Archive for the 'Surveillance' Category
“Lifekey Immunity Bands”
April 7th, 2020Via: Buckrail: Lifekey has introduced a new technology that could help prevent the spread of COVID-19 in your community and help people get back to work and travel post-quarantine. “We have already built a secure, HIPAA compliant platform for you to store and share your personal medical data when it’s needed most,” said Lifekey CEO, […]
Google Releases Location Data To Help Authorities Check Lock-Downs
April 4th, 2020Via: silicon.co.uk: Location data is being released by Google in 131 countries so officials can see if people are obeying self-isolating rules Alphabet’s Google division has on Thursday published data for 131 countries that shows whether people are obeying self-isolating and quarantine rules.
Bill Gates: Eventually, You Won’t Be Able to Travel Without Covid-19 Certificate
April 1st, 2020Via: Only Observer:
“Surveillance Capitalism” Is Now a Pandemic Necessity
April 1st, 2020Via: Bloomberg: There are no atheists in foxholes, and no tech regulators in a coronavirus lockdown.What was once thunderously described as “surveillance capitalism” is now a pandemic necessity. Twitch is where our children go to school; Twitter where epidemiological models are debated; and WhatsApp where we have drinks with friends.
Coronavirus Could Infect Privacy And Civil Liberties Forever
March 26th, 2020Via: Forbes: From a technological perspective, the coronavirus pandemic is one massive testbed for surveillance capitalism. More specifically, it’s a testbed for new, much more large-scale forms of surveillance. Already, governments in Italy, Germany, Austria, China, South Korea and Taiwan have begun analysing smartphone data so as to determine to what extent populations are really […]
“Mobile Phone Industry Explores Worldwide Tracking of Users”
March 25th, 2020It’s coming fast and furious now. This coronavirus thing is Al-Qaeda x 1000. How long until: “5G to Battle Coronavirus” Via: Guardian: The mobile phone industry has explored the creation of a global data-sharing system that could track individuals around the world, as part of an effort to curb the spread of Covid-19. The Guardian […]
New Coronavirus Stimulus Bill In Congress Creates U.S. Digital Dollar
March 23rd, 2020Via: Forbes: As the markets continue to drop and the U.S. looks to Congress for agreement on a massive stimulus package to save the economy from impacts of the coronavirus pandemic, the newest offer by House Democrats includes a very forward-looking kind of stimulus: the creation of a ‘digital dollar’ and the establishment of ‘digital […]
The U.S. Space Force’s New Mission? Protecting 5G
March 23rd, 2020Via: Popular Mechanics: Space-based internet traffic will fall under the nation’s newest armed service. Related: Tonight’s Successful Starlink Mission Makes SpaceX the World’s Largest Satellite Operator, Was First U.S. Space Force Launch FCC Approves SpaceX to Deploy up to 1 Million Small Antennas for Starlink Internet Network
Bill Gates: When Coronavirus Vaccine Becomes Available, Digital Certificates Will Show Who Has Received It
March 19th, 2020Eventually we will have some digital certificates to show who has recovered or been tested recently or when we have a vaccine who has received it. Via: Reddit: I’m Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. AMA about COVID-19:
Hong Kong Is Putting Electronic Wristbands on Arriving Passengers to Enforce Coronavirus Quarantine
March 18th, 2020Via: CNBC: Hong Kong is using electronic wristbands as part of its effort to enforce quarantines and reduce the spread of the new coronavirus. The measure comes as the government announced that starting at midnight on March 19, it is putting all arriving passengers under a two-week quarantine and medical surveillance. The city’s leader Carrie […]
