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>30 days ago by onlinelearni, 2 Users, more info save
http://www.theregister.com/2007/06/23/sentient_worlds/

Sentient world: war games on the grandest scale websnapr

"... the US Department of Defense (DOD) may already be creating a copy of you in an alternate reality to see how long you can go without food or water, or how you will respond to televised propag
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://www.technologyreview.com/infotech/18617/

Respectful Cameras websnapr

"... would obscure, with an oval, the faces of people who appear on surveillance videos." Wait, what?
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://www.forbes.com/2007/06/11/urban-surveillance-security-biz-21cities_cx_cd_0611futurecity.html

Snitchtown - Doctorow on urban surveillance websnapr

"...the truth is that ubiquitous cameras only serve to violate the social contract that makes cities work."
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmviewid=news_view&newsid=20070601005684&newslang=en

Paper Tyger Launches New RFID Shield websnapr

“The Paper Tyger® RFID Shield is extremely effective at protecting consumer privacy and will assist tremendously in advancing the use of the technology by eliminating the fear of identity theft.” Err,
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://www.primidi.com/2007/05/27.html#a1848

Digital privacy behind virtual walls websnapr

Some interesting material about ubicomp surveillance and the potential of 'virtual wall' devices to claw back some privacy. But will it work? Will it be easily hacked? Will it be legal? Will we even w
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://mmcgrath.co.uk/2007/05/24/foucault-facebook-and-f-surveillance/

Foucault, Facebook and f… surveillance websnapr

"We are, at the very least, complicit and many of us are actively encouraging the state and others to watch us more closely, which is where Facebook is going to come in, after I detour via Foucau
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://www.newscientisttech.com/article.ns?id=mg19426046.400&feedid=being-human_rss20

New software can identify you from your online habits websnapr

"[Microsoft] is developing software that could accurately guess your name, age, gender and potentially even your location, by analysing telltale patterns in your web browsing history."
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://uk.gizmodo.com/2007/05/23/say_cheese_traffic_wardens_get.html

Say Cheese: Traffic Wardens Get Web-Cams websnapr

"Wardens in Manchester are about to get Web-cams fitted on their caps so that they can prove to shocked drivers that they actually did park illegally."
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2007/05/shaping_the_future.html

Charlie Stross: Shaping the future websnapr

Transcript of a keynote speech given by Charlie Stross to a tech consultancy open day. Exponential change, technological impacts, all the good stuff.
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://www.newscientisttech.com/article/dn11810-tracking-billboards-could-give-you-the-eyeball.html

Tracking billboards could give you the eyeball websnapr

"A camera that monitors eye movements from up to 10 metres away makes it possible for smart billboards that track the attention of passers-by." I'm selling cheap sunglasses for a living from
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://www.nature.com/news/2007/070423/full/070423-10.html

Simulation proves it's possible to eavesdrop on super-s ... websnapr

"A team of researchers has, for the first time, hacked into a network protected by quantum encryption." Everything *can* and *will be* hacked. Get used to it, and start working *with* it, no
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article1655200.ece

CCTV camera 'tails' suspects websnapr

"The camera can lock on to and track a single face from 500ft above, which can then be scanned and matched against a database of known criminals or terrorist suspects." This country is f*cke
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/story/0,,2043613,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=18

Public webcams, not CCTV, urged to avoid Big Brother so ... websnapr

"Footage from surveillance cameras must be made freely available to the public if Britain is to avoid becoming a Big Brother state, researchers warned yesterday." Someone's been reading Davi
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/6479395.stm

MPs probe 'surveillance society' websnapr

"An inquiry into the growing use of surveillance in society is to be held by an influential committee of MPs." Note to horse - please kick barn door shut on your way out. KTHXBAI.
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://gizmag.com/go/7024/

Automated License Plate Recognition (ALPR) for Law Enfo ... websnapr

"...a new police-car-mounted camera that can automatically recognise over 3000 number plates an hour, while police simply cruise through the district."
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/6390731.stm

30 years of the future websnapr

"It was once for children, now it's much loved by adults but the authors of legendary British comic 2000AD are shocked how many of their predictions have come to pass." BBC news from MegaCit
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 2 Users, more info save
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article1409395.ece

Privacy row as [UK] checks on phones and e-mails hit 43 ... websnapr

"Almost 450,000 requests were made to monitor [UK] people’s telephone calls, e-mails and post by secret agencies and other authorised bodies in just over a year, the spying watchdog said yesterda
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://www.pinktentacle.com/2007/02/hitachi-develops-rfid-powder/

Hitachi develops RFID powder websnapr

"On February 13, Hitachi unveiled a tiny, new “powder” type RFID chip measuring 0.05 x 0.05 mm — the smallest yet — which they aim to begin marketing in 2 to 3 years." ZOMFG! ph34r t3h sm4r+
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://www.newscientist.com/blog/invention/2007/02/edible-rfid.html

New Scientist Invention blog: Edible RFID websnapr

"The tags would be covered with soft gelatin that takes a while to dissolve in the stomach. After swallowing a tag a patient need only sit next to a radio source and receiver." I predict par
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/07/concerns-raised-over-u-k-epassport-warranties/

Concerns raised over U.K. ePassport warranties websnapr

"...only a two-year warranty on the microchips that make 'em tick, despite the fact that passports are intended to be used for a full ten years." UK=SNAFU. Just microwave the damn things.
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://www.informationweek.com/story/showarticle.jhtml?articleid=196802844

Invisible RFID Ink Safe For Cattle And People, Company ... websnapr

"Somark Innovations announced this week that it successfully tested biocompatible RFID ink, which can be read through animal hairs." Via Warren Ellis, who justifiably predicts that the geek
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://buysealand.com

Pirate Bay wants to buy Sealand websnapr

"Plan B: If we do not get enough money required to buy the micronation of Sealand, we will try to buy another small island somwhere and claim it as our own country." I'm tempted to donate ju
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 2 Users, more info save
http://techdirt.com/articles/20070110/123140.shtml

New Surveillance Technology Tests The Definition Of Sea ... websnapr

"As we discover more and more examples of high-tech surveillance devices, it's increasingly clear that existing law as well as our notions of proper privacy boundaries are becoming inadequate.&qu
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2007/01/10/rfid-defence.html

Canadian coins bugged, U.S. security agency says websnapr

"Canadian coins containing tiny transmitters have mysteriously turned up in the pockets of at least three American contractors who visited Canada..." Why watch your money when it can watch y
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/29/hackers-get-theirs-rfid-tags-follow-them-everywhere-at-ccc/

Hackers get theirs, RFID tags follow them everywhere at ... websnapr

"The "CCC Sputnik" badges, as they're known, are tracked by 35 monitoring stations, which in turn export a public XML feed so that anyone who wants to can track the wearers around the e
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://blog.wired.com/sterling/2006/12/spime_watch_jar.html

Spime Watch: Jarking Wear websnapr

"The unique feature of this clothing will be its self-sustainability via a unique solar-powered material being developed by a 3rd party. The material is waterproof and machine washable and will a
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://www.newscientisttech.com/article.ns?id=dn10828&feedid=tech_rss20

Face-hunting software will scour web for targets websnapr

"A search engine that uses sophisticated facial recognition to allow users to identify and find people in online images ... civil liberties groups say the biometric-style tool could compromise th
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2006/12/auditory_eavesd.html

Auditory Eavesdropping websnapr

"...IMMI measures individual people and tries to figure out what they're watching (or listening to). They do this through specially designed cell phones that automatically eavesdrop on what's goi
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
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