Online crusades are calling out random people on social media for moral impropriety and are actually doing more harm than good.
It is alleged that former Springbok Hannes Strydom had more than 20 cameras installed inside and outside of the home he shares with his wife.
Ever feel like your boss is constantly looking over your shoulder? Across the pond in the UK, things are stepping up a notch.
Never fear, Traffic Droid is here! Or maybe do fear, if you aren’t such a great driver.
Are you lonely? Don’t fear. You will never be alone again. Barry, your friend from the NSA, will always be there for you – forever… If you’re feeling lonely, just look over at your cellphone, computer, the crawl space in your attic or even inside of you… Barry is there for you in your time of need. Smile, because the NSA knows when you’re not.
The Snowden leaks of 2013 revealed the frightening and possibly abusive global capabilities of the USA’s National Security Agency (NSA). But you have nothing to worry about as a a good guy, right? Wrong. A fairly disturbing new paper in the Yale Law Journal illustrates how cheap it is for the NSA to track an […]
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Look, prevention is better than cure. If you’re the curator of a small consumer goods boutique of any kind, the guardian of the office stationary cupboard, or the curator f the home bar, you’ll know that “shrinkage” can get out of hand pretty quickly. If you’re battling sticky fingers, get your hands on this quick […]
Every day, around the world, security cameras silently observe us. Tirelessly they wait and watch, hoping to capture something significant. Usually, the only footage that ever sees the light of day is the kind that implicates someone in a crime or offence, but in reality they capture so much more. Click through for a glimpse of the heart-warming side of surveillance.
So! The British Home Office announced yesterday that new legislation will soon allow the government to monitor the calls, emails, texts and website visits of every single person in the UK. The Home Office then had to clarify that, no, this was not some sort of elaborate April Fools prank.
A county north of Houston has set the trend in American drone policing by taking delivery of a set of squat, remote-controlled helicopters called ShadowHawks. These can be weaponized to fire Tasers or beanbags at people – although the manufacturer, Van Guard Industries, claims that they’re strong enough to carry a shotgun. Which is comforting.
In preparation for the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Summer Olympics, Rio de Janeiro has established a huge state-of-the-art surveillance space, boasting 80 interchangeable digital panels, 450 cameras, 80 square metres of surveillance screen space, and an awesome Batcave-esque name: the Control Room. I don’t know how they paid for it either.
If you say the word ‘protest’ too frequently in a cell-phone conversation in Beijing, your call gets cut off. No spice. We have pretty strict phone etiquette policies here at 2ov, granted, but generally we allow calls, once placed, to proceed without Big Brother intervention.