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We know how drones are used for surveillance, target killings or in some cases to save human lives, but now a South African company known as Desert Wolf told the BBC they have received orders for their riot drone‘’Shunk’’. The drone fires pepper spray bullets at crowds, that can tackle crowds or protesters “without endangering the lives […]
The whistleblower kept the students glued as he addressed them via a video link from Russia stressing on “speaking out” for human rights inherent in their nature. Edward Snowden, the intelligence whistleblower, has been installed as rector at the Glasgow University, UK, after a sweeping win at student vote. Thirty-year old Snowden is currently staying […]
A new feature introduced by Facebook to allow meeting the Facebook friends in real time when they are actually close by has had mixed reactions from its users. Nearby Friends, an optional mobile application, taps steady stream of location information and makes it possible for friends to track each other in real time and meet […]
A human right organization has challenged the setting up of the FinFisher surveillance technology in Pakistan, according to media reports. Bytes For All (B4A), a human rights organization with a focus on Information and Communication technologies, has alleged that FinFisher software endangers privacy rights of Pakistanis. FinFisher, produced by the UK-based Gamma International, is a […]
The list of secrets held by the NSA is a never-ending one. Latest in the list includes its refusal to disclose the amount of water it pumps in its new data center at Bluffdale, Utah. An aerial view of the NSA’s Utah Data Center in Bluffdale, Utah. According to a letter sent to officials in Utah. […]
Indian politicians have taken social media to its greatest height during the coming 16th Lok Sabha elections. A politician’s strength and mass following is reflected on his/her social media management. Not allowing letting go any chance of belittling their opponents appears to be the main agenda running on the social websites, which rather should be used […]
Edward Snowden, the NSA whistleblower made his longest public appearance at the SXSW conference since his surveillance act. This was done through a video conference made via Google hangouts Snowden but in this Snowden’s actual location was kept hidden through a barrage of 7 proxies. Snowden in this event was basically addressing the programmers and […]
According to the officials, the security forces of Brazil are constantly using secret agents and thoroughly supervising the social media in order to make certain that the aggressive protesters against government do not wreck the world cup of soccer this year. Though the demonstration in the current months is way smaller than the previous year […]
Earlier we reported that Facebook will send your conversation data to TV networks and how Facebook stores everything you type on the social network even if the message is not published. Now a lawsuit has been filed by Michael Hurley and Plaintiffs Matthew Campbell in California district court which claims that Facebook reads, stores and shares user’s personal messages from their inbox […]
We are well familiar with the NSA‘s spying over its own citizens and all over the globe but can the government go to a limit where you can’t even ‘poo’ with freedom eh? Recently, I have found three images circulating over the internet talking about government of the United States spying on its citizens in the public toilets. […]
Brazilian authorities have accused Google of spying over their country’s streets. According to the authorities, Google since the launch of it’s street view application have gathered a large quantity of data that can be used for spying. This is not the first time Google has been reported for such an act recently EU authorities too […]
The Guardian has come up with in depth analysis of documents leaked by NSA’s whistleblower Edward Snowden. The presentation shows what came up in Snowden’s mind that forced him to leave a lavish job and how he faced the hard time in HongKong followed by deportation pressure from the government of HongKong. Presentation talk about […]
The official website of National Security Agency (NSA) has been offline for last 30 minutes for unknown reason. It can be a DDoS attack or simply a maintenance issue, but for now its down and showing offline message. A screenshot taken from a website that shows domain up and down time shows that NSA site is […]
A new declassified document of NSA reveals that the agency spied communications of Muhammad Ali, Art Buchwald and MLK. During the midst of the protest against the Vietnam War, NSA has been doing some spying activities. Some classified documents of NSA have been declassified as they were revealed this Wednesday show that the NSA officials […]
A Us solider by the name of Bradley Manning who is known to have handed over thousands of confidential government documents to WikiLeaks is now facing a sentence to spend his remaining life behind bars. He faces the sentence despite the fact that he was found non-guilty in the accusation of helping out Al-Qaeda in […]
The drones which fly at the height of 150 yards will be utilized at the graffiti “hotspots” such as the big German cities of Berlin, Cologne, Leipzig and Hamburg confirmed by the spokesman for Deutsche Bahn. The latest indication of the rising civilian market for remote controlled aerial reconnaissance is the use of drones. As […]
An ultimate level of spy has been manufactured by the BAE systems as part of their contract with DAPRA (Defence Advanced Research Project Agency). The spy can keep track an entire city from an altitude of 20,000 meters From the people and insects moving on the land to the birds in the air it can track everything with ease. […]