Archive for the 'Police State' Category
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 […]
Mall of America: Identifying “The Terrorists”
September 8th, 2011Via: NPR: The report tells how the Bloomington police officers took Van Asten to a police substation in the basement in the Mall of America after mall security questioned him. They frisked him. They seized his camera. They detained him in that room for one more hour. The police called the Joint Terrorism Task Force. […]
Terrahawk’s M.U.S.T. Is a Mobile Guard Tower in a Shady-Looking Van
September 8th, 2011Via: TechCrunch: National Security isn’t always about the flashy solutions. Not everything can be rail guns and one-winged drones. Sometimes you just need a sort of seedy-looking van that slowly, slowly turns into a climate-controlled guard tower. Research Credit: noncompliant
Police Called After Man Butchers Cow in His Driveway
September 8th, 2011A man takes sane action and hordes of bureaucrats deliberate the many “possibilities” of charges he should face. Disclosure: We have our cows slaughtered in our driveway. Via: Standard Examiner: Charges may ensue for an Ogden man who startled the neighbors by butchering a cow in his driveway over the weekend. Police were called to […]
Introducing iImpersonateThePolice: Apple Corporate Security Team Searched a Man’s House While SFPD Waited Outside
September 3rd, 2011In my opinion, the fact that Calderón consented to the search, even though he thought the Apple employees were police officers, is the most terrifying aspect of this. No warrant, no search. It’s pretty simple. Why he opened the door, and said anything to these people, is also a mystery to me. Anyway, here’s a […]
