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New DNA profiling technology could tell police who suspects are in under an hour
June 19, 2011
It could mark the end of the traditional television sleuth drama. A new device that can identify suspects from DNA left at the scene of a crime in under an hour is set to transform the way police track down criminals. The portable technology, which is about the same size as piece of airline carry on luggage, uses a rapid form of DNA profiling to produce a genetic fingerprint from blood, saliva and skin cells left at crime scenes. Without leaving the scene of the crime, the device,...
June 19, 2011
It could mark the end of the traditional television sleuth drama. A new device that can identify suspects from DNA left at the scene of a crime in under an hour is set to transform the way police track down criminals. The portable technology, which is about the same size as piece of airline carry on luggage, uses a rapid form of DNA profiling to produce a genetic fingerprint from blood, saliva and skin cells left at crime scenes. Without leaving the scene of the crime, the device,...
Internet Eyes lambasted for failing to encrypt CCTV footage
June 16, 2011
Big Brother Watch has long had concerns about Internet Eyes, the website allowing armchair voyeurs to monitor private CCTV cameras from the comfort of their computer. Back in March one of the first schemes in three outlets of Budgens in Norfolk was shut down barely a week after it launched after concerned customers complained to the shop owner about the intrusive system. 4973
June 16, 2011
Big Brother Watch has long had concerns about Internet Eyes, the website allowing armchair voyeurs to monitor private CCTV cameras from the comfort of their computer. Back in March one of the first schemes in three outlets of Budgens in Norfolk was shut down barely a week after it launched after concerned customers complained to the shop owner about the intrusive system. 4973
Domestic flight crackdown
June 16, 2011
PASSENGERS will be required to produce photo identification before boarding domestic flights as part of the biggest recommended overhaul of airport and maritime security since the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in the US. It's understood the recommendation is contained in a report to be released today by the parliamentary joint committee on law enforcement into the failure of existing security measures to combat organised crime in the aviation and maritime sectors. The committee is understood...
June 16, 2011
PASSENGERS will be required to produce photo identification before boarding domestic flights as part of the biggest recommended overhaul of airport and maritime security since the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in the US. It's understood the recommendation is contained in a report to be released today by the parliamentary joint committee on law enforcement into the failure of existing security measures to combat organised crime in the aviation and maritime sectors. The committee is understood...
Chicago expanding Big Brother camera network
June 16, 2011
Chicago’s Big Brother network of over 10,000 public and private surveillance cameras is already the most extensive and integrated...
June 16, 2011
Chicago’s Big Brother network of over 10,000 public and private surveillance cameras is already the most extensive and integrated...
‘US builds secret base in Persian Gulf’
June 16, 2011
The United States is constructing a secret CIA airbase in the Persian Gulf in an attempt to expand Washington's deadly drone war in the region, a report says. Withholding the exact location of the base at the request of US officials, Associated Press reported on Wednesday that Washington has decided to build the airbase following indications that an anti-American faction may take over Yemen and ban US forces from fighting against al-Qaeda there. 4848
June 16, 2011
The United States is constructing a secret CIA airbase in the Persian Gulf in an attempt to expand Washington's deadly drone war in the region, a report says. Withholding the exact location of the base at the request of US officials, Associated Press reported on Wednesday that Washington has decided to build the airbase following indications that an anti-American faction may take over Yemen and ban US forces from fighting against al-Qaeda there. 4848
Forget China, Americans Have Had All Their Communications Bugged For 20 Years
June 14, 2011
Echelon program has tracked “every international telephone call, fax, e-mail, or radio transmission” since early 90?s Outrage over the revelation that Chinese authorities have been installing spying devices on all dual-plate Chinese-Hong Kong vehicles is nothing compared to the fact that Americans and European have had all their communications tracked for at least two decades. “For years now Chinese authorities have been installing spying devices on all dual-plate Chinese-Hong Kong vehicles,...
June 14, 2011
Echelon program has tracked “every international telephone call, fax, e-mail, or radio transmission” since early 90?s Outrage over the revelation that Chinese authorities have been installing spying devices on all dual-plate Chinese-Hong Kong vehicles is nothing compared to the fact that Americans and European have had all their communications tracked for at least two decades. “For years now Chinese authorities have been installing spying devices on all dual-plate Chinese-Hong Kong vehicles,...
School surveillance: how big brother spies on pupils
June 13, 2011
'Every day in communities across the United States, children and adolescents spend the majority of their waking hours in schools that increasingly have come to resemble places of detention more than places of learning. From metal detectors to drug tests, from increased policing to all-seeing electronic surveillance, the schools of the 21st century reflect a society that has become fixated on crime, security and violence." So reads a passage from the opening pages of Lockdown High, a new book...
June 13, 2011
'Every day in communities across the United States, children and adolescents spend the majority of their waking hours in schools that increasingly have come to resemble places of detention more than places of learning. From metal detectors to drug tests, from increased policing to all-seeing electronic surveillance, the schools of the 21st century reflect a society that has become fixated on crime, security and violence." So reads a passage from the opening pages of Lockdown High, a new book...
Alleged Cyber Attacks Are Setting The Stage For More Authoritarian Internet Controls
June 12, 2011
The number of alleged cyber attacks on high profile government, military and corporate entities is getting increasingly out of control. Although we could question if some of these so-called cyber attacks are real or fake all day long, what we do know is that these claims are being used to justify an increasing amount of authoritarian control over the Internet. It is starting to appear as if the stage is being set for some sort of manufactured technological related event that will give the establishment...
June 12, 2011
The number of alleged cyber attacks on high profile government, military and corporate entities is getting increasingly out of control. Although we could question if some of these so-called cyber attacks are real or fake all day long, what we do know is that these claims are being used to justify an increasing amount of authoritarian control over the Internet. It is starting to appear as if the stage is being set for some sort of manufactured technological related event that will give the establishment...
Sainsbury’s supermarket staff are being trained as government ‘health spies’
June 12, 2011
Supermarket staff are being trained by health officials to ‘spy’ on customer shopping baskets, it emerged last night. The government-backed scheme to be rolled out at Sainsbury’s stores nationwide aims to identify ‘hidden carers’ – people who look after elderly, sick or disabled relatives do not realise they could be entitled to support. Under the scheme, cashiers will be asked to watch out for unusual shopping habits and taught to discretely ask customers about their personal circumstances...
June 12, 2011
Supermarket staff are being trained by health officials to ‘spy’ on customer shopping baskets, it emerged last night. The government-backed scheme to be rolled out at Sainsbury’s stores nationwide aims to identify ‘hidden carers’ – people who look after elderly, sick or disabled relatives do not realise they could be entitled to support. Under the scheme, cashiers will be asked to watch out for unusual shopping habits and taught to discretely ask customers about their personal circumstances...
IMF hit by sophisticated cyberattack: report
June 12, 2011
WASHINGTON (AFP) – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) was the target of a sophisticated cyberattack earlier this year, the New York Times reported Saturday, quoting senior officials at the world lender. The global financial institution -- which has been spearheading the response to the eurozone crisis in recent months -- has detailed and market-moving information on the fiscal shape of the world's economies. "This was a very major breach," an IMF official said, according to the Times, adding...
June 12, 2011
WASHINGTON (AFP) – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) was the target of a sophisticated cyberattack earlier this year, the New York Times reported Saturday, quoting senior officials at the world lender. The global financial institution -- which has been spearheading the response to the eurozone crisis in recent months -- has detailed and market-moving information on the fiscal shape of the world's economies. "This was a very major breach," an IMF official said, according to the Times, adding...
