SURVEILLANCE
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Kim Dotcom: Ο Άντρας Πίσω από το Megaupload
Μία επίσκεψη στο ανάκτορο του μεγιστάνα δημιουργού του Megaupload.
The Colorado Town Promising to Shoot Down Obama's Surveillance Drones
No one likes drones. But it's not just killer war drones making us uncomfortable. This year has seen vast advances in the domestic use of surveillance drones. The people of Deer Trail, Colorado, have decided to do something about it. They are trying to...
Should We Be Freaked Out About Tile, the World’s Cheapest New Location Tracker?
When I first saw Tile being advertised, I got an itchy, all-over heebie-jeebies feeling. Adding a whole new matrix of location data to our digital world of oversharing has some potentially scary implications.
Obama Plans to Reform NSA Spying Programs and Increase Transparency
In his most direct response to NSA spying controversy yet, President Obama announced this afternoon that he’ll pursue reforms to the mass surveillance program in an effort to restore public trust, which has been dwindling as more details are leaked...
London's New Recycling Bins Will Watch Every Step You Take
Once a bin recognizes your phone, it begins collecting demographic information about you. As you approach other bins of the same ilk, it will target appropriate marketing materials to you based on the acquired data. Cyberpunk? Maybe. Weird and creepy...
Afghanistan's Game of Drones
Geography rules in eastern Afghanistan. Rugged mountains and rocky plains make it a difficult trek for people, but well-suited for drones. The Shadow 200, made by the AAI Corporation, is the width of a garage door. Depending on its configuration, it...
Dodge the NSA with This Fancy Encrypted Messaging Service
With all the talk pinging back and forth around the interwebs in the ongoing NSA clusterfuck, there's a real surge in the demand for encryption-based messaging services. Heml.is is one such service founded by Peter Sunde, one of the creators of the...
Surveillance Culture Is Not a Two-Way Street
As the surveillance activity of the state has ramped up over the past several decades, the surveillance of the state by ordinary citizens has become increasingly punished. Whistleblowers get locked up and people who simply film police beatings are...
Where Is the Paper Trail for the FBI's Drone Use?
With FBI Director Robert Mueller officially putting drone use on record, and with a bit of FOIA prodding, hopefully the FBI will glance through their filing cabinets a second time.
A Brief History of the US Government Spying on Its Citizens
The NSA’s surveillance of the internet and the phone records of millions of Americans isn't not the first time US government has taken an Big Brotherly interest in its citizens. The feds have been tapping into the private lives of Americans without...
Hiding Your Calls and Texts from Big Brother
Silent Circle is a company that offers a way for individuals and companies to protect their communications from everyone from the NSA to run-of-the-mill identity thieves. They say they don't store your data and that their system is so secure that even...