Wednesday, February 24. 2010

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Australia to use face-scanning and fingerprints to combat terrorism

Under the plans, the Department of Immigration and Citizenship would begin collecting the fingerprints and facial images this year, and cross-check them with immigration and law enforcement databases in Australia and overseas.

Tuesday, February 23. 2010

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School Spying Scandal Gets Even More Bizarre: Student In Question Was Disciplined For Eating Candy

Apparently, the "improper act" that the student was disciplined for was an accusation of either drug use or drug selling. Well, the image showed the student with Mike & Ikes candies, which do have a passing resemblance to pills, but (last we checked) do not appear to be controlled substances.

Monday, February 22. 2010

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Britons 'could be microchipped like dogs in a decade'

They could be used by companies who want to keep tabs on an employee's movements or by Governments who want a foolproof way of identifying their citizens - and storing information about them.

Sunday, February 21. 2010

in Big Brother

FBI investigates allegations webcam used to monitor student

The FBI has opened an investigation into allegations that a Pennsylvania school official remotely monitored a student at home

Sunday, February 7. 2010

in Big Brother

Google to enlist NSA to help it ward off cyberattacks

The partnership strikes at the core of one of the most sensitive issues for the government and private industry in the evolving world of cybersecurity: how to balance privacy and national security interests.

Monday, January 25. 2010

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Anonymous Facebook Employee: Everything You Do Is Tracked And Stored Forever

See, the thing is -- and I don't know how much you know about it -- it's all stored in a database on the backend. Literally everything. Your messages are stored in a database, whether deleted or not. So we can just query the database, and easily look at it without ever logging into your account. That's what most people don't understand.

Tuesday, January 19. 2010

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FBI Illegally Collected 2,000 Phone Records with Fake Terrorism Emergencies

A series of e-mails and memos obtained details how FBI officials violated their own procedures and strained their communication analysis unit with non-urgent requests.

Saturday, January 9. 2010

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Shades of Things to Come: Israeli Airport Debuts Biometric System

In the first stage, passengers will arrive at a registration desk, where a machine will scan their passports, and take fingerprint and facial imaging samples to create a biometric signature.

in Big Brother

Now Mobile Devices Will Scan Your Naked Body On The Streets

Naked body scanners are being readied to go mobile and scan you on the street, at football games and any other event where masses of people are congregated...

Monday, December 28. 2009

in Big Brother

State agrees to destroy controversial infant blood samples

The Texas Department of State Health services has about four months to destroy blood samples taken and stored without permission from millions of babies.

Wednesday, December 23. 2009

in Big Brother

China to require Internet domain name registration

China has issued new Internet regulations, including what appears to be an effort to create a "whitelist" of approved websites that could potentially place much of the Internet off-limits to Chinese readers.

Monday, December 14. 2009

in Big Brother

Homeland Security Embarks on Big Brother Programs to Read Our Minds and Emotions

Conceived as a cutting-edge counter-terrorism tool, the FAST program will ostensibly detect subjects' bad intentions by monitoring their physiological characteristics, particularly those associated with fear and anxiety.

Wednesday, October 28. 2009

in Big Brother

UK: One in 10 people in DNA database

Police forces in England and Wales have taken the profiles of 5.5 million people, meaning the proportion of the population on the system has passed a tenth for the first time.

Thursday, October 22. 2009

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U.S. Spies Buy Stake in Firm That Monitors Blogs, Tweets

America’s spy agencies want to read your blog posts, keep track of your Twitter updates — even check out your book reviews on Amazon.

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Pentagon used psychological operation on US public, documents show

A months-long review of documents and interviews with Pentagon personnel has revealed that the Bush Administration's military analyst program -- aimed at selling the Iraq war to the American people -- operated through a secretive collaboration between the Defense Department's press and community relations offices.

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