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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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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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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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