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speakers

Sony Sountina Glass Speaker Rocks You for $10,000

Sony's sci-fi looking 6-foot glass speaker is turning into an actual product: the Sountina NSA-PF1—designed for larger rooms and halls—will give you a 50Hz to 20kHz frequency response, analog and digital audio inputs, and a blue, amber or purple-lit 3-foot organic glass tweeter for just $10,000. [AV Watch]

5:10 AM on Wed May 28 2008
By Kit Eaton
6,390 views, 28 comments

Latest by MagnoliaBoy: @se.blackheart: Dude, you can't smoke weed out of my $10,000 bong. Are you Kidding me?! Use Ole Stoney, shes a sweet girl with allot of back pressure. more »

spying

House Denies Warrantless Wiretapping Immunity For Telcos

In a textbook display of checks and balances, the House of Representatives defied President Bush and the Senate yesterday by passing their version of a surveillance bill without legal immunity for telcos. The bill passed by only 16 votes, far from the 2/3 majority needed to override Bush's inevitable veto. It looks like this legislative battle could continue until the next president takes office in 2009. As we have seen, an Obama administration would deny immunity, McCain would grant immunity, and Clinton? Who knows. [dslreports]

1:55 PM on Sat Mar 15 2008
By Eric Sheline
2,589 views, 59 comments

Latest by Namtillaku: @FlashTurbo: Maybe you ought to at least make an attempt at informing yourself before you make comments like this. If all you can do is display ignorance, you're just making yourself look the fool. [www.salon.com] Refer your attention to the Update. more »

fearmongering

President Bush: You Should Thank Telcos For Spying On You, You Terrorist-Loving Jerks

While many people who value their privacy got pretty pissed when they found out that companies such as AT&T were illegally tapping their phones for the NSA, President Bush doesn't see it that way. In fact, he thinks the wiretapping telcos are American heroes, and anyone who thinks differently is straight-up unpatriotic. More »

10:55 AM on Wed Mar 5 2008
By Adam Frucci
11,626 views, 294 comments

at&t

NSA Gets the Best AT&T Coverage Around

Yes, this is real, and spectacular. The Billboard Liberation Front has launched an "improvement" campaign on AT&T billboards in the SF area "to promote and celebrate the innovative collaboration of these two global communications giants" with their massive warrantless domestic spying program (explained by a cute bear). We're waiting for some "Yes, the NSA can hear you now" Verizon billboards to match. Update: Video of them putting it up after the jump.
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3:20 PM on Thu Feb 28 2008
By matt buchanan
17,794 views, 129 comments

Latest by nutbastard: @Radio_Radio: And if we all thought like you, we'd be speaking German. more »

at&t

Senate Set to Give Retroactive Immunity to AT&T and Other Telcos for Warrantless Wiretapping Program

Should AT&T and the other telcos involved (like Verizon) get a total pass for participating in the NSA's domestic wiretapping program that let the government eavesdrop on Americans without a warrant? The Senate's thisclose to giving them immunity from lawsuits like the one the Electronic Freedom Foundation's filed against AT&T and others. More »

3:20 PM on Mon Dec 17 2007
By matt buchanan
2,524 views, 51 comments

orwell reference here

Video: The AT&T Wiretapping Dealio Explained in Two Minutes


This clip, featuring AT&T whisteblower Mark Klein, was thrown together by Senator Chris Dodd's staff and neatly wraps up the basics of the snooping allegations the EFF's pursuing against AT&T. He's apparently rubbing elbows in DC this week to explain the issue to Congressional types. If his spiel gets at all technical, God help him. [EFF via BoingBoing]

4:00 AM on Thu Nov 8 2007
By Matt Buchanan
3,035 views, 26 comments

smartphones

Smartphones Secure Enough For the NSA

Because BlackBerries and Sidekicks aren't quite secure enough for the NSA—the government agency that knows you called the Nintendo tip hotline way too many times in the late '80s—they're ordering up a bunch of General Dynamics Sectera Edge smartphones. More »

6:00 PM on Wed Oct 17 2007
By Jason Chen
13,171 views, 30 comments

Latest by mysterious1der: What ... no camera? ;-) more »

FCC Refuses to Probe Snoop-Friendly Telcos The FCC has refused to investigate phone companies who are thought to have turned over millions of records to the NSA, according to a Reuters story.

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software

NSA Won't Hire Filesharers

Noah over at Danger Room passed me this piece of info: Anyone who's fileshared won't get security clearance needed to be a spook. How else are spies supposed to learn how to be tech saavy unless they get dirty? Next thing you're going to tell me is that adultery will keep you from being president.–Brian Lam More »

5:04 PM on Wed Apr 18 2007
By Brian Lam
668 views, 5 comments

gadgets

Mobile Spy Ear: Domestic Eavesdropping For NSA Tots


President Bush defends domestic eavesdropping, so why shouldn't you? The Mobile Spy Ear, which completes Wild Planet's trifecta of kiddie 007 gadgets, is moveable car with a microphone that transmits sounds to an earbud from up to 75 feet away. More »

7:45 AM on Mon Feb 12 2007
By Noah Robischon
1,906 views, 7 comments

smartphones

NSA Cellphone - Stop Looking at It! Stop It!

The NSA put out an RFP for a secure cell phone/smartphone and L-3 won with this Treo-esque smartphone called the Secure Mobile Environment Portable Electronic Device or SME-PED. Most of the specs are top top top top secret, but we suspect that it will probably run a super secure version of Solitaire and I seriously doubt there will be a camera. It probably explodes if lost so don't drop it into a box containing a litter of cute little puppies or you're in for quite a shocker. More »

11:28 AM on Fri Sep 16 2005
By johnb
312 views