“The Defense Department is funding a project that officials say could revolutionize the way companies, federal agencies and the military itself verify that people are who they say they are and it could be available in most commercial smartphones within two years.”
“What constitutes material that is abusive or offensive is highly subjective. Under Hancock’s plans, that judgement, for the most part, will be left in the hands of the big social-media companies.”
Read more: http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/internet-safety-just-means-internet-censorship/
“Google has become the massive, powerful company that its first employees may not have envisioned.”
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2018/05/21/google-drops-dont-be-evil-motto.html
“People with the implants can wave their hand near a machine to unlock their office or gym, rather than taking out a key card. Many microchip users are not concerned with hacking or surveillance at this point.”
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/swedish-people-embed-microchips-under-skin-to-replace-id-cards-2018-5
“East Chicago officials knowingly built the elementary school and, later, the public housing complex on a polluted industrial brownfield, then ignored decades of warning signs that people in this predominantly black area of the city were being poisoned.”
Read more: https://thebaffler.com/salvos/on-poisoned-ground-burns
“70 years ago, one out of every 20 U.S. jobs required a state license; today, almost 1 in 3 American occupations requires a license.”
“Not only do they attach strings to project funding such as this camera requirement in Richmond, they also finance many state and local surveillance programs outright.”
Read more: https://mises.org/wire/how-feds-use-transportation-funds-spy-you
“Last fall Amazon added capabilities that allow it to identify people in videos and follow their movements almost instantly.”
Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/aclu-amazon-sell-face-recognition-tech-police-55351083
“Rekognition is currently used by police in Orlando and Oregon’s Washington County, often using nondisclosure agreements to avoid public disclosure.”
Read more: https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/22/17379968/amazon-rekognition-facial-recognition-surveillance-aclu
“In February, the company insisted that all that stolen data didn’t include passport numbers. Except it did.”
Read more: https://www.vox.com/business-and-finance/2018/5/10/17337260/equifax-data-breach-passports