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Cheaters TV Show Spy Shop Opens, Cuts Out The Middle Man

Cheaters became an instant hit the moment it debuted on national television and now the creators of that show have announced the Cheaters Spy Shop, a real life spy store where buyers can purchase the goods needed ... continue

The real-time scanning of cell phones pictures would never be misused would it.

One of the touchiest subjects when it comes to technology has to be facial recognition and its use, both good and bad. We have all heard about how all the major tech companies like Facebook, Google, and ... continue

WASP: the WiFi and 4G flying snooper that anyone could make

It is getting harder and harder to think of things that are truly from the world of science fiction and not have someone be able to create those things today with even run of the mill technology. Such ... continue

Wow, there sure a lot of snoopy spouses out there, at least when it comes to email

I can honestly say that I I have never snooped in my wife's email inbox but it helps that she doesn't have one I guess, or that I learned at a very early age that you venture into a woman's private ... continue

Supply chain security – DHS finds imported software and hardware contain attack tools

Malware has become a common everyday occurrence that we all have to deal with but compared to the problem facing the government and its security agencies our problems are a walk in the park. In a recent appearance ... continue

Scary: Rent-to-own outfit accused of spying on customers via laptop cams

Renting to own a piece of electronic equipment is a pretty bad idea for a number of reasons, although the practice is not entirely uncommon because lots of people feel they can't afford the items in question ... continue

George Orwell goes to school with your kids

George Orwell. Grave. Roll over. According to NBC Chicago school administrators in the city are going to start GPS tagging students who travel to school by bus. Using a GPS technology developed by Zonar Systems the district will ... continue

School admin in webcam spying case invokes 5th amendment

Back in February, a story broke about the administration in a Pennsylvania school district possibly spying on students via school issued MacBooks with webcams. The FBI quickly got involved, and many people still feel the school grossly violated ... continue

Busted: Porn detection stick does what it says on the tin

While roughly half of humans will tell you they were already born with a porn detection stick, a company is marketing a device that purports to offer a “robust illicit image detection device designed to protect your ... continue

Did a Pennsylvania school spy on families via district-issued webcams?

A school in a Philly suburb has attracted international attention after a lawsuit was filed accusing school administrators of using webcams on school-issued laptops to spy on students after hours. The school's surveillance oversteps came to light when ... continue

Google & the NSA – Who thinks this is a good idea?

The news is all over the web today about Google teaming with the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) in order to figure out how Google was hacked and who was really responsible for the recent dust-up between ... continue

Houston Police secretly testing unmanned drones [VIDEO]

It appears that the police in Houston Texas are more than a little interested in using unmanned drones in the city to keep an eye on things. While I won't go as far as some have the ... continue

“Date Check” and “Just Don’t Wife Her” digitize mistrust between sexes

Website JustDontWifeHer.com and iPhone app "Date Check" are in the news this week, two technologies designed to let you know before you fall for a "player" or a "gold digger." The former is a site devoted to putting ... continue

The EU looking to head down Orwellian black hole

Under the guise of Project Indect, a five year research program that includes: Police Service of Northern Ireland, computer scientists at York University, and fellow researchers in nine other European Union countries, The EU ... continue

It’s a bird, it’s an insect – no it’s a nano air vehicle

If there is a holy grail for the military it is probably a remote controlled flying spy the size of an insect or small bird. The problem up until today has been that when ... continue

GhostNet spying operation linked to China

There are times that I am really proud of my country especially when a bunch of Canadian geeks expose one of the largest cyber spying operations currently running in the world. It was a bunch of ... continue

The U.K. wants your Twitter chatter under surveillance

Not happy with pushing the EU Data Retention Directive which would make ISPs store communication data for 12 months Vernon Coaker, the U.K. Home Office security minister, now wants all social networking sites and ... continue

Screw the telcos help – government can find your cell phone by itself

Technology is a wonderful thing but it is also the way that our rights can be infringed upon without us sometimes even knowing. For many years the U.S. government agency; the FBI has had a technology called ... continue

Soldier’s Pillow Talk Getting NSA Hot

Even though I might not be an American and my point of view just a tad bias I have never believed that the Patriot Act would do anything to really make the country - or its people ... continue

Federal Charges Filed In Webcam Spying Probe

A college student accused of using webcams to watch women naked is now facing federal charges. Craig Feigin, a 23-year-old from Gainesville, Florida, has been formally charged with violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, Wired reports. ... continue