cia, espionage, intelligence, privacy, Security technology, surveillance, tradecraft, Uncategorized
Long article on the difficulty (impossibility?) of human spying in the age of ubiquitous digital surveillance. Powered by WPeMatico
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drug trade, fbi, geolocation, privacy, reports, Security technology, surveillance, Uncategorized
Once you build a surveillance system, you can’t control who will use it: A hacker working for the Sinaloa drug cartel was able to obtain an FBI official’s phone records and use Mexico City’s surveillance cameras to help track and kill the agency’s informants in 2018, according to a new US justice department report. The … Read More “Surveillance Used by a Drug Cartel” »
AI, data collection, data privacy, LLM, Security technology, surveillance, Uncategorized
Simon Willison talks about ChatGPT’s new memory dossier feature. In his explanation, he illustrates how much the LLM—and the company—knows about its users. It’s a big quote, but I want you to read it all. Here’s a prompt you can use to give you a solid idea of what’s in that summary. I first saw … Read More “What LLMs Know About Their Users” »
dhs, police, privacy, Security technology, surveillance, Uncategorized
Good article from 404 Media on the cozy surveillance relationship between local Oregon police and ICE: In the email thread, crime analysts from several local police departments and the FBI introduced themselves to each other and made lists of surveillance tools and tactics they have access to and felt comfortable using, and in some cases … Read More “Surveillance in the US” »
cameras, cars, privacy, Security technology, surveillance, Uncategorized
Two articles crossed my path recently. First, a discussion of all the video Waymo has from outside its cars: in this case related to the LA protests. Second, a discussion of all the video Tesla has from inside its cars. Lots of things are collecting lots of video of lots of other things. How and … Read More “Self-Driving Car Video Footage” »
privacy, Security technology, surveillance, Uncategorized
The only links are from The Daily Mail and The Mirror, but a marital affair was discovered because the cheater was recorded using his smart toothbrush at home when he was supposed to be at work. Powered by WPeMatico
data collection, national security policy, privacy, Security technology, surveillance, Uncategorized
Two essays were just published on DOGE’s data collection and aggregation, and how it ends with a modern surveillance state. It’s good to see this finally being talked about. Powered by WPeMatico
national security policy, nsa, privacy, Security technology, surveillance, Uncategorized
In “Secrets and Lies” (2000), I wrote: It is poor civic hygiene to install technologies that could someday facilitate a police state. It’s something a bunch of us were saying at the time, in reference to the vast NSA’s surveillance capabilities. I have been thinking of that quote a lot as I read news stories … Read More “DIRNSA Fired” »
nsa, privacy, Security technology, surveillance, Uncategorized, whistleblowers
2006 AT&T whistleblower Mark Klein has died. Powered by WPeMatico
cell phones, eff, privacy, Security technology, surveillance, Uncategorized
The EFF has created an open-source hardware tool to detect IMSI catchers: fake cell phone towers that are used for mass surveillance of an area. It runs on a $20 mobile hotspot. Powered by WPeMatico