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Researchers Predicted In 1971 that Debit Cards Would Become the Ultimate Spy Tool

Researchers Predicted In 1971 that Debit Cards Would Become the Ultimate Spy Tool We noted in 2013: The Wall Street Journal reported that the NSA spies on Americans’ credit card transactions. Senators Wyden and Udall – both on the Senate Intelligence Committee, with access to all of the top-secret information about the government’s spying programs – write: Section 215 […]

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Apple and Google Just Attended a Confidential Spy Summit in a Remote English Mansion

Apple and Google Just Attended a Confidential Spy Summit in a Remote English Mansion At an 18th-century mansion in England’s countryside last week, current and former spy chiefs from seven countries faced off with representatives from tech giants Apple and Google to discuss government surveillance in the aftermath of Edward Snowden’s leaks. The three-day conference, which […]

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Want to Roll Back Bill C-51?

Want to Roll Back Bill C-51? So does OpenMedia. Internet freedom group launches plan to ‘turn this debate on its head.’ First in a series. It’s clear Canadians are deeply unhappy with the way the federal government views the privacy rights of its citizens. Last week, Bill C-51 passed in the House of Commons. It’s […]

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Tech Leaders Worried about C-51? How Unpatriotic! At least, that’s how things appear to work in Tory MP Laurie Hawn’s world.

Tech Leaders Worried about C-51? How Unpatriotic! At least, that’s how things appear to work in Tory MP Laurie Hawn’s world. According to Conservative MP Laurie Hawn, if your company makes something that can be used to spread terrorist messages, then you are not a patriotic Canadian. If terrorists use the paper that your company […]

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USA Freedom Act Passes House, Codifying Bulk Collection For the First Time, Critics Say

USA Freedom Act Passes House, Codifying Bulk Collection For the First Time, Critics Say After only one hour of floor debate, and no allowed amendments, the House of Representatives today passed legislation that seeks to address the NSA’s controversial surveillance of American communications. However, opponents believe it may give brand new authorization to the U.S. government to conduct domestic dragnets. The […]

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NSA Spying Ruled Illegal, But Will Congress Save the Program Anyway?

NSA Spying Ruled Illegal, But Will Congress Save the Program Anyway? This week the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the NSA’s metadata collection program was not authorized in US law. The PATRIOT Act, under which the program began, was too vague, the court found. But the truth is the Act was intended to […]

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The Computers Are Listening: Speech Recognition Is the NSA’s Best-Kept Open Secret

The Computers Are Listening: Speech Recognition Is the NSA’s Best-Kept Open Secret Second in a series. Part 1 here. Siri can understand what you say. Google can take dictation. Even your newsmart TV is taking verbal orders. So is there any doubt the National Security Agency has the ability to translate spoken words into text? But precisely when the […]

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The Computers Are Listening: How the NSA Converts Spoken Words Into Searchable Text

THE COMPUTERS ARE LISTENING: HOW THE NSA CONVERTS SPOKEN WORDS INTO SEARCHABLE TEXT Most people realize that emails and other digital communications they once considered private can now become part of their permanent record. But even as they increasingly use apps that understand what they say, most people don’t realize that the words they speak are […]

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Angela Merkel’s NSA Nightmare Just Got A Lot Worse

Angela Merkel’s NSA Nightmare Just Got A Lot Worse Angela Merkel, Germany’s most successful and popular politician, could be in serious trouble, after revelations that Germany’s national intelligence agency, the BND, has been spying on key European assets on behalf of US intelligence. Those “assets” include top French officials, the EU’s headquarters, the European defense […]

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Is Merkel a CIA Asset?

Is Merkel a CIA Asset? The claims that Merkel’s government knew about German state intelligence spying on behalf of the Americans against the country’s own industrial interests raise disturbing questions about the i ntegrity of German government leaders. The apparent betrayal of German national interests by Chancellor Angela Merkel is not only evident over the recent industrial spying […]

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THE CIA CAMPAIGN TO STEAL APPLE’S SECRETS

THE CIA CAMPAIGN TO STEAL APPLE’S SECRETS RESEARCHERS WORKING with the Central Intelligence Agency have conducted a multi-year, sustained effort to break the security of Apple’s iPhones and iPads, according to top-secret documents obtained byThe Intercept. The security researchers presented their latest tactics and achievements at a secret annual gathering, called the “Jamboree,” where attendees discussed strategies for […]

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Why They Spy – Cory Doctorow Writes about IT-Powered Feudalism

Why They Spy – Cory Doctorow Writes about IT-Powered Feudalism The amount a state needs to expend on guard labour is a function of how much legitimacy the state holds in its population’s reckoning. A state whose population mainly views the system as fair needs to do less coercion to attain stability. People who believe […]

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When Growth Trumps Freedom: the Chill in Canada Comes from our Government, not the Weather

When Growth Trumps Freedom: the Chill in Canada Comes from our Government, not the Weather With the introduction of Canada’s so-called “secret police” bill, there is increasing concern the rights of the oil patch will trump the rights of ordinary citizens in a new and chilling way–through the kinds of fear tactics you’d sooner expect […]

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DOCUMENTS SHINE LIGHT ON SHADOWY NEW ZEALAND SURVEILLANCE BASE

DOCUMENTS SHINE LIGHT ON SHADOWY NEW ZEALAND SURVEILLANCE BASE Near the heartland of New Zealand’s renowned wine country, there is a place that visitors are not allowed to go. The peculiar large white domes that protrude from the earth in the Waihopai Valley are surrounded by razor wire and shrouded in secrecy. But now, newly […]

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Big Barbie is Watching You – Meet the WiFi Connected Barbie Doll that Talks to Your Children and Records Them

February 25, 2015

Big Barbie is Watching You – Meet the WiFi Connected Barbie Doll that Talks to Your Children and Records Them Earlier this month, I highlighted the fact that the latest Samsung Smart TV can and will listen to your conversations, and will share the details with a third party in the post: A Very Slippery Slope – Yes, […]

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