DARPA and the Falling or Ballistically-launched Object that Makes Backdoors

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Feb 152012
 

 

What can a drone drop on your roof, be dropped off in a box while you are on holiday or just get left near your home?

The off-the-shelf wifi data gathering box that anyone could have built.

No more evaluation if found as the unit is clean.

 

 

A probable-cause warrant from a US judge needed for a GPS device to a vehicle*

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Jan 242012
 

Via:  wired.com/threatlevel/2012/01/scotus-gps-ruling/

 

The US Supreme Court ruled that law enforcement authorities would need a probable-cause warrant from a judge to mount a GPS device to a vehicle and track it.

The really legal magic will be in the longer-term GPS monitoring…. and needing a warrant

 

Microsoft’s ‘avoid ghetto’, see the ads GPS patent

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Jan 082012
 

Via:  news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-57354445-71/the-joy-of-microsofts-avoid-ghetto-gps-patent/

 

Will your next Windows Phone keep you away from poor neighbourhoods while enjoying targeted advertisements?

UK Police buy software to map suspects’ digital life

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May 142011
 

Via:  guardian.co.uk

 

The Metropolitan police has bought Geotime to track an individual’s movements and communications with other people.

A three-dimensional graphic helps display information collected via social networking sites, GPS, mobile phones, banking and internet logs.

Links between people eg. communications, relationships, transactions, message logs are used to detect patterns and behaviours.

The US military uses the software and it is for sale.

 

Smartphones and the tracking of millions of Americans

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May 052011
 

Via:  blacklistednews.com

 

Some background to the past few years of Smartphone and telco tracking.

Sat nav with G3 data-collection helped police place speed cameras

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Apr 302011
 

Via:  crave.cnet.co.uk

 

Great comment ‘”Anonymous” GPS traces that start and/or end with your home every day are not anonymous.”

Also see  yro.slashdot.org/story/11/04/28/1719247/GPS-Maker-TomTom-Submits-Your-Speed-Data-To-Police

What your Windows phone knows

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Apr 272011
 

Via:  news.cnet.com

 

More on what MS, Apple and Google collect about a users habits via smart phones.

“IPhone Stored Location in Test Even if Disabled”

online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704123204576283580249161342.html

 

 

Some insight into why an iPhone sends location history to Apple twice a day

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Apr 242011
 

Via:  f-secure.com

 

Did existing iPhone owners around the world allowed Apple to build its own location database? No Google Maps Street View cars or Skyhook database needed.

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