Fwd: iClarified - Apple News - Amazon Tests Its Own Wireless Network in Cupertino

[Owen Densmore]

Kinda interesting: first Google then Amazon builds their own network:

   

http://www.iclarified.com/33106/amazon-tests-its-own-wireless-network-in-cupertino

What's PRISM to do!?   :-)

   -- Owen

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[Marcus G. Daniels]

On 8/24/13 10:40 AM, Owen Densmore wrote:

Kinda interesting: first Google then Amazon builds their own network:

   

http://www.iclarified.com/33106/amazon-tests-its-own-wireless-network-in-cupertino

What's PRISM to do!?   :-)

That would make it even easier because custom devices like tablets don't necessarily have fully disclosed source code or any particular interfaces other than what the user sees.   Their software stack could be updated remotely by the vendor (at the demand of government) to watch all activity.  For example, NSA analysts might be interested in watching drafts of e-mails being developed in real time.

Similarly, streaming applications like Microsoft Office 365 / 2013 are handy for this too.

A pervasive, opaque, and proprietary cloud is a dream come true for them. 

Marcus

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[Steve Smith]

On 8/24/13 11:08 AM, Marcus G. Daniels wrote:

On 8/24/13 10:40 AM, Owen Densmore wrote:

Kinda interesting: first Google then Amazon builds their own network:

   

http://www.iclarified.com/33106/amazon-tests-its-own-wireless-network-in-cupertino

What's PRISM to do!?   :-)

That would make it even easier because custom devices like tablets don't necessarily have fully disclosed source code or any particular interfaces other than what the user sees.   Their software stack could be updated remotely by the vendor (at the demand of government) to watch all activity.  For example, NSA analysts might be interested in watching drafts of e-mails being developed in real time.

Or turning on your microphone (if not your camera)...  are camera LED lights hardware or software triggered (do we know for sure)?


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