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Police Have Children With Political Activists for Spy Efforts (UK)

civilchallenger — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 21:10:54 +0000

"[Officer] Bob Lambert did not tell his wife or child that he was a police spy, as he needed to conceal his real identity from the political activists he was spying on."

Homeland Security Monitoring Drudge Report, NY Times, Wired.com

loungedaddy — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 04:42:55 +0000

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s command center routinely monitors dozens of popular websites, including Facebook, Twitter, Hulu, WikiLeaks and news and gossip sites including the Huffington Post and Drudge Report, according to a government document.

'Pre-crime' system inaccurate, infringes personal privacy

Cyphase — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 18:53:43 +0000

The U.S. government's experimental system using algorithms to profile and predict whether a person is likely to commit a crime carries inaccuracy in determining future and potential criminal behavior, psychologists warn, noting that it also intrudes personal privacy and will be difficult to implement in Asia-Pacific.

14 New Ways That the Government Is Watching You

rmyofme — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 01:40:18 +0000

If you live in the United States today, you need to understand that your privacy is being constantly eroded. Our world is going crazy, government paranoia is off the charts and law enforcement authorities have become absolutely obsessed with watching us, listening to us, tracking us, recording us, compiling information on all of us and getting us all to spy on one another.

You Want to Track Me? Here You Go, F.B.I.

virgil — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 13:37:17 +0000

My activities may be more symbolic than not, but if 300 million people started sending private information to federal agents, the government would need to hire as many as another 300 million people, possibly more, to keep up with the information and we’d have to redesign our entire intelligence system.

FBI Records Talk Radio

Regulus — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 16:58:23 +0000

If you call in to Free Talk Live or hundreds of other talk radio stations around the country that maintain a web presence, there is a good chance the FBI will recorded you.

Good. Those guys should hear the ideas of liberty expressed so plainly.

OnStar Begins Spying On Customers’ GPS Location For Profit

gat — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 05:54:44 +0000

OnStar’s latest T&C has some very unsettling updates to it, which include the ability to sell your personal GPS location information, speed, safety belt usage, and other information to third parties, including law enforcement.

FBI informant sent into mosque to sex up the ladies

MuslimNonarchist — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 20:02:10 +0000

During his time as an informant the FBI involved Monteilh in a plan to present himself as a Muslim man seeking potential wives. He approached the FBI agents on the case and asked "If there's a potential sexual encounter what do you want me to do?" The agents said to go ahead with the sexual interactions. After learning more about the women's potential "terrorist" connections the FBI would confront the women with recordings of their sexual encounters to frighten them into giving them actionable intelligence.

Attorney Lets Bad Cops Slide, Prosecutes Citizens Who Record The Cops

Causarius — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 16:47:03 +0000

Woman is sexually assaulted by cop...tries to file a complain...gets harassed and tapes conversation...is arrested for eavesdropping.

Texas school cameras will watch kids' calorie counts

young92782 — Thu, 12 May 2011 01:28:13 +0000

The next time kids in five San Antonio elementary schools try to sneak those extra french fries onto their tray in the cafeteria line, the eye in the sky will be watching them.

Air Force Surveillance Tool Widens View of Afghanistan

andrew.valish — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 21:21:06 +0000

This winter, the Air Force is set to deploy to Afghanistan what it says is a revolutionary airborne surveillance system called Gorgon Stare, which will be able to transmit live video images of physical movement across an entire town.

The system, made up of nine video cameras mounted on a remotely piloted aircraft, can transmit live images to soldiers on the ground or to analysts tracking enemy movements. It can send up to 65 different images to different users; by contrast, Air Force drones today shoot video from a single camera over a "soda straw" area the size of a building or two.

FBI Agents Train Garbage Collectors to Spy Via The Waste Watch Program

andrew.valish — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 15:24:30 +0000

Former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents are helping local authorities turn thousands of garbage collectors into a spy force that reports to the police. Critics say the program is an example of how the United States is turning into an East German-style informant society.

Going to the movies? Prepare to be watched while you watch

stuntmantdave — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 13:40:47 +0000

Gaining entry to some movie theaters lately gives patrons an experience that is on par with going through a TSA security checkpoint at the airport. Then once you’ve gained access, there are cameras strategically positioned that record your every move. Unfortunately, the extent to which these companies monitor movie-goers is only going to get worse.

Fed Govt “demands back doors in all communications systems”

loungedaddy — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 16:01:37 +0000

According to Xeni Jardin at Boing Boing: “If granted, those expanded spying powers would make it easier for the government to snoop on email, webmail, Skype, Facebook, even Xboxes.”
if the government trots out “child pornography” as a reason to have these invasive and ever-expanding powers, don’t believe it. They’ve ignored hundreds of cases already.

Reddit.com - khaledthegypsy: Does this mean the FBI is after us

assawyer — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 17:11:03 +0000

Me and my friend went to the mechanic today and we found this on his car. http://imgur.com/OM6nE.jpg i am pretty confident it is a tracking device by the FBI but my friend's roommates think it is a bomb..any thoughts? The FBI had interest in my friend since his father passed away, as he was a religious muslim leader and they've made attempts at contacting my friend to spew racist questions.

Is National Security Behind Google's Wi-Fi Spying?

masshole — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 02:46:32 +0000

Has search and advertising giant Google been tracking you just to sell you stuff -- or is it because the U.S. government asked it to? A congressional hearing later today may raise more questions than answers.

Homeland Security Wants Cellphones to Sniff for Bio Agents

stuntmantdave — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 12:56:31 +0000

Your cellphone can already tell you where to find the nearest Starbucks or the most convenient subway station. But it might soon be smart enough to alert you to a toxic threat during your morning commute or coffee break, thanks to a new plan from the Department of Homeland Security.