Category Archives: Government Surveillance

Sep 05
2022

Suspect All Apps

Posted on September 5, 2022 by Cloak Meister

Two stories this week: Police have used “Fog Reveal” to search hundreds of billions of records, taken from apps on 250M mobile devices, and it is cheap, just a few thousand per year. The data can create location analyses known … Continue reading →

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Sep 26
2021

Carry Two Phones?

Posted on September 26, 2021 by Cloak Meister

There is a growing trend, where the authorities are allowed to look at your phone, and force you to unlock it. It began at some international borders, but now is creeping into everyday life as well. If you are doing … Continue reading →

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Dec 04
2020

Your Phone Can Be Tracked With This Trick

Posted on December 4, 2020 by Cloak Meister

Thankfully only the nearest cell tower location. Apps and malware that use your phone’s GPS are much more dangerous… The technique used by the Circles snooping tech is known as Signaling System 7 (SS7) exploitation, a powerful yet difficult-to-detect tool … Continue reading →

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Sep 17
2020

Singapore and “free” smart watches

Posted on September 17, 2020 by Cloak Meister

The Register reports: Singapore and Apple have cooked up a scheme that will see the city-state’s citizens rewarded with gift vouchers if they wear the Apple Watch as part of a national health promotion programme. To score any rewards Singaporeans … Continue reading →

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Aug 13
2020

The Govt Knows Your Travels

Posted on August 13, 2020 by Cloak Meister

This might not surprise, but it is interesting to have it confirmed. The FBI can track your travelling through the Sabre booking system, in real time. Given that this one example has been outed, it would be reasonable to expect that the … Continue reading →

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Aug 09
2020

The Atlas of Surveillance

Posted on August 9, 2020 by Cloak Meister

This is brilliant, a zoomable map of the USA that shows which surveillance technologies are being used in each city. https://atlasofsurveillance.org/ It shows: body-worn cameras police drones automated license plate readers partnership with Amazon’s Ring face recognition surveillance cameras predictive … Continue reading →

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Aug 02
2020

China’s Surveillance Spreading Globally

Posted on August 2, 2020 by Cloak Meister

The following excerpt is from an excellent article by The Atlantic, that also goes into great detail about how bad things are within China. In Malaysia, the government is working with Yitu, a Chinese AI start-up, to bring facial-recognition technology … Continue reading →

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May 07
2020

Facial Recognition for Australian Govt Services

Posted on May 7, 2020 by Cloak Meister

It is coming, it is Big Brother, and it is un-necessary. https://www.dta.gov.au/our-projects/digital-identity/digital-identity-ecosystem This is terrible news, and hopefully will cause Australians to draw a line in the sand. As has long been the case, when you wish to access government … Continue reading →

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Apr 30
2020

Sheffield, UK: 9 Million Road Journeys Viewable

Posted on April 30, 2020 by Cloak Meister

Anyone would presume that this could never happen. Basically if you knew someone’s number plate, you could see where they had travelled, simply by visiting the system’s URL. Sheffield City Council’s automatic number-plate recognition (ANPR) system exposed to the internet … Continue reading →

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Dec 01
2019

“Gridding” with License Plate Readers

Posted on December 1, 2019 by Cloak Meister

Basically, when police aren’t needed for something else, they drive around neighbourhoods and their equipment records the license plate of every vehicle they drive past, and records the location and time. This also occurs when they are to and from … Continue reading →

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