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**Equackasous** · 08-10-2012, 10:23 PM

Excellent and important thread to start - many people are blind to the level of sophistication that Governments have reached:
In general it is safe to assume the following:
All email you send is capable of being intercepted and is most likely analysed (electronically) by 1 or more governments
All telephone calls you engage in are also electronically analysed
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Everyone already knows that - what isn't so known is the further capabilities govt's have:

1. Your Webcam is capable of being switched on remotely (without your knowledge) to monitor you - so if you're using laptop/desktop be aware of this. This also applies to microphones.
http://gizmodo.com/5476453/laptop+sp...-investigation

2. Dumb Mobile Phones can be tracked through last usage - triangulated through signal towers - this technology is common enough that regular police use it. (also of use to Ambulance Services)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_phone_tracking

3. Smart Phones - if your phone has GPS - rest assured govt can track you very easily - and if you download any software with GPS capability - how do you know govt has not infilitrated that 99p/free App you just bought?

4. Whenever you give authorisation to your smartphone for your contact details - govt can easily gain access to all the telephone numbers you have and use it to build social network models of who you interact with etc.

5. Your mobile phone speaker can be switched on remotely (even when you are not on a call) to monitor voices - this includes mobile camera
http://www.zdnet.com/news/fbi-taps-c...ng-tool/150467

6. US is pumping in billions to create a metaphor analysis program:
"The study of language offers a strategic opportunity for improved counterterrorist intelligence, in that it enables the possibility of understanding of the Other's perceptions and motivations, be he friend or foe," the two authors of Computational Methods for Counterterrorism wrote. "As we have seen, linguistic expressions have levels of meaning beyond the literal, which it is critical to address. This is true especially when dealing with texts from a high-context traditionalist culture such as those of Islamic terrorists and insurgents."
http://www.theatlantic.com/technolog...rogram/239402/

08-10-2012, 10:23 PM	#9
Equackasous Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 468 Senior Member	Excellent and important thread to start - many people are blind to the level of sophistication that Governments have reached: In general it is safe to assume the following: All email you send is capable of being intercepted and is most likely analysed (electronically) by 1 or more governments All telephone calls you engage in are also electronically analysed ^ Everyone already knows that - what isn't so known is the further capabilities govt's have: 1. Your Webcam is capable of being switched on remotely (without your knowledge) to monitor you - so if you're using laptop/desktop be aware of this. This also applies to microphones. http://gizmodo.com/5476453/laptop+sp...-investigation 2. Dumb Mobile Phones can be tracked through last usage - triangulated through signal towers - this technology is common enough that regular police use it. (also of use to Ambulance Services) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_phone_tracking 3. Smart Phones - if your phone has GPS - rest assured govt can track you very easily - and if you download any software with GPS capability - how do you know govt has not infilitrated that 99p/free App you just bought? 4. Whenever you give authorisation to your smartphone for your contact details - govt can easily gain access to all the telephone numbers you have and use it to build social network models of who you interact with etc. 5. Your mobile phone speaker can be switched on remotely (even when you are not on a call) to monitor voices - this includes mobile camera http://www.zdnet.com/news/fbi-taps-c...ng-tool/150467 6. US is pumping in billions to create a metaphor analysis program: "The study of language offers a strategic opportunity for improved counterterrorist intelligence, in that it enables the possibility of understanding of the Other's perceptions and motivations, be he friend or foe," the two authors of Computational Methods for Counterterrorism wrote. "As we have seen, linguistic expressions have levels of meaning beyond the literal, which it is critical to address. This is true especially when dealing with texts from a high-context traditionalist culture such as those of Islamic terrorists and insurgents." http://www.theatlantic.com/technolog...rogram/239402/
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