dilbert: That feeling of over confidence is probably exactly what the FBI is hoping for. That way maybe a few criminals will get a little sloppy. Law enforcement likes low hanging fruit.
Re: Surveillance Nation
Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2016 7:22 pm
by ergot
John Oliver: Encryption Encryption is too important to trust the FBI with a backdoor.
Re: Surveillance Nation
Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2016 7:51 am
by CactusHugger
New Ways You Are Being Spied On and How To Prevent It Your appliances could be used to spy on you. Express unpopular opinions and they'll plant child porn on your computer and then bust you for possession of illegal pornography. It's not like it hasn't already happened thousands of times!
Re: Surveillance Nation
Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2016 8:31 am
by sandman
FBI Seeks Warrantless Access to Internet Browser Histories It's bad enough what they can do WITH warrants and now they want to bypass even that safeguard?
Re: Surveillance Nation
Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2016 12:29 pm
by a2z
SEX & Defecation: The Last Two Private Acts in a Surveillance Society Freedom of speech and even freedom of thought are threatened by mass surveillance.
Re: Surveillance Nation
Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2016 7:47 pm
by mrgreen
Private company has database on 'every American adult' It would be really awesome if highly skilled hackers would target these databases and basically destroy the fuck out of them!
Re: Surveillance Nation
Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2017 7:28 am
by cactuspete
Vizio Pays Millions for Secretly Monitoring Customers’ Viewing Habits Whether it's companies gathering data for targeted advertisement campaigns or government law enforcement agencies watching everything you do, technology can be used to invade your privacy almost anywhere you go nowadays.
Re: Surveillance Nation
Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2017 8:26 pm
by a2z
Vault 7 – The CIA has Lost Control of its Entire Cyber Weapons Arsenal Well, this is interesting and potentially disruptive!
Re: Surveillance Nation
Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2017 8:43 am
by MojaveMike
First of all, this only confirms what we already expected. Secondly, the tools are potentially much more powerful than what has been available to hackers before this leak. Hackers can take the source for these tools and make them even more intrusive. Expect some serious issues as a result of this leak.
Re: Surveillance Nation
Posted: Tue Dec 26, 2017 8:10 am
by mrgreen
U.S. v. Whistleblower Tom Drake This is from 2011, but it's on YouTube Trending today and it mostly discusses events relevant to 9-11 and its aftermath. Videos on YouTube Trending are almost never more than a week or so old.