Re: [GTALUG] OT - the heuristics of privacy

2016-10-09 Thread Scott Elcomb via talk
On Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 11:47 AM, Russell Reiter via talk wrote: > Interesting tech news about Stingray surveillance. I wonder if there is some > way to detect that an intruder has captured your signal. You can test for > capture and cause them to power down by having someone near you call 911. >

Re: [GTALUG] OT - the heuristics of privacy

2016-09-30 Thread o1bigtenor via talk
On Fri, Sep 30, 2016 at 9:39 AM, Russell Reiter via talk wrote: > Belated thanks for the link. I had thought after the Snowden video which > showed how to disable the mic on a common cell phone, there might be some > hope for project Ara. Alas not, it's been cancelled. > Another project bites the

Re: [GTALUG] OT - the heuristics of privacy

2016-09-30 Thread Russell Reiter via talk
Belated thanks for the link. I had thought after the Snowden video which showed how to disable the mic on a common cell phone, there might be some hope for project Ara. Alas not, it's been cancelled. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Ara. Russell Sent from mobile. On Sep 22, 2016 12:27 PM,

Re: [GTALUG] OT - the heuristics of privacy

2016-09-22 Thread Bob Jonkman via talk
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Yes, there's an app in F-Droid that claims to detect such attacks. I haven't used it. https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdfilter=stingray&fdid=com.SecUpwN.AIMSICD - --Bob. On 2016-09-22 11:47 AM, Russell Reiter via talk wrote: > Interesting tec