Archive for the 'Surveillance' Category
Sweden Approves Warrantless Wiretapping Law
June 19th, 2008Via: BBC: Sweden’s parliament has approved controversial new laws allowing authorities to spy on cross-border e-mail and telephone traffic. The country’s intelligence bureau will be able to scan international calls, faxes and e-mails. The measure was passed by a narrow majority after a heated debate in the Stockholm parliament. Critics say it threatens civil liberties […]
Britain: MP Resigns Over Maniac Fascist 42 Day Detention Policy
June 13th, 2008Via: Independent: David Davis became an unlikely hero of liberal Britain yesterday by sacrificing his political career to launch a one-man crusade against the Government’s plan for suspected terrorists to be detained for 42 days without charge. The former SAS reservist, who supports the death penalty for premeditated murder, shook Britain’s political establishment to its […]
Study Secretly Tracks Cell Phone Users Outside U.S.
June 5th, 2008In, Synthetic Environments for Analysis and Simulation, I wrote: We must assume that They are using the full spectrum of surveillance information to try to PREDICT HOW EACH OF US IS LIKELY TO BEHAVE ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS. Where we go. What we buy. Where we travel. Which routes we take. Etc. All […]
Sweden: Legislation Would Implement Plan to Monitor All Email and Telephone Traffic Coming In and Out of the Country
June 5th, 2008HAHA! This frightens Google! Can you imagine? That’s right. Google—having no problems working with the diabolical Chinese regime—is so horrified by this legislation that it is threatening to pull its systems out of Sweden. Of course, I don’t see Google threatening to pull its machines out of the U.S., where a system like the one […]
U.S. Requires Visitors from Visa Waiver Countries to Register on Department of Homeland Security Website Prior to Travel
June 4th, 2008Major red flag. I wouldn’t be surprised in the least if the U.S. Government is going to use this program to collect millions of IP addresses that they may be able to associate with citizens of U.S. Visa waiver countries. Obviously, there are a lot of unknowns here, but the big question is: What capability […]
The World According to Monsanto
June 3rd, 2008Guys, I’m very behind with posts. One of the reasons is because I watched this documentary tonight. Please find the time to watch this and share it around. I’ll catch up on posts tomorrow. Watch: The World According to Monsanto Via: GreenPeace: A new movie has dealt yet another severe blow to the credibility of […]
Comcast is Hiring an Internet Snoop for the Feds
May 31st, 2008Via: Wired: Wanna tap e-mail, voice and Web traffic for the government? Well, here’s your chance. Comcast, the country’s second-largest Internet provider, is looking for an engineer to handle “reconnaissance” and “analysis” of “subscriber intelligence” for the company’s “National Security Operations.” Day-to-day tasks, the company says in an online job listing, will include “deploy[ing], installing] […]
Billboards that Look Back
May 31st, 2008Pretty high creep-out factor here. Via: New York Times: In advertising these days, the brass ring goes to those who can measure everything — how many people see a particular advertisement, when they see it, who they are. All of that is easy on the Internet, and getting easier in television and print. Billboards are […]
Chertoff: “Novel” Israeli Security Methods Coming to U.S. Airports
May 30th, 2008Mmm hmm. Via: Reuters: U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said on Thursday he will seek to adopt novel Israeli methods, like behaviour-detection technologies, to better secure America’s airports. “That’s a scenario where Israel has a lot of experience,” Chertoff said in an interview with Reuters. “I think that it is of interest to us […]
Unmarked Chopper Patrols New York, Scanning Faces and License Plates
May 24th, 2008Via: AP: On a cloudless spring day, the NYPD helicopter soars over the city, its sights set on the Statue of Liberty. A dramatic close-up of Lady Liberty’s frozen gaze fills one of three flat-screen computer monitors mounted on a console. Hundreds of sightseers below are oblivious to the fact that a helicopter is peering […]
