Security Scrapbook - Espionage & Privacy News of the Week.
December 29, 2003

To: Clients, colleagues and friends.
Subject: Espionage & Privacy News of the Week.

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Kevin's Security Scrapbook is published on an irregular
basis for a select audience. HTML versions are archived at
http://www.spybusters.com/Security_Scrapbook.html
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SPECIAL SECTION -- Security Director News
SPECIAL SECTION -- Spy News
SPECIAL SECTION -- Murray's Believe It or Not!
SPECIAL SECTION -- Phone Vitamins
SPECIAL SECTION -- 'Bad Santa' Gifts
SPECIAL SECTION -- This Rocks (FREE STUFF BONUS!!!)
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SPECIAL SECTION -- Security Director News

The ABCs of Intellectual Property Protection (excellent)
Your company's intellectual property -- whether that's patents, trade secrets or just employee know-how -- may be more valuable than its physical assets. This primer, compiled from CSO articles, covers basic and overlooked steps for keeping your secrets secret.
http://www.csoonline.com/fundamentals/abc_ip.html


Yo, "W!"
Howz about gettin' one for US.
French Spymaster Expected To Head Econ Intelligence Unit... His task will be to collect, synthesize and disseminate economic intelligence of value to French corporations, while protecting their business information from prying eyes and ears.
http://news.morningstar.com/news/DJ/M12/D22/1072117260847.html


Cautionary Tale #668 - Why you need a crosscut shredder.
New York Times article on how dumpster-divers work identity theft scams.
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/21/magazine/21IDENTITY.html


Everybody's an expert...
"The security profession is hot, and charlatans are being drawn to what they see as a profitable opportunity. As a result, since 9-11, you can't swing a dead CAT-5 twisted-pair cable without hitting a passel of purported security experts. These freshly minted mavens pad their bios with spurious qualifications, such as media appearances that signify public relations acumen more than security know-how. The advice "buyer beware" has never been more apt."
- Michael Gips, Senior Editor, Security Management
http://www.securitymanagement.com/library/001541.html


Backward Firewall
Keeps Inside Information In...
"Acting as the security checkpoint at every exit on the corporate network, Vontu Protect monitors e-mail, Web mail, Web posts, instant messages, FTP and other electronic communications for sensitive information. By accurately identifying incidents of information disclosure and security policy violations as they happen, Vontu Protect helps companies avoid regulatory fines, lawsuits, lost business, public embarrassment and other consequences of accidental or malicious data leaks."
http://www.vontu.com/
White Paper - "Proactively Managing the Insider Security Threat"
http://www.vontu.com/downloads/downloadhascookie.php
http://www.alwayson-network.com/comments.php?id=2139_0_8_0_C



SPECIAL SECTION -- Spy & Espionage News


The Gloved One...
is said to be so fearful that his Neverland ranch has been bugged, he's even looking at his teddy bears suspiciously.
http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/142156p-125978c.html


Top Via execs indicted for industrial espionage
The chairman and the chief executive officer of Via Technologies, a supplier of PC chipsets and other semiconductors, have been accused of copyright infringement and industrial espionage. ... This is not the first time that Via has been embroiled in allegations of stolen intellectual property.
http://tinyurl.com/2p86n


Just point and... "Shoot!"
This is a collection of papers describing different means used to gain acceptance to biometric fingerprint readers using artificial fingers or other methods which are able to deceive fingerprint readers (and other biometric devices).
http://www.optel.pl/top.htm


Quote of the Month
"There is no other asset more important than a company's data. You can't give that responsibility to someone who doesn't know how to handle it."
- CIO, Malcom Fields, HON Industries


'We can implant entirely false memories'
You were abducted by aliens, you saw Bugs Bunny at Disneyland, and then you went up in a balloon. Didn't you? Laura Spinney on our remembrance of things past...
(Long, but very interesting.)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/life/feature/story/0,13026,1098943,00.html


Bugged Venezuelan telephone call...
between former Paris Ambassador and his son reveals voting signature deficit. ... An audio tape of the conversation was sent anonymously to the aporrea.org website by email against a background where it is commonplace for both sides in current political contention to bug and broadcast private phone conversations.
http://web.onetel.com/~vheadline/00000061.asp
Purported recording of the call.
http://www.aporrea.org/audio/1203/sumatefracaso.m3u


Industrial Spy Crackdown (...psst, hey Congress, wanna see a cool law?)
South Korea - The Industrial Property Office announced that the revised bill of the Unfair Competition Detection and Business Secrets Protection Act was passed. Under the terms of the revised law, an industrial spy can be punished even without complaints or accusations being leveled, and fines for industrial spying will be set at between double and 10 times the ill-gotten gains from the espionage.
http://joongangdaily.joins.com/200312/24/2003


Vienna East
HONG KONG - A senior official from China's representative office in Hong Kong confirmed yesterday that the office's former secretary-general was detained over a spying and corruption probe - and said his case was merely 'the tip of the iceberg' when it came to espionage here.
http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/mexpiredcontent/0,4393,,00.html


Even TSMC could use a little TSCM...
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company is suing its emerging Chinese rival, Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation, alleging the company infringed multiple patents and stole trade secrets.
http://www.eet.com/semi/news/OEG20031221S0001


Made, in Taiwan.
Chinese authorities cracked a major espionage group working for Taiwan in mid-December and arrested at least 36 alleged spies, Hong Kong's Ming Pao newspaper reports. ... The report said the intelligence network was spread across China's coastal provinces. The 21 people from Taiwan were mostly businesspeople working on the mainland, the newspaper said. It did not say what cover the 15 mainland Chinese operatives assumed.
http://www.ds-osac.org/view.cfm?key=7E45534B4450


Five? You might not want to mention this in front of the Chinese...
Federal Security Service chief Nikolai Patrushev praised the work of intelligence agents Friday, saying the FSB caught five foreign spies this year.
http://www.ds-osac.org/view.cfm?key=7E45534B4057



SPECIAL SECTION -- Murray's Believe It ...or Not!

Man convicted of tapping, yet still called Innocent!
A man caught installing an interception device on a Standard Bank internet terminal to gain access to customer accounts has been found guilty and fined. ... The case is the first victory for prosecutors under the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act. ... Innocent Madlala was convicted of the new crime of possessing a device designed to breach security measures used to protect data.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200312120540.html


Dumb Question of 2003 - "Do you really miss me?"
Someday, perhaps, we really won't have Richard Nixon to kick around anymore. But for now, he's still very much alive on obscenity-laced tapes at the National Archives and Records Administration, which this month released 240 more hours of the 37th president bugging himself. ... Halderman tells Nixon about a Washingtonian magazine article about sex and power in the District. The article voices doubt, "that there was a single satisfactory sexual relationship in the entire Nixon White House." ... "They're wrong," the president replies. "I've seen those Secret Service guys out at San Clemente."
http://tinyurl.com/2ge5r


FutureWatch - Celldar - Super-Radar, Done Dirt Cheap
A radar system that uses ubiquitous cell-phone signals is on its way.
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/03_42/b3854113.htm


"They're GR-R-REAT!®"
When the CIA's secret gadget-makers invented a listening device for the Asian jungles, they disguised it so the enemy wouldn't be tempted to pick it up and examine it: The device looked like tiger droppings. The guise worked. ... The CIA's Directorate of Science and Technology is celebrating its 40th anniversary by revealing a few dozen of its secrets for a new museum inside its headquarters near Washington. Keith Melton, a leading historian of intelligence, calls it "the finest spy musuem you'll never see." It is accessible only to CIA employees and guests admitted to those closed quarters.
http://www.securityfocus.com/news/7721
See the e-poop at...
http://www.cia.gov/cia/information/artifacts/index.htm


FutureWatch - Remember Rosie from The Jetsons?
They say you can order her grandperson on July 16th, 2004.
"Introducing the world's first fully automated domestic assistant - 'NS-5' (Nestor Robots) More intelligent than most PhD graduates. Can speak over 80 languages. It can do your taxes. And it is 3 Laws Safe!"
http://www.irobotnow.com/
http://www.jeffbots.com/rosie.html (Rosie)
For those of you unfamiliar with the 3 Laws, they are as follows:
1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
2. A robot must obey orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.
...or Not...
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0343818/
http://vasta.typepad.com/main/film/
Non-vaporbot...
http://cds301.bit-drive.ne.jp/shp/02-27-QR103/



SPECIAL SECTION -- Phone Vitamins

USA On-Line Phone Directory...
Yellow Pages
White Pages
Toll Free
Area Codes
Reverse Lookups
The links to people-data.com ($) are helpful too.
http://www.anywho.com

Is that phone number cellular or land-line,
and where it is located?
USA & International.
http://www.primeris.com/fonefind/

Determine a cell phone user's name and current billing address. ($)
No hit, no fee.
http://www.cell-phone-numbers.com/

A Free "Whose cell phone number is that?" service.
(You get what you pay for, but you may get lucky.)
http://www.mobilephonenumber.com/

Google tips...
Phone numbers, parcel tracking IDs, patents and other specialized numbers can be entered into Google's search box for quick access to information about them. For example, typing "fedex" followed by a space and a FedEx tracking number will return the latest information on your package.
Other special search by number types include:
UPS tracking numbers
example search: "1Z9999W999999999"
FedEx tracking numbers
example search: "fedex 999999999999"
Remember to put the word "fedex" before your tracking number.
Patent numbers
example search: "patent 5123123"
Remember to put the word "patent" before your patent number.
FAA airplane registration numbers
example search: "n199ua"
An airplane's FAA registration number is typically printed on its tail.
FCC equipment IDs
example search: "fcc B4Z-34009-PIR"
Remember to put the word "fcc" before the equipment ID.


Coming soon... GSMK CryptoPhone 100 US
GSMK CryptoPhone, the first secure mobile phone that comes with full source code available for independent review. Use two cell phones to talk to each other, or one phone to communicate with a Windows PC (PC software is free) $2,358.56 per phone. (Idea: Move the decimal point.)
http://www.cryptophone.de/


Beware Of Employees Bearing Camera Phones
Camera phones pose significant security and liability risks to enterprises, according to an industry analyst. Specifically, camera phones could be used by employees to snoop on other employees and to take photographs of proprietary information and processes, according to Jack Gold, META Group's vice president for Technology Research Services. As a result, enterprises should develop firm policies about the devices...
http://informationweek.securitypipeline.com/news/


We be jammin'!
Cell-phone jammers—already available on the Internet to security honchos and average Joes alike—are a surprisingly useful (and widely used) tool, and they could easily become as popular as cell phones themselves.
http://slate.msn.com/id/2092059/
http://www.sesp.co.il/
http://www.globalgadgetuk.com/cell%20phone%20jammers.htm
http://www.eoutlethk.com/jammer.htm



SPECIAL SECTION -- 'Bad Santa' Gifts

"Dilbert, what's that in your pocket protector?
Listen, about that raise, we can talk. Dilbert?!?!"
http://stingerpengun.com/stinger.htm


"Yo, Dilbert. Can I borrow your pen?"
With the Bow-Lingual dog translator, you can know what your dog is saying to you every time. "Walk, treats, throw ball, no... walk, uh.. treats, yes! Treats, throw the ball again, gimme treats, come-onnnnnn gimmie gimmie treats, hey, let's go for a ride!!!, no... treats, yes!!! Treats!".....
http://www.thedogtranslator.com


"What a lovely ring, and that scent you're wearing... Cayenne?"
Elegantly crafted in silver and gold plating...
http://www.stunninginnovations.com/ring_index.html


12 Hour Voice Recorder Radio Wireless Microphone
This is the ultimate in eavesdropping technology. Just set the remote mic in a hidden area while your main voice recorder does the recording. Leave the room while the voice recorder does the rest. Come back later and hear every last secret without anyone knowing. It gets even better. You can even hook it up to a phone and record phone conversations.
http://www.gadgetalert.com/



SPECIAL SECTION -- This Rocks (FREE STUFF BONUS!!!)

BONUS #1
Just in time for your New Year's Party! FREE!!!
Every Rock & Roll hit of the 50's 60's 70's 80's 90's+
Hey, do I take care of my friends or what?
Play 'Name That Tune'.
Happy New Year!
Side One: http://evolution-control.com/sounds/Chart%20Sweep%201.mp3
Side Two: http://evolution-control.com/sounds/Chart%20Sweep%202.mp3


This rocks too.
Real-time maps of recent earthquake activity in the USA.
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsUS/


When things start a-rockin', have these guys come a-knockin'
http://www.emergencyemail.org/


BONUS #2
Historical 9/11 DVD documentary. FREE!!
Get your DVD copy of the Department of Labor's documentary entitled Up From Zero. It commemorates and honors members of the New York City building trades who helped in the rescue, recovery, and clean-up efforts at Ground Zero. These are the people who put themselves on the line on September 11, 2001 – and for nine months afterward – to reclaim Ground Zero.
http://www.dol.gov/opa/dvd


Acquire a new skill in 2004...
Become a chili cook-off judge.
According to chili.org...
"Chili should LOOK GOOD, SMELL GOOD and TASTE GOOD!" (See, it's not hard.)
Color – Reddish, reddish-brown or brown are OK.
Aroma – Chili should not smell burnt or unpleasant.
Taste – A really good taste will stand out.
Consistency – Chili should be a GOOD MEAT AND GRAVY combination. Meat should be tender but not broken down.
Aftertaste – Residual taste should be PLEASANT and AFTER-BITE may also be present. The absence, presence or level of bite is a matter of personal preference.
Official Chili Judging Sheet.
http://www.chili.org/documents/Chili%20Judging%20Sheet
...and my finger in the pot...
1. A little clear red oil floating on top is a secret sign of goodness.
2. Copious amounts of 'quality' meat (or 'quality' beans if vegetarian chili).
These are the tie-breakers.
A common deal-killer... too much spice covering the true taste.

Be seeing you, 2003.


Kevin
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©2003 Kevin D. Murray - CPP, CFE, BCFE
Murray Associates
Counterespionage Consultants
to Business & Government
Eavesdropping Detection Specialists
http://www.spybusters.com

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Security Scrapbook - Espionage & Privacy News of the Week.
December 27, 2003

To: Clients, colleagues and friends.
Subject: Espionage & Privacy News of the Week.

===================================================
Kevin's Security Scrapbook is published on an irregular
basis for a select audience. HTML versions are archived at
http://www.spybusters.com/Security_Scrapbook.html
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SPECIAL SECTION -- "Teach your children well..."
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SPECIAL SECTION -- "Teach your children well..."

In the 1960's...
Children were influenced by spy movies, TV shows and associated toys in a positive way. The 'spies' rarely spied. They were heros. They fought against evil-doers. They did "good." (Secret Agent / Danger Man, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., I Spy, James Bond - 007, Mission Impossible, The Prisoner, The Saint, The Avengers...)

By the 1980's...
The spies' toys had become the heros. Eavesdropping, snooping and general spying had become "cute."

Some people recognized this and raised editorial warning flags...
"In becoming accustomed to such toys and the pleasures they bring, the seeds of an amoral and suspicious adulthood are unwittingly being cultivated." - from the article, You'd Better Watch Out! This is the Year of Spying Kits for Kids, Gary T. Marx, The Los Angeles Times, 1988.
http://www.spybusters.com/The_spying_problem_worsens.html

By the 21st century...
"Competitive Intelligence" had become an established job description. Corporate eavesdropping and espionage inspections had become a routine necessity for survival. And Murray Associates (http://www.spybusters.com) celebrated 25 years in business with one specialty - eavesdropping auditing.

Today...
Kiddy eavesdropping, snooping and general spying toys are now theme-corporations, e.g. Wild Planet's Spy Gear, Undercover Girl and Girl Tech. Even the venerable "Discovery Channel" offers twelve children's spy toys for sale, including a "Night Spy Dart Launcher" for "ages 5+" !!!

Logical Conclusion...
Toys teach.
We reap what we sow.

Good News / Bad News
With a little adult guidance even spy toys for children can be positive-value teaching tools. Without the guidance, the lesson is "spying is fun, and acceptable." Either way, we reap the pay-off 10-20 years later ...in our business, and in our personal lives.

This Special Holiday Edition of Kevin's Security Scrapbook focuses on the world of spy toys that were offered to children this year. The list is long, surprisingly long...

From The Discovery Channel...
Secret Message Spy Kit
Spy Motion Tracking System
Micro Spy Belt
Spy Listener
Spy Communicator Walkie-Talkies
Mini Spy Camera with Sunglasses
Eye-Link Spy Communicators
Night Spy Binoculars
Night Spy Dart Launcher
Lie Detector Watch
Covert Voice Changer Modulator
Night Vision Communicator Goggles
http://shopping.discovery.com

Spy Gear from Wild Planet...
Eye-Link Communications
Spy Vision Goggles
Spy Wrist Cam
Micro Spy Kit
Spytracker System
Spy Link
Spy Truth Detector
Spy Code Launcher
XP-4 Spy Pen
XP-4 Spy Wallet
Spy Night Scope
Spy Listener
Spy Supersonic Ear
Spy Motion Alarm
Spy Vision Scope
Spy Tool Kit
Spy Camera
http://spygear.net/index.php

Undercover Girl spy toys from Wild Planet...
Secret Camera Journal
Mini Spy Gadgets
Action Tracker
Spy Wristworks
Hip Talkies
Secret Agent Glasses
Secret Listener
Secret Note Kit
SnoopProof Safe
"Click on a toy to start spying."
http://www.undercovergirl.net/index.php
Comic strip promoting eavesdropping.
http://www.undercovergirl.net/extra/story_play.php
Want to start your own Undercover Girl Spy Club?
http://www.undercovergirl.net/extra/girlclub.php
Get your own Undercover Girl ID card...
http://www.undercovergirl.net/extra/clubform.php

from Girl Tech...
Password Protected Journal
Tap-Lock Secret Case
Eye-Lock Room Guard
http://www.girltech.com/Bow-tique/BT_menu_frame.html
...and the famous Girl Tech "Bug 'Em" eavesdropper
"Hear... even when you're not there!"
http://www.girltech.com/bow-tique/bt_bug_em.cfm
Bug 'Em feedback page...
http://www.girltech.com/bow-tique/bt_becomments.html

"Spy Toys - Sneaky but cool."
http://www.yenra.com/spy-toys/

Childparenting.com says...
"Top 9 Pretend Play Toys for Younger Elementary Ages...
#5. Wild Planet Spy Toys -- Several spy tools are available. Get the whole collection for your super spy kid." (What!?!?!)
http://childparenting.about.com/cs/toptoysyounger/

"Spy Stuff For Kids"
Spy Truth Detector
Spy Launcher
Disappeaing Ink Pen
Spy Tracker
Spy Pen Kit
World's Smallest Monocular for Secret Agent Work
Spy Camera
Spy Super Sonic Listener
See Behind You Sunglasses
Spy Listener
& et. cet.
http://www.pimall.com/nais/toys.html

Spy Kid Screen Saver Artwork
http://spygear.net/extras/screensavers/SpyVisionScope.jpg
http://spygear.net/extras/screensavers/SpyVisionGoggles.jpg
http://spygear.net/extras/screensavers/SpyTracker.jpg
http://spygear.net/extras/screensavers/SGweb_splash.jpg
http://spygear.net/extras/screensavers/SpyGearLogo.jpg

For older, more well-heeled spies...
Video sunglasses camera
http://www.pimall.com/nais/vidsun.html
Stun Gun Cell Phone
http://www.stungunsandtasers.com/cellphonestungun.htm
Tiny Wireless Color Video Camera
http://www.youcansave.com/webcamsv.asp?showEnohp=false

"Classic" Spy Toys...
http://www.klast.net/bond/collect.html

Published in 1949...
"That's a first-rate training they give them in the Spies [youth group] nowadays -- better than in my day, even. What d'you think's the latest thing they've served them out with? Ear trumpets for listening through keyholes! My little girl brought one home the other night -- tried it out on our sitting-room door, and reckoned she could hear twice as much as with her ear to the hole. Of course it's only a toy, mind you. Still, gives 'em the right idea, eh?'" -- Symes speaking to Winston Smith in George Orwell's 1984.
http://www.eng.buffalo.edu/%7Esmf7/175/1984.html


Kevin
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©2003 Kevin D. Murray - CPP, CFE, BCFE
Murray Associates
Counterespionage Consultants
to Business & Government
Eavesdropping Detection Specialists
http://www.spybusters.com

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Security Scrapbook - Espionage & Privacy News of the Week.
December 6, 2003

To: Clients, colleagues and friends.
Subject: Espionage & Privacy News of the Week.

===================================================
Kevin's Security Scrapbook is published on an irregular
basis for a select audience. HTML versions are archived at
http://www.spybusters.com/Security_Scrapbook.html
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SPECIAL SECTION -- Security Director News
SPECIAL SECTION -- The Jacko Show
SPECIAL SECTION -- Tinseltown Taps
SPECIAL SECTION -- In the Courts
SPECIAL SECTION -- Bonded & Dangerous
SPECIAL SECTION -- Just Interesting
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SPECIAL SECTION -- Security Director News

Security Resource # 298 - Fight Identity Theft Web Site
For the employees...
http://www.fightidentitytheft.com/index.html


Cautionary Tale #538 - If signs don't work, throw the book at them.
A district court judge found Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reporter Carl Prine guilty last week of trespassing on a chemical plant, and ordered him to pay a $25 fine plus court costs. Prine and two other reporters walked into the plant for a story about lax security.
http://www.rcfp.org/news/2003/1117apitts.html


Cautionary Tale #539 - Office Creepers
A man walked into an Atlanta office, chatted with two workers and sat down for lunch with them. Nobody noticed when he left with four stolen laptops. ... Office creepers -- neatly dressed thieves who walk into the workplace looking for pricey laptops or purses -- are a growing problem for businesses.
http://www.detnews.com/2003/technology/



SPECIAL SECTION -- The Jacko Show

...but not good for the gander-er.
Last week, Jackson and his lawyer learned they were secretly videotaped by a camera hidden aboard the plane when Jackson traveled from Las Vegas to Santa Barbara to turn himself in. The discovery triggered an FBI investigation and a lawsuit by Jackson against the charter jet company. (Charter companies might record passenger cabin video to document any damage done by... oh say... rock stars who might party too hearty and cause damage.)
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=22&art

It's Plain View Doctrine, not Plane View Doctrine, Jimmy.
A man claiming to be a news and photo agency reporter was arrested after Jackson's security staff found him aboard the entertainer's private plane while Jackson was surrendering to authorities.
http://washingtontimes.com/national/20031127-102246-4233r.htm

NSS...
Sheriff's officials said several wireless microphones discovered outside their headquarters could be the latest of several attempts by journalists to surreptitiously get information on the Michael Jackson molestation case. The devices were found in a brushy area where Sheriff's Department employees frequently take breaks and where reporters are not normally allowed. Officials did not say when they discovered the microphones.
http://www.local6.com/news/2671587/detail.html

I always feel like
Somebody's watching me
Can I have my privacy (...and Moon Walk stage left)
Michael Jackson thinks authorities may be spying on him in his own home. The Gloved One is said to be so fearful that his Neverland ranch has been bugged, he's even looking at his teddy bears suspiciously. A Jackson insider tells us the singer believes that law-enforcement officers may have planted electronic surveillance devices in his mansion last month when they spent 12 hours searching the grounds for evidence that he molested a 12-year-old boy. "He ordered a sweep of the entire place," said the source. "They're even running the teddy bears through radio-frequency sensors to see if there might be transmitters inside."
http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/142156p-125978c.html
http://tinyurl.com/xz1s (Somebody's Watching Me - lyrics)

The plot thickens...
COURT TV anchor Diane Dimond, who reported on the first days of the Michael Jackson sex case a decade ago, is the latest to be caught up in a Hollywood phone-bugging scandal. Dimond said yesterday that authorities have informed her that wiretaps on her phone from 1994 are part of evidence seized by the FBI last year from the computer of Hollywood private eye Anthony Pellicano. Dimond was a reporter for "Hard Copy" in 1993 in the first days after the story broke of a youngster accusing Jackson of sexually molesting him. Pellicano worked for Jackson's attorney, Harold Weitzman. (Have a feeling we'll hear more about Mr. Pellicano?)
http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/10576.htm



SPECIAL SECTION -- Tinseltown Taps

But has he ever eaten a rat?
Anthony Pellicano, the private eye to Hollywood stars who started a prison term yesterday, says he will not co-operate with an investigation into whether he secretly bugged celebrities and their lawyers. ... Pellicano, 59, has provided detective work and security and sometimes acted as spokesman for such stars as Elizabeth Taylor, Michael Jackson and Sylvester Stallone.
http://ww1.theherald.co.uk/news/4754.html

What?!?!
A search of Pellicano's office last year turned up not only C-4 plastic explosives and two modified hand grenades, but also transcripts and tapes of phone calls detailing private conversations between celebs and other Hollywood bigwigs.

"No flipping..."
The feds subsequently launched a grand jury investigation to determine the extent of the illegal snooping and figure out whether someone hired Pellicano to perform the dirty work. FBI agents have since been questioning those thought to have been bugged by the P.I., including Warren Beatty and his pal Gary Shandling.
http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,12900,00.html



SPECIAL SECTION -- In the Courts

"You've got jail!"
A judge sentenced an Arizona woman to 60 days home detention for intercepting her husband's ex-wife's e-mail, saying the penalty is a warning to others who might be tempted to do the same. "Privacy is still a cherished value," U.S. District Judge Richard P. Matsch said in sentencing Angel Lee, 28, of El Mirage, Arizona.
http://www.cnn.com/2003/LAW/10/19/email.detention.ap


...thus putting Radio Shack stock on the 'Sell' list.
Sparring spouses can no longer wiretap each other without fear of being sued in federal court. In an opinion issued Thursday, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta overturned a 29-year-old precedent that barred invasion-of-privacy lawsuits by spouses over wiretaps, even though the practice is a crime. ... After Glazner filed for divorce in 1999, he bought a recording device at Radio Shack and surreptitiously attached it to a phone line in their home. He then left on a trip. ... The 11th Circuit issued its ruling in a case involving James and Elisabeth Glazner of Birmingham.
http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/1003/18wiretap.html


Cotillion... for a new law.
A dozen girls and women were secretly videotaped in the restroom of a suburban high school, and the head custodian has been suspended, according to school officials. Pittsford Sutherland High School custodian Allen Wemes, 52, was suspended Nov. 26, and videotapes and computer disks were turned over to the Monroe County Sheriff's Office, officials said. No charges were immediately filed. ... A new state law makes it illegal to record images of others in a place such as a restroom or bedroom where they have a reasonable expectation of privacy.
http://tinyurl.com/xrwy



SPECIAL SECTION -- Bonded & Dangerous

"The name's Bond...
England appears to be taking Saturday's Rugby World Cup final against Australia a lot more seriously than that, with coach Clive Woodward revealing that his team's hotel had been swept for bugging devices. ... While denying that he thought Australian counterpart Eddie Jones was waging a deliberate espionage campaign, Woodward's concerns originate from the 2001 British and Irish Lions tour Down Under, when the Australians appeared to crack the Lions' lineout codes.
http://edition.cnn.com/2003/SPORT/11/18/rwc.wilkinson/

James Bond,"
England, one of the finalists along with Australia for the championship match Saturday, continued training from its apparently bug-free base at seaside Manly, where coach Clive Woodward admitted a technology expert has "swept" the team's meetings rooms to ensure no one is stealing training secrets ahead of the final. ... Woodward said England is using anti-bugging devices to make sure no one is listening in on the team's hotel or team meetings. "Sometimes people don't understand the huge stakes that we are playing for," Woodward said.
http://tinyurl.com/x5ax
http://edition.cnn.com/2003/SPORT/11/18/rwc.wilkinson/

...said Austin Powers,
hoping his "little device" would work this year...
"We have a machine that anyone can buy in the shops that checks for bugs," Woodward told sports site Planet Rubgy. "We have this little device and it is no bigger than a matchbox and Tony Biscombe, who is our IT man, goes round the hotel rooms and the team rooms and makes sure there are no devices." The Sun-Herald reports that England had to ask for mobile phone relay equipment to be turned off because it sent anti-bugging equipment haywire. (Note: "IT" is a few letters short of TSCM... or, buying a dull butter knife doesn't make one a surgeon.)
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/34025.html


...and sometimes its just - bond-ing.
A mysterious transmission that baffled British intelligence analysts for days was caused by a ram rubbing up against an aerial mast, a government agency said Tuesday. ...investigators discovered that a ram was rubbing its horns against the aerial masts "in between servicing some local ewes."
http://edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/europe/11/04/offbeat.ram.ap/



SPECIAL SECTION -- Just Interesting

National Geographic takes on "The World of High-Tech Surveillance."
In our high-tech world, machines track personal records, see through walls, and screen facial features. Will electronic surveillance mean better security, or an end to privacy?
http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0311/feature1/index.html


Phone Tagged - Part I
Finland has proposed a new law that would let parents track the movements of their young children via mobile phone, even without their consent, in a move that could set an EU benchmark in privacy and handset use.
http://www.msnbc.com/news/981663.asp


Phone Tagged - Part II
"The uLocate service provides a secure web site that enables you to:
- See the location of all family members displayed on a map on a 24x7 basis
- Review all the locations visited during a specified time frame
- Reveal your location to individuals who have permission to request it
- Set up an alert system that will notify you via email or a message on your cell phone when someone leaves or arrives from locations you have defined (e.g. school, home, office)
uLocate's platform takes advantage of cell phones that can establish and transmit latitude and longitude using the government's Global Positioning System (GPS). Currently, it supports the Motorola i88s and i58sr on the Nextel network and all models of the Benefon on the T-Mobile, AT&T, and Cingular networks. Additional phones and carriers will be supported as they become GPS compatible."
http://www.ulocate.com


...which is not to say they are sorry they were involved.
Philadelphia - Acknowledging for the first time that the FBI hid listening devices in the mayor's office, the bureau's top agent in Philadelphia expressed regret Wednesday that the discovery has created turmoil weeks before a mayoral election.
http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/politics/

...well, maybe one person is...
Eyewitness News has learned the son of Philadelphia Police Commissioner Sylvester Johnson, FBI agent Mark Johnson, played a role in the recovery of an electronic bug in Mayor Street's office.
http://kyw.com/homepage


Of interest to IAPSC members...
Of course, they are referring to 'other' consultants.
http://www.despair.com/consulting.html


Loco... motives
The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company has found a novel use for Wi-Fi. It has started using the wireless networking technology to control trains remotely. (And you were worried about someone intercepting your email while using a wireless LAN connection at Starbucks.)
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/69/34101.html


Bored?
Call a pay phone on the observation deck of the Eiffel Tower, Paris, France and see who answers. +33 (0)1 47 53 75 68
http://www.payphone-project.com/

Really Bored?
Create your own highway sign...
http://www.aboyandhiscomputer.com/churchsigngenerator/index.php

Really Really Bored?
There were two old men, one a retired professor of psychology, and the other a retired professor of history. Their wives had talked them into a two week stay at a hotel in the mountains. They were sitting around on the porch of the hotel watching the sun set. The history professor said to the psychology professor, "Have you read Marx?"
To which the professor of psychology said,
"Yes, I think it's the wicker chairs!"


Kevin
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