Archive for the 'Police State' Category
Drones Over Britain
August 30th, 2012Via: BBC: This year the US Congress passed legislation giving US airspace regulator the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) until September 2015 to open up its airspace to drones, and Britain is expected to follow suit. The UK’s airspace regulator, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), has told BBC Newsnight that large unmanned drones could be flying […]
Lancaster Police Continuously Track Activity with Aerial Video
August 26th, 2012Via: Los Angeles Times: The residents of Lancaster probably didn’t notice it, but a small Cessna aircraft on Friday flew high above the desert city, capturing hours of video and ushering in a new era in law enforcement surveillance. The plane, equipped with sophisticated video equipment, is set fly a loop above the city for […]
California Approves Location Privacy Act: ‘Get a Warrant’
August 25th, 2012Via: ZDnet: A new bill designed to require law enforcement to obtain a warrant before collecting any GPS or location data from a cellphone or smartphone has been passed by California state legislators. The Location Privacy Bill 2012, which was co-sponsored by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), received […]
Mobile Phones: Police Can Activate GPS Location Tracking If It’s Disabled
August 21st, 2012Via: Information Week: Can police access the GPS data on your phone? According to a recent court ruling, they can not only access it, but activate GPS location tracking if it’s disabled.
Louisiana: Two Sheriff’s Deputies Dead, Two Others Wounded In Shootouts; Five People in Custody
August 16th, 20127 Arrested in Probe of Louisiana Shootings that Left 2 Deputies Dead, 2 Wounded Via: AP / Washington Post: A man accused of making threatening comments about law officers in Nebraska was one of seven people arrested in connection with the shootings of four Louisiana sheriff’s deputies, including two who were killed, state police said […]
‘If you pull the power on a drive that is whole-disk encrypted you have lost any chance of recovering that data’
August 14th, 2012Keep in mind, we don’t know what happens when a drive is sent to NSA, as when laptops are stolen from people by the U.S. Government at airports. We only hear about encryption frustrating criminal investigations. I don’t know of a single case involving national security and full disk encryption. If you do, let me […]
NYPD and Microsoft Team Up to Peddle Retroactive Surveillance System
August 9th, 2012Via: Wall Street Journal: Microsoft helped the New York Police Department build a surveillance and intelligence sharing network to fight terrorism and help investigators solve crimes. Now the NYPD will get a hefty cut of the revenue as the partners prepare to jointly market the intelligence system to other police departments around the world. Microsoft […]
Olympics Spectator Arrested for Not Smiling
August 8th, 2012Via: Guardian: A man with Parkinson’s disease who was arrested during the Olympic men’s cycling road race while sitting beside the route has said he wants a “letter of exoneration” from Surrey police, claiming their treatment of him was disproportionate. Mark Worsfold, 54, a former soldier and martial arts instructor, was arrested on 28 July […]
Bailout Funds Recipient Goldman Sachs Invests in New York City Jails Program
August 5th, 2012Via: Reuters: Goldman Sachs will invest nearly $10 million in a New York City jails program, using an innovative financial instrument in which private investments fund public social services, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said on Thursday. Goldman will create one of the nation’s first “social service bonds” to help fund a New York City program that […]
And Now… Texas and U.S. Facing Growing Threat of Domestic IEDs; Suspend Posse Comitatus?
August 4th, 2012Via: Houston Chronicle: Improvised explosive devices have claimed the lives and limbs of thousands of American soldiers across Iraq and Afghanistan. And now officials say the devilish devices are posing a growing threat across Texas and the United States. The accused shooter in the Aurora, Colo., movie theater massacre, James Holmes, allegedly deployed IEDs in […]
