Surveillance is the practice of monitoring people, places, or objects for the purpose of gathering information. It has a long and complex history that can be traced back to ancient civilizations, where kings and rulers used spies to gather information on their enemies and to keep their subjects in line. Over time, surveillance has evolved […]
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Reflectacles Help People Hide Their Identity From Cameras
Reflectacles are a new brand of reflective eyeglass frames that are designed to help people avoid detection by cameras, video surveillance and facial recognition systems. To people, they just look like big, colorful eyeglass frames, but they can stop cameras from recording a clear image of anyone who wears them. The glasses work by reflecting […]
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Uber Employees Accused Of Tracking People
Watch what you do, the people at Uber may be watching you. Perhaps the Uber ride-sharing app should be called the Uber spying app. Some of Uber’s employees have been accused of using the app’s location-based technology to find and track the locations of people, including famous celebrities, politicians and exes. Accusations that Uber employees […]
Deep Web Search Finds People Involved In Human Trafficking
An advanced deep web search engine is helping the U.S. Department of Defense find and monitor human traffickers and other groups of people online. The DOD’s Memex deep web search engine uses a technology called Rescue Forensics that can be used to search for people who traffic in the human sex slave and prostitution trade […]
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Baltimore Is Spy Tech Central
People who live in Baltimore or visit the city are under constant surveillance. A recent article in Wired magazine may have Baltimore, Maryland being referred to as “Big Brother Baltimore.” According to Wired’s article, How Baltimore Became America’s Laboratory for Spy Tech, the city has become a spy tech metropolis. According to the article, the […]