Let Freedom Ring: State Governments That Want to Track You by Your Smartphone
By B.N. Frank The pandemic is a gift that keeps on giving to Big Tech companies and other businesses already benefiting from “Surveillance Capitalism.” Some…
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“Scan Your Code!” — Dystopian Post-Lockdown ‘Normal’ In Wuhan Enforced By ‘Anti-Virus Patrols’
By Tyler Durden The industrial hub of over eleven million people and ground zero for the global outbreak, Wuhan, has come roaring back to life…
Big Tech Taking Widespread Public Surveillance to Next Level During the Pandemic
By B.N. Frank Widespread increasing “Surveillance Capitalism” by businesses is creepy enough (see 1, 2). The Chinese government tracking Chinese Muslims is upsetting enough. Ford…
CCTV Cameras Are Being Turned Into Heartbeat Measuring Social Distancing Monsters
By MassPrivateI Facial recognition company VSBLTY announced that they are working with Photon-X to turn smart city cameras into heartbeat measuring cameras. The two firms…
Botnet Targets Millions of “Smart” and Internet of Things Video Recorders, Thermal Cameras, and Routers
By B.N. Frank All wireless, “Smart” and IoT devices are vulnerable to hacking. This includes medical devices and electric, gas, and water utility smart meters…
Techno-Tyranny: How The US National Security State Is Using Coronavirus To Fulfill An Orwellian Vision
By Whitney Webb, The Last American Vagabond Last year, a government commission called for the US to adopt an AI-driven mass surveillance system far beyond…
Facial Recognition Door Locks Exploit Our Fears
By MassPrivateI Last month, I wrote a story about biometric companies using thermal imaging to make a profit during the coronavirus pandemic. But a new…
Ford Makes Employees Wear Electronic Buzzing Wristbands to Maintain Social Distancing
By B.N. Frank In January IEEE published warnings about “smart” wearables– avoid wearing them unless absolutely necessary because they emit Electromagnetic Radiation which is biologically…
Documents Reveal Feds Are Excited To Create A Mass A.I. Surveillance Network
By MassPrivateI A FOIA request by the Electronic Privacy Information Center revealed how excited the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence (NSCAI) is about using…
COVID-19 and the War on Cash: What Is Behind the Push for a Cashless Society?
By John W. Whitehead “The fact is that the government, like a highwayman, says to a man: Your money, or your life. And many, if…
Is India Fighting COVID-19 the “Mass Surveillance” Way?
By Subhashish Panigrahi In addition to a country-wide lockdown, India is has been experimenting with technology that will help them control the spread of COVID-19….
World Economic Forum Ramps Up “Known Traveller Digital Identity”
By Edward Hasbrouck On March 26, 2020, the World Economic Forum published specifications and launched a new website for a project it has christened “Known…
COVID-19 Outbreak Is The Trojan Horse To Increase Smartphone Surveillance
By Aaron Kesel The coronavirus outbreak is proving to be the Trojan horse that justifies increased digital surveillance via our smartphones. All over the world,…
Despite Radiation Warnings, Charity Refurbishes Wireless Fitness Trackers, Gives Them to Poor People
By B.N. Frank In January IEEE published warnings about wireless “smart” wearables including watches – avoid wearing them unless absolutely necessary because they emit wireless…