Congressman reverses on law enforcement-backed law requiring storage of text messages and more
By Madison Ruppert Editor of End the Lie While Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, a Wisconsin Republican, originally indicated that he agreed with a law enforcement-backed data retention proposal to be attached to a revised version of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA), his aides now say that he misspoke. Sensenbrenner is a noted crusader for widespread [...]
An Orwellian America: The Dialectic Process
An interesting chart… Zero Hedge: An Orwellian America A bit of anecdotal evidence: Missouri Department of Revenue Collecting Citizen Data and Sending It to DHS Top Search Terms Used to Find This Page:an orwellian americaart inspired by 1984the dialectic [...]
FinFisher surveillance software used to spy on people around the world according to report
By Madison Ruppert Editor of End the Lie The FinFisher surveillance software is being used around the world to target people, including many activists, for detailed and invasive monitoring, according to a report released today by researchers at the Citizen Lab of the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto. I previously [...]
Cloud 9 or Storm Cloud? Dangers of Cloud Computing – A Reminder – with other notes on other privacy concerns
The Rolling Stones once recorded the lyrics: I said, Hey! You! Get off of my cloud Hey! You! Get off of my cloud Hey! You! Get off of my cloud Don’t hang around ’cause two’s a crowd n my cloud, baby A selection of articles giving warning [...]
Records reveal CBP drones used in US can intercept electronic communications, identify people
By Madison Ruppert Editor of End the Lie Disturbing documents recently obtained by the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) reveal that the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is operating drones in the United States that are capable of intercepting electronic communications along with recognizing and a [...]
New documents reveal U.S. Marshals experimented with using drones for domestic surveillance
By Madison Ruppert Editor of End the Lie Documents released by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) today reveal that the U.S. Marshals Service has experimented with utilizing drones for domestic surveillance. Unfortunately the Marshals Service released only two heavily redacted pages out of 30 total pages on their drone program. While we now know [...]
Revealed: no one really knows how many entities are allowed by the FAA to fly drones domestically
By Madison Ruppert Editor of End the Lie The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has revealed that no one really knows how many licenses the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued to domestic drone operators – thus leaving us with no idea how many entities are allowed to fly drones over the United States. Earlier this [...]
Newspeak – “Smart City” Equals Control Grid with a Smile
How will our future cities look? Imagine a city of the future. Do you see clean streets, flying cars and robots doing all the work? Or perhaps your vision is more dystopian, with a Big Brother-style authoritarian regime, dark alleys full of crime, and people forced to live [...]
SkyCop: the creepy technology that could place your city under pervasive surveillance
By Madison Ruppert Editor of End the Lie Memphis, Tennessee-based ESI Companies, Inc. is behind a quite creepy technology platform they call SkyCop, capable of enabling widespread, long-term surveillance across entire cities. SkyCop is just one of many aspects of the massive rise of video surveillance, including cloud-based video surveillance, in cities across the world. [...]
