Tag Archive for: surveillance

Rule of 7 applied to domestic surveillance

Too many people still have the mindset that since they are not doing anything illegal or immoral, nothing to hide, that their communications are not of any importance and are not being collected by intelligence agencies. Either they are not paying attention, or they don’t want to believe it . . . after all, this is America. People who point out the surveillance society on steroids are often relegated…
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Will Chinese hackers launch re-tread attacks into surveillance databases?

At a press conference to announce the new Xbox, Xbox One—which is launching later this year—Microsoft promised that you will “have a relationship with your TV.” Part of that relationship will include Skype, which is coming to Xbox One.
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Surveillance software targeted British/Bahraini citizen – Infosecurity Magazine

Surveillance software targeted British/Bahraini citizen
Infosecurity Magazine
A witness statement filed in the high court London claims that Gamma International's FinFisher (FinSpy) covert surveillance software targeted the computer of a leading Bahraini activist who holds dual British and Bahraini citizenship. Last month

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Post Boston: Privacy advocates warn about coming tsunami of surveillance cameras

In The Dangers of Surveillance, Neil Richards, law professor at Washington University in St. Louis, made a case for legally recognizing why surveillance is harmful.
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