The Air Force Research Laboratory Develops The Ultimate Spyware
A company called SignalFrame has developed the ability to hack software found on as many as 5,000,000 cellphones. It can then find the location and identity of over 500 million surrounding devices. Its real world applications could enable digital intelligence efforts that blend classified and unclassified data using machine learning and artificial intelligence to determine who could access specific pieces of information.
SignalFrame originally developed the technology to operate on a commercial level, but has turned its focus more toward military capabilities when it hired a former military officer and began to attend “pitch day[s]” sponsored by technology incubator affiliated with U.S. Special Operations. That resulted in the Air Force’s research arm rewarding them with a $50,000 grant as part of a research and development program to explore whether the data has potential military applications (Air Force has option to provide additional funds should the technology prove useful).
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