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Fooled.
Fooled. How Gullible Politicians Promoted the Destruction of the Global Economy and Threw Us into the Abyss of Serfdom Anyone with some basic knowledge in mathematical modeling who had taken a look at the structure of the “Imperial College”-model would have noted the faults of this approach and its exaggerations. The model’s prognosis that the United Kingdom would […]
Police App Encourages People To Report Neighbors Who Violate Stay At Home Orders (UPDATED)
Police App Encourages People To Report Neighbors Who Violate Stay At Home Orders (UPDATED) How do you encourage people to turn against each other during the COVID-19 pandemic? The answer is not that complicated, especially if you live in the City of Bellevue, Washington. Four years ago, when the city created the MyBellvue app, it was […]
The Biometric Threat
The Biometric Threat As with so many other convenient technologies, the world is underestimating the risks associated with biometric identification systems. India has learned about those risks the hard way – and should serve as a cautionary tale to the governments and corporations seeking to expand the use of these technologies. NEW DELHI – Around […]
BigBrotherWatch: Facial Recognition ‘Epidemic’ in the UK
BigBrotherWatch: Facial Recognition ‘Epidemic’ in the UK At TruePublica we have written endlessly about the continued slow strangulation of civil liberties and human rights in Britain. We have warned about the rise of a techno-Stasi-state where technology is harnessed and used against civilians without any debate or indeed any real legal framework. We have alerted the public […]
Canada’s Political Parties Won’t Say What They Know about You
Canada’s Political Parties Won’t Say What They Know about You Legally, some argue, they don’t have to. Others won’t be fully transparent. One expert says that’s wrong: ‘It’s not their data.’ Despite recent scandals that raised public awareness about how political parties collect and use personal information from individuals, none of Canada’s main federal parties […]
Google’s Chrome Web Browser “Has Become Spy Software”
Google’s Chrome Web Browser “Has Become Spy Software” Google’s Chrome is essentially spy software according to Washington Post tech columnist Geoffrey Fowler, who spent a week analyzing the popular browser and concluded that it “looks a lot like surveillance software.” Fowler has since switched to Mozilla’s Firefox because of its default privacy settings, and says that it was easier than one […]
Technotyranny: The Iron-Fisted Authoritarianism of the Surveillance State
Technotyranny: The Iron-Fisted Authoritarianism of the Surveillance State “There will come a time when it isn’t ‘They’re spying on me through my phone’ anymore. Eventually, it will be ‘My phone is spying on me.’” ― Philip K. Dick Red pill or blue pill? You decide. Twenty years after the Wachowskis’ iconic 1999 film, The Matrix, introduced […]
Monsanto Spied On Both Sides Of Pesticide Debate In At Least 7 European Nations
Monsanto Spied On Both Sides Of Pesticide Debate In At Least 7 European Nations New details have emerged about the recently revealed dossier(s) Monsanto, now owned by Bayer, compiled to sway public opinion on herbicides. The dossier(s) included people from 7 European states and potentially beyond, according to a new report by RT. Monsanto files reportedly listed prominent public figures who […]
UK Cops Fine Pedestrian $115 For Avoiding Facial Recognition Camera
UK Cops Fine Pedestrian $115 For Avoiding Facial Recognition Camera A UK pedestrian was arrested and fined £90 ($115 US) after attempting to cover his face while passing a controversial facial recognition camera van on a East London street. The notorious London police vans scan the faces of passers-by and compare them to a database of wanted criminals. One man wasn’t […]
Thousands Of Amazon Alexa Eavesdroppers Can Also Access Users’ Home Addresses
Thousands Of Amazon Alexa Eavesdroppers Can Also Access Users’ Home Addresses Bloomberg has it in for Amazon these days. Two weeks after we finally got confirmation what everyone had known for so long, namely that an internal Amazon team numbering in the thousands was secretly listening in to Alexa users’ commands without their prior knowledge, Bloomberg reported that the […]
Real Reason Trump Wants to Ban Huawei: US Wants to Spy and China Won’t Cooperate
Real Reason Trump Wants to Ban Huawei: US Wants to Spy and China Won’t Cooperate The UK, Germany, India, and the United Arab Emirates are among the countries resisting US pressure to Ban Huawei. The New York Times reports U.S. Campaign to Ban Huawei Overseas Stumbles as Allies Resist. Over the past several months, American officials […]
Social Media Companies “Struggle” to Help Censors Keep us in the Dark
Social Media Companies “Struggle” to Help Censors Keep us in the Dark According to CNN Business, “Facebook, YouTube and Twitter struggle to deal with New Zealand shooting video.” “Deal with” is code for “censor on demand by governments and activist organizations who oppose public access to information that hasn’t first been thoroughly vetted for conformity […]
The Rise Of Totalitarian Technology
The Rise Of Totalitarian Technology Is technological progress bad for human autonomy? That’s the question posed by Shoshana Zuboff in “The Age of Surveillance Capitalism,” a book that recounts the ways in which corporations and governments are using technology to influence our behavior. Zuboff is just the latest to chime in on “totalitarian technology” (or […]
Whistleblowers say NSA still spies on American phones in hidden program
Whistleblowers say NSA still spies on American phones in hidden program Meanwhile, the bulk of the NSA’s surveillance and “offensive” information warfare capabilities remain completely unknown On Monday 4th, the New York Times reported that the National Security Agency has “quietly” shut down a controversial phone records surveillance program revealed by whistleblower Edward Snowden in 2013. The claim was […]
