“Smart Toilet” Includes A.I. Tool Installed in Pipes to Take Pics and Send Directly to Doctors
By B.N. Frank According to a 2019 survey, 82% of Americans think that Artificial Intelligence (AI) is more harmful than helpful. But what about when…
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It’s Far Too Easy For Abusers To Exploit Smart Toys And Trackers
By Saheli Datta Burton, UCL and Madeline Carr, UCL The wearable technology market is booming, with half a billion wearables sold globally in 2020. Apps…
Now Is Your Last Chance To Opt-Out Of Amazon Sidewalk
By Tyler Durden Amazon Sidewalk, the company’s new shared mesh network that helps devices like Amazon Echo devices, Ring Security Cams, outdoor lights, motion sensors,…
Wearable “Solutions” and the Internet of Incarceration
By Jeremy Lofredo In recent years, calls for radical prison reform and a solution to the U.S.’ opioid crisis have come to permeate national politics…
List of Top 10 U.S. “Smart Cities” Includes Descriptions of Expensive, Dangerous, and Privacy Invasive Tech Installed in Them
By B.N. Frank A 2018 survey revealed that 66% of Americans did NOT want to live in a “Smart City” due to privacy and security…
U.S. Congresswomen Introduce “Smart Cities and Communities Act” Despite Opposition and Warnings in re “Smart Cities”
By B.N. Frank Worldwide opposition to “Smart Cities” continues to increase due to concerns about significant cybersecurity, economic, privacy, safety, health and environmental risks (see…
University Engineers Create Dust-Mite Sized Injectable Chip for Temperature Monitoring via Wireless Transmission
By B.N. Frank According to Elon Musk, one of his companies has implanted computer chips in animals’ brains. Elon and others believe that when the…
American Heart Association Includes Cell Phones in 2016 List of What May Interfere with Pacemakers and ICDs
By B.N. Frank Warnings about medical implants being vulnerable to hacking have been ongoing (see 1, 2). Of course, electromagnetic interference can create life-threatening issues…
FDA Warns Cell Phones and Smart Watches Can Affect Medical Implants, Pacemakers, and Defibrillators
By B.N. Frank There have been expert warnings about medical implants being vulnerable to cyberattacks and hacking (see 1, 2). There have also been warnings…
More on Privacy and Security Risks with Amazon Sidewalk; Echo, Ring, Other Devices Automatically “Opted Into” Program
By B.N. Frank Last September, Activist Post reported about privacy and security warnings in re Amazon Sidewalk technology. Additional information was recently published about how…
Singapore Births New National Digital Identity System “Singpass”
Activist Post Editor’s Note – Here is the latest propaganda surrounding the “gift” of total economic surveillance. Each time one of these systems rolls out,…
New Book Exposes Catastrophic Security Risks from Internet of Things; Author Still Endorses Its Use
By B.N. Frank Privacy and security experts have been warning for many years that Internet of Things (IoT) is too risky. It has a high…
Gov’t Accountability Office (GAO) Warns About Cybersecurity Risks to Utility Companies from “Smart” Appliances, Electric Cars
By B.N. Frank Cybersecurity and privacy experts have been warning FOR MANY YEARS that all wireless, “Smart”, and Internet of Things (IoT) technology is vulnerable…
Smart Cities: Digital Prisons of The Great Reset
By Derrick Broze The push for a “Smart City” future is being engineered by international organizations like the World Economic Forum, the architects of The…