The National Security Agency, America’s eyes and ears, constantly deals with highly-sensitive data. Problem is, discussing that data over normal channels represents a huge security risk — often requiring agents to communicate in code over unprotected airwaves. That’s why the Agency has developed its own super-secure Android handset.
Let’s take a healthy sodium dose here, but London’s Sunday Times is alleging that Facebook has admitted to reading users’ text messages. They supposedly read the private SMS messages of users who downloaded the Facebook app on their smartphones.
Depths might not be the right expression, actually, as all of these photographs were taken from space, decades and decades ago. Russian rockets, aircraft carriers, secret military compounds — one legendary spy satellite saw it all from orbit.
F**k. It’s a word that commands attention. These F-BOMB computers, however, are designed to do just the opposite — quietly and inconspicuously gather sensitive information from within secure areas. And if the F-Bomb is discovered or destroyed, f**k it! It only cost $US50 to build in the first place.
This is Argus One, the Pentagon’s newest unmanned aerial spy. It can carry 14kg of high-tech sensors and it just happens to be shaped like a sperm because this shape is better at handling turbulences at high altitudes.
Every app I download seems to want more and more access rights — to either my SD card, my Internet connection, and even my address book. And with every app, my phone gets a little less secure. The new SE Android OS aims to lock down my phone against any and all exploits.
The military’s UAV fleet will soon be getting a small addition — DARPA’s hummingbird-shaped covert surveillance drone.
Yesterday, we told you about a ominous denial from the FBI regarding its involvement with Carrier IQ. Today, Carrier IQ spoke to us on the matter.
While the FBI has so far blocked FOIA attempts regarding its involvement in the Carrier IQ scandal, the embattled firm has released an expansive report detailing its data collection process and responds directly the allegations against it.
Well, I suppose this was inevitable: the FBI, via a Freedom of Information Act request denial, inadvertently admitted to using Carrier IQ data. That’s data about you, sucked off of your phone, without your knowledge.
