Red Alert for Android Users: Google Gives Police Your Identification If Police Say You Were Near a Crime Back in the day, cops had to put physical “bugs” (recording devices) in criminals’ houses and cars. Now, they just use your phone, especially if you’re on Android. No worries, even if you’re using Apple, you…
Category: Privacy
Dystopianism Becoming Painfully Accurate
The Surveillance State: Cell phone Surveillance, Can They Hear You Now?
CELL PHONE SURVEILLANCE: CAN THEY HEAR YOU NOW? It’s safe to assume our readers fall into one of two groups: you know your cell phone tracks you constantly without your permission, or you’re unaware of the potentially serious privacy risks from the neat little device in your pocket. Being in the latter category doesn’t make you wrong…
New Facial Recognition App to End Privacy as We Know It
Kashmir Hill, writing for the NYT, describes Clearview’s facial recognition app as follows: Then Mr. Ton-That — an Australian techie and onetime model — did something momentous: He invented a tool that could end your ability to walk down the street anonymously, and provided it to hundreds of law enforcement agencies, ranging from local cops… via…
‘Golden Age of SIGINT May Be Over’: New Encryption Foils IC Eavesdropping
‘Golden Age Of SIGINT May Be Over’: New Encryption Foils IC Eavesdropping “Longstanding interest by US national security leaders has been heightened by Chinese advancements in quantum computing. For example, in 2017 China became the first country to demonstrate ‘quantum entanglement’ from a satellite to Earth. It could lead to much more secure communications…
Voice Phishing Scams Are Getting More Clever
Voice Phishing Scams Are Getting More Clever Stay Alert, Stay Armed and Stay Dangerous!
Surveillance State: Now Cops are Getting Military Grade Spy Gear?
LEAKED CATALOGUE REVEALS A VAST ARRAY OF MILITARY SPY GEAR OFFERED TO U.S. POLICE (click on link above to be re-directed to source page) You always have to take articles like this with a grain of salt IMO. Always consider the source and their history! Having said that, this is a bit disconcerting seeing…
Surveillance State: Ways Your Wi-Fi Router Can Spy on You
All the Ways Your Wi-Fi Router Can Spy on You (click on above link to be re-directed) Overall, not surprising news by a long shot but you may be shocked at the WAYS in which it can spy on you, specifically, programs like Wi-Key. Like all Technology in the tight hands tools like this could…
Surveillance State: Baltimore’s Extensive Aerial/Ground Surveillance Program
(Click on above image to be re-directed to source page) Baltimore is definitely not the first American city to be enveloped in a “cocoon” of real-time surveillance, but it is the first to have such an intensive and EXPENSIVE system go online and not be announced publicly due to “private donor” funding. If Federal tax…
Surveillance State: Anti-Drone Defenses for the Privacy Minded Citizen
Anti-Drone Defenses: Some Ideas Are Better Than Others (click on the above title to be re-directed to Source Page) This is an interesting and very funny article for the simple fact it raises some very important questions for the Civilian Operator who wants to keep his Private life well, PRIVATE: How do we not only LEGALLY…