you: He’s using your cell phone, smartwatch, wireless earbuds, car entertainment systems and license plates to track your location in real time. Contracting records and notes from local government meetings obtained by NOTUS show that federal and state Homeland Security grants allow local law enforcement agencies to surveil […]
How Proposed Legislation Might Pave the Way for Online Age Verification and Digital ID
April 23rd, 2024Via: Reclaim the Net: Bipartisan legislative efforts are underway in the US House of Representatives to adopt new versions of two laws originally drawn up to deal with the safety of youth online. But the fear is that the bills introduced now – H.R.7891, the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), and H.R. 7890, the Children […]
How Big Tech and Silicon Valley are Transforming the Military-Industrial Complex
April 23rd, 2024Via: Brown University: Over the past decade, the center of America’s military-industrial complex has been slowly shifting from the Capital Beltway to Silicon Valley. Although much of the Pentagon’s $886 billion budget is spent on conventional weapon systems, and goes to well-established defense giants such as Lockheed Martin, RTX, Northrop Grumman, General Dynamics, Boeing, and […]
FISA 702: U.S. Government Could Force Anyone Who Provides Any Internet-Related Service to Assist with NSA Surveillance
April 16th, 2024Via: Coin Telegraph: The FISA 702 bill has been described by critics as a “dramatic and terrifying” expansion of the United States government’s surveillance powers. … The bill in question reforms and extends a part of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) known as Section 702. Currently, the NSA can force internet service providers such […]
U.S. House Votes to Re-Authorize Law that Allows Warrantless Surveillance of Citizens
April 12th, 2024Via: Guardian: House lawmakers voted on Friday to reauthorize section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or Fisa, including a key measure that allows for warrantless surveillance of Americans. The controversial law allows for far-reaching monitoring of foreign communications, but has also led to the collection of US citizens’ messages and phone calls. Lawmakers […]
Insurance Company Surveillance: Nearly Every Building in the Country Is Being Photographed, Often Without the Owner’s Knowledge
April 7th, 2024Via: Wall Street Journal: Across the U.S., insurance companies are using aerial images of homes as a tool to ditch properties seen as higher risk. Nearly every building in the country is being photographed, often without the owner’s knowledge. Companies are deploying drones, manned airplanes and high-altitude balloons to take images of properties. No place […]
