Security and privacy of Canadians

[gman29]

would the courts loss of privacy result in scandal?

not like the court is legally accountable anyway

well at least to the backwardness of poltical purges that only scandal can bring

in the past you needed evidence to violate people's rights now you violate people's rights in hopes of getting evidence

or at the very leastgetting someone locked up in the foreign country in definitely under torture for having non politically correct view to whatever country they happened to be in

Edited July 17, 2014 by gman29

[GostHacked]

So cover the lens when you are not using the camera. Seems like a basic precaution to me and unhackable.

I unplug mine when I am not using it.

You can cover the lens, but your mic can still be active and one can listen in. Covering up the lens does not solve the issue of your PC being hacked or you having a virus, or the fact that government surveillance can tap in almost whenever they feel like it. That is quite troubling really. The blase attitude many have with the technology is depressing. Conditioned to not to care. Scary societal impacts.

Most of the time, you won't even realize that you have been hacked/spied on. I've had the unfortunate experience about 14 years ago of being hacked. A back door virus was the issue.

[Smallc]

You can't turn on the camera on my laptop without activating an indicator light beside the camera.

[GostHacked]

You can't turn on the camera on my laptop without activating an indicator light beside the camera.

http://gizmodo.com/fbi-can-secretly-activate-laptop-cameras-without-the-in-1478371370

It can be done.

[jacee]

http://gizmodo.com/fbi-can-secretly-activate-laptop-cameras-without-the-in-1478371370

It can be done.

What about cell phone cameras?

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[GostHacked]

What about cell phone cameras?

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I am not sure of any cell phone models that have an indicator light when using the camera for communications. You do have a flash for snapping pics. But even if there was, it can be manipulated through adjusting something in the registry or something similar. Everything is 1s and 0s, and can be manipulated. Sometimes its not easy, but it can be done.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2083460/report-nsa-developed-software-for-backdoor-access-to-iphones.html

The U.S. National Security Agency was developing in 2008 a software implant for Apple iPhones that allowed the agency to take almost total control of the device, including retrieving text messages and voicemail and remotely turning on its microphone and camera, according to a report by the German magazine Der Spiegel.

The implant, code-named DROPOUTJEEP, was “in development” and initially intended for “close access” installation on a phone, with remote installation being planned for a future release, according to an alleged NSA document with the date October 1, 2008, that Der Spiegel included in a graphic with its recent NSA report.

DROPOUTJEEP’s other capabilities included remotely pushing and pulling files from an iPhone, retrieving the phone’s contact list and identifying the device’s location and the location of the nearest cell tower, the document said. The implant could do all this without the phone user’s knowledge, over SMS (Short Message Service) or a GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) data connection. All the software implant’s communications would be “covert and encrypted,” the document said.

If you have a cell phone on you, it can be tracked via GPS and cell tower triangulation. Most of us carry one and are being monitored in some way through that. Tie that in with CCTV cameras (most are connected via Internet for remote access for those using them... like a store owner checking his store remotely. That can be hacked too. If its connected to the Internet it can and will be hacked somehow.

I love technology, but I really am concerned about HOW it is being used by those who want to govern and control us.

[GostHacked]

You have essentially a huge surveillance grid in place with the modern meshed connected technology.

Cell phones.

CCTV

GPS in cars

Communications through Smart Meters (which is like a small cell phone and comes with the same risks)

You think you want smart appliances in your home?

Debit and credit card transactions via debit terminals in stores (that is all internet connected too)

Even swiping into the building you live in IDs you in some way and is stored/tracked.

Think about it every time you go out and use the tech. The majority of us are law abiding citizens, and yet we have blanket surveillance in place. So if it's not about keeping us safe (a ruse anyways) what really is it being used for?

Control.

[eyeball]

Control of what? Is the fact this is possible imply it's being done on a widespread basis?

Aren't AVG, Norton and McAfee on top of it or are they in the loop too?

Edited July 20, 2014 by eyeball

[jacee]

I am not sure of any cell phone models that have an indicator light when using the camera for communications.

So 'somebody' could be watching me thru my smartphone camera right now?

That's really disturbing. I look like sh!t from that angle!

If you have a cell phone on you, it can be tracked via GPS and cell tower triangulation. Most of us carry one and are being monitored in some way through that.

Turn it off.

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[GostHacked]

Control of what? Is the fact this is possible imply it's being done on a widespread basis?

This ubiquitous connected technology has only really existed for about 20 years max. The pace at which it has grown and connected the entire globe in that time is really astonishing. The pace to develop the technology, infrastructure, useability, and the intensive pervasiveness in which it exists. Nothing like anything we had done before.

Why is it everywhere? It is under the guise of convenience. But the underlying thing is control. Not only are we being monitored, we are being experimented on at the same time. That recent stunt Facebook pulled where it put fake articles in users feeds to monitor how they reacted. That is called a psychological experiment. There was enough already years ago to convince me to never get a facebook account and each time I see crap like that I am glad I never did. Just confirms my notions.

Facebook is used by employers to check on you, and by the governments. Because most of you are so dumb that you put every little damn thing about your lives online. I did not care about it in real life, I care less in the digital world about the awesome dinner that went cold because you took to long trying to set up a selfie pic to post online.

If it has a chip it is tracked. An example. Most apartment buildings use the laundry service called Coinomatic. A card/chip system to use washers and dryers. To fill the card up I need to use a debit card in a machine, enter my pin (covering it so the camera in the laundry room cannot catch it. Not to mention the cameras are quite high in definition now a days. Most likely that is connected to the net somehow because the property owner headquarters might be interested in that in terms of vandalism ect. A little digression sorry. So once I enter an amount I throw in the other coinomatic chip card to transfer some funds to it. That card has a unique ID. Now associated with your bank account number somehow. Or at least your debit card since they are being plugged into the same machine. Now I take that card slap it into a machine and wash my clothes. That machine can also track the ID of the card, once paired with the debit card info, coinomatic knows who used one of the machines and when. The washers and dryers have an IR port that a tech can walk up to with another small machine to gather the data.

Aren't AVG, Norton and McAfee on top of it or are they in the loop too?

I have my doubts about most AV software. Personally I use the MSE, (microsoft security essentials)on both my machines that run win 7. Norton went terribly south in 2004 when they changed the core of how their software works. I was a help desk tech at the time and the flood of calls about it was insane. But if your AV is not up to date, you run a risk. But it's hard to keep up on it as some viruses mutate, and thousands are created every day. Couple that with the security holes in an operating system that need to be fixed. Windows for example. An exploit can be taken advantage of no matter how much hardware or software security you have.