Archive for the 'Surveillance' Category
Details of Spy Plane Leaked by Hackers Sfter Canadian Manufacturer Bombardier ‘Refused to Pay Ransom’
February 24th, 2021Via: Daily Mail: Details for a military spy plane appear to been leaked on the dark web by hackers as it is believed manufacturer Bombardier refused to pay a ransom. Canadian business jet manufacturer Bombardier, whose Global 6000 jet is used for Saab’s GlobalEye spy plane system, announced on Tuesday that it recently suffered ‘a […]
Court Docs Show FBI Can Intercept Encrypted Messages From ‘Signal’ App
February 12th, 2021“Signal is the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever seen. Mobile phone required. That’s hilarious.” —Cryptogon, January 19, 2021 Via: Big League Politics: Recent court documents have indicated that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) possesses a tool allowing them to access encrypted messages on the Signal app. Signal has rapidly gained in popularity as Silicon […]
Facebook Hires NATO Press Officer Ben Nimmo as Intelligence Chief
February 11th, 2021Via: Mint Press: Ben Nimmo, a former NATO press officer and current senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, has announced Facebook has hired him to “lead global threat intelligence strategy against influence operations” and “emerging threats.” Nimmo specifically named Russia, Iran and China as potential dangers to the platform. His announcement was greeted with joy […]
New Quantum Receiver the First to Detect Entire Radio Frequency Spectrum
February 7th, 2021Via: phys.org: A new quantum sensor can analyze the full spectrum of radio frequency and real-world signals, unleashing new potentials for soldier communications, spectrum awareness and electronic warfare. Army researchers built the quantum sensor, which can sample the radio-frequency spectrum—from zero frequency up to 20 GHz—and detect AM and FM radio, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and other […]
CIA Counterterror Chief Suggests Going To War Against ‘Domestic Insurgents’
February 5th, 2021Mmm hmm. Via: Summit News: The former head of the CIA Counterterrorism Center has suggested that counterinsurgency tactics used by the military in Iraq and Afghanistan should be applied to ‘domestic extremists’ inside the US. NPR reports that Robert Grenier, who directed the CIA’s Counterterrorism program from 2004 to 2006, declared “We may be witnessing […]
60 Minutes: Chinese Government Is Trying to Collect Americans’ DNA
February 1st, 2021Via: CBS: For all the polarization that grips Washington, here’s a source of rare consensus: the emerging threat of China’s push to acquire our health care data, including the DNA of American citizens. U.S. officials tell us the communist regime’s aggressive collection of our most personal information presents a danger both to national security and […]
Military Intelligence Buys Location Data Instead of Getting Warrants, Memo Shows
January 24th, 2021Via: Ars Technica: The Defense Intelligence Agency, which provides military intelligence to the Department of Defense, confirmed in a memo that it purchases “commercially available” smartphone location data to gather information that would otherwise require use of a search warrant. The DIA “currently provides funding to another agency that purchases commercially available geolocation metadata aggregated […]
Introducing PanQuake
January 18th, 2021I have nothing to do with this and I’m not suggesting that anyone donate or not donate. However, it might be an interesting project to follow. Via: Panquake: Backup: Bitchute
The Tiny Satellites That Will Connect Cows, Cars and Shipping Containers to the Internet
January 10th, 2021“Enabling a new kind of everywhere…” Via: Wall Street Journal: In the shadow of giants like SpaceX, more than a dozen startups are building their own globe-spanning networks of nanosatellites, enabling a new kind of everywhere, all-the-time connectivity for people, animals and assets on Earth. … In the near future, it isn’t unreasonable to imagine […]
“Los Angeles Vaccine Recipients Can Put the Proof in Apple Wallet”
December 30th, 2020Here we go. Via: Bloomberg: Covid-19 vaccine recipients in Los Angeles County, a major virus hot spot, will be offered a digital record that will help ensure they get a second shot and could, eventually, be used to gain access to concert venues or airline flights. The offering is being provided starting this week through […]
