Spies are trained to see things differently from everybody else. They see people differently, they see the streets differently and they see world events differently. Civil unrest in Hong Kong is becoming worse. What started as a simple protest against a piece of legislation is rapidly disintegrating into a direct …
Another excellent article on Bruce Schneier’s website “Schneier on Security.” The article concerns influence operations and how they might be combated. We have discussed influence operations elsewhere on this site (see our NSFAQ section). With allegations of interference in elections, opinion polls and political appointments, these operations are becoming a …
As an aside from the Norwegian Intelligence Service’s “Focus 19” (see below), the document contains an analysis of Chinese cyber control policy. It includes (at page 77) a photograph of a Chinese police officer at a train station in Zengzhou. She is wearing a pair of smart sunglasses that, says …
Several UK newspapers have highlighted the use of facial recognition technology (FRT) in the Kings Cross area of London by a company called Argent. According to the Information Commissioner’s Office, “many millions of innocent people” may have been recorded and tracked by the system. But now it seems that other …
In February we reported on the extradition from Switzerland of MI6 conman Mark Acklom. On 7 August, Acklom, 46, was jailed for five years and eight months for fraud at Bristol Crown Court. Acklom had originally been charged with defrauding Carolyn Woods, 62, out of £750,000. He had initially pleaded …