• Bush calls for more eavesdropping

  

  Apr 1, 2008 1:56

  US President George W. Bush has called on the Congress to pass a ‘vital’ pending legislation aimed at loosening...

   

• CCTV cameras not capturing many crimes

  San Francisco’s 68 controversial anti-crime cameras haven’t deterred criminals from committing assaults, sex...

   

• CCTV may soon ‘identify’ criminals

  · Offenders’ faces tracked through CCTV images · Scheme part of ‘hi-tech revolution on the beat’ The...

   

• Big Brother Keeping Tabs On Students

  New technology is helping Guilford County school leaders keep an eye on your kids. Greensboro, NC — The district installed...

   

• MI5 Wants Oyster Card Travel Data

  Counter-terrorism experts call it a ‘force multiplier’: an attack combining slaughter and electronic chaos. Now...

   

• An overview of the NSA’s domestic spying program

  In Wednesday’s Wall Street Journal, Siobhan Gorman pulled together the disparate threads of reporting on what’s...

   

• Faceless: Chasing the Data Shadow

  Remote-controlled UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) scan the city for anti-social behaviour. Talking cameras scold people for...

   

• CCTV camera sees under clothing

  Applications for CCTV operators go through the roof A UK company is marketing the first CCTV camera that can see objects...

   

• VIDEO: History Channel Surveillance Tech

  In the world of surveillance, Big Brother is not only watching, he’s also listening, analyzing, recording, scanning,...

   

• Council rules out ‘unlawful’ CCTV

  The Telegraph A council has decided not to install CCTV cameras in a crime-ridden area on the grounds they would “contravene...

   

• Surveillance costs add to tax bills

  CCTV and DNA advances add to bills but minister calls rises unacceptable Jill Sherman, Whitehall Editor, and Murad Ahmed Soaring...

   

• CCTV Busting Infra-Red Headset Makes You Invisible

  by Cory Doctorow This German exibition is showcasing bright infrared LED devices that overwhelm the CCDs in security cameras,...

   

• IBM scientists look to DNA to build future chips

  DNA strings could become the template for nanotubes and nanowires by 2028 By Sharon Gaudin Looking for a way to continually...

   

• MPs must thwart the dark plans of the state

  Parliament has never been less vigilant about the many measures to increase Home Office power. In the name of the great democrats...

   

• Government wants personal details of every traveller

  Phone numbers and credit card data to be collected under expanded EU plan   Airline passengers will be monitored at...

   

• White House says phone wiretaps back on “for now”

  The Bush administration said on Saturday U.S. telecommunications companies have agreed to cooperate “for the time being”...

   

• Threat to our privacy must be fought

  The future security of every family and child in the country has been compromised by the recent loss of child benefit details. News...

   

• High-tech US border surveillance

  Washington warns that the recently-developed high-tech virtual fence on the US-Mexican border is fully prepared to tackle...

   

• Telecoms Backing Off Illegal Wiretaps for Bush

  Without protection against lawsuits, are the telecoms less willing to cooperate with government spying efforts? By Mark Hosenball...

   

• Has Homeland Security Gone Too Far with Surveillance?

  

  Feb 21, 2008 19:22

  Normally, I’m all for what Uncle Sam needs to do in order to maintain National Security … so long as it doesn’t go...

   

• New database increases power of surveillance

  Richard Ford More than half the population supports the Government’s controversial identity card scheme, according to a...

   

• Senate Gives Telecoms Immunity For Illegal Spying

  Senate Passes Bill to Expand U.S. Spying Powers By ERIC LICHTBLAU After more than a year of heated political wrangling,...

   

• Court says no to CSIS wiretaps overseas

  In a judgment made public late Friday, a Federal Court judge denied a request from Canada’s spy agency to conduct electronic...

   

• Bin Brother is watching you

  Eye-spy binmen will soon be knocking on doors in Wolverhampton – to tick off residents for not recycling their rubbish. Officials...

   

• Wanted By The FBI: Everyone’s Data

  By LEONARD PITTS JR. In the beginning was the fingerprint. It was in the 19th century that scientists realized the ridged...