Archive for the 'Surveillance' Category
Google Searches Used to Prosecute Hacker
December 23rd, 2006Please don’t think a Google proxy will make you safe. The only way to know you’re in the clear is to use an open wifi connection (preferably at great distance from the base station) with a live CD OS and a spoofed MAC address every time. And wrap your skull with double layers of tinfoil. […]
Diana Stalked by U.S. National Security Agency “Because of the Company She Kept”
December 11th, 2006I was wondering if the British press was allowed to mention the U.S. National Security Agency??? I guess it’s ok as long as they don’t make it a proper noun. Are British reporters ignorant of simple grammar rules? They seem to get it right with MI5 and MI6. Via: This is London: American intelligence agencies […]
NSA Ghosts Danced Around Diana
December 10th, 2006But, as usual, there’s nothing to see here. Accidents happen… Never mind the involvement of an unknown number of intelligence agencies. Oh no. Never mind any of that. That was just a coincidence. Note: There’s almost certainly a problem with the terminology used in the article. The article uses the following phrases: “The American secret […]
U.S. Government Terror Ratings Draw Outrage
December 3rd, 2006The enemy collaborator Democrats, who made all of this possible, along with the Republicans, are now squealing shock horror. Pathetic. Via: Yahoo/AP: A leader of the new Democratic Congress, business travelers and privacy advocates expressed outrage Friday over the unannounced assignment of terrorism risk assessments to American international travelers by a computerized system managed from […]
FBI Uses Mobile Phones for Audio Surveillance – Even When Phones Are Off
December 3rd, 2006Via Slashdot: We already knew the FBI can secretly listen in to car conversations by activating microphones of systems like OnStar. A new Mafia court case suggests that the FBI can do the same thing to cell phones. The judge’s opinion and some background information are available for reading online. The most disturbing thing? According […]
Biometric ATMs for Illiterate Indian Slum Dwellers
December 3rd, 2006Via MSN/Financial Times: Citigroup is rolling out a network of biometric automatic cash machines aimed at illiterate Indian slum dwellers, using the latest technology to woo the country’s millions of “unbanked” poor. The machines will recognise account holders’ thumbprints, eliminating the need for a personal identification number, and will have colour-coded screen instructions and voiceovers […]
Feds Back Off Mandatory Livestock Registration – For Now
December 1st, 2006Good news? Maybe. Maybe not. My guess is that this will be back with a vengeance, and slammed through VERY fast under the guise of an “emergency”. The system will be up and running on a voluntary basis. After the “emergency” it’s just a flick of the president’s pen to make it mandatory. The hissing, […]
‘Big Brother’ Cameras Listen for Fights
November 25th, 2006Via Cnet. This is the key sentence: The sound system also means fewer people can monitor more cameras in surveillance centers, Vorst added. They want autonomous mode weapons and surveillance technology more than anything. They want low level operators out of the loop so increasing amounts of control can be centralized into a smaller number […]
Global Hawk to Fly 1st Mission Over U.S.
November 20th, 2006Via Breitbart: They’ve become a fixture in the skies over Iraq and Afghanistan, a new breed of unmanned aircraft operated with remote controls by “pilots” sitting in virtual cockpits many miles away. But the Air Force’s Global Hawk has never flown a mission over the United States. That is set to change Monday, when the […]
