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Questions tagged [surveillance]

A broad program of constant observation/interception of communications and behavior of individuals and organizations by state and (rarely) non-state actors, including foreign and domestic intelligence agencies.

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What leaked mass surveillance capabilities have not been explained by vulnerabilities we have learned about since 2014?

At the end of 2014, there were reports and talks about the cracking capabilities of the NSA and other Five Eyes agencies, based on documents leaked by Edward Snowden. The analyzed data revealed that, e.g. VPNs and HTTPS connections were decrypted…
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Why did Poitras and Greenwald put their batteries in the fridge?

cnet.com says: Even in Snowden's room, the group took precautions not to be overheard. Greenwald and Poitras would remove the batteries from their mobile phones and put them in refrigerator of Snowden's minibar (...) Is there any security reason…
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What steps can be taken to secure snail mail?

Alice has decided to stop using electronic communication with her friends and relatives. She believes analog media are generally more secure and private. Her friends and relatives, however, neither care about security nor want to be inconvenienced…
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How is leaving a telephone on the ground a "classic anti-surveillance technique"?

I am curious about a comment made in evidence at the London Bridge terror attacks inquest by the lawyer representing several of the victims' families: There were "opportunities galore" to identify that the London Bridge extremists were plotting an…
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Can the government monitor my online activity when I use VPN?

Many social networking and popular websites are blocked where I live. There are certain workarounds to access these services however, including VPN services provided by certain local providers with servers abroad located in several countries.…
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Can IP Security camera be tampered by flash of another camera?

We have been using a new IP camera (Cleverdog) to monitor work in our clothing line factory since a week. It has new features like Infrared, Motion detection, Sound and we can also give instructions through in-built speaker. The recorded footage can…
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Can the school see what you are doing on their laptop when connected to your home WiFi?

I have a school laptop, every student gets one and also gets to take it home for their work. Can they see the websites you get on when you are using your WiFi at home?
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Am I exposing too much via port range forward on home security system

Just installed a lorex home security system. This is an nvr system much like this one: http://www.amazon.com/Lorex-LNR400-Channel-Security-Cameras/dp/B00QLA2V28/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1455913618&sr=8-3&keywords=lorex+nvr Although not exactly like…
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Who uses linkability-based survellance - other than mil intelligence?

Because of what I see as degrading internet conditions, security/privacy wise, I'm doing my own evaluation of how I need to react towards this in order to keep such crap out of my life, overall. I'm not living my life in such a way that it is…
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Verifying claims about crowd surveillance

During a chat discussion on travel.stackexchange.com a few days ago, when airport biometric an was discussed, the conversation deviated and we started talking about general surveillance tech. A user, zxq9, made a number of interesting claims. 1.…
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How to protect against my Government?

I have used the search but I wasn´t able to find anything called "government surveillance" or similar. My Government is currently planning an new law against terrorism and child porn ;) Great isn´t it? I mean only Terrorists and Pedos can have…
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Can I control surveillance system remotely without an app/browser?

I'm looking to purchase a POE surveillance system that allows me to store the DVR away from the TV, yet still be able to control the system with an external infrared sensor or the App and still watch on my TV. I don't want to have to view through a…
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