Novice spy gear. Cash. A recruitment letter. Bad wigs. That’s what Russia’s Federal Security Service said an American accused of being a spy was carrying when he allegedly tried to recruit a Russian agent for the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. The Russian counterintelligence bureau now wants the man, identified as Ryan Christopher Fogle, expelled from […]
Rent-to-own laptops used to spy on people having sex, FTC says
Seven rental companies and a software firm agreed to stop using spyware that took recorded confidential and personal information, logged computer keystrokes, and even captured webcam pictures of children, partially undressed individuals, and intimate activities at home, according to the FTC. The rent-to-own companies ostensibly used software by now-closed software firm DesignerWare LLC to help […]
Illinois Eavesdropping Law Among Toughest in Nation
Recording public officials in Chicago, especially polices officers, is a crime that the city doesn’t take lightly. One of 12 states that has a “two-party” consent law, public recordings of the CPD is a Class 1 felony, possibly leveraging prison sentences between 4 and 15-years in the state pen and fines up to $25,000. Other crimes […]
