Archive for the 'Surveillance' Category
CBDC: How Covid Became the Path to Global Financial Surveillance
November 19th, 2022Via: The Daily Sceptic: If CBDC ultimately becomes the new monetary system, its core features will make it so that world governments will no longer need something like a global health crisis to print money or close society. Lines of code can shape our behaviour and ensure we’re forced to stay home. … Central Bank […]
G20 Promotes WHO-Standardized Global Vaccine Passport and ‘Digital Health’ Identity Scheme
November 17th, 2022Via: Epoch Times: Leaders of the Group of 20 (G20) have issued a joint declaration promoting a global standard on proof of vaccination for international travel and calling for the establishment of “global digital health networks” that build on existing digital COVID-19 vaccine passport schemes. The joint statement followed the conclusion of the G20 summit […]
New York Fed Announces Test of Digital Dollar with Major Banks
November 16th, 2022Via: Washington Examiner: The Federal Reserve Bank of New York and major banks will launch a three-month test of a digital dollar in hopes of studying its feasibility. The initiative was announced by the regional Federal Reserve bank and nearly a dozen financial institutions on Tuesday. A news release referred to the experiment as a […]
NSA Whistleblower Unearthed ‘Project’ That Targeted U.S. Communications
November 7th, 2022Via: Shadow Proof: A National Security Agency whistleblower unearthed a hot-shot analyst’s unauthorized “project” that targeted the communications of citizens or persons in the United States, according to a top secret inspector general report from 2016. The project, or “experiment,” was not approved by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, the attorney general, the NSA director, […]
State Dept. Gives Law Enforcement, Intelligence Agencies Unrestricted Access to Americans’ Personal Data
November 7th, 2022Via: Yahoo News: The State Department is giving law enforcement and intelligence agencies unrestricted access to the personal data of more than 145 million Americans, through information from passport applications that is shared without legal process or any apparent oversight, according to a letter sent from Sen. Ron Wyden to Secretary of State Antony Blinken […]
“Senior Product Policy Manager for Misinformation” at Meta Worked at CIA for Fifteen Years
November 1st, 2022More accurate title: Head of Censorship and Narrative Enforcement. Via: Mint Press: It is an uncomfortable job for anyone trying to draw the line between “harmful content and protecting freedom of speech. It’s a balance”, Aaron says. In this official Facebook video, Aaron identifies himself as the manager of “the team that writes the rules […]
Department of Homeland Security’s Plans to Police Disinformation
October 31st, 2022Via: The Intercept: The Department of Homeland Security is quietly broadening its efforts to curb speech it considers dangerous, an investigation by The Intercept has found. Years of internal DHS memos, emails, and documents — obtained via leaks and an ongoing lawsuit, as well as public documents — illustrate an expansive effort by the agency […]
Millions of Americans Were Assigned ‘COVID-19 Violation’ Scores Based on Cellphone Data Collected During Lockdowns
October 26th, 2022Via: The Defender: A voter analytics firm harvested data from millions of Americans’ cellphones during the 2020 COVID-19 lockdowns and used the data to assign phone users a “COVID-19 decree violation” score and a “COVID-19 concern” score, according to a whitepaper released by PredictWise, the firm that harvested the data. The data, derived from “nearly […]
Swarmed Navy Destroyer Had Its Bridge Illuminated By Mysterious Drones
October 15th, 2022Via: The Warzone: PHM [USS Paul Hamilton] observed four UASs with a CPA [closest point of approach] approximately 200 yds off the bow, port and starboard beams. The UASs had an on station time of approximately 2 hours and 20 minutes. The first UAS was spotted by lookouts at 0240L. observed with a single, solid […]
Bill Gates and Digital IDs: ‘Gravest Technological Threat’ to Liberty
October 2nd, 2022Via: The Defender: The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) this month said it will invest $200 million in digital ID projects, encompassing “digital public infrastructure, including civil registry databases and digital ID” to help meet the 2030 target date for reaching the United Nation’s (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The $200 million in new […]
