Archive for the 'Surveillance' Category
Britain’s CCTV Network to Track All Vehicle Movement in National Database
May 28th, 2009Via: BBC: A national network of cameras and computers automatically logging car number plates will be in place within months, the BBC has learned. Thousands of Automatic Number Plate Recognition cameras are already operating on Britain’s roads. Police forces across England, Wales and Scotland will soon be able to share the information on one central […]
Secret Power by Nicky Hager Available as Free eBook
May 26th, 2009Nicky Hager’s Secret Power should be on every Cryptogon reader’s list. Doubly so if you’re a Kiwi Cryptogon reader. Secret Power gives us a heretofore unprecedented look at how the UKUSA surveillance machine is really run. This was published in 1996, and when I read it back then I couldn’t believe what I was holding […]
Court Tosses Case Over GPS Tracking
May 19th, 2009Via: Times Union: A Watervliet man will get a new trial on burglary charges after the state’s top court ruled Tuesday it was wrong for a police investigator to slap a GPS device on the defendant’s van to track his movements without a search warrant. A divided Court of Appeals, in a 4-3 decision, reversed […]
Britain: Tax Authorities Will Monitor Financial Transactions in Search for Evidence of Undeclared Earnings or Bank Accounts
May 17th, 2009Via: Telegraph: HM Revenue and Customs staff will be able to examine people’s financial transactions on the scheme’s database and search for evidence of undeclared earnings or bank accounts. The disclosure will likely to provoke further concern over the £5.5 billion project, which has been condemned as a waste of money and an invasion of […]
Saudi ‘Killer Chip’ Implant Would Track, Eliminate Undesirables
May 17th, 2009Via: Fox News: It could be the ultimate in political control — but it won’t be patented in Germany. German media outlets reported last week that a Saudi inventor’s application to patent a “killer chip,” as the Swiss tabloids put it, had been denied. The basic model would consist of a tiny GPS transceiver placed […]
Brain Scanning May be Used in Security Checks; Ass Scanning, Too
May 12th, 2009Via: Guardian: Distinctive brain patterns could become the latest subject of biometric scanning after EU researchers successfully tested technology to verify identities for security checks. The experiments, which also examined the potential of heart rhythms to authenticate individuals, were conducted under an EU-funded inquiry into biometric systems that could be deployed at airports, borders and […]
UK: Lockheed Martin Gets Contract to Build Internet Surveillance System for GCHQ
May 11th, 2009Via: Times: SPY chiefs are pressing ahead with secret plans to monitor all internet use and telephone calls in Britain despite an announcement by Jacqui Smith, the home secretary, of a ministerial climbdown over public surveillance. GCHQ, the government’s eavesdropping centre, is developing classified technology to intercept and monitor all e-mails, website visits and social […]
Wisconsin Court Upholds Warrantless GPS Tracking by Police
May 11th, 2009Via: Chicago Tribune: Wisconsin police can attach GPS to cars to secretly track anybody’s movements without obtaining search warrants, an appeals court ruled Thursday. However, the District 4 Court of Appeals said it was “more than a little troubled” by that conclusion and asked Wisconsin lawmakers to regulate GPS use to protect against abuse by […]
UK: Pilots Refuse to Take Part in National Identity Card Trials
May 6th, 2009Via: Guardian: Airline pilots are to become the first group to refuse to take part in the national identity scheme when compulsory trials start at Manchester and London City airports this autumn. The British Airline Pilots’ Association (Balpa ), which represents more than 80% of commercial airline pilots, is to mount a legal challenge to […]
Britain: Children Tracked by GPS, Encouraged to Report Anti Social Activity to Police
April 23rd, 2009Via: Telegraph: Children will be tracked by satellite on public transport and encouraged to spy on their friends and report bad behaviour, under a pilot scheme by the Welsh Assembly. The project is being trialled across the six North Wales counties to tackle anti-social behaviour on school buses. Pupils will use a picture swipe card […]
