Archive for the 'Police State' Category
Meet the Guy Who Snitched on Occupy Wall Street to the FBI and NYPD
October 16th, 2011My guess is that we would all be taken aback if we could know the complete list of agencies working that thing. Via: Gawker: The Occupy Wall Street protests have been going on for a month. And it seems the FBI and NYPD have had help tracking protesters’ moves thanks to a conservative computer security […]
Financial Giants Put New York City Cops On Their Payroll
October 12th, 2011Via: CounterPunch: If you’re a Wall Street behemoth, there are endless opportunities to privatize profits and socialize losses beyond collecting trillions of dollars in bailouts from taxpayers. One of the ingenious methods that has remained below the public’s radar was started by the Rudy Giuliani administration in New York City in 1998. It’s called the […]
FBI to Launch Nationwide Facial Recognition Service
October 8th, 2011Via: Nextgov: The FBI by mid-January will activate a nationwide facial recognition service in select states that will allow local police to identify unknown subjects in photos, bureau officials told Nextgov. The federal government is embarking on a multiyear, $1 billion dollar overhaul of the FBI’s existing fingerprint database to more quickly and accurately identify […]
California Appeals Court Approves Cell Phone Searches During Traffic Stops; No Warrant Necessary
October 6th, 2011Via: The Blaze: …after initially striking down cell phone snooping, California has now joined the list of states that allow cops to go through your phone without a warrant. Related: Police Device Used To Steal Your Cell Phone Data During Traffic Stop
Internet Firms Co-Opted for Surveillance
October 2nd, 2011Via: Reuters: Internet companies such as Google, Twitter and Facebook are increasingly co-opted for surveillance work as the information they gather proves irresistible to law enforcement agencies, Web experts said this week. … Demands from governments for Internet companies to hand over user information have become routine, according to online privacy researcher and activist Christopher […]
Britain: Sharp Rise in Demand for Food Handouts from Poverty-Stricken Families
October 2nd, 2011Via: Guardian: Britain has seen a sharp increase in the number of people unable to afford to feed themselves at the most basic level, thanks to the worsening economic climate and changes to the benefit system, according to a survey by a leading food charity. In the past year FareShare, which redistributes waste food from […]
Police Device Used To Steal Your Cell Phone Data During Traffic Stop
September 30th, 2011Via: AOL Autos: You may have heard about the Cellebrite cell phone extraction device (UFED) in the news lately. It gives law enforcement officials the ability to access all the information on your cell phone within a few short minutes. When it became known that Michigan State Police had been using the tool to access […]
Green Bay Packers’s New Security Measures, ‘Less Invasive Than the Full-Body Exam’
September 29th, 2011Oh, thank you, Master. Via: Post Crescent: Green Bay Packers fans should arrive early and expect some delays for Sunday’s game against the Denver Broncos as the team implements heightened security measures for the games at Lambeau Field this season. The National Football League is pushing for enhanced security, and starting with Sunday’s game at […]
NYPD Has Anti-Aircraft Capability
September 26th, 2011Update: Barret .50 Caliber Rifle [???] lol Via: New York Post: Police sources told The Post that the weapon that Kelly was referring to involves a Barret .50 caliber rifle, which can be mounted on almost any police chopper. —End Update— Via: New York Daily News: Ten years after the Sept. 11 attacks on the […]
‘Stingray’ Mobile Phone Tracking System
September 23rd, 2011Via: Wall Street Journal (TinyPaste): For more than a year, federal authorities pursued a man they called simply “the Hacker.” Only after using a little known cellphone-tracking device—a stingray—were they able to zero in on a California home and make the arrest. Stingrays are designed to locate a mobile phone even when it’s not being […]
