CISS 100 – Computing & Information Sciences
Prof James G. Looby – Site/Servers 100% Wind Powered
Source: Cell-Site Simulators/IMSI Catchers | Electronic Frontier Foundation
ACLU’s recommendations on cell-site simulators: https://www.aclu.org/sites/default/files/field_document/aclu_recommendations_on_the_use_of_cell_phone_simulators.pdf
Search cell-site simulators and their usage.
http://pf.bigpixel.cn/en-US/pano/772196334345129984.html
Posting this so that everyone is aware of the present state of this technology.
Consider this as Apple introduces monitoring on iPhones and let’s recognize that this could be shifted to use ML and AI search for and surveil for many things as China implemented. Search for or see other posts on China’s Social Merit system.
A powerful hacking tool called Pegasus, sold to governments around the world by the Israeli surveillance company NSO Group, has been used to spy on journalists, human rights activists,
Source: Video: 17 News Orgs Investigate NSO Group’s Pegasus Spyware
Source: Tucker Carlson: NSA has been reading my private emails, planned to leak the contents | Fox News
Please note this is not a political statement but NSA surveillance of US citizens is illegal and this had purportedly been cleaned up in the past. In our chapter in Internet the text speaks about email privacy and we acknowledge a company can read employees emails but this is different.
This just out as we covered Harvard Prof Zuboff’s Surveillance Capitalism today.
Source: Google’s Nest alarm system has a microphone, unknown to consumers – CBS News
A few other notes and observations. The microphone is not even listed in the device electronic schematics. Google is a tech leader so what is the likelihood they just forgot to include this component? Note, after this was revealed, Google allowed users to opt out and turn the microphone off but in the EULA, users that turn the microphone off will no longer receive product updates (security patches, bug fixes, etc.).
Recommended watch: Harvard Prof Zuboff