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Tag Archives: surveillance

The E-Plate Shuffle

Wombat Group Media Posted on 6 October 2013 by Lance C.16 October 2019
South

Once again, the real world moves faster than the world of South. Yesterday, California’s Governor Jerry Brown signed a law that allows the state’s Department of Motor Vehicles to start experimenting with electronic license plates. South Carolina and New Jersey … Continue reading →

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More Reasons to be Paranoid: Mobile Cell-Phone Intercepts

Wombat Group Media Posted on 14 May 2013 by Lance C.2 February 2018
South

One of our favorite autocracies (Russia) brings us a new tech product that bypasses pesky FISA courts and warrants: AIBIS, a device that mimics a GSM cell tower and can intercept up to eight simultaneous connections within a 500m range. … Continue reading →

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Coming Soon: Drone Stalking and Drone Peeping

Wombat Group Media Posted on 4 February 2013 by Lance C.9 May 2014
South

Once again, the present catches up with South’s near-future: on 30 January, the Congressional Research Service (CRS) issued Integration of Drones into Domestic Airspace: Selected Legal Issues, a report outlining (among other things) the problems of trespassing and voyeurism that … Continue reading →

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The All-Access ID Reader, Coming Soon

Wombat Group Media Posted on 30 January 2013 by Lance C.8 October 2018
South

One of the conceits of South, my near-future thriller, is that in 2032, we will all be carrying what essentially is a national ID card embedded with voluminous information about ourselves, and security agencies will have an ID reader that … Continue reading →

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Fashion Defense: Anti-Drone Clothing

Wombat Group Media Posted on 22 January 2013 by Lance C.8 October 2018
South

A while back, I posted about fashion in 2032 in connection with my work-in-progress, South. One aspect I didn’t think much about is passive surveillance countermeasures. Discovery News wrote on 18 January about Adam Harvey, a New York artist and … Continue reading →

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They’re Watching (Part 3)

Wombat Group Media Posted on 17 August 2012 by Lance C.5 January 2019
South

In Part 1, I outlined the legal foundations of the surveillance state in 2032. In parts 2a and 2b, I listed some of the capabilities law enforcement and intelligence agencies will have to watch where people go and what they … Continue reading →

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They’re Watching (Part 2b)

Wombat Group Media Posted on 14 August 2012 by Lance C.17 August 2012
South

Last time, I reviewed some (but certainly not all) of the surveillance tools available today to law enforcement and intelligence agencies. This time, I’ll talk about a few of the new wrinkles that have appeared in the 2032 of South. … Continue reading →

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They’re Watching (Part 2a)

Wombat Group Media Posted on 10 August 2012 by Lance C.13 April 2020
South

In Part 1, I reviewed the legal state-of-play enabling the surveillance state in South’s 2032 (disturbingly similar to today’s conditions). In this installment and the next, I’ll talk about some of the tools law-enforcement and intelligence agencies have available to … Continue reading →

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They’re Watching (Part 1)

Wombat Group Media Posted on 6 August 2012 by Lance C.2 October 2017
South

Most of the point-of-view characters in South are either under surveillance or doing the surveillance. How does surveillance in 2032 differ from what we have now in 2012? The sad and scary answer: not much. Most of the legal and … Continue reading →

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