The prospective national ID card was broken and cloned in 12 minutes, the Daily Mail revealed this morning. The newspaper hired computer expert Adam Laurie to test the security that protects the information embedded in the chip on the card. Using a Nokia mobile phone and a laptop computer, Laurie was able to copy the data…
Category: Surveillance
Editorial: Privacy and the internet
From an editorial in the Cayman Net News: According to a press release last week, the Information and Communications Technology Authority (ICTA) has launched a public consultation on the use of so-called “deep packet inspection” (DPI) of internet data, including emails, web pages and internet telephony applications. […] The ICTA gives some examples of how…
Paedophile database ‘will catch people unnecessarily’
The Government’s new database of paedophiles must be reviewed because some people will be caught up in it unnecessarily, according to Sir Michael Bichard. […] His comments come as it was disclosed that the controversial database has suffered a security breach even before its official launch. A message containing confidential data was sent to the…
More phone taps ahead in Panama
A bill that will enable increased phone snooping has been presented to the National Assembly. The State Security Secretary, Jose Abel Almengor said that the bill will regulate an article in the Constitution that outlines the parameters of telephone tapping, and will include land line and cellular phones. Almengor said that the telephone tapping will…