Big Brother In Your Volvo: If Your Drunk; You Wont Be Driving
Volvo has always been synonymous with car safety, and today it revealed its latest advances in technology it will introduce to the market in the...
Posts Tagged: "Big Brother"
US government spies on journalists! (Who track migrant caravans)
Journalists, activists, lawyers and “organizers” involved with last year’s Central American migrant caravans were tracked by US government...
NSA kills phone spying program exposed by Snowden… to replace it with something better?
The National Security Agency has reportedly ended the intrusive spying program that combs through Americans’ calls and texts...
Clapper claims he ‘didn’t lie’ about NSA spying on Americans, but ‘didn’t understand’ the question
NSA director-turned-cable-news-pundit James Clapper is still insisting he wasn’t lying when he told a congressional panel the NSA wasn’t spying on American citizens – three...
‘Ask Snowden’: Huawei exec pokes fun at US spying during tech show
A Huawei executive hit the US where it hurts by making fun of the NSA and bringing up...
Google says Nest Guard’s hidden microphone wasn’t meant to be a secret
It appears no onerealized Google's Nest Guard home security device has a built-in microphone.In a blog post earlier...
Bezos complains about nude pics privacy invasion while building surveillance state
Amazon boss Jeff Bezos, who led the tech giant as it cozied up with US authorities to develop surveillance tools, is now complaining that his...
Saudi Arabia Makes App to Stop Women from Traveling Without Consent
The Saudi National Information Center has developed a mobile application called “Absher” (Arabic for “Enjoy”) that allows male...
Smart meters to track dementia patients
The NHS is to use energy smart meters to monitor dementia patients in their homes. The devices will track patients’...
Denying govt agencies facial recognition tech would be ‘cruel’, claims Microsoft president
Microsoft's chief shot down calls to stop selling facial recognition tech to governments, saying it would be “cruel”...
Facebook snoops on people just like NSA – Belgian watchdog to court
Facebook is spying on people in “the very same way” that the US’s National Security Agency (NSA) does, said the Belgian data protection watchdog at...
Federal court rules in favor of NSA bulk snooping, White House happy
Despite the opposition of the US public and lawmakers to NSA surveillance, the courts keep handing the Obama...
North Dakota to use police drones with non-lethal weapons
North Dakota police have been authorized to equip drones with Tasers, tear gas, and other non-lethal weapons after...
Police secretly track cellphones to solve routine crimes
The crime itself was ordinary: Someone smashed the back window of a parked car one evening and ran off with a cellphone. What was unusual...
US spied on Japanese govt, companies, passed intelligence to Australia, New Zealand
Washington spied on its key ally, Japan, and passed intelligence on to Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the...
UN criticizes ‘excessive’ French spy law as it goes into effect
[caption id="attachment_67459" align="aligncenter" width="900"] Security cameras are seen on a corner across the street from France's Interior Ministry...
FBI chief pushes for encryption ‘back door’ despite tech experts’ opposition
Encryption is a threat to public safety, the FBI director argued before testifying at a Senate hearing. Crypto experts and the tech industry oppose demands...
US govt researching biometric tattoo ink recognition
Tattoos might be the next biometric frontier, with one in five Americans sporting ink these days. The FBI...
NSA surveillance reforms: Are telecom companies ready?
The USA Freedom Act, signed this week, has curbed the NSA's mass surveillance powers. Now the phone companies...
NSA says it will keep phone records even if surveillance program ends
The National Security Agency has said it will lock down and mothball its archive of US citizens’ phone...
‘We Are Always Listening’: Pranksters plant recording devices across NYC
A group of anti-NSA pranksters have planted recording devices in public places across New York, saying that they are “gathering information to help win the...
‘German intelligence dependent on NSA’ – Berlin’s spy chief
The German Intelligence Agency chief says Berlin is dependent on the NSA, not vice versa, as US presence...
Apple and Google just attended a confidential spy summit in a remote English mansion
At an 18th-century mansion in England’s countryside last week, current and former spy chiefs from seven countries faced...
Samsung Smart TVs Are Listening To EVERY Word You Say!
Tech giant Samsung has warned customers against discussing personal or sensitive information in front of its voice-activated televisions. The South Korean company had a rough...