Archive for the 'Surveillance' Category
High-Traffic Colluding Tor Routers in Washington, D.C., and the Ugly Truth About Online Anonymity
May 2nd, 20072013 Update How Unique – and Trackable – Is Your Browser? Software Can Identify You from Your Browsing Habits Linguistics Identifies Anonymous Users —End Update— With the U.S. Government trying to shut down websites and stealing gold, I feel the need to discuss communications security, surveillance and anonymity as the U.S. collapses further into overt […]
UK: Lip Reading Surveillance Cameras
April 28th, 2007Remember remember: you’re all a bunch of slaves on the 5th of November. Via: Infowars: “Read my lips….” used to be a figurative saying. Now the British government is considering taking it literally by adding lip reading technology to some of the four million or so surveillance cameras in order identify terrorists and criminals by […]
MI5 Trains Supermarket Checkout Staff
April 14th, 2007Via: The Independent: Supermarket checkout staff are being trained by the security services in how to detect potential terrorists. MI5 has been secretly advising food retailers, including Asda and Tesco, on how to identify extremist shoppers. Measures include increasing CCTV in underground carparks to prevent bomb attacks and being alert to mass purchases of mobile […]
London Police Radio Announcement Tells People to Report Anything or Anyone Suspicious to Counter Terror Hotline
April 13th, 2007I just learned of an almost unbelievable radio ad campaign that has been running in and around London. This sounds like a British version of the, Inoffizielle Mitarbeiter, or the Unofficial Collaborators, of the infamous East German Stasi. Listen for yourself (mp3 hosted on Cryptogon). And don’t miss the insightful posters if you click through […]
‘Water Police’ Crack Down in an Ever-Drier Australia
April 12th, 2007Via: Christian Science Monitor: At first glance it looks like a police car – a white vehicle with a black-and-yellow checkerboard stripe running along its flanks. But as the patrol vehicle turns a corner in the leafy district of Paddington, in central Sydney, its true purpose becomes clear from the bold black lettering across its […]
America’s Plan for Baghdad: Carve City Into Sealed Areas
April 12th, 2007Via: Independent: Faced with an ever-more ruthless insurgency in Baghdad – despite President George Bush’s “surge” in troops – US forces in the city are now planning a massive and highly controversial counter-insurgency operation that will seal off vast areas of the city, enclosing whole neighbourhoods with barricades and allowing only Iraqis with newly issued […]
And Now: The “Clean Skin” Terrorists from Europe
April 9th, 2007Sure. Via: New York Sun: The American government fears that the next September 11-style attack on the U.S. could be launched by Muslims from Britain or Europe who feel like “second-class citizens” and are alienated by a “colonial legacy,” according to the U.S. Homeland Security chief. In an interview with the Daily Telegraph, Michael Chertoff, […]
Bank of America Delays BullionValut Deposits
April 6th, 2007In Money: Going Tactical, I discussed how I wanted to immediately move some of our money into gold using the BullionVault system. I did, indeed, try to move some money to BullionVault. I used the electronic payment option for customers with U.S. bank accounts and followed BullionValut’s instructions exactly. Since I haven’t used BullionVault before, […]
George Orwell’s Former London Home Now Surrounded by Dozens of Surveillance Cameras
April 4th, 2007Via: This Is London: The Big Brother nightmare of George Orwell’s 1984 has become a reality – in the shadow of the author’s former London home. It may have taken a little longer than he predicted, but Orwell’s vision of a society where cameras and computers spy on every person’s movements is now here. According […]
Children Face Criminal Checks from the Cradle
March 31st, 2007Via: Telegraph: Checks will be made on all children to identify potential criminals under an extension of the “surveillance state” announced by Tony Blair. A Downing Street review of law and order also foreshadowed greater use of sophisticated CCTV, an expanded DNA database and “instant justice” powers for police. The review is intended to chart […]
