FBI is Remotely Activating Android Smartphone and Laptop Microphones

Aug 7, 2013 | Security, Smart Phone

FBI is Remotely Activating Android Smartphone and Laptop Microphones According to an article out in the Wall Street Journal this week, it appears that the FBI has been busy exploiting vulnerabilities in the Android operating system to spy on people.  Hopefully they’re...

Nation-Wide Facial Recognition Service Being Launched by FBI

Oct 26, 2011 | Privacy

Nation-Wide Facial Recognition Service Being Launched by FBI I first started working with Biometrics back in the 1970’s in helping a graduate student develop a signature recognition system.  Back then we were using mainframes, punch cards, a TTY33 and some very...

Hacking World Moves into Celebrity Nudes

Sep 15, 2011 | Security

Hacking World Moves into Celebrity Nudes The FBI has confirmed that it’s investigating claims by at least three young celebrities, Scarlett Johansson, Mila Kunis, and singer Justin Timberlake, that their phones have been hacked.  Turns out that smart phones aren’t too...

4G Mobile Networks Cause Wiretap Concern at FBI

Jul 28, 2011 | Monitoring

4G Mobile Networks Cause Wiretap Concern at FBI We’ve long known that the FBI and other law-enforcement agencies are able to obtain wire taps to monitor suspected criminal behavior on telephones and internet connections.  In recent years they’ve even been able to do...

Military Use of Biometric Information Coming to the Police Near You

Jul 14, 2011 | Privacy

Military Use of Biometric Information Coming to the Police Near You Starting with the US Special Forces more than two decades ago, continuing with Iraqand now Afghanistan, biometric samples have been collected which allow our military to pick out individuals in a...