Privacy, encryption vs. Surveillance state

[searcher]

New documentary details how governments use spyware to monitor citizens’ phones​

Dec 8, 2024
This past week, the White House detailed the scope of a massive Chinese hacking campaign that reaped information from American cell phone networks. But an HBO original documentary, “Surveilled,” says some governments use commercial spyware to monitor their own citizens. To learn more, John Yang speaks with Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Ronan Farrow, who produced the documentary.


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[pmbug]

Snowden already exposed domestic surveillance programs like PRISM, Stingray et al.

Cell-Site Simulators/ IMSI Catchers

Cell-site simulators, also known as Stingrays or IMSI catchers, are devices that masquerade as legitimate cell-phone towers, tricking phones within a certain radius into connecting to the device rather than a tower. Cell-site simulators operate by conducting a general search of all cell phones...

sls.eff.org

 

[searcher]

Related.

Iowa Supreme Court Overturns Lower Court Ruling Protecting Renters from Unconstitutional Searches - Institute for Justice

DES MOINES, Iowa—Today, the Iowa Supreme Court overturned a lower court’s holding that Orange City, Iowa’s mandatory rental inspection law violated Article 1, Section 8 […]

ij.org

 

[Joe King]

^^^ there's a simple solution to that.

Don't be a renter!


Seriously though, all they gotta do, is have the inspection PRIOR to a tenant moving in. Ie: require inspections before a lease can be signed and that renters be provided contact info for code enforcement.

That way the city/State can know everything is up to snuff when someone moves in, and if the landlord later refuses to fix something that should be fixed by them, the renter has the recourse to ask the authorities for help in resolving the problem.

That way the city can have minimum safety and function requirements without having to violate anyone's Rights.

 

[pmbug]

In just 20 minutes this morning, an automated license-plate-recognition (ALPR) system in Nashville, Tennessee, captured photographs and detailed information from nearly 1,000 vehicles as they passed by. Among them: eight black Jeep Wranglers, six Honda Accords, an ambulance, and a yellow Ford Fiesta with a vanity plate.

This trove of real-time vehicle data, collected by one of Motorola’s ALPR systems, is meant to be accessible by law enforcement. However, a flaw discovered by a security researcher has exposed live video feeds and detailed records of passing vehicles, revealing the staggering scale of surveillance enabled by this widespread technology.

More than 150 Motorola ALPR cameras have exposed their video feeds and leaking data in recent months, according to security researcher Matt Brown, who first publicized the issues in a series of YouTube videos after buying an ALPR camera on eBay and reverse engineering it.

As well as broadcasting live footage accessible to anyone on the internet, the misconfigured cameras also exposed data they have collected, including photos of cars and logs of license plates. The real-time video and data feeds don’t require any usernames or passwords to access.
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More:

License Plate Readers Are Leaking Real-Time Video Feeds and Vehicle Data

Misconfigured license-plate-recognition systems reveal the livestreams of individual cameras and the wealth of data they collect about every vehicle that passes by them.

www.wired.com

 

[Viking]

I have nothing to hide.

 

[Joe King]

Here's an interesting vid.

Are there hidden cameras in your car?


If not, your next one might.




What we need, is to extend HIPPA protections to ALL of our data.
....and impose 20 years in prison for violations.

 

[searcher]

Last week, EFF, along with the Criminal Defense Attorneys of Michigan, ACLU, and ACLU of Michigan, filed an amicus brief in People v. Carson in the Supreme Court of Michigan, challenging the constitutionality of the search warrant of Mr. Carson's smart phone.

EFF to Michigan Supreme Court: Cell Phone Search Warrants Must Strictly Follow The Fourth Amendment’s Particularity and Probable Cause Requirements

Last week, EFF, along with the Criminal Defense Attorneys of Michigan, ACLU, and ACLU of Michigan, filed an amicus brief in People v. Carson in the Supreme Court of Michigan, challenging the constitutionality of the search warrant of Mr. Carson's smart phone.In this case, Mr. Carson was arrested...

www.eff.org

 

[Goldhedge]

Back on topic...

Almost two years ago, I ran across this news story (but failed to post it here) about Palantir Technologies building a supercomputer for the IRS to analyze/track financial transactions:

IRS Becoming Big Brother With $99-Million Supercomputer

The IRS is building a $99-million supercomputer that will enable it to monitor every aspect of Americans' lives. By Michael Tennant

thenewamerican.com

Some background on Palantir Technologies from that time:

https://www.cnbc.com/2016/01/12/the-cia-backed-start-up-thats-taking-over-palo-alto.html

This morning, I saw this report with a rather chilling quote in it:

Palantir posts huge loss but outlook cheers investors - MarketWatch

Sounds like they are building out surveillance tech for contact tracing / medical profiling or similar.

This ^ was a wise post!