Archive for the 'Surveillance' Category
Singapore’s Tech-Utopia Dream Is Turning Into a Surveillance State Nightmare
November 17th, 2021Oh sure. Via: Rest of World: “Our vision is for Singapore to be a Smart Nation: A nation where people live meaningful and fulfilled lives, enabled seamlessly by technology, offering exciting opportunities for all,” Lee said at the launch. “We should see it in our daily living, where networks of sensors and smart devices enable […]
Why Bill Gates Is Pivoting on Existing Covid Vaccines
November 17th, 2021Via: Brownstone Institute: In a surprising interview, Bill Gates said the following: “We didn’t have vaccines that block transmission. We got vaccines that help you with your health, but they only slightly reduce the transmission. We need new ways of doing vaccines.” It’s odd how he speaks of medicines as if they are like software. […]
Zuckerberg Announces Meta
October 29th, 2021I actually enjoy cyberpunk literature and metaverse-like themes in movies. The experience in real world projects, however, seems to be mostly about hilarious technical glitches and creepy situations. See: SecondLife: And now that you’re cringing and squinting at your screen through one eye, here’s an update from Mark Zuckerberg on the glorious adventures that await […]
MITRE Corporation and Digital Vaccine Passports
October 28th, 2021Via: The Gray Zone: While vaccine passports have been marketed as a boon to public health, promising safety, privacy, and convenience for those who have been vaccinated against Covid-19, the pivotal role a shadowy military-intelligence organization is playing in the push to implement the system in digital form has raised serious civil liberties concerns. … […]
Boosters in Australia: “It Will Be About the Maintenance of Your Vaccination Status.”
October 25th, 2021“It will be about the maintenance of your vaccination status.” pic.twitter.com/DaHdAQshUL — Caldron Pool (@CaldronPool) October 24, 2021
COVID-19 and Central Bank Digital Slavery with John Titus
October 18th, 2021Via: Unlimited Hangout: In this episode, Whitney is joined by John Titus of BestEvidence to discuss how Central Banks and Wall Street Banks have used the COVID-19 crisis to launch a “silent takeover” of the wealth and assets of regular Americans and what these banks plan for the post-COVID era, from CBDCs to “green” finance. […]
Italy: Nationwide Resistance Against Vaccine Passport Scheme
October 15th, 2021Via: Summit News: Italy has seen an explosion of protests against the introduction of its vaccine passport scheme, with dockers in numerous towns and cities vowing to block ports until the government scraps the ‘green pass’ law. The ‘green pass’ – which is a mandatory vaccination scheme in all but name, forces workers in both […]
Winged Microchip Is Smallest-Ever Human-Made Flying Structure, Could be Used for, “Disease Tracking, Population Surveillance”
October 8th, 2021Via: Northwestern Now: Northwestern University engineers have added a new capability to electronic microchips: flight. About the size of a grain of sand, the new flying microchip (or “microflier”) does not have a motor or engine. Instead, it catches flight on the wind — much like a maple tree’s propeller seed — and spins like […]
Singapore’s Patrol Robots
October 6th, 2021Via: Guardian: Singapore has trialled patrol robots that blast warnings at people engaging in “undesirable social behaviour”, adding to an arsenal of surveillance technology in the tightly controlled city-state that is fuelling privacy concerns. From vast numbers of CCTV cameras to trials of lampposts kitted out with facial recognition tech, Singapore is seeing an explosion […]
“Keyword Warrants”
October 6th, 2021Via: Forbes: The U.S. government is secretly ordering Google to provide data on anyone typing in certain search terms, an accidentally unsealed court document shows. There are fears such “keyword warrants” threaten to implicate innocent Web users in serious crimes and are more common than previously thought.
