Tag: cyber space war

  • defcon 9/3: powergrab, spyware, surveillance & cyborgs

    expanding cybersecurity powers for president provokes debate*white house seeks to capture & archive citizens’ comments on its socialnet sites*obama’s latest cyberspace power grab*cybersecurity act returns with fresh coat of paint*what’s really wrong with the cybersecurity bill?* world war 3.0: 10 critical trends for cybersecurity*dhs needs to plug some cybersecurity holes, audit finds*new browser red-flags disputed…

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  • #CyberSpaceWar: Obamessiah Meets the Cyberczar

    #CyberSpaceWar: Obamessiah Meets the Cyberczar

    cybersecurity: obama’s promise to trash the constitution as the white house creates new cyberspace watchdogfrom dpa: The White House Friday moved to stem escalating cyber crime as threats to internet security and wireless technology grow at an alarming pace. US President Barack Obama announced the creation of a White House office that will coordinate protection…

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  • 5/21 newspurge

    5/21 newspurge

    cyber/spacewar:internet generation ‘ill-prepared for adult life’*wolfram alpha suffers last minute launch hitch*fbi ‘going dark’ budget request for hi-tech surveillance capabilities soar*corporate media exploits teen idol to push cyberbullying bill*internet data heads for 500b gigabytes*youtube restores the alex jones channel*related: nytimes/press attack conspiracy theorists of ‘new world order’ film*future combat systems not killed*army promises their new…

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  • Prepping you for a cyberwar psyop

    Prepping you for a cyberwar psyop

    a bill to shift cybersecurity to white house rockefeller: internet is ‘number one national hazard’from kurt nimmo: According to the great-grandson of John D. Rockefeller, nephew of banker David Rockefeller, and former Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Jay Rockefeller the internet represents a serious threat to national security. Rockefeller is not alone in this assessment. His…

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  • comcast caps, surveillence psychosis & microchip cheese

    comcast caps, surveillence psychosis & microchip cheese

    comcast to make monthly internet use cap officialfrom ap: Comcast Corp., the nation’s second-largest Internet service provider, Thursday said it would set an official limit on the amount of data subscribers can download and upload each month. On Oct. 1, the cable company will update its user agreement to say that users will be allowed…

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  • Feds Withdraw Illegal NSL Against Archive.org

    Feds Withdraw Illegal NSL Against Archive.org

    from raw story: The FBI has withdrawn an illegal National Security Letter seeking information from an online library and has lifted a gag order that until Wednesday prevented any discussion of the information request. Lawyers from the American Civil Liberties Union and Electronic Frontier Foundation helped the Internet Archive push back against what they say…

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  • biometric borders, lockheed, background checks & id

    biometric borders, lockheed, background checks & id

    eu plans biometric border checksfrom time: It is a very 21st century conundrum: how can modern, open democracies provide basic homeland security in a world with nearly limitless mobility? On Wednesday, the European Commission tried to answer that by unveiling a border management plan calling for fingerprinting all foreign visitors to the European Union. lockheed…

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  • oregon to use face recognition for driver’s licenses

    oregon to use face recognition for driver’s licenses

    from seattle times: In an effort to curtail identity theft, the 2005 Legislature directed the state Department of Transportation to use facial recognition software before issuing driver’s licenses. The deadline for putting the changes into effect is the summer of 2008, but the conversion to the new system has started… “The computer will spit out…

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  • TSA Loses Hard Drive With Personal Info

    TSA Loses Hard Drive With Personal Info

    from ap/my way: The Transportation Security Administration has lost a computer hard drive containing Social Security numbers, bank data and payroll information for about 100,000 employees. Authorities realized Thursday the hard drive was missing from a controlled area at TSA headquarters. TSA Administrator Kip Hawley sent a letter to employees Friday apologizing for the lost…

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