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- How Internet surveillance, IT sleuth work helped indict suspected terrorist Zazi
- Kinda eerieMakes me wonder if I should delete that "Socialism" picture of Obama as the Joker from my machine.There are 2 Issues HereThe first is whether such forensics have a legitimate place in law enforcement and the second is whether these methods can be misused. I believe that the...
- Tags: Blogging, information technology, Zazi, Internet Surveillance, Internet
- Discussion threads 2009-09-25
- Fake ATM, skimmers found in Las Vegas hotels
- Fake ATM, skimmers found in Las Vegas hotelsThey probally enjoyed the ironyof "hacking" the hackers.If the cops find who did it, the only punishment they should get...... is having their names released to the public.Then we can sit back and watch their lives be destroyed by the eLIt3 hax0r5.Um, one...
- Tags: Network technology, Hacking, skimmer, Las Vegas Hotels, ATM
- Discussion threads 2009-08-03
- Fake ATM, skimmers found in Las Vegas hotels
- A Google security researcher attending the Black Hat/DEFCON conferences in Las Vegas was victimized by a skimming device placed in an ATM at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino. Chris Paget, an RFID security expert who now works on Google's security team, said he lost $200 to...
- Tags: Security, Las Vegas, Kiosk, Conference, Chris Paget, ATM, Network Technology, Networking, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2009-08-03
- Google tests if there is a business model for free expression
- Is there a business model in providing Internet users with free expression? Looks like Google might find out in South Korea. Earlier this month, a law in South Korea came into effect requiring web site owners with at least 100,000 daily users to verify the real names...
- Tags: Google Inc., YouTube Inc., Internet, Tom Foremski
- Blog posts 2009-04-13
- Our fancy Internet infrastructure operates on a wire and a prayer
- Our fancy Internet infrastructure operates on a wire and a prayerYou're missing the pointWe should not permit single point of failure networks to be built. Besides, there's over 80 million miles of fiber in the U.S. alone, and it simply is not possible to monitor all that cable, or...
- Tags: Network technology, WikiAnswers, cable, prayer, Internet-infrastructure
- Discussion threads 2009-04-10
- Our fancy Internet infrastructure operates on a wire and a prayer
- The fiber-optic outage---actually sabotage---in the Bay Area on Thursday reveals a dirty little secret: Our infrastructure is ridiculously vulnerable and it only takes a few vandals or terrorists to bring communication to its knees. While it's unclear what exactly happened, AT&T is offering a $100,000 now $250,000 reward...
- Tags: Fiber-optics, Internet-infrastructure, Barrett Lyon, Fiber Optics, Optical Networking, Network Technology, Transportation, Telecommunications, Networking, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-04-10
- Q'n'A: Keeping the conversations flowing
- I consider this blog not only to be a public facing view of my work and writings, but a mini-community. A symposium if you will, as I'm sure most of you guys wouldn't mind buying me a pint and sitting down to discuss many-a-topic I write. I...
- Tags: Security, Research In Motion Ltd., Surveillance Camera, E-mail, Online Communications, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2009-03-24
- Skype goes enterprise: It's about time
- Skype goes enterprise: It's about timeSip for the enterpriseWhat they really need is SIP for the rest of their users.RE: Skype goes enterprise: It's about timeThanks Skype! Now corporate and enterprise Skype users will find it much easier and faster to use Yugma instant web conferencing services. Yugma is a...
- Tags: Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), Web conferencing, Yugma, Skype Technologies S.A., SIP, FreeSwitch
- Discussion threads 2009-03-23
- Australian police may get license to hack
- Australian police may get license to hackLaw enforcement is taking advantage of politico's lack of tech knowledge.There is a big difference between intercepting transmissions passive and hacking into PCs active.Would they change wiretapping laws to include 24x7 audio/video surveillance inside the suspect's home without their knowledge?Laws like these; no matter...
- Tags: Vertical industries, government
- Discussion threads 2009-03-09
- The Snooping Dragon: Social-Malware Surveillance of the Tibetan Movement
- This paper says about a case of malware-based electronic surveillance of a political organisation by the agents of a nation state. While malware attacks are not new, two aspects of this case make it worth serious study. First, it was a targeted surveillance attack designed to collect actionable intelligence for...
- Tags: Malware, Attack, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Security, Viruses And Worms
- White papers 2009-03-01
- British police can now hack citizens' PCs
- British police can now hack citizens' PCsDifferences...The only difference between Britain and the US... Britian is public with its plans and has government approval. The US has faced scrutiny of Congress but intelligence agencies pressed ahead anyway and already data mine all of your communications.Say hi to your Uncle...
- Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Desktops, Spyware, British Police, PC, e-mail
- Discussion threads 2009-01-04
- British police can now hack citizens' PCs
- Seems like Britain's Home Office is channeling Dick Cheney. Last week I wrote that the U.K. is going forward with a plan to build a massive database of every phone call, email and chat conversation in the country. Supposedly they're going to datamine this stuff to find terrorists. ...
- Tags: PC, Britain, Biometric Identification, Computer, E-mail, Productivity, Biometrics, Online Communications, Security, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-01-04
- Is China an open source friend or foe?
- Is China an open source friend or foe?It's classic agitprop ...The story came from Radio Free Asia, which is a U.S government funded station and an outlet for U.S propaganda. How do I know this station is an outlet for U.S propaganda? Because Radio Free Asia cannot be broadcast back...
- Tags: Linux, Operating systems, Red Flag Software, Internet Cafe, open source, Red Flag Linux, Internet
- Discussion threads 2008-12-04
- Verizon fires workers who snooped on Obama cell records
- Verizon fires workers who snooped on Obama cell recordsYou missunderstandIt is one thing to legally access these records, a whole different matter to have an unauthorized party do it.Whether we agree with something or not does not change the fact that if a legitmate request is made, it has to...
- Tags: worker, American People, Well HERE, Verizon Communications Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-11-23
- Now Debuting: One-Click Payment For Illegal Downloads
- Now Debuting: One-Click Payment For Illegal DownloadsBlackmailThis is blackmail by the richest companies in the world.RICH STEALING AGAIN FROM THE POOR.No doubt they won't use it against Third world countries where people can't afford to eat, or WILL THEY?Personally I like to listen to tracks for week or two before...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, SECURITY, One-Click Payment, software
- Discussion threads 2008-09-16
- News to know: Open source court victory; Surveillance; SAP; VMware
- Notable headlines: Tom Steinert-Threlkeld: Police Surveillance: Go Snoop, Yourself Olympics Victor: NBC, Over YouTube Lessig blog: Huge and important news: free licenses upheld NYT: Ruling Is a Victory for Supporters of Free Software Adrian Kingsley-Hughes:...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Larry Dignan, Open Source, SAP AG, Apple Inc., VMware Inc., Defcon, 3G, Notebooks, Wireless, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
- Blog posts 2008-08-14
- Fire burns for three hours at Apple HQ in Cupertino (updated 2x)
- Fire burns for three hours at Apple HQ in Cupertino (updated 2x)Witness reportedseeing a fat bald guy in his 50s running from the Apple campus. When he reached the street and looked back at the fire, the witnesses said he started jumping around the street - something like a...
- Tags: 3G, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-08-13
- Police Surveillance: Go Snoop, Yourself
- With New York planning to put in another 3,000 surveillance cameras and monitor all license plates coming into the island of Manhattan at 20 entrances with its Operation Sentinel, travelers and residents should not only get over any indignation at being snooped on to this extent...
- Tags: Camera, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld
- Blog posts 2008-08-13
- No penalties for colleges that don't enforce anti-P2P
- No penalties for colleges that don't enforce anti-P2PSlippery Slope argumentationYep, once they have the monitoring laws in place, next they will want to monitor a whole lot more. It is a trojan horse, but then Joe McCarthy isn't too far away in US history.Of course, Good ol' Joe needed a...
- Tags: anti-P2P, monitoring
- Discussion threads 2008-08-04
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