DarkCyber for February 13, 2018, Is Now Available

The February 13, 2018, DarkCyber video (produced by Beyond Search and HonkinNews) is now available at www.arnoldit.com/wordpress and Vimeo at https://vimeo.com/255241891.

Ecuador’s country-wide surveillance system is up and running. According to the country National Statistics and Census Institute, crime in the country is down more than 10 percent. The system which features facial recognition and geolocation functions is a joint development of Chinese and Ecuadorian engineers. Trips to the Galapagos or textile shopping in Quito may benefit from the new 24x7 omnipresent system.

Pastesites likes pastebin.com make it easy to exchange clear text messages. But some users may have bound those easy systems too cumbersome. Now Txt.fyi makes the creation of text and sharing that information with one or more people even easier.

Stephen E Arnold said:

“Ecuador’s country-wide surveillance system illustrates the more active collection of data that is taking place in countries around the world. The combination of facial recognition and analytic tools make clear the rapid advances in government-backed data collection are making. The important development is that China’s role in this system provides a concrete example of the importance of the South American market to the world’s most technology advanced countries.”

A report from Flashpoint Intel revealed that airline award points are now for sale on the Dark Web. The idea is that award points have monetary value. People with points may not pay attention to these credits. Dark Web merchants allegedly pirate the accounts and resell the points. The loss of points may go undiscovered until the traveler tries to redeem them, discovering the theft.

Digital currency transactions may be less anonymous than many believe. DarkCyber reports that seemingly innocuous tracking cookies like those in wide use by Google DoubleClick may have found new uses. Supercookies, Evercookies, and Zombie cookies may make it possible for those seeking to de-anonymize digital currency transactions to reveal the identities of buyers and sellers. Cookie technology is decades old, but it has a new freshness for today’s online shoppers.

The February 13, 2018, program also reports about Txt.fyi. This new service bills itself as the dumbest publishing system on the Web which allows anyone to post anonymously and exchange that content with only individuals the author designates. Plus, its content is not indexed some assume. Like other pastesites which allow anonymous posting of clear text information, Txt.fyi is free and among the easiest to use of the self-publishing systems now available.

About Stephen E Arnold
 
Stephen E Arnold is the author of “Dark Web Notebook” and “CyberOSINT: Next Generation Information Access.” He lectures at the Telestrategies ISS conferences about Dark Web and lesser known Internet security threats. He provides strategic information services to clients worldwide. His services include analysis, investigation support, and training to commercial organizations and government agencies. His daily blog Beyond Search is available at www.arnoldit.com/wordpress.
 

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