Archive for the 'Surveillance' Category
AIRprint Device Reads Fingerprints from Two Meters Away
January 20th, 2011Via: Technology Review: Over the years, fingerprinting has evolved from an inky mess to pressing fingers on sensor screens to even a few touch-free systems that work at a short distance. Now a company has developed a prototype of a device that can scan fingerprints from up to two meters away, an approach that could […]
Utah City May Use Blimp as Anti-Crime Spy in the Sky
January 19th, 2011Via: Reuters: A proposed unmanned floating airship surveillance system is being hailed by city officials in Ogden, Utah as one way to fight crime in its neighborhoods. “We believe it will be a deterrent to crime when it is out and about and will help us solve crimes more quickly when they do occur,” Ogden […]
Smartphones: Radio Firmware Vulnerability Allows Attackers to Take Control of iPhone or Android Devices
January 19th, 2011Via: InfoWorld: More than three years after the iPhone was first hacked, computer security experts think they’ve found a whole new way to break into mobile phones — one that could become a big headache for Apple, or for smartphone makers using Google’s Android software. In a presentation set for next week’s Black Hat conference […]
Not The Onion: NSA Turns to Smart Phones for Recruitment
January 19th, 2011Via: Defense Systems: Having a smart phone may give you an advantage if you’re looking for a job with the National Security Agency. The agency on Jan. 13 announced the launch of two new smartphone applications that are part of NSA’s largest hiring effort in recent years. The NSA Career Links Smartphone application—which is available […]
MLK Photographer Was FBI Asset
January 17th, 2011Via: Seattle Times: That photo of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. riding one of the first desegregated buses in Montgomery, Ala.? He took it. The well-known image of black sanitation workers carrying “I Am A Man” signs in Memphis? His. He was the only photojournalist to document the entire trial in the murder […]
IBM’s Watson: How About, “We’re Fucked” for $100, Alex
January 14th, 2011Update: Watson Won Via: PC World: Wrapping up a three-day run on the Jeopardy game show, IBM’s Watson computer has beaten two former champions in a historic match of man versus machine. —End Update— Ah, don’t worry. Surely, the regime will use this for good. *sigh* Via: Boston Globe: IBM recently created a supercomputer named […]
White House Calls for ‘Trusted’ Internet Identities for Americans
January 8th, 2011At this point, with things as far gone as they are, this hardly should come as a surprise to anyone. Compared to what’s already in place, this hardly rates as sinister. They’re saying that it’s not a national ID card and it’s voluntary, etc. So, here are some guesses as to what voluntary will mean: […]
Drone May Be Coming to Miami-Dade
January 6th, 2011Via: WSVN: A new piece of technology may soon be coming to South Florida, but is already raising concerns from residents. The Miami-Dade Police Department recently finalized a deal to buy a drone, which is an unmanned plane that is equipped with cameras. Drones have been used for years in Iraq and Afghanistan in the […]
U.S. Government Agencies to Measure ‘Relative Happiness’ and ‘Despondence and Grumpiness’ to Gauge Trustworthiness
January 6th, 2011One for your Unworkable, Maniac Fascist, Magic 8 Ball Schemes file folder. Via: MSNBC: The Obama administration is telling federal agencies to take aggressive new steps to prevent more WikiLeaks embarrassments, including instituting “insider threat” programs to ferret out disgruntled employees who might be inclined to leak classified documents, NBC News has learned. As part […]
Construction of NSA’s $1.5 Billion Data Center in Utah Is Underway
January 6th, 2011Via: Desert News: Officially named the Utah Data Center, the facility’s role in aggregating and verifying dizzying volumes of data for the intelligence community has already earned it the nickname “Spy Center.” Its really long moniker is the Community Comprehensive National Cyber-security Initiative Data Center — the first in the nation’s intelligence community.
