Archive for the 'Surveillance' Category
Australia Passes Social Media Ban for Children Under 16
November 28th, 2024— Australia’s “Social Media Ban” Is Digital ID via the Backdoor: The plan couldn’t be more obvious. Step 1 – Create digital ID. Step 2 – Enforce its use via “think of the children” messaging. …that’s it. It’s a two step plan. Via: Reuters: Australia approved on Thursday a social media ban for children aged […]
The CIA, NSA, and Pokémon Go
November 25th, 2024From 2012, Using Mobile Phone User Location Data for ‘Crowd (Soft) Control’: “We can rely on good luck to get the data that we need, or we can ‘soft control’ users with gaming or social network incentives to drive them where we want them,” Bustamante said. In the paper, “Crowd Soft Control: Moving beyond the […]
Australia: “Everyone to be Age Verified for Social Media”
November 20th, 2024Where this path leads… Via: Information Age: The federal government has confirmed its forthcoming youth social media ban will require Australians of all ages to confirm their age when accessing social media. Last week, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese affirmed the government will be ploughing ahead with its plans for a social media ban preventing under-16-year-olds […]
CNN: “PENTAGON OFFICIALS DISCUSSING HOW TO RESPOND IF TRUMP ISSUES CONTROVERSIAL ORDERS”
November 9th, 2024I have written multiple warnings to be out of U.S. cities starting from before the election. People are asking me if the situation is ok now. No, the situation is not ok now. If Donald Trump does 5% of what he has said he is going to do, it would be the largest shakeup of […]
Australia’s Proposed Social Media Ban for Children Is a Scam
November 9th, 2024Instead of more scams and dictatorship, how about telling parents that they can use parental controls on all major operating systems to prevent children from accessing social media sites? ?EMERGENCY WARNING! – Australia? pic.twitter.com/JDxUqQecrb — ZeeeMediaOfficial (@zeee_media) November 9, 2024
Smart TVs a ‘Vast System of Digital Surveillance’ That Targets Everyone, Especially Kids
October 17th, 2024Via: The Defender: The streaming television industry has morphed into a vast data-driven viewer surveillance apparatus, transforming people’s TVs into tools for monitoring, tracking and targeting, according to a new report from the nonprofit Center for Digital Democracy. The 48-page report, “How TV Watches Us: Commercial Surveillance in the Streaming Era,” charts the evolution from […]
Anduril Industries: Bolt & Bolt-M
October 9th, 2024What percentage of the parts that comprise these systems are made in China? Update: Answer: Low Dependence on Chinese Parts: The company has reduced its spending on parts from China to just 0.2% of its total supplier budget. Via: Anduril Industries: Related: Anduril’s Roadrunner Drone Hunting Drone Gets Expanded Order From Pentagon
Flashback 2018: Google Tracks Phone Locations Without SIM Cards or Network Connections
October 8th, 2024I’ve posted hundreds of stories about mobile phone surveillance, especially as it relates to position tracking. This story is somewhere in my archives, but I was not able to find it. Thanks to Cryptogon reader B for sending this to me. How Much Info Is Google Getting from Your Phone? Fox Report Weekend February 11, […]
Google Will Track Your Location ‘Every 15 Minutes’ — ‘Even With GPS Disabled’
October 7th, 2024I went looking for an old Cryptogon post with a video in which a reporter turns off all the radios on an Android phone and travels around a city with it. A security researcher intercepted what Android sent back to Google when the device was back on the Internet. The phone perfectly tracked the reporter’s […]
Sam Altman Just Pitched The Biden Administration On A Massive Build Out Of AI Data Centers
September 29th, 2024Via: ZeroHedge: While most of the news this week about Sam Altman has been centered around the nearly $10 billion in equity he could be receiving in OpenAI, another headline slipped through the cracks mid-week: OpenAI has pitched the Biden administration on a build-out of massive data centers. OpenAI has urged the Biden administration to […]
