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Secret White House Warrantless Surveillance Program

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att, law enforcement, nsa, privacy, Security technology, surveillance, Uncategorized

There seems to be no end to warrantless surveillance: According to the letter, a surveillance program now known as Data Analytical Services (DAS) has for more than a decade allowed federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies to mine the details of Americans’ calls, analyzing the phone records of countless people who are not suspected … Read More “Secret White House Warrantless Surveillance Program” »

The Hacker Tool to Get Personal Data from Credit Bureaus

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cybercrime, data collection, doxing, finance, law enforcement, Security technology, Uncategorized

The new site 404 Media has a good article on how hackers are cheaply getting personal information from credit bureaus: This is the result of a secret weapon criminals are selling access to online that appears to tap into an especially powerful set of data: the target’s credit header. This is personal information that the … Read More “The Hacker Tool to Get Personal Data from Credit Bureaus” »

Backdoor in TETRA Police Radios

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backdoors, cryptography, eavesdropping, encryption, infrastructure, law enforcement, police, radio, Security technology, Uncategorized

Seems that there is a deliberate backdoor in the twenty-year-old TErrestrial Trunked RAdio (TETRA) standard used by police forces around the world. The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), an organization that standardizes technologies across the industry, first created TETRA in 1995. Since then, TETRA has been used in products, including radios, sold by Motorola, Airbus, … Read More “Backdoor in TETRA Police Radios” »

New York Using AI to Detect Subway Fare Evasion

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artificial intelligence, cheating, law enforcement, public transit, Security technology, Uncategorized

The details are scant—the article is based on a “heavily redacted” contract—but the New York subway authority is using an “AI system” to detect people who don’t pay the subway fare. Joana Flores, an MTA spokesperson, said the AI system doesn’t flag fare evaders to New York police, but she declined to comment on whether … Read More “New York Using AI to Detect Subway Fare Evasion” »

AI and Microdirectives

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artificial intelligence, courts, essays, law enforcement, laws, privacy, Security technology, surveillance, Uncategorized

Imagine a future in which AIs automatically interpret—and enforce—laws. All day and every day, you constantly receive highly personalized instructions for how to comply with the law, sent directly by your government and law enforcement. You’re told how to cross the street, how fast to drive on the way to work, and what you’re allowed … Read More “AI and Microdirectives” »

Self-Driving Cars Are Surveillance Cameras on Wheels

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cars, crime, law enforcement, privacy, Security technology, surveillance, Uncategorized

Police are already using self-driving car footage as video evidence: While security cameras are commonplace in American cities, self-driving cars represent a new level of access for law enforcement ­ and a new method for encroachment on privacy, advocates say. Crisscrossing the city on their routes, self-driving cars capture a wider swath of footage. And … Read More “Self-Driving Cars Are Surveillance Cameras on Wheels” »

FBI (and Others) Shut Down Genesis Market

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botnets, credentials, cybercrime, fbi, law enforcement, Security technology, Uncategorized

Genesis Market is shut down: Active since 2018, Genesis Market’s slogan was, “Our store sells bots with logs, cookies, and their real fingerprints.” Customers could search for infected systems with a variety of options, including by Internet address or by specific domain names associated with stolen credentials. But earlier today, multiple domains associated with Genesis … Read More “FBI (and Others) Shut Down Genesis Market” »

Fines as a Security System

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courts, law enforcement, Security technology, stalking, theft, tracking, Uncategorized

Tile has an interesting security solution to make its tracking tags harder to use for stalking: The Anti-Theft Mode feature will make the devices invisible to Scan and Secure, the company’s in-app feature that lets you know if any nearby Tiles are following you. But to activate the new Anti-Theft Mode, the Tile owner will … Read More “Fines as a Security System” »

Bulk Surveillance of Money Transfers

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law enforcement, national security policy, privacy, Security technology, surveillance, Uncategorized

Just another obscure warrantless surveillance program. US law enforcement can access details of money transfers without a warrant through an obscure surveillance program the Arizona attorney general’s office created in 2014. A database stored at a nonprofit, the Transaction Record Analysis Center (TRAC), provides full names and amounts for larger transfers (above $500) sent between … Read More “Bulk Surveillance of Money Transfers” »

Identifying People Using Cell Phone Location Data

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cell phones, geolocation, law enforcement, Security technology, tracking, Uncategorized

The two people who shut down four Washington power stations in December were arrested. This is the interesting part: Investigators identified Greenwood and Crahan almost immediately after the attacks took place by using cell phone data that allegedly showed both men in the vicinity of all four substations, according to court documents. Nowadays, it seems … Read More “Identifying People Using Cell Phone Location Data” »