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State Security Service opens US DITRA-supported mobile surveillance systems integration service centre
A mobile surveillance systems integration and service centre was opened in the Operational-Technical Agency of the State Security Service, with the support of the United States Defence Threat Reduction Agency, the Service announced on Sunday.
At the opening event, Koba Kobidze, the Head of the Georgian Operational-Technical Agency addressed the audience and said the opening of the centre has been “another” proof of “dynamically” developing cooperation between Georgia and the US, noting the centre would benefit the development and improvement of the prevention and response capabilities in state and border security.
According to the US Deputy Chief of mission Rian Harker Harris, border security has been an extremely important component, ensuring the response and prevention of threats, such as harmful technologies and threat actors.
Photo: State Security Service
The event was attended by representatives of the Georgian Operational-Technical Agency, the US Embassy, the US DTRA and the Georgian Ministry of Defence, as well as the Department of Special Tasks of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Georgian Border Police.
The Service said the new centre aimed to assemble mobile surveillance systems for agencies involved in state security, maintenance of their components and software debugging, and noted the service centre was “fully equipped” with modern engineering and technical facilities.
The Georgian Operational-Technical Agency and the US DTRA have been cooperating since 2016 to develop information technology capabilities in the field of state and border security in Georgia.
‘Father of Android’ Andy Rubin is Back with Surveillance Startup — The Information
Andy Rubin is planning his next act.
The former Google executive, who received a $90 million severance package following a misconduct allegation, sparking widespread protests among staff in 2018, has a new startup focused on “surveillance services” for homes, according to public records. The downtown Palo Alto, Calif.-based company, Simple Things, develops security monitoring software involving hardware, sensors, cameras, and motion detectors, the records show.
ACLU’s Jennifer Stisa Granick and Google’s Maddie Stone talk security and surveillance at Disrupt • TechCrunch
In a world filled with bad actors and snooping governments, surveillance is the one factor that affects almost every business across the globe. While companies like Apple, Signal and LastPass fight against surveillance using end-to-end encryption and by shunning mass data collection — you can’t hand over data you don’t have — too many companies, big and small, remain unaware and deeply vulnerable to prying eyes.
The fast-changing surveillance landscape is why we’re thrilled that Jennifer Stisa Granick, ACLU’s surveillance and cybersecurity counsel, and Maddie Stone, a security researcher on Google’s Project Zero team, will join us onstage at TechCrunch Disrupt on October 18–20 in San Francisco.
In a panel discussion called “Surveillance in Startup Land,” Granick and Stone will join TechCrunch security editor Zack Whittaker to present a crash course on the surveillance state to inform, educate and inspire early-stage founders to think about how to protect their users and customers from threats they haven’t even thought of yet.
We’ll discuss the emerging threats today, like how spyware makers, like NSO Group, Cytrox and Candiru, which let governments secretly wiretap phones in real time, and data brokers — the companies that trade in people’s personal information and granular location — represent an ever increasing threat to privacy and civil liberties.
Surveillance isn’t just in the United States — it’s everywhere — and change can happen quickly and unexpectedly. Case in point: Fear over healthcare data tracking and privacy became a reality after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the landmark legal case that guaranteed a person’s constitutional right to abortion.
The decisions that founders and investors make today can and will affect millions tomorrow. We can’t wait to hear our panelists weigh in on how companies should think about what they’re building now — and in the future — so they don’t inadvertently become extensions of the surveillance state.
Jennifer Stisa Granick fights for civil liberties in an age of massive surveillance and powerful digital technology. As the surveillance and cybersecurity counsel…