Archive for the 'Surveillance' Category
Digital Photocopiers Might Digitally Store Thousands of Documents That Get Passed on at Resale
April 20th, 2010You’ll love this one. Via: CBS News: At a warehouse in New Jersey, 6,000 used copy machines sit ready to be sold. CBS News chief investigative correspondent Armen Keteyian reports almost every one of them holds a secret. Nearly every digital copier built since 2002 contains a hard drive – like the one on your […]
Crime Prediction Software Is Here and It’s a Very Bad Idea
April 18th, 2010Via: Gizmodo: There are no naked pre-cogs inside glowing jacuzzis yet, but the Florida State Department of Juvenile Justice will use analysis software to predict crime by young delinquents, putting potential offenders under specific prevention and education programs. Goodbye, human rights! They will use this software on juvenile delinquents, using a series of variables to […]
Ex-NSA Worker Charged in Classified Leak Case
April 16th, 2010Hmm. I’m throwing a tick in COINTELPRO because it strikes me as bizarre that someone at such a high level in the NSA allowed himself to get burned like this. Via: AP: A former senior executive at the National Security Agency was charged Thursday with lying and obstruction of justice in an investigation of leaks […]
Homeland Security Wants Cellphones to Sniff for Bio Agents
April 13th, 2010Via: Danger Room: Your cellphone can already tell you where to find the nearest Starbucks or the most convenient subway station. But it might soon be smart enough to alert you to a toxic threat during your morning commute or coffee break, thanks to a new plan from the Department of Homeland Security. The last […]
The Cove
April 12th, 2010I just saw The Cove. It’s worth a look on several levels. On the DVD, the “extra features” are really good too—must see for anyone who eats larger, predatory fish. Hint: You’re poisoning yourself.
Intel Brain Scan Analysis Software
April 9th, 2010Via: AP / USA Today: Mind reading may no longer be the domain of psychics and fortune tellers — now some computers can do it, too. Software that uses brain scans to determine what items people are thinking about was among the technological innovations showcased Wednesday by Intel Corp., which drew back the curtain on […]
President Ford Approved Warrantless Domestic Surveillance in 1974
April 6th, 2010Via: Wired: While the country was embroiled in a national debate over excessive government surveillance in 1974, President Gerald Ford authorized the Federal Bureau of Investigation to conduct warrantless domestic surveillance, according to a classified memo recently obtained by the Center for Investigative Reporting. The memo, signed Dec. 19, 1974, was issued just one month […]
Meet the Sims… and Shoot Them: The Rise of Militainment
April 4th, 2010Via: Foreign Policy: The country of Ghanzia is embroiled in a civil war. As a soldier in America’s Army, your job is to do everything from protect U.S. military convoys against AK-47-wielding attackers to sneak up on a mountain observatory where arms dealers are hiding out. It is a tough and dangerous tour of duty […]
Mike McConnell and the American Corporate State
March 30th, 2010I’ve included just a few choice excerpts from this great article. If you only click through on one story today, make this the one. Via: Salon: In a political culture drowning in hidden conflicts of interests, exploitation of political office for profit, and a rapidly eroding wall separating the public and private spheres, Michael McConnell […]
Governments Using Forged SSL Certificates for Man in the Middle Attack on “Secure” Web Sessions
March 25th, 2010I don’t believe in web based email solutions that purport to provide strong encryption and/or anonymity. Who knows what their applets and servers are doing? Not me. And if they rely on SSL, well, that’s ok for buying a book online, but no tinfoiler in his right mind would bet his life on SSL. —The […]
