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TIA 2.0: NSA conducts data sweeps and mining without oversight: In a front-page piece on Monday, Siobhan Gorman of the Wall Street Journal argued that the NSA has been building, over the past several years, the same capability that was planned for Total Information Awareness. TIA was an "experimental Pentagon antiterrorism program meant to vacuum up electronic...; Tags: U.S., Phone, Story, NSA, E-mail, Government, Internet, Telecom & Utilities, Online Communications, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-03-12
Creeping totalitarianism: The NSA, personal data and you: Here's a simple rule for preventing totalitarian rule in any nation: Don't build the systems for monitoring people's daily lives closely in the first place, and you will not be at risk of totalitarian rulers using those systems to overwhelm individual choice. The Wall Street Journal today has a long...; Tags: Monitoring, Terrorism, NSA, Government, Homeland Security, Mitch Ratcliffe; Blog posts 2008-03-10
US Government seeks to invest $6 Billion in security by obscurity: US Government seeks to invest $6 Billion in security by obscurityI am sure almost $500M will go to securityYou stress too much. Almost 8.5% will end up going into actual security products and processes. This after the 10% goes to a bunch of "admin" companies, and then 60%...; Tags: U.S. Government, Security Products, security; Discussion threads 2008-01-28
Hackers attacking US utilities overseas: Hackers attacking US utilities overseasVista Server The Solution!Any industry that is not 100% Microsoft from servers to ALL clients is in danger fron hackers!http://fakesteveballmer.blogspot.comRE: Hackers attacking US utilities overseasOverseas countries don't have cash to do what's done here, a privite not net system to control grid. It was just convenient...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista; Discussion threads 2008-01-20
What's your score? FBI STAR program uses to data to evaluate terrorism risk: Would you trust a computer to identify potential terrorists? The FBI is working on a computer-profiling system that would do just that and not everyone is happy about it, reports the Washington Post.The System to Assess Risk, or STAR, set to be tested next year, will function in much the...; Tags: Homeland security, Justice, Privacy; Blog posts 2007-07-11

DARPA plans to turn moths into cyberspies: DARPA plans to turn moths into cyberspiesReally ScareyThis is a good thing if used only for good purposes but what scares me is the potential for misuse. I understand that it could be used in a positive manner but human nature always finds someone abusing and misusing abilities. In my...; Tags: DARPA; Discussion threads 2007-05-31
Making America strong - one family at a time: Mash-up on steroidsIt sure is nice to see the folks in Washington DC pick up on the latest technology and put it to good wholesome use. I refer, of course, to a pilot program here in Arizona run by the Department of Family Security.With an inspired combination of GPS automobile...; Tags: Uncategorized; Blog posts 2007-04-01
These photos illustrate AT&T's phone, Internet tracking activities for NSA: Wired Magazine has obtained, and has posted, the complete text of a document that attempts to chronicle how AT&T equipped a "secret room" at 611 Folsom Street in San Francisco to track domestic and international phone calls made by American citizens and others. ...; Tags: Klein; Blog posts 2006-05-23
DHS program tries to connect far-flung information, but at what privacy cost?: A largely overlooked story by Mark Clayton of the Christian Science Monitor details ADVISE, a massive data sweep program by the Dept. of Homeland Security. The US government is developing a massive computer system that can collect huge amounts of data and, by linking far-flung...; Tags: Advise, U.S. Department of Homeland Security; Blog posts 2006-02-24
Senate panel approves more Net-policing powers: Senate panel approves more Net-policing powersSpam = Advertising"Intended by its sponsors to help combat such menaces as spam, spyware and telemarketing fraud carried out on international turf, the bill would allow the FTC to collaborate with foreign law enforcement agencies and swap information on a reciprocal basis."Spam isn't illegal in...; Tags: Spam, U.S. Senate; Discussion threads 2005-12-15
DHS' privacy officer moving to GE: Nuala O'Connor Kelly, the Dept. of Homeland Security's privacy officer, is leaving government for a similar position at General Electric, News.com reports. O'Connor Kelly's acting replacement will be Maureen Cooney, who is currently the Privacy Office's chief of staff and senior advisor for international privacy...; Tags: U.S. Department of Homeland Security, privacy officer; Blog posts 2005-09-30
Homeland Security panel picks controversial chairman: Homeland Security panel picks controversial chairmanwhy should anyone care these days.just go to zabasearch dot com and get all the info on a person you need. it's free if you want an address, name, dob and phone #.More of the same criminal nonsense folks[i]" The privacy advisory board has...; Tags: homeland security, Intelligent Life; Discussion threads 2005-04-06
U.S. cybersecurity chief resigns: U.S. cybersecurity chief resignsSounds like Nixon 2"The technology industry pointed to Yoran's resignation as proof that the top cybersecurity position needed more authority within the Department of Homeland Security."More likely he was asked to do something he couldn't reconcile with his conscience. I just watched the debate (I missed it...; Tags: SECURITY, cybersecurity; Discussion threads 2004-10-01
FTC: All eyes on consumer privacy: FTC: All eyes on consumer privacySpooky, but......there are things a lot more scary than Google's mail. Check out what they sell here and notice how they get it: www.Intelius.comprivacy is becoming thinner.why dont they just put a freakin' camera everyone home, and they could monitor everyone.. i hate this...; Tags: Google Gmail, consumer privacy, e-mail, Orwellian Language, FTC, privacy; Discussion threads 2004-06-10
MasterCard checks out 'contactless' payments: MasterCard checks out 'contactless' paymentscool, I'll just build a sniffer to capture the rfid infoafter I've collected enough credit card rfid details, I'll be able to have a great christmas.at what point do the guys at the top even begin to think about the downside of what they are trying...; Tags: fraud, payment, RFID, MasterCard International, credit card; Discussion threads 2003-12-19