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Date: February 7th, 2013
Filed in: Announcements, Frontpage

Reaching us 24/7

Over the last few days our incoming gateways have been the target of a DDoS attack.However, we remain reachable anyways via the Tor and I2P darknets:

Tor:shadow7jnzxjkvpz.onion (or via shadow7jnzxjkvpz.tor2web.org if you have no Tor installed).

I2P:
jme44x4m5k3ikzwk3sopi6huyp5qsqzr27plno2ds65cl4nv2b4a.b32.i2p
(or via jme44x4m5k3ikzwk3sopi6huyp5qsqzr27plno2ds65cl4nv2b4a.b32.i2p.in if you don’t have I2P yourself).
alternatively:
shadowlife.i2p (or shadowlife.i2p.us or shadowlife.i2p.in or shadowlife.i2p.to if you do not have I2P running)

Date: December 6th, 2012
Filed in: Frontpage, News
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News: Automated passport checks to be extended in Germany

The interior ministry of Germany announced that automated passport checks are to be extended to more airports

  • The system to be used is the EasyPass Gates system.
  • Travelers are automatically checked for height and a picture of their face is taken.
  • The picture then is checked against the electronic record stored in the passport, comparing the biometric features.
  • On biometric match, the passenger may pass without further contact with the border agents.
  • The core technologies used are biometric facial recognition and RFID of the passport.
  • No previous individual enrollment of the passenger is required.
  • After the system has been used in Frankfurt am Main, the airports of Hamburg, Berlin and Duesseldorf are to be added to the program.
  • The EasyPass system was developed by L1 Identity Solutions which is now part of Morpho, a subsidiary of the Safran S.A, a french multinational defense and aircraft technology provider.

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Date: December 3rd, 2012
Filed in: Concepts, Frontpage
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Lessons learned. Anonymity – Online and Offline – Part IV

In the last three installments of this series we looked at the Theory of Anonymity, and what to expect of anonymity both online and offline.

Several conclusion can be drawn and turned into lessons on how to protect anonymity more effectively. This we are going to explore in this part of the series.
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Date: December 1st, 2012
Filed in: Concepts, Frontpage
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No place to hide. Anonymity – Online and Offline – Part III

In this article we are going to explore how anonymity in the physical world is eroded through technologies and conventions that have been introduced over the last 30 years. Most people assume that their physical behavior is mostly disconnected from the world of bits and bytes, databases and surveillance (see part I on the Theory of Anonymity, and part II about Online Anonymity). Sadly, this increasingly proves to be an illusion.

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Date: November 24th, 2012
Filed in: Frontpage, News
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News: Salt Lake City police about to adopt head cameras

The police chief in Salt Lake City, Utah, wants to make head cameras mandatory at his police department:

  • This US police force wants to clip cameras on the side of all their officers’ heads via glasses, helmets or hats.
  • The head cameras can record a crime scene or any interaction with the public, in addition to the footage already produced by dashboard cameras in their cars.
  • Supporters of the technology claim that the head cameras are made in such a way that officers cannot edit the footage, helping to ensure transparency.
  • The AXON Flex devices considered in Utah are manufactured by US firm TASER (they are an upgrade of the earlier AXON Pro system).
  • Currently, there are 274 US law enforcement agencies using one or both version (some for all officers, others are just testing a few).
  • UK police forces are also testing similar technology.
  • For example, Grampian Police officers in Aberdeen have been using body cameras which attach to their helmets and vests since 2010.

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