Tag: surveillance
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#DataDump: Electronic Curtains, Conflict Minerals and more
NSA Chief Denies, Denies, Denies Wired’s Domestic Spying Story: ‘NSA Is Building the Country’s Biggest Spy Center (Watch What You Say)’ // U.S. dangles secret data for Russia missile shield approval // Teenager arrested for comments made on Facebook page //
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#MediaMemes: Mad Men, Models, Mars and more
‘Mad Men’ Ring Opening Bell at NYSE // Bobbi Kristina not engaged to ‘brother’ // Kim Kardashian’s ex Ray J ‘has a ton of Whitney Houston sex tapes and erotic photographs in his possession’ // No cocaine found in Whitney Houston’s hotel room, coroner says // New Israeli law bans underweight models in ads //…
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CIA TV: Surveillance Made Easy By ‘Connected Gadgets’
CIA director David Petraeus says, “web-connected gadgets will ‘transform’ the art of spying – allowing spies to monitor people automatically without planting bugs, breaking and entering or even donning a tuxedo to infiltrate a dinner party…’Transformational’ is an overused word, but I do believe it properly applies to these technologies.'”
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X-37B: Only the Public Face of a Private Spying Mission?
Mysterious X-37B space plane survives 1st year in orbit // Ted Thornhill asks questions in Veterans Today article (VT), “This [X-37B] is the public face? Is this video one of the private “faces,” one of how many?”
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#Obamessiah Fights to Retain Warrantless Wiretapping
The Obama administration is urging the Supreme Court to halt a legal challenge weighing the constitutionality of a once-secret warrantless surveillance program targeting Americans’ communications that Congress eventually legalized in 2008.
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Drone Shot Down in South Carolina
An animal rights group prevented a planned, live pigeon shoot last weekend, but also lost their drone to an act of revenge. Activist group SHARK (SHowing Animals Respect and Kindness) dispatched a microkopter (pictured) to document illegal activity, but moments after the launch it was shot down. The incident took place on Broxton Bridge Plantation…
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Drones: Are You In Compliance?
Drones are good because they save taxpayer dollars. BBC article, “Spying on Europe’s farms with satellites and drones,” portrays government speak on surveillance matters.
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2/9 Newspurge: Our Next Breath
US to approve 1st nuclear reactors since 1978 // Mexican army chief admits mistakes in drug war // America’s Most Miserable Cities, 2012 // Civilians bear the brunt of Syrian assault // Former intern reveals 18-month affair with JFK // Obama flips on ‘Super PACs’ as another promise broken // Clint Eastwood, Portland’s Wieden+Kennedy score…
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2/9 DefCon: FBI, LSD, IPO, CAPTCHA, SCADA & More
FBI releases Steve Jobs file, Notes Use of LSD, Dishonesty // WikiLeaks suspect Manning to be arraigned this month // Google Begins Security Review Process for Android Apps // Facebook crashes day after IPO bonanza: Social network under fire from 850 million users who want share of IPO
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New World Next Week: Episode101 – Drones for Peace, Scary Charts, Morality Pills
FAA delays new rules for operating small drones in US airspace // This Is Europe’s Scariest Chart // NYTimes Op-Ed asks “Are We Ready for a ‘Morality Pill’?”
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future nightmare: ‘recording everything’
An Activist Post entry by Brandon Turbeville reveals how governments will shape dissent in near future. The Brookings Institute published new report, “Recording Everything: Digital Storage as an Enabler of Authoritarian Governments,” makes clear the chilling effect on dissent. Data storage costs will decline, making it possible, everything will be recorded. Dissenters, who become a…
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12/29 #defcon: ç¥∫´®ßπåç´∑å® – 404 file or directory not found
#2012 watch: the countdown begins* how the world might end in 2012 (or maybe later)* top 10 most bizarre tech stories of 2011* ten plotlines you’ll find in science fiction – over & over again* twin probes to orbit moon, study gravity field* sen. ron wyden leaps into middle of internet piracy fight* army ‘red…
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12/15 defcon: god’s particles, takedown sprees & more
ndaa gives pentagon a green light for cyberwar* congress authorizes pentagon to wage internet war* ‘blueprint for a secure cyber future’: dhs releases cyber strategy framework* california unveils cyber crime unit* florida arrests 48 in child computer sex crimes investigation* cops target climate-sceptic bloggers in three countries* sopa tweet triggers political explosion, delays vote* carrier…
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drones assist corralling north dakota cattle rustlers
What’s the world coming to? Predator B drones called in from Grand Forks AFB to assist in June cattle theft. Three men were arrested by local North Dakota Sheriff Kelly Janke after drone helped locate three family members, suspected in stealing six cows. “As the unmanned aircraft circled 2 miles overhead… sophisticated sensors under the…
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project censored: the hidden news of 2011
from razor’s edge: They’re the headlines you don’t see, the words that don’t make the page- but if they did, these stories would cause quite a stir. Project Censored is a United States media research group and they’ve released their 2012 list of the top 25 censored stories. Number one on the list is the…