Archive for September, 2014
New Zealand Launched Mass Surveillance Project While Publicly Denying It
September 15th, 2014Keep smilin’, John. Via: First Look: The New Zealand spy agency, the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB), worked in 2012 and 2013 to implement a mass metadata surveillance system even as top government officials publicly insisted no such program was being planned and would not be legally permitted. Documents provided by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden […]
WikiLeaks Releases Copies of German Malware Used by Intelligence Agencies to Spy on Journalists, Political Dissidents and Others
September 15th, 2014Via: WikiLeaks: Today, 15 September 2014, WikiLeaks releases previously unseen copies of weaponised German surveillance malware used by intelligence agencies around the world to spy on journalists, political dissidents and others. FinFisher (formerly part of the UK based Gamma Group International until late 2013) is a German company that produces and sells computer intrusion systems, […]
Local and State Police Involved in Sensitive Hemisphere Program
September 14th, 2014Via: The Declaration: Federal, state, and local police, with the assistance of phone company employees embedded within DEA narcotics intelligence units, are utilizing an unclassified but “law enforcement sensitive” program, known as Hemisphere, which provides nearly unfettered access to an enormous database containing call records of all telephone calls passing through phone company switches likely […]
Mysterious Men Dropping from Helicopters to Chop Down NorCal Marijuana Grows
September 13th, 2014Via: CBS: There’s been some mysterious activity in the skies over Mendocino County lately. Folks who live there want to know: Who are the armed men dropping out of helicopters to chop down their marijuana grows? They dress in combat camouflage, some of them hide their faces. This summer, a group of men in Mendocino […]
Will Superintelligent Machines Destroy Humanity?
September 13th, 2014My money would be on nukes. How about, superintelligent machines somehow in control of nukes? Via: Reason: In Frank Herbert’s Dune books, humanity has long banned the creation of “thinking machines.” Ten thousand years earlier, their ancestors destroyed all such computers in a movement called the Butlerian Jihad, because they felt the machines controlled them. […]
Farmed Artificial Micro Humans
September 13th, 2014Via: IB Times: As an attempt to save millions of animal lives that are lost during laboratory testing, scientists are creating artificial micro humans that would replace these animals. Up to 90 million animal lives are lost each year due to experiments conducted on them. The artificial human machines that are being developed will be […]
How the West Created the Islamic State
September 13th, 2014Via: Counterpunch: “This is an organisation that has an apocalyptic, end-of-days strategic vision which will eventually have to be defeated,” Gen Martin Dempsey, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, told a Pentagon press conference in August. Military action is necessary to halt the spread of the ISIS “cancer,” said President Obama. Yesterday he […]
Earnings for June, July and August
September 13th, 2014Earnings for June, July and August came to a total of $3141.10: June $1825.99 July $500.02 August $815.09 ($250 of this was from one contributor.) The three month average came to $1047. My sincerest thanks go out to those who helped keep Cryptogon open in June, July and August.
Steve Jobs Didn’t Let His Own Children Use iPads
September 13th, 2014Via: New York Times: “So, your kids must love the iPad?” I asked Mr. Jobs, trying to change the subject. The company’s first tablet was just hitting the shelves. “They haven’t used it,” he told me. “We limit how much technology our kids use at home.” I’m sure I responded with a gasp and dumbfounded […]
Council on Foreign Relations: Syrian Rebels Need Al-Qaeda Now
September 12th, 2014Via: The Anti-Media: “The Syrian rebels would be immeasurably weaker today without al-Qaeda in their ranks. By and large, Free Syrian Army (FSA) battalions are tired, divided, chaotic, and ineffective. Feeling abandoned by the West, rebel forces are increasingly demoralized as they square off with the Assad regime’s superior weaponry and professional army. Al-Qaeda fighters, […]
