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BBC’s Secret “TV Detector” Vans Not So Secret… Sorta
Did you know you have to pay a licensing fee when you buy a TV in the UK and that money is used to subsidize the cost of running the BBC? Yea… I didn’t either. Well your gut reaction might be “who cares, how can they possibly police that?” As fate would have it, Chris Hunkele [...]
Continue reading...Surveillance Back Doors Built into Skype
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Heise Online reports that there have been recent findings that suggest there are surveillance back doors built directly into Skype. While Skype refuses to comment directly on the findings by the community, at an ISP meeting on June 25th higher-ups at an unnamed Austrian ISP made the comment that spying on Skype-based phone calls was not [...]
Continue reading...US Govt. Thinks Citizens Are a Constant Threat
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
The Washington Times is reporting that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) expressed “great interest” in a “safety bracelet” that all air-travelers would be forced to wear if implemented. This information was from a promotional video (Link Dead, they have removed the movie after all the attention it got) over at the Lamperd Less Lethal website. The [...]
Continue reading...War Against Internet Users, P2P Traffic and Piracy Begins
Thursday, July 3, 2008
Was browsing through Slashdot today and saw two interesting articles. It looks like nations, naturally under the guidence of the RIAA/MPAA and similar groups, are beginning to move ‘anti-piracy’ legislation forward. The first part of the problem is to give ISPs complete amnesty from pirated material, which will protect them from litigation and give them an [...]
Continue reading...Insane CCTV Network in London Doesn’t Help
Friday, May 9, 2008
Well that’s a shocker… it looks like the incredible network of closed-circuit television security cameras in London (and slowly being built out here in the US in most major cities) is actually not doing a damn thing to curb petty theft which was the entire platform building the stupid thing stood on in the first [...]
Continue reading...White House Ordered to Disclose Tel-Com Ties
Thursday, November 29, 2007
It seems under the Freedom of Information Act, a judge has ordered that the Bush Administration reveal it’s relationship with the tel-com industry and lobbyists. There is also mention that the White House agreed to release the information on December 31st, which is naturally after it would have voted and passed the FISA bill. Who wants to [...]
Continue reading...Infrared Cameras in D.C. Will Catch Cheating Commuters
Thursday, October 4, 2007
This seems… a bit aggressive to me, but I understand why it might be necessary… In Washington D.C., infrared cameras are being installed to watch the commuters in the carpool lane. As the cars pass under the camera, if only 1 human is detected in the car, the driver will be issued a ticket for using [...]
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Monday, November 3, 2008
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