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Leaked Emails Allegedly Tell of Global "Trapwire" Spy Network

Posted by samzenpus on from the all-the-better-to-see-you dept.

judgecorp writes "The British government and police are customers of a controversial surveillance network called TrapWire, according to emails published by Wikileaks. The messages suggest that Scotland Yard and Number Ten Downing Street are customers of Abraxas Corporation, whose TrapWire network combines CCTV, license plate capture systems and databases. The TrapWire network has caused concern amongst online activists and Abraxas' site is currently not available, possibly due to attacks by Anonymous." There seems to be no end to the Trapwire conspiracy stories today, there's even one going around that various large companies such as Salesforce and Google were offered the chance to be part of the spy club.

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  1. Ah, progress... by fuzzyfuzzyfungus · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Well, well. Isn't it so nice that after 'Total Information Awareness' was canned for being slightly too creepy even for congress, it has resurfaced as a free-swimming and not-at-all-sinister corporation heavily larded with CIA alumni. I assume that this is the American analog of our pal Putin's pithy "There is no such thing as a former KGB man"

    1. Re:Ah, progress... by fuzzyfuzzyfungus · · Score: 5, Insightful

      If there weren't so many people who manage to say things like that with a straight face and nigh-religious levels of conviction there would be a lot more humor in the situation...

  2. Here's a video released by Anon about surveillance by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    If you'd like to see the extent of surveillance in US, watch this video released by anon:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKaG9pfEFSQ

    Scary to say the least. 1984 is already here.

  3. Just a matter of time by Dr.Seuss · · Score: 5, Insightful

    To what degree cameras are coordinated isn't a conspiracy, it's an eventuality.

    "Strange how paranoia can link up with reality now and then..." -- P.K.Dick

  4. Re:Here's a video released by Anon about surveilla by MozeeToby · · Score: 5, Informative

    If 1984 were here, you'd be an unperson by now just for saying what you just said. People really need to read the book... surveillance was only one tiny facet of what makes the party horrible. It is the facet that enables the other, even worse parts, but it is not the be all and end all.

  5. Re:Here's a video released by Anon about surveilla by MozeeToby · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Hmm, lets see... a reading where Winston is the bad guy huh? Does the government still unleash angry, starving rats to eat through his face because he had the temerity to have sex with someone and talking about political change? (do note: Winston never actually does anything to hurt anyone)

    Sorry, not buying the "Winston was the real bad guy interpretation".

  6. Re:Wikileaks it self is honey pot by Penurious+Penguin · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Maybe it is. But I think that it reflects much more negatively on the public than wikileaks if so. I know cryptome is no honey-pot. What should alarm us more than honey-pots is our collective ineffectualness in processing the information from such sources. It's almost like all the data in the world, exquisitely tailored to our liking, would have no effect either. It seems to me like world-leaders are treating the world along with humanity as a game, and like intoxicated children we play.

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    Forward! -- Emperor Norton, 2012
  7. Wikileaks Tor onion link & trapwire pastes by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    As wikileaks.org sustains a continuos DDoS attack of 10GB/sec some work around suggestions have been offered:

    Tor Wikileaks onion - use Tor.
    http://isax7s5yooqgelbr.onion/

    Paste Links
    http://privatepaste.com/942ba3fa3d/asdasdwqe
    http://privatepaste.com/f9dd332518/weqwewqesada
    207 emails below
    http://dazzlepod.com/gifiles/search/?q=TrapWire
    http://dazzlepod.com/gifiles/search/?q=TrapWire

    MORE....

    http://www.robtex.com/dns/trapwire.net.html#records

    Regularly updated GIFiles
    http://dazzlepod.com/gifiles/

    Wikileaks node
    http://wlcentral.org/node/2761

    GIFiles
    http://wl.wikileaks-press.org/gifiles/index.html

    thanks to Diver Dan from RI and the AnonymousSpoon and m_cetera

  8. Re:Here's a video released by Anon about surveilla by Dystopian+Rebel · · Score: 5, Funny

    they solve alot of problems with duce ex machina

    I would respect the entertainment industry more if its writers didn't try to solve all plot problems with a Mussolini android.

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    Rich And Stupid is not so bad as Working For Rich And Stupid.