Which is exactly what the GMS have been doing. Just a little bit of background information. GMS is the Government Mail Service which are a department within government who protect government employees from terrorist attacks such as mail bombs, razor blades and probably anthrax – but they are only supposed to screen incoming mail to…
Category: Surveillance
Retired Navy officer sentenced for invasion of privacy
He secretly videotaped his teenage stepdaughters in the bathroom, undressing and taking a shower and then made illegal videos. News stories on KHON2 and KITV report that in a Honolulu courtroom, Judge Michael Town sentenced Robert Thomas Franks to a year in prison under a relatively new law there, “invasion of privacy.” Franks must serve…
Miami health centre starts RFID soap snooping
RFID tags are being deployed at the University of Miami to report when doctors and nurses wash their hands, and let them know if their fingernails aren’t clean. In contrast to previously-suggested systems involving chemical sniffers, the RFID-based technology being used in Miami just monitors when a doctor or nurse is near a bed and…
Determining anchor points for sex offenders using GPS
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) has begun tracking more than 6,000 sex offender parolees by using global positioning system (GPS) anklets. Sex offender parolees are allowed to travel only through certain areas and must keep away from other people. The GPS device lets parole agents know when parolees are somewhere they should…