Category Archives: Surveillance
FBI Sought FISA Warrant To Spy On Team Trump
Just amazing, the balls these guys have: The Guardian has learned that the FBI applied for a warrant from the foreign intelligence surveillance (Fisa) court over the summer in order to monitor four members of the Trump team suspected of … Continue reading
FBI Caught Using Best Buy Geek Squad As Paid Informers
Another peek behind the curtain: Law enforcement has a number of informants working for it and the companies that already pay their paychecks, like UPS, for example… Unsurprisingly, the FBI also has a number of paid informants. Some of these … Continue reading
Reward For Seth Rich’s Murder Up To $150,000
Now a DC lobbyist pitches in: A Washington, D.C. lobbyist is offering the largest reward in D.C. history for the unsolved murder of Seth Rich, a Democratic National Committee (DNC) staffer gunned down over the summer. Attorney Jack Burkman is … Continue reading
Anti-Surveillance Clothing Confuses Face Recognition
Anti-surveillance is the new black: New anti-surveillance clothing has been developed, allowing wearers to prevent security cameras which use facial recognition technology from recognizing them. The clothing uses complex colored patterns of digitalized faces, and parts of faces, to overload … Continue reading
Journalists Worried Obama’s Powers May Be Used Against Them
The worm turns: Mr. Trump made his animus toward the news media clear during the presidential campaign, often expressing his disgust with coverage through Twitter or in diatribes at rallies. So if his campaign is any guide, Mr. Trump seems … Continue reading
Former Stasi To Patrol Facebook For German Government, Looking For Xenophobia
Everything old is new again: An organisation run by a former Stasi agent has been recruited by the German government to patrol Facebook in a bid to stamp out “xenophobic” comments. Those caught posting material that the government disagrees with … Continue reading
German Retribution Begins
Refugee center burned down: In what could be the first “blowback” response against German refugees following Monday’s deadly Berlin terrorist attack in which a Tunisian jihadist killed 12 people after ramming a truck in a Christmas market after swearing allegiance … Continue reading
Trump To Use His Own Security Team
Very interesting: President-elect Donald Trump reportedly plans to stick with members of his aggressive private security crew of loyal retired ex-cops and former FBI agents, and won’t rely solely on the Secret Service in the White House, according to Politico. … Continue reading
Muslims Fear Trump Taking Over Surveillance Infrastructure
Were any Muslims even under surveillance? Thousands of American Muslims and activists from progressive groups will march on the White House on Monday in a last-ditch effort to persuade Barack Obama to dismantle a discriminatory program that singled out Arabs … Continue reading
Why Was A Dating Site Attacking Wikileaks?
An interesting story: For an online dating site, toddandclare.com seems really good at cloak-and-dagger stuff. Disconnected phones. Mystery websites. Actions that ricochet around the globe. But the attention grabber is the Houston-based company’s target: Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, … Continue reading