News - surveillance
FBI quietly sets up surveillance tech unit
23 May 2012, 11:46 am
US authorities have created a secretive
surveillance unit that is working on inventing technology that will make it easier for police to eavesdrop on internet and wireless communications ( ZDNet UK - Security )
FBI quietly forms secretive Net-surveillance unit
23 May 2012, 1:59 am
CNET has learned that the FBI has formed a Domestic Communications Assistance Center, which is tasked with developing new electronic
surveillance technologies, including intercepting Internet, wireless, and VoIP communications. Originally posted at News - Security & Privacy
Senate panel votes to extend government’s broader surveillance authority
22 May 2012, 10:34 pm
A key Senate panel voted Tuesday to extend a contested 2008 provision of foreign intelligence
surveillance law that is set to expire at year’s end. The vote is the first step toward what the Obama administration hopes will be a speedy renewal of an expanded authority under the Foreign Intelligence
surveillance Act to monitor the U.S. e-mails and phone calls of overseas targets in an effort to ...
surveillance video shows violent robbery at Ormond Beach pharmacy
22 May 2012, 5:09 pm
WFTV has obtained
surveillance video from a violent pharmacy robbery in Ormond Beach last year. Police said three suspects tied up two employees and stole pain pills. Prosecutors said Freddie Giddens was the first of the three suspects to rush in to the Ormond pharmacy in September, armed with a gun.
surveillance video shows Giddens pointing the gun at pharmacist Magday Fam. Another robber then ...
Telecoms secretly support Internet surveillance law
22 May 2012, 2:02 am
Canada's proposed Internet
surveillance was back in the news last week after speculation grew that government intends to keep the bill in legislative limbo until it dies on the order paper. Public Safety Minister Vic Toews denied the reports, maintaining that Bill C-30 will still be sent to committee for further study.
Supreme Court agrees to hear case on electronic surveillance
21 May 2012, 5:56 pm
The Supreme Court will decide next term whether a group of lawyers, human rights activists and journalists may challenge the federal government’s widespread use of electronic
surveillance to monitor suspected terrorist activities overseas. Read full article >>
IP Video surveillance Suite targets small businesses.
21 May 2012, 7:54 am
In addition to NETGEAR ReadyNAS network storage devices, NETGEAR ReadyNAS®
surveillance Suite includes 5 licenses for Network Video Recorder software, which supports up to 16 simultaneous cameras, and includes intelligent search, digital watermark, and e-mapping technology. Video may be viewed on web or played back on mobile clients. NETGEAR ProSafe® Smart and Managed switches feature VLAN ...