Leaked Emails Allegedly Tell of Global "Trapwire" Spy Network 149
judgecorp writes "The British government and police are customers of a controversial surveillance network called TrapWire, according to emails published by Wikileaks. The messages suggest that Scotland Yard and Number Ten Downing Street are customers of Abraxas Corporation, whose TrapWire network combines CCTV, license plate capture systems and databases. The TrapWire network has caused concern amongst online activists and Abraxas' site is currently not available, possibly due to attacks by Anonymous." There seems to be no end to the Trapwire conspiracy stories today, there's even one going around that various large companies such as Salesforce and Google were offered the chance to be part of the spy club.
Re:Privatized Big Brother? (Score:5, Insightful)
it seems this thing is like credit data. companies give up the data in exchange for a credit score and risk profiling
same here. seems like private companies will be giving up their security cam and other data in exchange for security services
Just a matter of time (Score:5, Insightful)
To what degree cameras are coordinated isn't a conspiracy, it's an eventuality.
"Strange how paranoia can link up with reality now and then..." -- P.K.Dick
Sales pitch? (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:How's that "hope and change" doing? (Score:5, Insightful)
American politics is hopelessly polarized between the two poles of democrat and republican, each pole ensuring the survival of the other. You need to change the system by voting for any credible third party.
Voting for any part of the democrat/republican alliance will not reduce the power of the democrat/republican alliance.
Re:How's that "hope and change" doing? (Score:5, Insightful)
Romney Ryan 2012, TAKE BACK AMERICA!
Romney Ryan 2012, Ensure the continuous oscillation between Democrat and Republican to the exclusion of all else.
If the answer is ever Republican or Democrat you oversimplified the question.
Re:Wikileaks it self is honey pot (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Just a matter of time (Score:5, Insightful)
The US army can't deliver a single set of compatible radios to the army. The British government couldn't get the NHS to run on a single IT system. What the hell makes you think they can do something like this?
Re:Here's a video released by Anon about surveilla (Score:3, Insightful)
Part of what makes slashdot slashdot is that 90% of the posters utterly lack any sense of perspective.
Theres a story about how Facebook is selling your data to russian mafia? Clearly, that is just as bad as what Hitler did in WW2. Obama enacts a healthcare plan youre not a fan of? Communist china, and Obama is Mao. Romney takes a stance on abortion that you dont like? Clearly, this man is as repressive as Stalin.
It should come as no suprise that in any particular thread about surveilance, at least one person insists that things are as bad as they are in 1984-- even if they happen to have not read that particular book.
Re:Watch nobody care. (Score:1, Insightful)
Re:Here's a video released by Anon about surveilla (Score:4, Insightful)
Not only do people need to read 1984, but they also need to read Brave New World so they can start making more accurate literature comparisons.
Re:Ah, progress... (Score:5, Insightful)
If there weren't so many people who manage to say things like that with a straight face and nigh-religious levels of conviction there would be a lot more humor in the situation...