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The Internet Enabled Mass Surveillance. AI Will Enable Mass Spying.

Schneier on Security

Spying and surveillance are different but related things. If I hired that same private detective to put you under surveillance, I would get a different report: where you went, whom you talked to, what you purchased, what you did. Before the internet, putting someone under surveillance was expensive and time-consuming.

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China Spying on Undersea Internet Cables

Schneier on Security

This opinion piece looks at undersea communications cables: But now the Chinese conglomerate Huawei Technologies, the leading firm working to deliver 5G telephony networks globally, has gone to sea. For years, the US and the Five Eyes have had a monopoly on spying on the Internet around the globe. This shouldn't surprise anyone.

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EFF on the Mechanics of Corporate Surveillance

Schneier on Security

EFF has published a comprehensible and very readable "deep dive" into the technologies of corporate surveillance, both on the Internet and off. Well worth reading and sharing. Boing Boing post.

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AI and Mass Spying

Schneier on Security

Spying and surveillance are different but related things. If I hired that same private detective to put you under surveillance, I would get a different report: where you went, whom you talked to, what you purchased, what you did. Before the internet, putting someone under surveillance was expensive and time-consuming.

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5 pro-freedom technologies that could change the Internet

Malwarebytes

After a good start, the Internet-enabled, technological revolution we are living through has hit some bumps in the road. To celebrate Independence Day we want to draw your attention to five technologies that could improve life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness on the Internet. Onion networking.

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How Technology and Politics Are Changing Spycraft

Schneier on Security

Basically, the Internet makes it increasingly possible to generate a good cover story; cell phone and other electronic surveillance techniques make tracking people easier; and machine learning will make all of this automatic. Interesting article about how traditional nation-based spycraft is changing.

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Parents and teachers believe digital surveillance of kids outweighs risks

Malwarebytes

Schools in the US have been using surveillance software to keep an eye on their students, and such software has grown significantly in popularity since the COVD-19 pandemic closed campuses nationwide. In fact, they worry that such surveillance could backfire. Source: The CDT).