Tag: surveillance
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new security camera can ‘see’ through clothes
from cnn: New technology that can “see” through clothing and detect what’s underneath can now be used to scan crowds, making it a potentially effective tool to prevent terrorist attacks in public places. The ThruVision T5000 camera picks up Terahertz rays, or T-rays, which are naturally emitted by all objects and can pass through fabric…
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uk’s public spymobile
from beyond the beyond: I’m sure nobody blinks twice at this in modern London, but by the standards of the Cold War (when people used to worry a lot about “rights,” “liberty,” and “totalitarianism”) that vehicle is incredibly sinister. Lookah that fat black knob of stalky ubiquity on top. It’s fit to beat the Eye…
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the government is trying to wrap its mind around yours
from washington post: Imagine a world of streets lined with video cameras that alert authorities to any suspicious activity. A world where police officers can read the minds of potential criminals and arrest them before they commit any crimes. A world in which a suspect who lies under questioning gets nabbed immediately because his brain…
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dcctv, red teams, red lights & washed-up drones
surveillance quietly expands in district of criminalsfrom washington times: Smile, Washington – the cameras are rolling whether you know it or not. Police and homeland security officials say they will not post signs around the more than 5,200 cameras being consolidated into one network under an initiative announced by Mayor Adrian M. Fenty… The first…
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uk cops to be ‘microchipped’ in big bro tracking scheme
from daily mail: Every single Metropolitan police officer will be ‘microchipped’ so top brass can monitor their movements on a Big Brother style tracking scheme, it can be revealed today. According to respected industry magazine Police Review, the plan – which affects all 31,000 serving officers in the Met, including Sir Ian Blair – is…
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collateral 40: a bug’s life
from collateral news: This weeks episode is about remote controlled bugs, implanted micro-cameras and the Pentagon’s latest attempt to spy on terrorists … wait a few years and this new technology called ‘Hybrid Insects Mems’ or ‘Hi-Mems’ will be in the hands of domestic law enforcement flying around your living room.
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drones, chips, secret spies & street-sweeper cameras
feds to fly more drones along US bordersfrom ap: Four Predator B drones have become fixtures over Arizona since October 2006, and two more will join them soon, Juan Munoz-Torres, a Customs and Border Protection spokesman, said Wednesday. Once those six are in place, the agency wants Congress to fund six drones along the Canadian…
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truant tracking, shock bracelets, miami drones & rfid radio
omnilink gets students back in schoolfrom gps daily: Truancy not only keeps students from getting an education, it also acts as a gateway to the commission of illegal activities, such as vandalism, theft or more serious crimes. That’s why getting students back in school is so important to the Midland County Justice Court in Texas,…
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Comcast Cameras to Start Watching You?
If you have some tinfoil handy, now might be a good time to fashion a hat. At the Digital Living Room conference today, Gerard Kunkel, Comcast’s senior VP of user experience, told me the cable company is experimenting with different camera technologies built into devices so it can know who’s in your living room.
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uk teachers fear big brother takeover
from press association: Teachers warned of an “Orwellian” surveillance culture developing in schools as more classrooms are fitted with CCTV cameras to monitor pupils’ behaviour. The Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) voiced concern over how increased monitoring of lessons and pressure to get better exam results risks undermining the quality of education. New school…
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cctv: complete control takeover video
target creates license plate reading technology from wcco: New technology is allowing law enforcement cars to go looking for trouble. Computers now installed in cruisers automatically run license plates and alert officers to wanted drivers. Police in Lakeville are testing that technology right now, but you might be surprised who came up with it: Target.…
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do americans even care about big brother?
from time: Pity America’s poor civil libertarians. In recent weeks, the papers have been full of stories about the warehousing of information on Americans by the National Security Agency, the interception of financial information by the CIA, the stripping of authority from a civilian intelligence oversight board by the White House, and the compilation of…
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chinese hacks, autism vax, israel tracks & blair attacks
chinese cyberattacks target US think tanksfrom upi: Defense-related think tanks and contractors, as well as the Pentagon and other U.S. agencies, were the target of repeated computer network intrusions last year apparently originating in China, the Department of Defense said this week. court finds vaccine-autism link?from ap: For those convinced that vaccines can cause autism,…
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nat’l dragnet, borderwars, russian bombers & aipac
national dragnet is a click awayfrom washington post: Several thousand law enforcement agencies are creating the foundation of a domestic intelligence system through computer networks that analyze vast amounts of police information to fight crime and root out terror plots… Those network efforts will begin expanding further this month, as some local and state agencies…
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1child, wall st mafia, fb-spy, mindread, bluebrain & moloch
premier says china will stick with one-child policyfrom afp: China will stick with its strict family planning rules, Premier Wen Jiabao said Wednesday, in an apparent rebuttal to officials who raised the possibility of changes to the one-child policy. “We will adhere to the current policy of family planning, keep the birthrate low, improve the…