Archive for July, 2013
XKeyscore: NSA Tool Collects ‘Nearly Everything a User Does on the Internet’
July 31st, 2013Via: Guardian: A top secret National Security Agency program allows analysts to search with no prior authorization through vast databases containing emails, online chats and the browsing histories of millions of individuals, according to documents provided by whistleblower Edward Snowden. The NSA boasts in training materials that the program, called XKeyscore, is its “widest-reaching” system […]
Are Dandelions A Natural Anti-Cancer Agent? Researchers Win Grant Money To Investigate
July 31st, 2013Via: Medical Daily: In a study published in Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Pandey explores a treatment of melanoma skin cancer made from a potent extract of dandelion root. Melanoma skin cancer, which has become one of the leading cancer among adults ages 25 to 29 in North America, is oddly resistant to chemotherapy. Treatment, […]
Former Israeli Intelligence Operatives Now Working For Hedge Funds
July 31st, 2013Via: Forbes: A company staffed with former operatives of Israel’s top intelligence agencies and founded with the help of the former head of the Mossad is being used by hedge funds looking for an edge in the financial markets. Kela Israeli Intelligence has increasingly become a popular service on Wall Street. The firm employs about […]
German Activists Claim They Were Targeted Because of Work Against Monsanto
July 31st, 2013I posted this a couple of weeks ago on cryptogon.net, but I didn’t post it here because I was waiting to find a better English translation from the original German language piece that appeared in Süddeutsche Zeitung. There are many Germans reading Cryptogon, so I’m sure I’ll hear from someone if there are any substantial […]
Frank Olson Case Dismissed
July 31st, 2013See, A Terrible Mistake: The Murder of Frank Olson and the CIA’s Secret Cold War Experiments by H. P. Albarelli Jr. Via: Bloomberg: A lawsuit accusing Central Intelligence Agency employees of murdering military scientist Frank Olson in 1953 after he raised concerns about testing chemical and biological weapons on people without their consent was dismissed. […]
‘Something Very Wrong In The UK’
July 30th, 2013Via: New Zealand Herald: A new law will require ISPs block objectionable online content by default. Although there is an option to opt-out, anyone wanting the filter removed will need to contact their ISP to ask that it be switched off. Censorship proponents argue that the filter isn’t a bad thing – keeping ones family […]
Students Hijack Luxury Yacht with GPS Spoofing
July 30th, 2013Via: SC Magazine: A team of university students have demonstrated that it is possible to subvert global positioning system navigation signals to pilot a superyacht without tripping alarms. The experiment was conducted in June this year, with the permission of the owners of a 65-metre (213ft) superyacht worth US$80 million (A$87 million), the White Rose […]
First Open Source Airplane Could Cost Just $15,000
July 30th, 2013Via: Wired: There’s an open source airplane being developed in Canada, and now its designers are looking to double down on the digital trends, turning to crowdsourced funding to finish the project. The goal of Maker Plane is to develop a small, two-seat airplane that qualifies as a light sport aircraft and is affordable, safe, […]
Moscow Metro Says New Tracking System Is to Find Stolen Phones; No One Believes Them
July 30th, 2013Via: Ars Technica: On Monday, a major Russian newspaper reported that Moscow’s metro system is planning what appears to be a mobile phone tracking device in its metro stations—ostensibly to search for stolen phones. According to Izvestia (Google Translate), Andrey Mokhov, the operations chief of the Moscow Metro system’s police department, said that the system […]
U.S. Pays Public Benefits to Suspected Nazi War Criminals
July 30th, 2013Blowback: America’s Recruitment of Nazis and Its Effects on the Cold War by Christopher Simpson America’s Nazi Secret: An Insider’s History by John Loftus Via: AP: At least 10 suspected Nazi war criminals ordered deported by the United States never left the country, according to an Associated Press review of Justice Department data – and […]
