MetaFilter posts tagged with intelligence and security

What do you know about CALEA?

TedW — Wed, 16 Jul 2003 10:27:49 -0800

Bob Cringely thinks the government's information gathering capability is a disaster waiting to happen. Does our government have too much faith in computers as a solution to our problems? Just as electronic voting is looked at skeptically by the computer-savvy among us, so should the use of computers to gather information.

redhead — Fri, 14 Sep 2001 08:21:57 -0800

bin Laden has a mentor?

aflakete — Mon, 04 Jun 2001 02:45:40 -0800

Law enforcement and intelligence agencies now have access to software that can remotely record every keystroke and see every file on a target PC. Data Interception by Remote Transmission (D.I.R.T.), developed by Codex Data Systems (you need a username and password to get past the opening screen) can supposedly see through PGP, firewalls, whatever you throw at it apparently. Only works against Win95 so far, but that won't last. Is this hogwash or something crucial?

Outlawyr — Thu, 20 Jul 2000 07:08:48 -0800

An article on espionage and security lapses? FBI says No Thanks The FBI has seized a computer hard drive used by former Energy Department intelligence chief Notra Trulock, concerned that he may have included classified data in a proposed article. Or maybe they just wanted to spell check it for him.