Anti-surveillance filmmaker plans eye-socket camera - Reuters

A Canadian filmmaker plans to have a mini camera installed in his prosthetic eye to make documentaries and raise awareness about surveillance in society. [suite...]

Date: 2009-03-05 18:15:29

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colossal arrogance…

Yes, We Did Plan for Mumbai-Style Attacks in the U.S. Why the latest assault on Bush antiterror strategy could make us less safe ... terrorists were preparing to strike, search for cells using surveillance technology, or use force against [suite...]

Date: 2009-03-10 03:37:04

ATC Global 2009

Meet Terma AIR and Terma Radar Systems at ATC Global 2009, which will be held at the RAI Convention Centre in Amsterdam on 17-19 March 2009. Find us at stand number H604. We look forward to meeting you at this great event. This year, our AIR department will present solutions within datalink, communications, navigation, surveillance [suite...]

Date: 2009-03-06 12:20:26

Police Surveillance - You Have Everything To Hide

I’ve been thinking hard about this story in the Guardian since I first saw it, I’ve watched the video clip a number of times and it really pisses me off. This story comes at more or less the same time that the government has given the police carte blanche to stop any visual recording of them under the usual banner of anti-terrorism [suite...]

Date: 2009-03-07 16:23:23

Bush Administration Considered More Extensive Suppression of Civil Liberties to Fight Terrorism

Newsweek   reports on recently released memos showing that the Bush administration was considering far more extensive violations of civil liberties ... and office complexes inside the United States, deploy high-tech surveillance against U.S. citizens [suite...]

Date: 2009-03-03 20:01:56

The EFF release guide to data privacy and government spying

A new project has been released by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) ... it. It is called the Surveillance Self-Defense project (SSD) and is aimed specifically at Americans covering the law for such things as surveillance, searches, and ... Read ... [suite...]

Date: 2009-03-06 18:44:14

“Everything. I record everything.”

This quote belongs to Robin Bienfait, RIM ’s Chief Information Office (CIO). RIM makes the BlackBerries, and the title line of this post recites Ms ... for this surveillance scheme. Apparently referring to workers whose communications are being intercepted [suite...]

Date: 2009-03-06 10:37:00

Smart Grid: Government spying targets Rural America

RFD America | Smart Grid will allow the government to collect information about you, your habits, and possessions. Research related articles: Pittsburgh to Get “Smart” Surveillance System Speak Out Against NAIS Spying on Americans: The FBI’s “Quantico Circuit” — Still Spying, Still Lying [suite...]

Date: 2009-03-07 17:42:05

Useful reading for technocorrections fans (or foes)

As I have noted in prior posts (many linked here), the future of crime and punishment will include all sort of technocorrections for economic ... of information, physical defence against crime, surveillance, public order maintenance, crime [suite...]

Date: 2009-02-27 15:10:01

Electronic surveillance

A software company recently emailed us an advertisement containing this: Are your employees: Pretending to work when they are really shopping online? Chatting to their friends in your time? Gambling online? You can now secretly and remotely monitor any PC … in the office [suite...]

Date: 2009-03-09 07:00:51

What to Do About John C. Yoo?

What to do about John C. Yoo? That’s the question posited today in a NYT front-pager ... accusations that he misled Congress about surveillance without warrants and the firing of United States [suite...]

Date: 2009-03-09 14:32:52

John Yoo is a Dangerous Idiot

You may find the title of this post slightly self-evident - the many dubious legal opinions that this man has stated stand in testimony of his ... surveillance technology, or use force against a hijacked vessel or building? In these extraordinary [suite...]

Date: 2009-03-10 11:00:00

US protests ‘harassment’ by Chinese vessels (AP)

[ In this photo released by the U.S. Navy, crewmember on a Chinese trawler uses a grapple hook in an apparent attempt to snag the towed acoustic array Sunday, March 8, 2009 of the military Sealift Command ocean surveillance ship USNS Impeccable in the South China Sea on Sunday, March 8, 2009. Impeccable was conducting routine survey [suite...]

Date: 2009-03-10 00:54:43

Police, Plano and a prank?

Police in Plano, Texas are trying to determine if a recent “abduction” was real or a teenage prank ... abduction’ caught on Wal-Mart surveillance video was a hoaxRelated Posts:Art imitating lifeHate the players [suite...]

Date: 2009-03-09 11:49:15

The End of the Yoo Doctrine

The Office of Legal Counsel has just released a series of previously secret opinions from the Bush Administration ... about the legality of specific interrogation, detention and surveillance practices [suite...]

Date: 2009-03-03 12:00:00

Your Cameraphone: a Harbinger of a Massive Social Transformation

This article was written by Jamais Cascio in May of 2005. We're republishing it here as part of our month-long editorial retrospective ... surveillance. The proliferation of video gear in the hands of governments and corporations feeds [suite...]

Date: 2008-09-04 20:22:30

Ashdown, Amnesty and the ippr

Background: last week I wrote a short article on Lib Dem Voice about the ippr’s new report on surveillance and data protection, pointing out how it had been funded and lamenting the fact that Lord [suite...]

Date: 2009-03-04 20:37:47

Toronto coppers bag another killer

Another banger off the street... A man has been charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of a Centennial College student in his Scarborough home last month. Surveillance cameras captured video of two suspects in the shooting, one of whom police are still hunting. He is described as a black male in his early 20s, six-feet [suite...]

Date: 2009-03-07 19:15:00

CNN Host: Adultery 'Unfortunately' Declining Due to Recession

Just how little is the sanctity of marriage and fidelity revered by the mainstream media? ... says business ain't what it used to be. JOHN DINITALE, PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR: Surveillance cases, especially domestic surveillance cases, you could see just falling off the chart. KAYE [suite...]

Date: 2009-03-01 01:07:19

The Digital Photography Book

Scott Kelby , the man who altered the “digital darkroom” forever covers the most important side of digital photography–how to take pro-quality shots ... a photo album creation kit and includes 1 book with a wind... Book Camera for discreet surveillance [suite...]

Date: 2009-03-07 17:55:22

Quote of the day--Ed Pilkington

Maritime experts were given a rare glimpse of the underlying capabilities of the Chinese navy on Sunday, when crewmen involved in a stand-off with a US surveillance ship in the South China Sea revealed the fleet's previously hidden firepower. The exposure came [suite...]

Date: 2009-03-10 10:37:00

NYPD Cops Investigated in East Village Rape Accusation

The NYPD has stripped two police officers of their badges and guns and put on modified duty as they investigate an accusation that a police officer ... and couldn't find cab fare." The officers apparently escorted the woman home. Surveillance videos [suite...]

Date: 2009-03-01 17:38:44

From the “Campaign for Liberty” - an open letter

I read an article today that makes a few political predictions that I found interesting and makes a commitment to rethink her political views if the ... . 6. Government surveillance of US citizens will continue [suite...]

Date: 2009-03-08 14:02:14

Surveillance Self-Defense

Die Electronic Frontier Foundation hat einen Surveillance Self-Defense Guide herausgebracht. Vieles ist zwar auf die USA ausgerichtet, aber man findet trotzdem einige schöne Hinweise in dem [suite...]

Date: 2009-03-06 15:34:26

Yoo Are the Weakest Link. Goodbye!

Finally reading the infamous Yoo memos after all these years was a sort of vertiginous experience, like catching sight of a unicorn, or meeting Santa Claus, or having brunch with Stalin.  I realized that there was a part of me that was actually hoping to discover some ingenious argument in defense of warrantless surveillance [suite...]

Date: 2009-03-03 05:04:49

Now We're Talkin'

As I read through this piece in the Wall Street Journal, two things struck me: (1) I'm in agreement with the Obama administration (!) and (2) ... -forced disclosure of the surveillance programs would cause "exceptional harm to national security [suite...]

Date: 2009-03-08 09:08:00

USNS Impeccable

The USNS Impeccable appears to have got itself into a spot of trouble ... proximity” to a U.S. Navy surveillance ship in international waters, the Pentagon said. Two [suite...]

Date: 2009-03-09 23:38:58

A Look At Off-Shore Banking Havens

Here is a look at the top off-share banking havens: From Economist.com: PRIVATE banking is meant to be boring. Not so for UBS ( UBS ), a Swiss bank which trained some staff in counter-surveillance techniques and infiltrated them into America to meet clients, say American prosecutors. This helped garner $20 billion in assets [suite...]

Date: 2009-03-06 03:40:56

84th Precinct Crime Blotter

The Cobble Hill and Brooklyn Heights Blogs are starting a new weekly feature to bring you the local police precincts’ crime logs every Tuesday ... in. The business doesn’t have an alarm or video surveillance equipment, but cops said they are still [suite...]

Date: 2009-03-03 20:22:27

Where It Might Begin

No shots were fired, no one was injured, and the most potent weapon employed was a water hose. By the standards of modern war, Sunday’s encounter between a US surveillance vessel and a group of Chinese naval ships in the South China Sea, was a drop in the ocean – but 48 hours later [suite...]

Date: 2009-03-10 07:34:28

NSN Daily Update 3/3/09

See today's complete daily update here . What We’re Reading Newsweek reveals the extent to which President Bush was willing to go in curtailing civil liberties after 9/11, including “attack apartment buildings and office complexes inside the United States, deploy high-tech surveillance against U.S. citizens and potentially [suite...]

Date: 2009-03-03 18:03:41

Reports: Grand Jury May Hear Cop Rape Allegation Case

Sources tell Newsday and the NY Times that a grand jury will likely hear the case surrounding allegations that a police officer raped an East ... help to get home. Surveillance footage from a neighborhood bar show the police visiting the woman's [suite...]

Date: 2009-03-05 17:35:13

FBI Targeting of Animal Rights Activists Could Happen Here

... about the investigations. According to the complaint, the FBI spent time using video surveillance to track activists distributing leaflets, used Internet surveillance to track activists accessing publicly [suite...]

Date: 2009-02-25 17:57:27

Pentagon: Chinese Ships Harassed US Vessels

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon charged Monday that five Chinese ships shadowed and maneuvered dangerously close to a U.S ... proximity to USNS Impeccable, in an apparent coordinated effort to harass the U.S. ocean surveillance ship [suite...]

Date: 2009-03-09 15:19:15

Pentagon Protests Chinese Naval Harassment

U.S. officials said they have protested to China about a naval incident in which five Chinese vessels harassed an unarmed U.S ... the area. It said the U.S. ocean surveillance ship was unarmed and staffed by civilians conducting [suite...]

Date: 2009-03-09 17:04:00

Article about ID cards in common law countries, and my thoughts on it

Bruce Schneier links to an interesting paper discussing ID cards in common law countries, and why they are often perceived as negative ... you an electronic ID card — not as a surveillance device, but as a token that you can use to access government [suite...]

Date: 2009-03-08 03:34:23

China Tests The One

The Chinese are once again playing a dangerous game : WASHINGTON (AP) ... collided with and damaged a U.S. surveillance plane . The aircraft ended up being forced to land [suite...]

Date: 2009-03-10 01:13:00

Taiwan: Malicious Software Enables Cellphone Surveillance

Via The Taipei Times . The Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) on Friday took into custody a manager of a company that sold illegal software allowing those interested in obtaining private information to send unidentified SMS text messages to infect cellphones [suite...]

Date: 2009-03-08 03:42:00

Sweden Approves Expansion of Police Anti-File-Sharing Powers

Current law only allows them to question ISPs only if alleged copyright infringement claim could result in more than 2 years of prison time ... sharing a police state is required where all internet traffic is under surveillance. Is it worth it?” [suite...]

Date: 2009-02-26 21:08:59

Best Book Club Books

Ouf, what a week it’s been. I won’t go into it; suffice to say there was a lot of work and I am too pooped now to consider a lengthy or detailed post ... Capote – In Cold Blood Jonathon Raban - Surveillance Sue Miller – While I Was Gone [suite...]

Date: 2009-02-27 18:39:55

Stock Picks and Pans for Troubled Times

Stock Picks and Pans for Troubled Times posted: 13 HOURS 43 MINUTES AGOcomments: 0 filed under: BloggingStocks, Investing ... him to the ground," as the Long Island store opened Friday morning. Police are reviewing store surveillance [suite...]

Date: 2008-11-29 11:55:53

The Nation

Pentagon: Chinese vessels harassed unarmed shipWASHINGTON - The White House said Monday that U.S. Navy ships will continue to operate in the South China Sea, where five Chinese vessels shadowed and maneuvered dangerously close to a Navy surveillance ship, prompting an American protest.US denies [suite...]

Date: 2009-03-09 20:14:16

The OLC Memos and State Secrets

Yesterday's release of some of the infamous OLC memos (the ACLU has requested 41 memos via FOIA) ... that it served several purposes. Clearly it was designed to authorize sweeping warrantless surveillance ... special new surveillance programs that required the collaboration of telecommunications and Internet [suite...]

Date: 2009-03-04 02:30:05

VIDEO: MOVIES: REVIEW: I Heart Huckabees / I Love Huckabees (2004)

I’d been avoiding this for several years based on thinking it was a bunch of existential bullshit that I would hate ... be a lot more effective if they followed their clients around and performed surveillance on them [suite...]

Date: 2009-03-07 09:20:58

Mexico Offered U.S. Help In Battle With Drug Cartels

The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said the United States could help with equipment and intelligence techniques after returning from a six-day ... about what kind of intelligence or surveillance help the United States might offer, but said he saw ways [suite...]

Date: 2009-03-07 17:41:51

what a sewer grating looks like

News from the home front: Still think that if you're innocent, you have nothing to fear from surveillance and control laws? Have a look at this news-video about Stephen Clarke, a man who was accused [suite...]

Date: 2009-03-04 16:05:20

fit for purpose

Your name screws up our surveillance technology. Therefore you must change your name. So far, the nearest equivalence we have to this is the banning of hooded tops in shopping centres in order [suite...]

Date: 2009-03-01 16:12:47

Sudan Aid Ban: UN Investigating If Ban Is War Crime

GENEVA — The U.N. human rights office will examine whether Sudan's decision to expel aid groups constitutes a breach of basic human rights and ... Organization spokeswoman Fadela Chaib said the expelled aid groups had been carrying out surveillance [suite...]

Date: 2009-03-06 13:25:24

Mossad linked to 9/11 attacks: Report

Press TV 9th March 2009 New found information has implicated the Israeli Intelligence agency Mossad in the staging of the terror attacks of ... surveillance team. “There was no question but that the order to close down the investigation came [suite...]

Date: 2009-03-10 01:06:48

Jackanory

A renowned England-hater , Jack Straw, has launched a broadside at the Convention on Modern Liberty from a little known Blackburn blog ... thanks to the database state and because we have become an endemic surveillance society [suite...]

Date: 2009-03-09 00:09:59

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