DARPA Set to Drop Computer "F-Bombs" to Spy on Public
Monday, February 13, 2012
Nicholas West
Activist Post
Translation by Autumnson Blog
It's bad enough that drones have been welcomed by Congress into American skies, as well as already being used around the planet to conduct surveillance and bomb select countries from remote locations.
真是糟糕透無人駕駛飛機已受國會歡迎進入美國的天空，以及已經被用於地球周圍來進行從遠程地點的監視和炸彈選定國家。
The latest proposed addition to the drone spy program is even creepier: disposable computers with software programs funded by DARPA to be dropped as self-destructing "bombs."
無人駕駛機間諜項目的最新建議附加甚至是更令人心寒：由DARPA資助的附軟件程式用完即丟棄電腦會被投下作為“炸彈。”
現在，無人駕駛飛機不僅會從上面進行監督和黑入，而且它們將投下一彈頭來與隱藏在地面上的電腦接合，完全與一全面光譜的數據傳輸和控制網格合成一體。
The name of the project, as well as its announcement at a hacker convention called ShmooCon, had this non-techie convinced that it had to be satire or a hoax, but the project has also been noted by Forbes and Wired, which only serves to illustrate how far off into our dystopian technocratic police state we have wandered. It seems that we are being acclimated to how funny and cool our futuristic spy toys have become. This fun has culminated in the planned dropping of F-BOMBS (Falling or Ballistically-launched Object that Makes Backdoors) to combat "Bad Men With Guns."
項目的名稱，以及其在一個黑客會議稱為ShmooCon上所作的公佈，令這非高科技專家相信它是諷刺或一項騙局，但項目亦已被“福布斯及有線”提到，那只會說明尚離多遠到我們已在徘徊的反烏托邦技術官僚的警察國度。看來我們正在適應我們未來的間諜玩具已變得如何有趣和酷。這種樂趣已經在計劃中的F-炸彈（下降或彈道發射及可製造後門的物體）從高潮跌落，來打擊“有槍的壞男人。”
The F-BOMB introduces the idea of disposable surveillance as a guard against forensic evaluation and the ability to track the source of the drop. Creator, Brendan O'Connor, has received DARPA funding to implement a software package into his nearly non-traceable surveillance hardware as cheaply as possible with easy-to-obtain components.
F-炸彈介紹一次性監視的想法，作為一個守衛針對法醫的評價和追踪下降源頭的能力。創造者布倫丹·奧康納已收到DARPA的資金，來實施一軟件包進入他的幾乎不可能追踪的監視硬件，以易於獲得的組件盡可能便宜。
Back in August, another DIY project was introduced as the Wireless Aerial Surveillance Platform (since renamed Project Vespid). This modified military drone was put together from parts legally obtained on the Internet by two hackers (intelligence agency consultants, actually) Rich Perkins and Mike Tassey, who presented their work at a Black Hat conference. The release was supported by a breathless Wolf Blitzer who seized upon the announcement to illustrate the new threat of being hacked from above. Brendan O'Connor has reduced the DIY cost of similar capabilities to no more than a few hundred dollars with his F-BOMB project.
O'Connor summarizes the value and capabilities of his new Sacrificial Computing for Land and Sky concept in the video that follows, highlighting that his surveillance tool can be planted manually, or dropped from specialized drone aircraft:
ShmooCon 2012 - Sacrificial Computing for Land and Sky
ShmooCon 2012 - 犧牲性的電腦給天與地
2012-01-29
Similar to the creators of the home-made WASP hacking drone, O'Connor states that he is merely exposing the vulnerabilities of networks and their users.
Despite its name, O’Connor says the F-BOMB is designed to be a platform for all sorts of applications on its Linux operating system. Outfit it with temperature or humidity sensors, for instance, and it can be used for meteorological research or other innocent data-collecting. But install some Wifi-cracking software or add a $15 GPS module, and it can snoop on data networks or track a target’s location, O’Connor adds. As is often the case with these kinds of hacker projects, he says the devices are only intended for penetration testing–finding security flaws in clients’ networks in order to fix them–and wouldn’t comment on what DARPA might do with the technology (Source)However, this rings false (or profoundly naive), as O'Connor also has received his funding from the very organization that is at the forefront of using taxpayer money to eradicate privacy around the world, including that of American citizens. As a result, the government already can:
Hack your personal information (source)
Monitor your private phone calls (source)
Read your private e-mails (source)
Spoof cell phone towers (source)
Break down firewalls (source)
Jam cellular frequencies causing denial of service (source)
Disrupt and manipulate Wi-Fi signals (source)
Track your every move (source)
Although O'Connor said that he wouldn't comment on what DARPA might do with the technology, his own business website Malice Afterthought indicates a solid working relationship with military intelligence:
Our principal, Brendan O'Connor, has taught at the US military's cybersecurity school as well as working for both VeriSign and Sun Microsystems in their security divisions; he has also worked for DARPA and startups as a combination engineer, dreamer, and mad scientist capable of making even the most challenging tasks into reality.We should all know by now that we don't have to be technology experts to envision some rather dark applications that are no longer security challenges, but are part of an agenda to fundamentally alter our reality and perceived social contract within a supposedly free society. That reality has little to do with protecting citizens' data and privacy, and everything to do with covering the tracks of government's ubiquitous intrusion into our private lives, as well as ramping-up their violation of the Constitution by presuming guilt over innocence, and subjecting citizens to their mad science and mad dreams.
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