Tag: wi-fi
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#MorningMonarchy: January 10, 2018
Gut feelings, water rights and the Belluminati + this day in history w/the AOL-Time Warner merger and our song of the day by Diane Coffee on your Morning Monarchy for January 10, 2018.
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#MorningMonarchy: May 19, 2016
804 days, porn-again Christians and ‘The Arrangement’ + this day in history w/’Press Your Luck’ and our song of the day by Oddisee on your Morning Monarchy for May 19, 2016.
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#MorningMonarchy: April 12, 2016
Laptop tape, wi-spy and touching robots + this day in history w/Civil War and our song of the day by Starwalker on your Morning Monarchy for April 12, 2016.
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Seattle Police Deactivate Downtown Wi-Fi Spy Network
from ap.org: The Seattle Police Department has agreed to deactivate a downtown WiFi network that some worried could be used to spy on residents. The ACLU raised concerns last week about the network, which has equipment visible on utility poles. KOMO reports the wireless mesh network was installed with Homeland Security money and was intended…
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SWAT Raids Wrong Home Due to Open Wi-Fi Network
from arstechnica.com: The long-standing, heavily documented militarization of even small-town American police forces was always going to create problems when it met anonymous Internet threats. And so it has, again — this time in Evansville, Indiana, where officers acted on some Topix postings threatening violence against local police. They then sent an entire SWAT unit…
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#DataDump: #SuperMoon, Snooping, Sidesteps and more
#Supermoon Saturday: May’s Full Moon coincides with Perigee, first of 6 Celestial events this month // 7M Birds Die in US and Canada a Year because of Communication Towers // Justice Department Clears Google In Wi-Fi Sniffing Scandal // Equipment Maker Caught Installing Backdoor Vows to Fix Following Public Pressure // How Apple Sidesteps Billions…
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#DataDump: Homeless Hotspots, Phonehacking, Hollywood
Turning the Homeless Into 4G Hotspots at SXSW // FBI says paying cash for coffee is a sign of terrorist intent // DARPA’s Director Quits to Take Executive Slot at Google // Google Exec Joins Microsoft, Trashes Google // Supercomputer models atomic bomb saving Earth from massive asteroid
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‘Wi-Fi Refugees’ Shelter In West Virginia Mountains
For those physically affected by wireless signals, the place to go is in a remote part of West Virginia made possible by the U.S. government.
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7/14 Defcon: Murdoch’s Watergate, Military Meltdown & More
Hacking scandal could be Murdoch’s Watergate* Video: Rupert Murdoch’s son could be prosecuted by US* Video: Murdoch papers could have hacked US phones as well* Update: News Corp UK newspaper CEO brooks resigns* Washington Post website jobs section hacked* Anonymous hacks Monsanto computers; Posts employee info* Hackers claim they exposed Booz Allen Hamilton data* ‘Military…
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3/24 defcon: mobile, micro, mystery, messenger
at&t to purchase t-mobile for US$39b; as strangling of the free internet begins continues* microsoft, feds pull plug on spam network* fbook traffic mysteriously passed through chinese isp* goldman programmer gets 8yrs for code theft* tracking your wi-fi trail at the airport* first tweet & other communication firsts* nasa ‘messenger’ enters orbit around mercury* chavez…
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11/25 defcon: sick, switch, risks
US launches giant eavesdropping satellite* govt focusing on cyber warfare, armed forces chief reveals* study says wifi makes trees sick* 3rd eye: nyu artist gets camera implanted in head* should obama’s ‘internet kill switch’ power be curbed?* cyber shopping poses fraud risks* wikileaks diplomatic cable dump reportedly imminent*
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11/11 Defcon: Brain Drain & Smart Viruses
FCC probing Google wi-fi spy scandal // New cyber attack linked to fake Nobel Prize email // Smart viruses threaten global peace // Congresswoman says chance of cyber attack against electric grid is 100%
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Corps & Govts: Violating Privacy With Legal Ease
Google Inc. violated Canadian privacy law by collecting personal information from unsecured wireless networks across the country for its Street View service
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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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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…