Archive for the 'Surveillance' Category
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.
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 […]
