Archives: 2008 July

A recently published article by the ACLU gives us a shocking insight into the growing power of the US Government’s spying into people’s lives. Recently, the House passed the “FISA” bill granting immunity to big Telecom, on whose infrastructure government agencies such as the NSA will do their spying. Ironically, we now live at a […]

Protecting your sensitive personal information from thieves is getting harder than ever, thanks to a combination of the growth and sophistication of organized crime, and the lack of initiative on the part of banks and legislators to do anything meaningful to combat it.
An FBI spokesperson, Dennis Bolles claims that Russian and Albanian groups are the […]

Who Will Watch the Watchers?

 
With the US Congress recently passing the FISA wiretapping bill, its apparent that we have little, if any, privacy left. What we can do, as some out there like Steve Mann argue, is for us to watch them, watch us. This is the whole idea of “Sousveillance” where citizens deploy technology […]

There you are, its Friday night and you’re out on in the pubs when all of a sudden, this mean looking character approaches you to try to start a fight. You decide to high tail it out of there, but its no use - he has caught up to you outside on the street. You […]