Security expert: high-end surveillance cameras can be used by hackers to spy on sensitive facilities
By Madison Ruppert Editor of End the Lie A U.S. security expert who worked as a software developer for the National Security Agency (NSA) in the past has revealed that the type of high-end surveillance cameras used in military bases, prisons, banks and industrial facilities can be remotely accessed by hackers. Given the growing CCTV [...]
University of Minnesota researchers unveil a drone controlled by thoughts via brain-computer interface
By Madison Ruppert Editor of End the Lie The latest in mind-controlled robots comes from researchers at the University of Minnesota who have unveiled a drone controlled by the user’s thoughts. While robots controlled by brain waves have been around for a while, this is apparently the first drone that has been controlled by thoughts [...]
Google-owned Motorola reveals stomach acid-powered tablet that turns your body into a password
By Madison Ruppert Editor of End the Lie Regina Dugan, former director of the Defense Advanced Research Agency (DARPA) and current head of Google-owned Motorola’s research division, introduced a prototype “vitamin authentication” tablet which turns your entire body into a walking authentication token. “We got to do a lot of epic shit when I was [...]
Report: US government now buys more malware than anyone else in the world
By Madison Ruppert Editor of End the Lie According to a new report, the United States government is now in fact the single largest buyer of malware in the world thanks to the shift to “offensive” cybersecurity and is leaving us all vulnerable in the process. Speaking of the government’s new focus on offensive cybersecurity, [...]
The troubling privacy implications of increasingly common eye tracking technology
By Madison Ruppert Editor of End the Lie With eye tracking technology becoming increasingly common in everything from phones to computers, some individuals and groups have raised troubling concerns about the privacy implications involved. While this technology can be used in applications related to advertising, it most troublingly can be used by law enforcement and [...]
New video shows Harvard’s creepy quarter-sized ‘RoboBee’ robot insect in flight
By Madison Ruppert Editor of End the Lie Harvard’s tiny “RoboBee” flying robot is shown in flight in a new video released by the school, flapping its translucent wings 120 times per second, emitting a creepy persistent buzz. The RoboBee, which is around the size of a quarter, is part of an increasingly fruitful focus [...]
New ‘DroneShield’ project seeks to crowdfund a cheap way to detect surveillance drones
By Madison Ruppert Editor of End the Lie The latest bit of anti-drone technology comes in the form of a crowdfunded project attempting to build a cheap device that will detect surveillance drones and alert users via text message or email. This seems to be part of a much larger backlash against increasingly widespread domestic [...]
Companies push drones for media use at National Association of Broadcasters convention
By Madison Ruppert Editor of End the Lie As I recently reported, the calls for the use of drones as routine news-gathering tools have only grown over the past year and now drone companies are marketing directly to the industry. It seems that there is a quite concerted effort to expand the drone industry’s reach [...]
PETMAN: the Pentagon’s creepy humanoid robot gets clothed for new video
By Madison Ruppert Editor of End the Lie In a new video, the Boston Dynamics-manufactured humanoid robot called “PETMAN” is shown with a flame-retardant camouflage jumpsuit and a gas mask walking, squatting, rotating and performing some other human-like actions. This robot is part of the Pentagon’s focus on more lifelike humanoid robots which approach the [...]
