Big Brother

FBI Wants Widespread Monitoring of 'Illegal' Internet Activity

Stevie Converse — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 05:32:30 -0700

The FBI on Wednesday called for new legislation that would allow federal police to monitor the Internet for "illegal activity."

CIA Enlists Google's Help for Spy Work

Stevie Converse — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 05:11:08 -0700

Google has been recruited by US intelligence agencies to help them better process and share information they gather about suspects. Agencies such as the National Security Agency have bought servers on which Google-supplied search technology is used to process information gathered by networks of spies around the world.

Virtual Voyeurism: Who's Watching You on the Web?

Stevie Converse — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 04:34:00 -0700

Big Brother and his buddies are watching what you do online. Legitimate Web sites, stores and marketers are compiling detailed digital files on their customers by tracking their every move across the Internet.

Comcast Cameras to Start Watching You?

Stevie Converse — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 05:45:38 -0700

If you have some tinfoil handy, now might be a good time to fashion a hat. At the Digital Living Room conference today, Gerard Kunkel, Comcast’s senior VP of user experience, told me the cable company is experimenting with different camera technologies built into devices so it can know who’s in your living room.