Archive for the 'Surveillance' Category
Hackers Broke Into an SEC Database and Made Millions from Inside Information
January 16th, 2019Background: Insider Crimes, Funny Money and Options Rackets They Made a Killing: The Use of Knowledge of Covert Operations in the Stock Market I’m practically positive that there are roomfulls of traders with TS/SCI clearances who do this on a level that is unthinkable to even the most sophisticated crooks on the outside. My guess […]
Joe Lieberman Listening to U.S. National Security Concerns for Chinese Telecom Giant ZTE
January 16th, 2019Via: Open Secrets: Former Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) has officially filed as a lobbyist for Chinese telecom company ZTE, registration forms released Wednesday confirmed. ZTE has long been under fire from U.S. officials and members of Congress who say the company could endanger national security by providing espionage opportunities for the Chinese government. Though the […]
The Super-Secure Quantum Cable Hiding in the Holland Tunnel
January 14th, 2019Via: Bloomberg: Commuters inching through rush-hour traffic in the Holland Tunnel between Lower Manhattan and New Jersey don’t know it, but a technology likely to be the future of communication is being tested right outside their car windows. Running through the tunnel is a fiber-optic cable that harnesses the power of quantum mechanics to protect […]
Mobile Carriers Selling Phone Location Data
January 9th, 2019Via: TechCrunch: Last year, four of the largest U.S. cell carriers were caught selling and sending real-time location data of their customers to shady companies that sold it on to big spenders, who would use the data to track anyone “within seconds” for whatever reason they wanted. At first, a little-known company LocationSmart was obtaining […]
Real Headline: “Firm Led by Google Veterans Uses A.I. to ‘Nudge’ Workers Toward Happiness”
December 31st, 2018The New York Times, where cringe inducing meets comedy gold. I think that Foxconn should run this software. Maybe there’s a suicide prevention net plugin for it. Sensing that an employee has landed in one of those nets, the employee’s RFID badge could be read and the system could send them a coupon for lunch […]
How Facebook Tracks You On Android (Even If You Don’t Have A Facebook Account)
December 30th, 2018Via: Chaos Computer Club: In this talk, we’re looking at third party tracking on Android. We’ve captured and decrypted data in transit between our own devices and Facebook servers. It turns out that some apps routinely send Facebook information about your device and usage patterns – the second the app is opened. We’ll walk you […]
Chinese Schools Make Pupils Wear Micro-Chipped Uniforms to Thwart Truancy
December 27th, 2018Via: Telegraph: Schools in southern China are forcing children to wear uniforms embedded with computer chips that track their movement and trigger an alarm if they skip class. More that more than 10 schools in Guizhou province and the neighboring autonomous region of Guangxi are now requiring students to wear “intelligent uniforms”, according to the […]
Indian Government to Intercept, Monitor, and Decrypt Citizens’ Computers
December 21st, 2018Via: FastCompany: The Indian government has authorized 10 central agencies to intercept, monitor, and decrypt data on any computer, sending a shock wave through citizens and privacy watchdogs. Narendra Modi’s government late Thursday broadened the scope of Section 69 of the nation’s IT Act, 2000 to require a subscriber, service provider, or any person in […]
Google’s Earth: How the Tech Giant Is Helping the State Spy On Us
December 20th, 2018Via: Guardian: The purchase of Keyhole was a milestone for Google, marking the moment the company stopped being a purely consumer-facing internet company and began integrating with the US government. When Google bought Keyhole, it also acquired an In-Q-Tel executive named Rob Painter, who came with deep connections to the world of intelligence and military […]
Signal App to Australia: Good Luck with That Crypto Ban
December 17th, 2018Via: Ars Technica: Signal, one of the most secure messaging apps, essentially told Australia this week that its attempts to thwart strong crypto are rather cute. “By design, Signal does not have a record of your contacts, social graph, conversation list, location, user avatar, user profile name, group memberships, group titles, or group avatars,” Joshua […]
