concealment, eavesdropping, privacy, Security technology, surveillance
Interesting essay on the future of speech recognition, microphone miniaturization, and the future ubiquity of auditory surveillance. Powered by WPeMatico
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eavesdropping, edwardsnowden, gchq, phones, privacy, Security technology, surveillance
A new story based on the Snowden documents and published in the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung shows how the GCHQ worked with Cable & Wireless — acquired by Vodafone in 2012 — to eavesdrop on Internet and telecommunications traffic. New documents on the page, and here. Ars Technica article. Slashdot thread. Powered by WPeMatico
espionage, kaspersky, malware, microsoft, privacy, Security technology, surveillance, symantec
Regin is another military–grade surveillance malware (tech details from Symantec and Kaspersky). It seems to have been in operation between 2008 and 2011. The Intercept has linked it to NSA/GCHQ operations, although I am still skeptical of the NSA/GCHQ hacking Belgian cryptographer Jean-Jacques Quisquater. Powered by WPeMatico
nsa, patriotact, phones, privacy, Security technology, surveillance
AP is reporting that in 2009, several senior NSA officials objected to the NSA call-records collection program. The now-retired NSA official, a longtime code-breaker who rose to top management, had just learned in 2009 about the top secret program that was created shortly after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. He says he argued to then-NSA … Read More “Pre-Snowden Debate About NSA Call-Records Collection Program” »
cellphones, control, privacy, Security technology, surveillance
Pew Research has released a new survey on American’s perceptions of privacy. The results are pretty much in line with all the other surveys on privacy I’ve read. As Cory Doctorow likes to say, we’ve reached “peak indifference to surveillance.” Powered by WPeMatico
nationalsecuritypolicy, nsa, privacy, Security technology, surveillance
Orin Kerr has a new article that argues for narrowly constructing national security law: This Essay argues that Congress should adopt a rule of narrow construction of the national security surveillance statutes. Under this interpretive rule, which the Essay calls a “rule of lenity,” ambiguity in the powers granted to the executive branch in the … Read More “Narrowly Constructing National Surveillance Law” »
cellphones, cookies, privacy, Security technology, tracking, verizon
Verizon is tracking the Internet use of its phones by surreptitiously modifying URLs. This is a good description of how it works. Powered by WPeMatico
adobe, books, ebooks, privacy, Security technology, surveillance
Details. Confirmation. Powered by WPeMatico