Archive for the 'Surveillance' Category
Man Arrested for Shooting Traffic Camera
November 28th, 2007Taking out tens of thousands of dollars worth of police state revenue collection equipment with a dollar’s worth of ammunition? Some would call it asymmetric warfare. Others would call it priceless. It will be interesting to see how this case winds up. If the state makes any link between the crime and politics, it will […]
College Requires Students to Carry GPS Enabled ‘School Phone’
November 27th, 2007Does the College of Knowledge issue dribble bibs to these twits to prevent accidents during lectures? You know, show up to How to Be a Good Slave 101 and Advanced Don’t-Taze-Me-Bro Strategies 400 with your xTreme dribble bib and your hip sKo0lEd phone. Via: CBS News: College students at Montclair State University are all talking […]
Police to Deploy Spy Drones in Texas
November 26th, 2007Via: Click2Houston: Houston police started testing unmanned aircraft and the event was shrouded in secrecy, but it was captured on tape by Local 2 Investigates. Neighbors in rural Waller County said they thought a top-secret military venture was under way among the farmland and ranches, some 70 miles northwest of Houston. KPRC Local 2 Investigates […]
Did NSA Put a Secret Backdoor in New Encryption Standard?
November 24th, 2007Via: Wired: Problems with Dual_EC_DRBG were first described in early 2006. The math is complicated, but the general point is that the random numbers it produces have a small bias. The problem isn’t large enough to make the algorithm unusable — and Appendix E of the NIST standard describes an optional work-around to avoid the […]
Mobile Phone Companies Provide Real Time Tracking Information to Feds; Probable Cause Optional
November 23rd, 2007“It’s an angle that you haven’t heard about yet.” Via: Washington Post: Federal officials are routinely asking courts to order cellphone companies to furnish real-time tracking data so they can pinpoint the whereabouts of drug traffickers, fugitives and other criminal suspects, according to judges and industry lawyers. In some cases, judges have granted the requests […]
Implantable Microchip Cancer Report
November 22nd, 2007Via: Anti Chips: CASPIAN’s new report, “Microchip-Induced Tumors in Laboratory Rodents and Dogs: A Review of the Literature 1990-2006,” is a definitive review of research showing a causal link between implanted radio-frequency (RFID) microchip transponders and cancer in laboratory rodents and dogs. It was written in part to correct industry misstatements and misinformation circulating about […]
Tor Exit Nodes Harvest Huge Amounts of Sensitive Information
November 21st, 2007Relying on Tor for security/anonymity is as dumb as relying on proxy servers. If you read the ugly truth, you already know that. But, as usual, it’s not that bad, it’s worse. Dan Egerstad, a Swedish security researcher, set up several Tor servers and used basic traffic analysis techniques to glean lots of foreign government […]
Japan to Start Fingerprinting Foreign Travelers
November 21st, 2007Via: Reuters: Japan began fingerprinting foreigners entering the country on Tuesday in an anti-terrorism policy that has sparked complaints from human right activists, business travelers and long-term residents. Research Credit: Mark
‘Fortress Britain’
November 21st, 2007Via: Telegraph: Train passengers face routine airline-style bag checks and body searches as part of a new counter-terror crackdown announced by Gordon Brown. He conjured up visions of ”Fortress Britain” as he unveiled a succession of security measures at airports, railway stations, sports venues and other public places.
NJ School Cameras Fed Live to Cops
November 12th, 2007Via: CBS News: Surveillance cameras rolling inside our local schools is nothing new, but what’s taking place inside Demarest’s public schools is truly cutting edge: a live feed from more than two dozen cameras with a direct connection to the police. It’s an expensive, but effective tool that could be a sign of the times […]
