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Dutch sports authority may track hooligans by fingerprint, GPS
Submitted by l33tdawg on Tue, 2016-09-20 09:31
When football fans get violent and charged with "hooliganism," they wind up getting prohibited from their team stadiums for a time to prevent more mayhem. But the current system of manually checking these blocked citizens in on game day is cumbersome. To counter that, the Netherlands' governing football association KNVB will roll out a device soon that tracks banned fans using GPS and biometrics. While it could be a technologically convenient for offenders and authorities, it's a solution with privacy concerns.
New leaked files reveal more about NSA satellite eavesdropping
Submitted by l33tdawg on Thu, 2016-09-08 00:35
Newly published documents from Edward Snowden have shed more light on American surveillance operations in the UK. The Intercept details how the NSA and GCHQ used information gathered by Menwith Hill Station, a massive but tightly sealed facility that intercepts satellite data transmissions worldwide. Among other things, the files appear to include evidence that links UK-based surveillance to American anti-terrorism campaigns outside official combat zones.
Your Kitchen Appliances Are Watching You, Security Expert Warns
Submitted by l33tdawg on Fri, 2016-09-02 01:25
Your fridge is getting so smart, security-software maker Kaspersky Lab thinks you probably shouldn’t trust it.
As makers of household appliances fill their machines with computer chips to make them smarter, consumers and privacy watchdogs should beware the data collected by these objects and how it’s used, Marco Preuss, a director on Kaspersky’s global research and analysis team in Europe, said at the IFA consumer electronics conference in Berlin.
Thousands of Australian computer log-ins up for sale on dark web
Submitted by l33tdawg on Tue, 2016-08-30 00:25
Computers from a federal research network, a peak sporting body, a school and a local council are among tens of thousands of machines which have been hacked and had their login details put up for sale in a dark web marketplace, a Four Corners investigation has revealed.
Other major companies including Jetstar and Suzuki have systems suspected to have been compromised, but both companies deny being breached.
University Tracks Students' Movements Using WiFi, But Says It's OK Because It's Not Tracking Students
Submitted by l33tdawg on Tue, 2016-08-16 23:11
One of the many revelations from the Snowden files was that Canada's spy agency has been tracking people as they connect to WiFi in different public locations. And if Canada is doing it, you can be pretty sure the NSA and GCHQ are doing the same, since neither is known for being backward in using whatever means it can to snoop on huge numbers of people. Of course, you'd expect spy agencies to be up to these kinds of tricks, and you might also be unsurprised to learn that shops are also tracking you using your WiFi connection.
