CIA Building Own ChatGPT-style AI Bot In Shadow Of China’s Advances
By Tyler Durden The US Central Intelligence Agency’s Open-Source Enterprise division will soon roll out with a ChatGPT-like large language model (LLM), which is to…
Privacy
The Multi-national Push to Ban Facial Recognition in Public Spaces
By Bianca Gonzalez As businesses and governments in the U.S. and across the globe implement facial recognition surveillance in public spaces, privacy advocates are pushing…
The SEC Is Spying On All Your Trades, Linking Them To Your SSN And Sharing The Data With 3,000 Agencies
By Mike Shedlock The SEC is now tracking your stock trades by your Social Security Number, and it shares the data with 3,000 outside agencies….
The State against Anonymity
This article was originally published by Ryan Turnipseed at The Mises Institute. In the last century, states have had great control over channels of media….
Study Reveals “growing numbers of parents and high school students are worried about technologies that monitor students’ online activities”
By B.N. Frank How technology is used in American schools is not the same for all students. For many years already, tech experts (aka “Silicon…
Vietnam to Require Biometric Authentication for Some Online Money Transfers to Cut Fraud
By Ayang Macdonald Activist Post Editor’s Note: As you’ll read, the “authentication for some” will become “authentication for all.” The increasing requirements to use biometrics…
Canada Post Caught Spying on Canadians, Recording Who Sends You Mail
By The Counter Signal Canada Post has been caught for allegedly breaking the law by collecting personal information from the outsides of envelopes and packages,…
Today The UK Parliament Undermined The Privacy, Security, And Freedom Of All Internet Users
By Joe Mullin The U.K. Parliament has passed the Online Safety Bill (OSB), which says it will make the U.K. “the safest place” in the…
$400M Mobilized to Support Digital Public Infrastructure Development in 100 Countries
By Ayang Macdonald Activist Post Editor’s Note: As we continue to report, digital ID backed by biometrics is rolling out across the globe at warp…
UN Cybercrime Treaty Talks End Without Consensus on Scope And Deep Divides About Surveillance Powers
By Karen Gullo As the latest negotiating session on the proposed UN Cybercrime Treaty wrapped up in New York earlier this month, one thing was…
G20 Recommends Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) Policy to Drive Financial Inclusion
By Ayang Macdonald Activist Post Editor’s Note: Of course they will outline all of the benefits, while completely dismissing any concerns around financial privacy, censorship,…
Your Car is a Good Listener. Maybe Too Good.
By Joel R. McConvey Just how much should a car know about its driver? As voice-enabled generative AI infiltrates the commercial auto fleet, there are…
Lawyer Warns U.S. Spy Agencies’ “Smart” Clothing “will gather biometric data from those nearby, as well as capture all audio and visual data”
By B.N. Frank It’s hard to keep track of all the ways Americans are being spied on by private businesses and government entities while simultaneously…
Smart Cities: They’re NOT “Just a Crazy Conspiracy Theory”
By Marie Hawthorne After the fires in Maui, a local resident nicknamed Auntie complained that Lahaina was slated to become a “satellite city.” Residents posted…