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>30 days ago by onlinelearni, 2 Users, more info saveSentient world: war games on the grandest scale
"... 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 saveRespectful Cameras
"... 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 saveSnitchtown - Doctorow on urban surveillance
"...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 savePaper Tyger Launches New RFID Shield
“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 saveDigital privacy behind virtual walls
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 saveFoucault, Facebook and f… surveillance
"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 saveNew software can identify you from your online habits
"[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 saveSay Cheese: Traffic Wardens Get Web-Cams
"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 saveCharlie Stross: Shaping the future
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 saveTracking billboards could give you the eyeball
"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 saveSimulation proves it's possible to eavesdrop on super-s ...
"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 saveCCTV camera 'tails' suspects
"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 savePublic webcams, not CCTV, urged to avoid Big Brother so ...
"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 saveMPs probe 'surveillance society'
"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 saveAutomated License Plate Recognition (ALPR) for Law Enfo ...
"...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 save30 years of the future
"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 savePrivacy row as [UK] checks on phones and e-mails hit 43 ...
"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 saveHitachi develops RFID powder
"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 saveNew Scientist Invention blog: Edible RFID
"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 saveConcerns raised over U.K. ePassport warranties
"...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 saveInvisible RFID Ink Safe For Cattle And People, Company ...
"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 savePirate Bay wants to buy Sealand
"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 saveNew Surveillance Technology Tests The Definition Of Sea ...
"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 saveCanadian coins bugged, U.S. security agency says
"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 saveHackers get theirs, RFID tags follow them everywhere at ...
"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 saveSpime Watch: Jarking Wear
"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 saveFace-hunting software will scour web for targets
"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 saveAuditory Eavesdropping
"...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