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Turn your iOS devices into security cameras

Posted April 9, 2013 - 2:52 pm

The Presence app by People Power turns unused devices into surveillance cameras and can email you updates, as well as short video clips.
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People Power turns old iOS devices into surveillance equipment

Posted April 3, 2013 - 11:18 am

Fancy home surveillance systems may be out of your budget, but you can always turn that aging smartphone or tablet into a wireless security camera.
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NSA has a file on every US citizen , says retired NSA whistleblower William Binney

Posted July 18, 2012 - 10:44 am

During keynote at Hackers on Planet Earth (HOPE) conference, NSA whistleblower Binney revealed details of NSA surveillance and dossiers.
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Cell carriers: 1.3 million surveillance demands from police in 2011

Posted July 9, 2012 - 10:41 am

Cellphone carriers released the first tally of law enforcement demands for text messages, caller locations, and other user info: 1.3 million requests in 2011.
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Secretly record police encounters? There's an ACLU app for that.

Posted July 6, 2012 - 11:24 am

Officially the "ACLU-NJ Police Tape App," it records audio and video, hides itself, and can send a copy to the ACLU for review.
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New Apple patent clones user identities to confuse online tracking

Posted June 21, 2012 - 11:24 am

Officially titled "Techniques to Pollute Electronic Profiling," Patent 8,205,265 could help users escape online surveillance.
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Keeping an eye out: we review three video surveillance systems

Posted June 16, 2012 - 5:35 am

Using strong passwords, the latest antivirus software, robust firewalls, and other software security tools can keep your business safe from hackers and other evildoers intent on stealing data or unleashing mayhem on your computers via the Internet, but such protections are fundamentally useless when it comes to guarding those very computers or your business's other tangible assets from outright theft. They can't tell you that someone has broken a window or jimmied a lock and is now busy prowling inside your office, store, or warehouse, stealing you blind.
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Romney holds softer position on pr0n than in video

Posted April 26, 2012 - 11:14 am

Mitt Romney's new viral video comes from a 2007 speech in which he promised to require filters on every new computer to block Internet pr0n. The video may be misleading. Romney opposed SOPA, has no official position on CISPA and hasn't gone into pron much recently.
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Planned ISP all about privacy, blocking surveillance

Posted April 12, 2012 - 10:38 am

Nicholas Merrill fought the FBI's request for access to confidential information, and won. He wants to go national.
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Smile – new video recognition software scans 36 million faces per second

Posted April 3, 2012 - 10:51 am

Upcoming Hitachi system stores recorded faces as indexed biometric records for faster retrieval.
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GM's OnStar Family Link – private detective for pennies per day

Posted March 29, 2012 - 10:53 am

Rolling out now, new Family Link alert system lets you track OnStar vehicles for $3.99 per month.
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Counter-trend: Air Force shoots down high-tech UAV in favor of ancient U-2

Posted March 19, 2012 - 1:39 pm

The highly touted, highly expensive Global Hawk was to replace legendary U-2 as America's No. 1 spy plane. It killed its own chances with maintenance requirements that made it a hanger queen, poor image-gathering with its own sensors and difficulty getting it to carry the U-2's.
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CIA director just can't wait to get your appliances to spy on you

Posted March 16, 2012 - 4:49 pm

Adding intelligence to heating and cooling systems, appliances, cars and almost anything else will let them respond to owners more quickly, but will also let spies use them as Internet-connected sensors that can be taken over like zombies in a botnet.
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Texas cops hit obstacles (and their own truck)testing UAVs; drones coming anyway

Posted March 5, 2012 - 5:00 pm

Despite years of holdups in tests to make UAVs useful for local police agencies, including programs cancelled for maintenance issues and costs, the White House ordered the FAA to be more aggressive in approving UAVs for police and civilian uses
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AP reveals secret NY Police surveillance of Moslems, Moroccans, no warrants in sight

Posted September 22, 2011 - 2:35 pm

In its overzealous fear of missing a single suspicious character in New York, the NYPD did its best to follow every Moroccan immigrant, mosque-goer and swarthy, dangerous-looking guy not already working for the NYPD.
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Can the NSA and CIA use your phone to track your location?

Posted July 26, 2011 - 12:43 pm

NSA's chief lawyer thinks spy agencies can track U.S. citizens without permission, but not all the wrinkles are worked out. They know where to find us when they figure it out, though.
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Tom Tom's sleazy way to make up GPS revenue shortfall

Posted April 29, 2011 - 4:10 pm

Navigation device maker sold customer driving data to police to catch speeders.
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Who else is tracking your location?

Posted April 29, 2011 - 1:13 pm

Apple has been in hot water for the past week or so after it was discovered that iOS devices are tracking users as they move about, and storing location data. While having your iPhone or Android smartphone keep tabs on where you go raises privacy concerns for some, smartphones are by no means the only thing monitoring where you've been.
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iPhone tracks your location, leaves data around for anyone to use

Posted April 21, 2011 - 10:19 am

Apple's iPhone and iPad are getting creepier; first they were taking random photos of their owners, now they're storing location data where almost anyone can get it.
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Air Force launches supercomputer made with PS3s

Posted March 30, 2011 - 12:19 pm

The Air Force got an exemption, but Sony is suing those it can find using the Linux OS it built into PS3s; some ticked-off users are suing it right back.
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How Motion Detection Cameras Work

Posted February 3, 2010 - 3:58 pm

Monitoring your data centers and building access points with CCD cameras can represent a boon to your overall security, but you need to know a little about camera terminology to make the best use of them. Don't think about "aim and shoot" when you think about these cameras. Think, instead, about how you might go about detecting motion in a series of still images.
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Surveilled to death

Posted September 21, 2009 - 11:41 am

How much are we tracked? How much do we give away? What will the long-term outcome be?
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UK slows down plan for sweeping electronic surveillance

Posted October 16, 2008 - 9:56 am

The British government is slowing down a proposal that would give law enforcement sweeping power to collect electronic data as a measure to prevent terrorism.
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EFF files surveillance lawsuit against NSA, Bush, Cheney

Posted September 18, 2008 - 7:55 pm

The EFF has filed a lawsuit against the NSA, U.S. President George Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and other government officials, alleging that an NSA electronic surveillance program continues to illegally spy on U.S. residents.
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