Tag: surveillance
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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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Defcon 9/2: Cyborg, Spy School, Asteroids
Intel developing improved mind reading computers // Pentagon may apply preemptive warfare policy to the internet // Judge says Pennsylvania district must pay $260k in spying case // Our terrifyingly crowded solar system – How the asteroids are closing in
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Police State Updates: Recruiting, Nightmarish, Hysteria
Collapse survival will be tribal: Begin recruiting now // Predator drones patrol entire US-Mexico border // GPS tracks Chicago school bus kids // Boss made her a sex slave, Homeland Security worker says // FBI paid informant in Bronx synagogue bomb plot $97k, who provided terror suspects with fake bombs
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Police State Updates: Wake & Find We’re Living In Oceania
The govt’s new right to track your every move with GPS // Carvers Bay, SC enlists 9th grade; freshmen all put in JROTC // Pentagon teaches Alaskan kindergarten kids as US schools are militarized for martial law conditioning // Microchipping the hiphop community // New Logan Airport searches blasted; TSA tests frisky frisking policy
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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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police state updates: fire, fusion, foia
20% of our genes are already patented by private companies* iris scanners create the most secure city in the world. welcome, big brother* the return of civil disobedience* obama signs border bill to increase surveillance* tea party groups converge on mexican border to back immigration law* rasmussen: nearly half say US will be nuked* fire-breathing…
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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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disney, warner bros. spied on children’s web surfing habits
users profiles ‘bought & sold on stock-market-like exchanges’ from raw story: A class-action lawsuit filed in a federal court last week alleges that Disney and other large corporations spied on visitors to their Web sites using “Flash cookies” installed on users’ browsers. The lawsuit, filed in a US District Court in California on behalf of…
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police state updates: threats & intercepts
video: dhs warns dc metro about threat (or: dhs threatens dc metro about warnings)* texas guard, czech army trains for disaster in ‘operation lonestar’* US-russian hijacking drill ends* 60k babies of noncitizens get US birthright* 49%: repeal birthright citizenship* gates foundation gave millions to la raza* coast guard copter intercepts unauthorized plane in dc* cia…
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cops love iphone data trails
criminals who use device may be left without alibi from chicago sun-times: Detective Josh Fazio of the Will County Sheriff’s Department loves it when an iPhone turns up as evidence in a criminal case. The sophisticated cell phone and mobile computer is becoming as popular with police as it is with consumers because it can…
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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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Police State Updates: Innocent People & Violent Crowds
Police & military working together to oppress US // California storing DNA of innocent people // Feds admit storing body scanner images // ‘See Something Say Something’ campaign expands to DC // Is your detergent stalking you?: Brazil’s OMO uses GPS to follow consumers home
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Shadowy Spy Group Building Dossiers On Internet Users For Feds
An organization that tracks 250 million IP addresses a day has been developing portfolios on Internet users and handing the information to U.S. federal agencies as the latest incarnation of the supposedly defunct Total Information Awareness spy program is revealed.
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Defcon 7/29: Leaky Lawsuits
100 million Facebook pages ‘leaked’ on torrent site // ‘Minority Report’ technology used by UK police to predict crimes // Tokyo trials digital billboards that scan passers-by // 2nd student sues school district over webcam spying
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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.