Tag: google
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google developing fleet of autonomous vehicles
google cars drive themselves, in traffic from nytimes: Anyone driving the twists of Highway 1 between San Francisco and Los Angeles recently may have glimpsed a Toyota Prius with a curious funnel-like cylinder on the roof. Harder to notice was that the person at the wheel was not actually driving. The car is a project…
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9/16 Defcon: Tracking Devices & Small Worlds
Have cell phones become personal tracking devices? What your phone could be telling the govt // Fired Google engineer stalked teens, spied on chats // Mom obsessed with video game ‘small worlds’ neglects children, dogs starve to death
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Defcon 9/9: Sex, Spies & Vulnerabilities
Craigslist unexpectedly pulls adult services listings // CIA money behind wi-fi positioning system, or WPS // Google pays $8.5M to settle buzz privacy invasion suit // DHS cybersecurity watchdogs miss 100s of vulnerabilities on their own network
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#NewWorldNextWeek: Google in Court, Scanners on Trial, Bye Bye Cable
Story #1: Google Wi-Spy Lawsuits Head to Court // Story #2: After EPIC FOIA, Senators Question Retention of Body Scanner Images // Story #3: Pay TV Subscriptions Fall for 1st Time Ever in US
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google wi-spy lawsuits head to silicon valley court
from ars technica: Whether Google is liable for damages for secretly intercepting data on open WiFi routers across the United States is to be aired out in a Silicon Valley federal court. Eight proposed class-actions from across the country that seek unspecified monetary damages from Google were consolidated this week and transferred to US District…
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no charges in pennsylvania school’s webcam spygate
related: young people will have to change their names to escape ‘cyber past’ warns google ceo from threat level: Federal authorities announced Tuesday they will not prosecute administrators connected to a webcam spying scandal at a suburban Philadelphia school district. Prosecutors and the FBI opened an inquiry following a February privacy lawsuit accusing Lower Merion…
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defcon 8/12: cyber lies & gag orders
cyber lie exposed: power plants not connected to internet* dhs needs to take threat of emp attack seriously, physicist warns* google ceo: no anonymity is the future of web* google raided by s. korea police street view probe* appeals court rules against secret police gps tracking* cars hacked through wireless tire sensors* geoeye & digitalglobe…
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Defcon 8/5: Gold Mines & Greatest Threats
The web’s new gold mine: Your secrets // Obama wants FBI to access browsing history without warrant // Google & Verizon near deal on pay tiers for web // Biometric & other locks fail to foil hackers at defcon // Now aiming to seize control, hackers target power plants as US, industry scramble to respond…
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CIA, Google Invest In ‘Recorded Future’ of Web Monitoring
The investment arms of the CIA and Google are both backing a company that monitors the web in real time – and says it uses that information to predict the future.
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Defcon 7/22: Bleaker For Bloggers
False flag cyber attack could takedown the internet // Obama joins UN to dictate acceptable behavior on the net // Feds ignore 1st Amendment, shut down 1000s of blogs // Google launches coverup of ‘Google Spies’ story
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Google’s Wi-Spying & Intel Ties Prompt Call for Congressional Hearing
Citing new information about Google’s classified government contracts and the Internet giant’s admitted Wi-Spying activity, Consumer Watchdog today said it is more imperative than ever for the Energy and Commerce Committee to conduct hearings into possible privacy violations by Google.
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Defcon 6/24: More Leaks & Lawsuits
Ellsberg says US might ‘assassinate’ Wikileaks head // DARPA taking fire for its cyberwar range
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Defcon 6/9: Wikileaked, Registered & Artificials
State Dept anxious about diplomatic secrets Bradley Manning allegedly downloaded // DHS would be cyber power center under Lieberman/Collins proposal // Wireless signals to be jammed in Canada for G8 summit // Calls increase for govt to regulate net journalists & bloggers // More active sun means nasty solar storms ahead