Archive for the 'Surveillance' Category
Coronavirus Health Passports for UK ‘Possible in Months’
May 3rd, 2020Here we go. Via: Guardian: Tech firms are in talks with ministers about creating health passports to help Britons return safely to work using coronavirus testing and facial recognition. Facial biometrics could be used to help provide a digital certificate – sometimes known as an immunity passport – proving which workers have had Covid-19, as […]
Apple Data Shows Shelter-In-Place Is Ending, Whether Governments Want It To Or Not
May 3rd, 2020Via: Forbes: Bye-bye shelter-in-place. Hello re-opening. Apple’s Mobility Trends report shows that traffic in the US and other countries like Germany has pretty much doubled in the past three weeks. It had been down up to 72%. And location data provider Foursquare says that gas and fast food visits are back to pre-COVID-19 levels in […]
Judge Allows Warrantless Aerial Surveillance Of Baltimore
May 1st, 2020Via: ZeroHedge: The planes will be used to “investigate murders, nonfatal shootings, armed robberies, and carjackings. Weather permitting, the aircraft will fly at least 40 hours a week and cover about 90 percent of the city,” said AP. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) represents the think tank and community groups that filed the federal […]
Contact Tracing With The Clintons [???]
April 30th, 2020You’ll love this one. Via: Please Stop the Ride:
Flaw in iPhone, iPads May Have Allowed Hackers to Steal Data for Years
April 22nd, 2020Via: Reuters: Apple Inc is planning to fix a flaw that a security firm said may have left more than half a billion iPhones vulnerable to hackers. The bug, which also exists on iPads, was discovered by ZecOps, a San Francisco-based mobile security forensics company, while it was investigating a sophisticated cyberattack against a client […]
50 Headlines: Welcome to the “New Normal”
April 16th, 2020Via: Off Guardian: Always remember that these Measures are for your own good.
“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.
