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Archive for the ‘Technorati’ Category
Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012
Just like the “Do Not Call Registry” became popular with consumers to protect their privacy, consumers are now learning about Anti-Tracking Software to maintain the privacy of their computer activities. For those companies that continue to collect our personal data, I suspect they will continue to develop software to cancel out these programs; hence, the need to create updated software to cancel out their programs and so on. It’s like a vicious circle and part-time job for consumers to find ways to protect their privacy.
Upon reading recent news stories about how Facebook tracks almost everywhere he goes on the Internet, Jim Kress grew outraged. He also learned Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, Adobe and many other companies also aggressively track his online activities. “I was very unnerved to discover the extent of all the other tracking that was done by nearly every site on the Web,” he says.
Like many consumers, he decided to do some homework about a powerful class of online tools and services — most of them free — designed to block online behavioral tracking. He began using a new free service called Do Not Track Plus from Internet privacy start-up Abine.
There is a grass-roots movement that Kress has joined. The movement where consumers are taking online privacy into their own hands began to grow late in the year and is expected to continue growing in 2012.
Suppliers of the best-known anti-tracking tools — Ghostery, Adblock Plus and TrackerBlock — all reported big jumps in usage in the second half of 2011. Ghostery, for instance, is being downloaded by 140,000 new users each month, with total downloads doubling to 4.5 million in the past 12 months, says Scott Meyer, CEO of parent company Evidon.
Adblock Plus has been downloaded more than 140 million times and is currently in daily use by more than 17 million Internet users worldwide, managing director Till Faida says.
Newcomer Abine, supplier of Do Not Track Plus, says its goal is to make anti-tracking as common as anti-virus for personal computing devices, according to CEO Bill Kerrigan, who formerly headed McAfee’s anti-virus global consumer business. (more…)
Tags: Electronic Countermeasures - Debugging, invasion of privacy, Online Security, online tracking behavior, privacy, spying
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Friday, November 11th, 2011
Here is a case where the saying, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” applies. I had to laugh when I read this, although I am sure the New York taxpayers are not laughing.
According to a discovery made by the city comptroller, John C. Liu, the Bloomberg administration invested millions of taxpayer’s dollars to install custom-made GPS tracking devices on its fleet of fire and garbage trucks, only to have them inexplicably show up on computer screens as if they had sunk to the bottom of Long Island Sound or New York Harbor.
In a statement, City comptroller, John C. Liu said, “Once again, millions of taxpayer dollars have been wasted on technology that falls short of what’s promised, raising questions about the oversight of expensive outside consultants.” He goes on to call the automated vehicle projection-project, “a classic case of what not to do – build a complex new system when simple, already available consumer-oriented devices could do the job at a fraction of the cost.” (more…)
Tags: GPS Technology, GPS Tracking
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Thursday, November 10th, 2011
Dear Readers:
Although our blog stories are usually about serious crimes that have been committed, we like to occasionally lighten the mood. An internet service provider sent me this story and I thought I would share it with you.
If you have a relative that is a technology geek, you are grateful. He can sit down at your computer and accomplish in a matter of minutes what may have taken you hours or days to figure out. Plus, he can save you a ton of money on tech support. If he is a ‘true’ technology geek, he will fit these 10 signs. (more…)
Tags: technology, technology geeks, U-Spy Store
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Monday, September 19th, 2011
Phone hacking victim Sienna Miller sat down with TODAY’s Amy Robach to discuss how the British phone hacking scandal affected her private life.
Sienna became her own detective to determine if someone was hacking into her cell phone. Miller says she planted false stories with friends in an attempt to figure out why intimate details of her life were showing up in British tabloids. She’d plant the false stories to see if they appeared in the newspaper, and thus expose a person betraying her, but the false stories never appeared. “At the time, I was incredibly paranoid,” she said.
Miller said she also became suspicious when it became clear there were a large number of voice mail messages that friends said they’d left and she never received.
Once it became clear to her what was going on, Miller said she was still reluctant to take on Rupert Murdoch’s media empire for fear that it could damage her career. “It was just too horrendous to not expose, and I was really happy that I did,” she said. -AP
Miller reached a £100,000 (NZ$191,000) settlement with the tabloid News of the World, which had hacked into her cell phone messages.
View video and full story @msnbc
Tags: cell phone, hacking, invasion of privacy, spying
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Friday, September 16th, 2011
It’s one thing to write about the dangers of malicious software. It’s quite another to have it take over your computer. That’s what happened to Herb Weisbaum, an msnbc.com contributor, a few weeks ago. He was at work doing a routine online search when all of a sudden his computer went “nuts.”
A pop-up appeared in the center of the screen — “Warning: Virus Invasion Detection” — and a siren started wailing. “Personal Shield Pro” started to scan his hard drive, or so it appeared to be scanning his hard drive.
Within seconds, row after row of supposedly malicious software programs started stacking up in the window: viruses, spyware, adware and worms.
Personal Shield Pro said it found 47 infections. The scan warned that because of the virus activity found, the following bad things were possible: a system crash, permanent data loss, system slowdown and Internet connection loss.
He knew the scan was bogus, that his computer had been infected with fake anti-virus software (FakeAV). But he couldn’t close the program. In fact, he couldn’t do anything. This rogue software had hijacked his computer. So, he turned it off and crossed his fingers. (more…)
Tags: fake anti-virus programs, FakeAV, hacking, identity theft, infected computers
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Friday, September 16th, 2011
Today.com’s Pop Columnist Courtney Hazlett talks with Msnbc’s Tamron Hall about nude pictures of Scarlett Johansson allegedly taken from Johansson’s cell phone by a telephone hacking ring. The FBI is launching an investigation to determine who is responsible for leaking private photos from Johansson’s cell phone. Johansson’s name appeared on a list of other celebrities who were also the target of the phone hacking ring. You can view the story/video at:
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/25067201/vp/44525347/#44525347
Tags: cell phone, hacking, invasion of privacy
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Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
A woman who had nothing but love for the homeless was killed at the Fullerton L stop a few days ago. The incident occurred after a thief stole an iPhone off another passenger; during the getaway, the robbery became much more serious: He pushed a Sally Katona-King, age 68, back down the stairs leading to the platform. At the time of this writing, he’s still on the run.
It’s a tragic event.
But technology may aid Chicago police in their manhunt, one expert at MSI Detective Services in Chicago says.
Police have released a sketch of the suspect they’re seeking, but detectives are not talking about exactly what steps they’re taking to find him. The suspect stole an iPhone at the Fullerton station March 28, then pushed Sally Katona-King down a flight of stairs as he fled the scene.
King, an advocate for the homeless, was buried last week.
A private eye at MSI Detective Services believes police must be making a serious effort to track the stolen iPhone. The devices are not just phones, they’re also mini-computers with individual identities and tracking systems.
“There’s something called the IMEI number that’s sort of like the serial number of the phone, so even if the SIM card or something like that has been changed, it’s still trackable,” private investigator Theresa Cheriachangel told CBS 2’s Mike Parker.
Andrew Holmes, a community activist who’s helped put together $1,000 reward for the arrest of the killer, was passing out flyers at the L station this week. He was telling cta riders who may have been victims of theft on the trains in the past to tell police about it.
Tags: cell phone, chicago, chicago crime, Chicago Police Department, chicago video security, crime, criminal, murderer, spying, theft investigations, U-Spy, U-Spy Store
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Tuesday, March 15th, 2011
Tanning salon owner Joseph Layland was a friend to many of his customers until charged with using a hidden camera to record customers in the Malden, Missouri tanning spot. Formerly “DJ’s Tan and Tone” has closed while the owner waits for trial in jail and police investigate.
Local TV site KFVS reported that police officials seized approximately 500 DVDs and videos, 18-hours of surveillance footage, and two computer hard drives as evidence in what is likely to be the Show Me State’s largest pornography crime. (more…)
Tags: busted, cameras, catch a thief, crime, criminal, felony, hidden camera, invasion of privacy, police, spying, U-Spy, U-Spy Store, video, video installations, Video Security, video surveillance
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Friday, March 4th, 2011
Businesses that lost product and were victim to robbery started utilizing security cameras to cut down on theft. Now prevalent in banks, shopping malls, and corner gas stations, followed by police and then even criminals.
Homeowners then began utilizing alarm systems, and as technology progressed, cameras were were built into those as well. Today, it’s difficult to find much of larger cities that aren’t equipped with some sort of video surveillance, and in many cameras record street activities in high crime areas and busy street corners.
Most any town–no matter the size–have red light cameras, webcams, traffic cams, and other similar equipment. Costs have dropped for cameras, as with most tech items, and are installed in cars, delivery vans, buses, and taxi cabs. Life on video is now simply life, just captured.
Used for both preventing crime and capturing it for use in court, cameras provide the proof to convict, condemn, and exonerate. They capture clues once hidden and give investigators vital evidence for solving violent crimes. There are TV shows that highlight the surveillance camera’s use, some depicting heinous acts of violence, and others highlighting the stupidity of most criminals.
So, get used to life under the lens
So the cameras did their job by catching the vandal but they also give the Siref’s a feeling of security they didn’t have before.
Tags: cameras, chicago, crime, criminal, surveillance, Video Security, video surveillance, wireless cameras
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Monday, February 28th, 2011
Electronic pickpocketing isn’t newest technology out there, but it’s been exploited as possibly the easiest method for criminals to snatch your information. So easy, in fact, that the bad guys don’t really need to come into close physical contact with you, or your credit card information.
RFID (radio frequency identification) chips placed in cards to make checking out and paying for items less time-consuming are also open to savvy thieves. RFID is used by “pay wave” retailers; at the register, there’s no swiping and entering information–just wave the RFID-enabled card in front of a scanner and it’s done. It’s similar to electronic tolling on US highways.
(more…)
Tags: busted, cameras, chicago, chicago crime, crime, criminal, invasion of privacy, privacy, remote access, theft investigations, U-Spy, U-Spy Store
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