COVID Numbers Inflated 600% Due to False Positives among University Athletes: Report
By B.N. Frank American schools – pre-K on up – are taking extreme measures to test, monitor, and contact trace students and staff for COVID-19….
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Alexa Users Can Buy Gas With Voice Command At Some Stations Despite Issues And Warnings About Hacking
By B.N. Frank Warnings about gas pumps being vulnerable to cyberattacks are NOT new. Warnings about Alexa devices being hacked are NOT new either. In…
Amazon Working With Landlords To Put Alexa In Your Apartment Before You Move In
By John Vibes Amazon’s Alexa smart home gadgets are becoming more popular by the day, but there are still many people holding out on buying…
Police Use Facial Recognition Smart Helmets To Conduct Indiscriminate Surveillance At Airports
By MassPrivateI When news broke about the Flint Bishop airport police becoming the first police department in the country to start using facial recognition police…
Research: Light Emitted from Media Devices at Night is Associated with Decline in Sperm Quality
By B.N. Frank Medical warnings about the growing list of health risks associated with artificial light (both Bluelight and White) from screens and light bulbs…
Robocop Is Here — New Police Helmet Scans For Signs of COVID-19 and Uses Facial Recognition
By Jack Burns It took 33 years but Robocop is now here. Well, not exactly, but the rise of the police state fueled by advancements…
Fitbit’s New Smartwatches Includes Stress Level Sensor; Of Course Radiation Can Cause Stress (and Rashes) Too
By B.N. Frank All wireless “Smart” devices and wearables – activity trackers (see 1, 2), ear buds, glasses, etc. – emit harmful electromagnetic radiation which…
Amazon’s “Halo” Wristband Tracks Activity, Body Fat, Emotions, Sleep While Exposing Wearer to Radiation
By B.N. Frank “Smart” devices and wearables collect data often without the user’s knowledge or consent so manufacturers can sell it to 3rd parties (see…
Police Requests To Access Smart Speakers Are Up 72% Since 2016
By Tyler Durden Amazon said it had received more than 3,000 requests for smart speaker user data from police earlier this year, according to a…
Smart Door Lock Sold by Amazon, Walmart, and Home Depot Is Easy Pickings for Hackers
By B.N. Frank All wireless aka “smart” devices are vulnerable to unwanted data collection, surveillance (see 1, 2, 3, 4) and hacking. Expert warnings about…
NSA Warns Location Tracking Settings on Mobile Devices Are Difficult If Not Impossible to Turn Off
By B.N. Frank There seems to be no shortage of expert warnings that smartphones and other wireless or “smart” devices offer infinite possibilities for surveillance…
TED Talk On How Your Smart Devices Know and Share Everything About You — Everything
By B.N. Frank All wireless “Smart” devices collect data often without users knowledge or consent while simultaneously emitting harmful electromagnetic radiation which can make people…
Google Developing Tattoos That Turn Skin Into Touchpad; Researchers Developing Skin-drawn Monitor
By Aaron Kesel Google announced that its working on developing the next futuristic technology beyond smartphones — tattoos that turn the user into a human…
“Smart Pass” Temp Check/Facial Recognition Promoted for Businesses, Schools, etc. What about Privacy and Safety?
By B.N. Frank Ever-changing health mandates and restrictions continue providing more opportunities for privacy invasive, data collecting, and health harming “Smart” technology. “Smart Pass” is…