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GPS for Snoops

Motorists don’t use maps, they use navigation devices to get from point A to point B through Z. Now wouldn’t it be telling to get your hands on someone’s GPS data from their dashboard navigation device…? Think about it – today’s drivers have effectively installed a self-tracking mechanism in their vehicles, one that could be exploited …

Cyber Spies Strike Greenpeace

Spies have infiltrated Greenpeace. Espionage comes in many forms – and government or insurgent intelligence operatives need not always play a role, although corporate spies sometimes come from a government background, as in the recent spy flick Duplicity.

This time, Greenpeace has allegedly been targeted by EDF, the huge French nuclear energy company whose initials …

Russia Accuses U.S. Base of Spying

This Friday, April 3, the United States was accused by the Russian state television channel Rossiya of using its only air base in Central Asia as a cover for a big espionage operation whose focus is China and Russia. The accusation came with the teaser of a documentary about U.S. intelligence ops at Manas base in …

Ex-CIA Contractor Passaro Appeals 8...

Lately, with Obama’s decisions to close down Guantanamo and give enemy combatant Ali Al-Marri a criminal trial, there’s been a lot of talk about human rights and the mistreatment of detainees. In this climate, it will be especially interesting to see what happens in the current case of David Passaro’s appeal.

Passaro, a former CIA contractor …

National Cybersecurity Advisor for ...

On Wednesday, legislation with the purpose of creating a new federal advisory position – with a direct reporting line to the President – was presented by two U.S. senators. We know what you’re thinking…doesn’t the President have enough advisors already? And how is this at all relevant to the world of espionage?

This is how: The …

Google Street View = Spy Gadget??

Although the street view feature on Google Maps was released some time ago in the U.S., it’s only just been added to the online mapping software in the UK – and thus far reports indicate it’s creating all sorts of mischief – both for amateur spies and the spied upon.

It’s no secret that some folks …