Category Archives: Shitware

Information On US "Quiet Skies" Program Leaks

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Information on a US surveillance program targeting persons not known to be terrorists has been leaked (archived). The progam dubbed "Quiet Skies" involves the assignment of air marshall details to follow travelers who meet the following criteria:

  1. Not under investigation by any agency
  2. Not in the terrorist screening database

Selected targets are then followed by a team of armed plainclothes air marshalls for the duration of their US air travel. In their report on the program, the Boston Globe estimated the program manages to handle 35 targets daily.

Remote Command Execution Vulnerability Found In Sony Webcam Firmware

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It has been discovered that Sony IPELA series network cameras will execute commands issued through specially formed http GET requests (archived). The affected cameras are marketed for "monitoring and surveillance", but there is a chance that a number of the affected cameras may be in service within the camwhore industry.

UK Court Issues No Sanctions Over Gross Violations Of Surveillance Law

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In Britain the Investagatory Powers Tribunal has found that MI5 and GCHQ have spent 15 years grossly violating section 94 of the local Telecommunications act through their cable tapping programs (archived). The tribunal's president Michael Burton however found no reason for anything to be done citing a word salad of bureaucratic wank.

San Francisco Mayor Overwhelmed By Street Shitting In First Interview After Taking Office

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San Francisco Mayor London Breed has expressed shock at the amount of human feces on the city's sidewalks during her first interview since taking office (archived, archived). Her proposed solution is pressuring non-profits organizations enabling the city's homeless population to educate their charges about hygiene and "cleaning up after themselves".

Several iPhones Attacked With Sideloaded Malware Apps

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There are reports circulating on an attack affecting a number of iPhone users being referred to as "hyper-targeted" (archived). Historically Apple has marketed a number of measures to prevent iPhone purchasers from owning their devices as security measures protecting those same customers. Yet, reportedly malware versions of apps varying from the Apple blessed versions of those apps found their ways on these devices in spite of the security colored marketing.

High Volume California LocalBitcoins Trader Sentenced After Pleading Guilty

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Fifty year old Theresa Lynn Tetley, who did business on LocalBitcoins as "Bitcoin Maven", was sentenced to 366 days in prison and ordered to forfeit 40 Bitcoins, 292,264.00 USD in cash, and 25 gold bars after pleaing guilty to single counts of operating an unlicensed money transmitting business and money laundering (archived). The Bitcoin matron unknowingly began doing business with an undercover DEA agent in 2016 and according to the plea knowingly agreed to trade on entrapping terms insisted on by the DEA agent. Guilty pleas remain harmful to your future as they always were.

"Security" Personnel Continue Leaking Location And Activity Information Through Fitness Apps

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Fitness app Polar has been shown to leak information on the locations and habitual activities of military and "law enforcement" personnel across a number of fiat regimes vulnerable to widespread app usage (archived). Back in January substantial panic among fiatists was raised when a similar fitness app Strava was found to leak far less information. Sample public information on this app's platform includes deployed military personnel in active warzones like Afghanistan.

Italian Government Working On Exit From F-35 Program

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The new Italian government is working on developing an exit for Italy from the F-35 money pit (archived). The decision not to buy any more of the aircraft has already been announced along with the Italian intention to explore whether it is less expensive to cancel or receive delivery of their outstanding orders for 90 of the troubled aircraft.