Archive for the 'Surveillance' Category
Bill Binney: There Was No Russian Hack
August 2nd, 2020Via: Schiller Institute: Transcript
The Panopticon Is Already Here
August 2nd, 2020Via: The Atlantic: Xi Jinping is using artificial intelligence to enhance his government’s totalitarian control—and he’s exporting this technology to regimes around the globe.
Nimbus Data ExaDrive: 100TB Capacity in 3.5 Inch Form Factor, Costs $40,000
July 31st, 2020Send a few trucksloads over. And keep’em coming. Utah Data Center: The Utah Data Center (UDC), also known as the Intelligence Community Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative Data Center, is a data storage facility for the United States Intelligence Community that is designed to store data estimated to be on the order of exabytes or larger. […]
Spies Can Eavesdrop by Watching a Light Bulb’s Vibrations
July 27th, 2020Handy for targets who don’t use smartphones. Via: Wired: The list of sophisticated eavesdropping techniques has grown steadily over years: wiretaps, hacked phones, bugs in the wall—even bouncing lasers off of a building’s glass to pick up conversations inside. Now add another tool for audio spies: Any light bulb in a room that might be […]
“Google SkinMarks Could Turn Our Bodies Into a Touchpad Using High-Tech Tattoos”
July 27th, 2020Mmm hmm. Via: TechRadar: Google has been researching the possibilities of using rub-on tattoos to transform your skin into a fully-functioning touchpad. Dubbed SkinMarks, the tattoos are packed with sensors and can be applied to curved areas of the body such as the knuckles. They aren’t as elaborate as you’d find at your local ink […]
Bank of England Debating Digital Currency Creation
July 13th, 2020Via: Bloomberg: “We are looking at the question of, should we create a Bank of England digital currency,” Bailey said Monday in a webinar event with students. “We’ll go on looking at it, as it does have huge implications on the nature of payments and society.” “I think in a few years time, we will […]
Africa to Become Testing Ground for “Trust Stamp” Vaccine Record and Payment System
July 13th, 2020Wow. You’ll love this one: “Wellness Pass.” Via: Mint Press: A biometric digital identity platform that “evolves just as you evolve” is set to be introduced in “low-income, remote communities” in West Africa thanks to a public-private partnership between the Bill Gates-backed GAVI vaccine alliance, Mastercard and the AI-powered “identity authentication” company, Trust Stamp. The […]
Israeli Intelligence-Linked Firm Using AI to Profile Americans and Guide U.S. Lockdown Policy
July 3rd, 2020Via: The Last American Vagabond: A company tied to Israel’s military signal intelligence unit, Unit 8200, has recently partnered with the state of Rhode Island to use an artificial intelligence-based system developed in tandem with the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to profile Americans potentially infected and/or “at risk” of being infected with coronavirus, then informing […]
‘COVID-19 Exposure Logging’ Function Appears in Settings on iPhones and Android Devices
July 3rd, 2020Via: Sun: A MYSTERY “COVID-19 Exposure Logging” function has appeared in settings on iPhones and Android devices. COVID-19 Exposure Logging can be accessed by iPhone and Android users through the “settings” section of both phones. … The features allow for contact tracing when the connecting phone apps are downloaded.
European Police Hacked Encrypted Phones Used by Thousands of Criminals
July 2nd, 2020“…and users seemed to think that it was foolproof.” Comedy Gold on Cryptogon this morning. Via: Engadget: In one of the largest law enforcement busts ever, European police and crime agencies hacked an encrypted communications platform used by thousands of criminals and drug traffickers. By infiltrating the platform, Encrochat, police across Europe gained access to […]
