Tag: spying
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#MorningMonarchy: April 11, 2016
Libyan shit show, atomic apologies and a post box pilgrimage + this day in history w/the Brixton riots and our song of the day by TV Girl on your Morning Monarchy for April 11, 2016.
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#MorningMonarchy: January 7, 2016
Sterilization, selfies and Schneider + this day in history w/Inner Sanctum and our song of the day by Ra Ra Riot on your Morning Monarchy for January 7, 2016.
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#NSA’s SIM Card Scandal Bigger Than You Think
from localorg.com: On February 16, researchers at the Moscow-based security group Kaspersky Lab announced the discovery of the ultimate virus which has virtually infected all spheres of military and civilian computing in more than 40 countries around the world. They’ve managed to discover a piece of malware that must have been installed on hard disks…
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PLA has set up Chinese version of ‘PRISM’ monitoring in Hong Kong
from stratrisks.com: The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has established a large-scale signals and information monitoring facility in Hong Kong similar to the U.S. PRISM monitoring program, according to the Canada-based Kanwa Information Center. In a report obtained by CNA, Kanwa, which publishes a monthly magazine on Asian defense issues, said that intelligence experts have made…
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US Govt. Uses Fake Cell Towers, Flown on Airplanes, to Harvest Phone Data
from extremetech.com: Proving yet again that the US government can show a surprising soupçon of tenacity when it comes to gross invasion of privacy while occasionally catching a terrorist, a new report claims that, since 2007, the US Marshals Service has been criss-crossing the country with small airplanes equipped with fake cell towers. These small aircraft (fixed-wing Cessnas) intercept…
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GCHQ’s Dark Arts: Leaked Documents Reveal Online Manipulation and Facebook, YouTube Snooping
from zdnet.com: GCHQ has developed a toolkit of software programs used to manipulate online traffic, infiltrate users’ computers and spread select messages across social media sites including Facebook and YouTube. The UK spy agency’s dark arts were revealed in documents first published by The Intercept, and each piece of software is described in a wiki…
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Hidden spy software found in Chinese-made smartphones
from intelnews.org: A popular brand of Chinese-made smartphones, which are sold internationally by several major retailers, has been found to contain pre-installed monitoring software, according to a German security firm. The revelation was made on Tuesday by G Data Software, which is based in Bochum, Germany, and has a subsidiary in the United States. The…
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Facebook can now officially eavesdrop on you
from androidpit.com: The Facebook app was recently updated in the USA, adding a feature which turns on the device microphone in order to record background sound to know what is happening around you. Facebook sees this feature as a win for users, since status updates can be posted even quicker. On the other hand, skeptics…