Archive for the 'Surveillance' Category
Small, Unmanned Spy Boat Washed Up on Scottish Island
October 8th, 2020Via: Forbes: Last week a small unmanned vessel washed up on the rocky Scottish Isle of Tiree, about a hundred miles from the U.K.’s nuclear submarine base at Faslane. It was identified as a Wave Glider, a type made by U.S. company Liquid Robotics, which is capable of traveling thousands of miles and is used […]
Covid-19: Increased Use of Electronic Ankle Monitors
October 8th, 2020Via: MIT Technology Review: As covid-19 began to spread earlier this year, it soon became clear that prisons and jails are particularly susceptible to outbreaks. In response, criminal justice systems around the world started looking for alternatives to incarceration. Many turned to electronic ankle monitors as a solution. They used this technology to quickly relocate […]
The IRS Is Being Investigated for Using Location Data Without a Warrant
October 6th, 2020Via: Vice: The body tasked with oversight of the IRS announced in a letter that it will investigate the agency’s use of location data harvested from ordinary apps installed on peoples’ phones, according to a copy of the letter obtained by Motherboard. The move comes after Senators Ron Wyden and Elizabeth Warren demanded a formal […]
How the Police Use AI to Track and Identify You
October 3rd, 2020Via: The Gradient: Surveillance is becoming an increasingly controversial application given the rapid pace at which AI systems are being developed and deployed worldwide. While protestors marched through the city demanding justice for George Floyd and an end to police brutality, Minneapolis police trained surveillance tools to identify them. With just hours to sift through […]
Dark Journalist – Catherine Austin Fitts: The Deep State Chaos Op
October 3rd, 2020Packed with very interesting information. This is the best summary of recent events that I’ve come across. Via: Dark Journalist: Related: Solari
Amazon One: Palm Scanner for ‘Secure’ Payments
September 29th, 2020Via: BBC: Amazon has announced a new payment system for real-world shops which uses a simple wave of the hand. Its new Amazon One scanner registers an image of the user’s palm, letting them pay by hovering their hand in mid-air “for about a second or so”, it says. The product will be trialled at […]
SpaceX’s Starlink Satellites Could Make U.S. Army Navigation Hard to Jam
September 29th, 2020Via: MIT Technology Review: SpaceX has already launched more than 700 Starlink satellites, with thousands more due to come online in the years ahead. Their prime mission is to provide high-speed internet virtually worldwide, extending it to many remote locations that have lacked reliable service to date. Now, research funded by the US Army has […]
The Pandemic is a Test Run
September 23rd, 2020Via: The Corbett Report: The death cult that wants to suppress humanity has issued their warning: the lockdown of the world in the name of the global scamdemic is not the end of this madness. It is only the beginning.
The Gordian Knot
September 22nd, 2020Via: Truthstream Media:
Facebook Accused of Watching Instagram Users Through Cameras
September 18th, 2020Via: Bloomberg: Facebook Inc. is again being sued for allegedly spying on Instagram users, this time through the unauthorized use of their mobile phone cameras. The lawsuit springs from media reports in July that the photo-sharing app appeared to be accessing iPhone cameras even when they weren’t actively being used. Facebook denied the reports and […]
