Tag Archives: 'Surveillance'

Google confirms: ‘Government surveillance is on the rise’
14 November 2012

The email accounts of Generals David Petraeus and John Allen aren’t the only ones being targeted by the feds. Google has released its bi-annual transparency report and says that the government’s demands for personal [...]

Australian Government Now Spies on Its Citizens More than the US Government Does
02 October 2012

by Andrew Puhanic The Australian Government has now been labelled as the most intrusive government in the western world. It has been revealed that on a per-capita basis, the Australian government spies of its [...]

Proof Smart Meters Are Being Used to Spy On Us
24 September 2012

by Andrew Puhanic IF you have ever wondered if your smart meter is being used to spy on you, well now there is proof that governments and private organisations are using data collected from smart [...]

Enemy at the gait: New cameras identify you by your walk
23 September 2012

AFP Photo/Leon Neal A new biometric “gait recognition” system has been developed by Britain’s National Physical Laboratory, meaning that individuals can now be recognized and located by their “signature” walk. Serious privacy concerns have [...]

FBI begins installation of $1 billion face recognition system across America
09 September 2012

Birthmarks, be damned: the FBI has officially started rolling out a state-of-the-art face recognition project that will assist in their effort to accumulate and archive information about each and every American at a cost [...]

Scientists demonstrate ability to accurately predict movements based on mobile phone data
25 August 2012

by Madison Ruppert Mobile devices are quickly becoming one of the most powerful tools for surveillance evidenced by the breakthroughs in ultra-precise location tracking technology, enabling citizen spying through so-called “soft control” techniques and [...]

Silent Falcon: the new long-distance solar-powered electric surveillance drone
14 August 2012

by Madison Ruppert The fact that there are military bases across the United States from which drones can and will be operated from combined with the fact that military drones are already being used [...]

Researchers use WiFi radar to covertly monitor the movement of people through walls
09 August 2012

by Madison Ruppert In today’s world, the seeming safety and privacy provided by four walls and a roof is quickly diminishing with microchips enabling mobile devices to see through walls, microchips allowing mobile devices [...]

Is Microsoft eavesdropping through Skype for the feds?
28 July 2012

Are your Skype calls safe from the eyes and ears of snooping feds? Microsoft has filed a patent to allow eavesdropping over Skype and other VOIP platforms, but the Silicon Valley giants won’t say [...]

The mind-reading helmet: “Big Brother in your head”
17 July 2012

by Madison Ruppert What most people thought to be the last bastion of privacy in today’s world – the mind – are likely going to be quite disturbed to know that a new company, [...]

Big Brother Australia Looking to Monitor Full Spectrum Communications
14 July 2012

by Nicholas West The most expansive set of surveillance powers since the attacks of 2001 are set to be rolled out in Australia unless there is overwhelming public resistance. The new proposals are being [...]

Warrantless cell phone tracking sky-rockets in US
09 July 2012

A report released by US cell phone companies shows a disturbing spike in the number of requests by US law enforcement agencies for cell phone information. Even more disturbing, most law enforcement agencies do [...]

IARPA: US Government Spies on Us Through Vimeo and YouTube
04 July 2012

by Susanne Posel Igor Curcio heads a team of researchers at the Nokia Research Center has developed complicated algorithms that can take clips of thousands of films, and create a movie that is seamless [...]

Texas college hacks drone in front of DHS
30 June 2012

There are a lot of cool things you can do with $1,000, but scientists at an Austin, Texas college have come across one that is often overlooked: for less than a grand, how’d you [...]