Spying

Source: slashdot.org --- 2 hours ago
Vapon writes "A lady noticed her computer was running slower after she had brought her computer in to be repaired. She took the computer to a second repair shop where they found that one of the problems was that her webcam would turn on whenever it detected her around and was taking photos and uploading it to a website. The repair technician that installed the software has done this to at least 10 women and has photos of at least one undressing." Read more of this story at Slashdot. ...

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk --- 22 hours ago
MI5 and MI6 could be forced to share their intelligence with the rest of Europe under new proposals from the EU. ...

Source: communities.canada.com --- 1 day ago
It is hard to escape the overwhelming feeling of being monitored and watched no matter where you go. The enthusiasm of many of the volunteers who help the media find their way around a confusing city is heartening, and I think many of them genuinely like...( read more ) ...

Source: www.nydailynews.com --- 1 day ago
A gun-control activist who championed the cause for more than a decade and served on the boards of two anti-violence groups is suspected of working as a paid spy for the National Rifle Association, and now those organizations are expelling her and sweeping their offices for bugs. ...

Source: www.wickedlocal.com --- 16 hours ago
“We’re concerned about the way that a measure like this has been snuck through in the name of protecting children.” Chris Ott   Massachusetts police and prosecutors can now find out whom you’ve been e-mailing through a measure that was attached with Jessica’s Law. Governor Deval Patrick, Attorney General Martha Coakley and all 11 district attorneys supported the measure that has drawn the ire of the American Civil Liberties Union. Patrick said the law modernized outdated laws to get in step with modern times of e-mailing and instant messaging. Others disagreed, and believe the new law could be used against regular citizens. Police and prosecutors were able to look at phone records to determine who called whom, but not tap a phone call without a judge’s warrant. Now they will be able to see who e-mailed whom, but not look at the content of the e-mail without a separate subpoena. “We’re concerned about the way that a measure like this has been snuck through in the name of protecting children. It gives this largely unchecked power to request this information about people who may not even know they’re being looked into,” said Chris Ott, communications manager for the Massachusetts ACLU chapter. Jessica’s Law toughens penalties for sex crimes against children by imposing mandatory minimum prison sentences for six newly created crimes of rape or sexual abuse of a child. Gov. Patrick’s director of communications, Emily Lagrassa, said, “B ...

Source: www.thenewstribune.com --- 8 hours ago
PHILADELPHIA – A gun-control activist who championed the cause for more than a decade and served on the boards of two anti-violence groups is suspected of working as a paid spy for the National Rifle Association, and now those organizations are expelling her and sweeping their offices for bugs. ...

Source: www.bignewsnetwork.com --- 1 day ago
Khaled Kashkush, a 29-year-old Israeli Arab resident of the town of Kalansua, is suspected of Spying for Hezbollah, it was revealed Wednesday after the Shin Bet security service lifted a media gag ord... ...

Source: newtech.aurum3.com --- 4 hours ago
Researchers at Northwestern University and University of Illinois have built an eye like camera which is constructed on a curved flexible electronics surface. From Reuters: Researchers Huang and Rogers created a mesh like material which is made up of tiny squares that hold the photodetectors and electronic components. These squares are connected by tiny wires that [...] ShareThis ...

Source: cryptome.org --- 1 day ago
August 6, 2008 ...

Source: www.progressive.org --- 1 day ago
With these Bush guys, you’ve got to read the fine print. On July 31, they published in the Federal Register a proposed change to Title 28, Section 23, of the Code of Federal Regulations. read more ...

Source: www.nowlebanon.com --- 1 day ago
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Source: www.topix.com --- 1 day ago
The RCMP security branch had no reason to spy on the women's movement of the 1970s -- and even less cause to keep a file on Rita MacNeil, the Cape Breton singer said yesterday. ...

Source: www.topix.com --- 1 day ago
Gov. Martin O'Malley has asked former attorney general Stephen H. Sachs to lead a review of Maryland State Police Spying tactics just as the American Civil Liberties Union prepares to broaden its own inquiry. ...

Source: www.shimshon9.com --- 1 day ago
Khaled Kashkush, a 29-year-old Israeli Arab resident of the town of Kalansua, is suspected of Spying for Hezbollah, it was revealed Wednesday after the Shin Bet security service lifted a media gag order. Kashkush, who was arrested last month, was served with an indictment Wednesday morning at a court in Petah Tikva. He is suspected of [...] ...

Source: bigozine3.com --- 1 day ago
Sportswriter Dave Zirin became a target of state police surveillance when he took part in the Campaign to End the Death Penalty. Now he’s angry and will not be silenced. Finally, at long last, I have something in common with Muhammad Ali. No, I’m not the heavyweight champion of the world, but, like “the Greatest,” I [...] ...

Source: forums.utassault.net --- 2 hours ago
Vapon writes "A lady noticed her computer was running slower after she had brought her computer in to be repaired. She took the computer to a second repair shop where they found that one of the problems was that her webcam would turn on whenever it detected her around and was taking photos and... ...

Source: www.politicususa.com --- 8 hours ago
Libertarian presidential candidate Bob Barr drew an interesting comparison today between the domestic Spying of the Chinese government during the upcoming Olympics, and the domestic Spying of the Bush administration on U.S. citizens. “The Olympics is about to begin in China, but visitors will find themselves living under the same restrictions on their liberties as Chinese citizens. The government is forcing foreign-owned hotels to install software to spy on guests’ internet use. The U.S. State Department says both phone calls and emails are subject to surveillance and warns that tourists ‘have no reasonable expectation of privacy in public or private locations.’ It sounds an awful lot like America today,” Barr said. He then discussed our government’s power to spy, “Obviously our government is not the same as the communist government in Beijing. But our government has acquired from Congress—and sometimes simply seized on its own—the power to electronically surveil citizens’ phone calls and e-mails. Under the Patriot Act and the just-expanded Foreign Surveillance Intelligence Act, the federal government can search our homes and computers and monitor our phone conversations and internet use with minimal – if any-- outside oversight. .. Indeed, the president of the United States claims that he can designate an American living in America as an “enemy combatant” and thereby deny him any rights under the Constitution,” Barr said. Barr also poi ...

Source: blogs.zdnet.com --- 11 minutes ago
Children regularly circumvent age verification systems on social networks such as MySpace, Bebo and Facebook, according to a new survey of young people's online activities in the UK. In response, reveals the survey, net savvy parents are monitoring their child's underage social networking activities by Spying on their accounts. ...

Source: news.sky.com --- 11 hours ago
A growing number of parents are Spying on their children's activities on social networking sites over fears they could be befriending strangers. ...

Source: www.earthtimes.org --- 4 hours ago
Beirut - The Lebanese daily al-Akhbar, which is close to Hezbollah, launched Thursday a vehement attack on U.N. peacekeepers patrolling south Lebanon, accusing them of Spying for Israel. Under the headline UNIFIL: A list of violations in favour of I... ...