Monday, March 18, 2024
Havana Syndrome: All in Your Mind?
An array of advanced tests found no brain injuries or degeneration among U.S. diplomats and other government employees who suffer mysterious health problems once dubbed "Havana syndrome, " researchers reported Monday.
The National Institutes of Health’s nearly five-year study offers no explanation for symptoms including headaches, balance problems and difficulties with thinking and sleep that were first reported in Cuba in 2016 and later by hundreds of American personnel in multiple countries. more previously in the Scrapbook
Tuesday, March 12, 2024
The House Homeland Security Committee said that it has discovered cellular modems that were installed in cranes and which can be remotely accessed by hostile powers, according to The Wall Street Journal.
The committee’s discovery has fueled concerns in the Biden administration that cranes built by a Chinese firm, Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries (ZPMC), could potentially be used to spy on US ports. more
Sunday, March 3, 2024
'Big brother' Satellite Set to Launch in 2025
Sunday, February 11, 2024
AI Wi-Fi CCTV - Spooky
The signals from WiFi can be used to map a human body, according to a new paper.
Device Camera's Ambient Light Sensors Can Spy
Thursday, February 1, 2024
FutureWatch: New Wi-Fi Tech Has Potential Spy Applications
The company is sampling its Wi-Fi Alliance and FCC-certified MM6108 production silicon – the fastest, smallest, lowest power and longest-range Wi-Fi HaLow SoC available in the market. more
World's Smallest Video Camera (2024)
Sunday, January 21, 2024
Excellent Video on Early Law Enforcement Spy Tech
Thursday, December 14, 2023
Eavesdropping Super Hearing Pucks
There are dozens of ways to bug a room to hear confidential conversations. However, most of these ways requires access to the room to plant the bug. Modern science to the rescue (if you are the bugger). Since about half of corporate espionage is an insider issue this is a big problem for corporate security directors too.
Everyone from the office staff just outside of the boss’s office, to the Machiavellian executive in the adjacent office who wants that promotion, desperately wants to hear behind those closed doors. Now they can. Anybody can. Easily. Covertly. Cheaply... more
Saturday, November 25, 2023
North Korea Spy Rocket Explodes
Saturday, November 18, 2023
Ford's Anti-Eavesdropping Tech Is Straight Out Of A Spy Movie
As we move closer to higher levels of autonomous driving, the occupants of a car will need something to pass the time. That's why several new vehicles are equipped with teleconferencing facilities. It may sound silly, but don't forget we now live in a world where a Mercedes-Benz E-Class comes standard with TikTok and a selfie camera. more
Wednesday, October 18, 2023
Is This a Bug?
This question comes from Reddit, where someone answered correctly.
We have a collection of many other "Is This a Bug?" photos and explanations.Monday, October 2, 2023
FutureWatch - Robot Eavesdropping Microphone Smart Swarms
Each of the circular, wheeled robots is about an inch across. After deployment from a charging station, they all travel in different directions, emitting high frequency sounds to communicate with one another and make sure they are spread out as far as possible from one another. These high-pitched chirps also keep the robots from falling off of tables or bumping into other obstacles.
Sunday, September 10, 2023
AI Could Smuggle Secret Messages in Memes
FutureWatch - What the Well-Dressed Spy Will be Wearing
...SMART e-PANTS
THE FUTURE OF wearable technology, beyond now-standard accessories like smartwatches and fitness tracking rings, is ePANTS, according to the intelligence community.
The federal government has shelled out at least $22 million in an effort to develop “smart” clothing that spies on the wearer and its surroundings. Similar to previous moonshot projects funded by military and intelligence agencies, the inspiration may have come from science fiction and superpowers, but the basic applications are on brand for the government: surveillance and data collection.
Billed as the “largest single investment to develop Active Smart Textiles,” the SMART ePANTS — Smart Electrically Powered and Networked Textile Systems — program aims to develop clothing capable of recording audio, video, and geolocation data, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence announced in an August 22 press release. Garments slated for production include shirts, pants, socks, and underwear, all of which are intended to be washable. more
Tuesday, August 15, 2023
He Hid a Tape Recorder in a Pen Cup...
...and caught the sheriff in a disturbing scandal.
A small-town paper takes on the county sheriff. The sheriff told staffers that anyone who spoke to the Gazette would be fired.
It is a long, complicated, and interesting story of a small town newspaper busting political corruption. Briefly, here is one of the methods used...
Two of the three commissioners—Robert Beck and Mark Jennings, the chairman—were present, along with the board’s executive assistant, Heather Carter. As they neared the end of the listed agenda, Bruce slipped a recording device disguised as a pen into a cup holder at the center of the conference table. “Right in front of ’em,” he bragged. He left, circling the block for the next several hours as he waited for the commissioners to clear out. When they did, he went back inside, pretended to review some old paperwork, and retrieved the recording device.
That night, after Gwen went to bed, Bruce listened to the audio, which went on for three hours and thirty-seven minutes. He heard other county officials enter the room, one by one—“Like, ‘Now is your time to see the king.’ ”
Maybe he got the pen in cup idea from here. Or, maybe this is an intuitively obvious spy trick. Would it have fooled you? more
Thursday, March 30, 2023
Weekend Project - Two-Tube Spy Transmitter
Wednesday, March 15, 2023
Researchers Shrink Camera to the Size of a Salt Grain
Thursday, February 16, 2023
Spy History: The "Detective Dictograph"
Monday, January 16, 2023
Spybuster Tip #823 - Remote Control Duplicators
Never let your door / gate opener fob out of your control.
Here's why... Anyone (service person, neighbor, guest, valet, etc.) only needs to have access to your fob for a few seconds to make one for themselves.
Fob duplicators are cheap, available and easy to use... (more detailed version here)