Tag Archives: Orwellian

Innocent Americans’ ‘Big Brother’: Secret Air Marshals Program

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“A team of armed undercover US Air Marshals could be following you on your next flight, taking minute-by-minute notes whether or not you engage in such threatening behavior as sleeping on the plane, using a phone, going to the bathroom or talking to other passengers.  Despite its relative recency, the program is already operational across virtually all major airports.”

Read more: https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-07-29/ordinary-us-citizens-now-surveilled-tsa-part-secret-new-program

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Bank of America freezing accounts based on mailed citizenship questionnaires

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“A heads-up for any Bank of America customer: You might be getting questions about your citizenship status and even have your accounts frozen with no warning.”

Read more: http://www.kctv5.com/story/38753295/bank-of-america-questioning-customers-citizenship-freezing-accounts

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Amazon Facial Recognition Confuses Members of Congress with Criminals

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“Only 20 percent of the members of Congress are racial minorities. But 39 percent of the members of Congress who were mistaken for criminals were racial minorities.”

Read more: https://reason.com/blog/2018/07/26/amazon-facial-recognition-confuses-membe

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Facial Recognition Toll Booths Identify Drivers And Passengers, Notify Police In Seconds

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“Roughly one in every two American adults—117 million people—are in the facial recognition networks used by law enforcement, according to a 2016 report.”

Read more: https://massprivatei.blogspot.com/2018/07/facial-recognition-toll-booths-identify.html

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Canada is using ancestry DNA websites to help it deport people

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“In another example of the extraordinary lengths Canadian immigration officials go to deport migrants, the Canada Border Services Agency has been collecting their DNA and using ancestry websites to find and contact their distant relatives and establish their nationality.”

Read more: https://news.vice.com/en_ca/article/wjkxmy/canada-is-using-ancestry-dna-websites-to-help-it-deport-people

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Canadian pot investors are being banned for life upon entry into U.S.

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“Apparently, if you are a Canadian who has investments in U.S. cannabis companies, you may be banned from entering the states for life, even if you have never used marijuana yourself.”

Read more: http://www.digitaljournal.com/news/politics/pot-investors-from-canada-are-being-banned-from-entry-into-us/article/527005

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23andMe Is Sharing 5 Million Clients’ Genetic Data with GlaxoSmithKline

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“Though 23andMe gets the consent of its customers to use their genetic data, it’s unlikely that most people are aware of this.”

Read more: https://www.livescience.com/63173-23andme-partnership-glaxosmithkline.html

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More and More of What We Do Depends on Government Permission

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“That permission, unsurprisingly, is contingent on keeping government officials happy. Rub those officials the wrong way and they’ll strip you of permission to travel the roads, leave the country, or even make a living.  That’s not a recipe for a free country.”

Read more: https://reason.com/archives/2018/07/24/permitted-lives/print

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What ICE Raids Really Look Like In NYC

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“The project offers a rare window into the day-to-day operations of a secretive domestic law enforcement agency at a moment of unprecedented criticism — and an eye-opening glimpse at what those operations look like from the perspective of the communities and households most impacted.”

Read more: https://theintercept.com/2018/07/23/ice-raids-in-new-york/

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Omnipotent Government, Not Trump, Is the Problem

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“Many of the people who are critics of President Trump don’t realize that they themselves are partly responsible for much of what Trump is doing. That’s because over the years they have supported the assumption of dictatorial powers by the president. In doing so, they always assumed that their favorite ideal candidate would end up being the one wielding and exercising such powers.  They assumed the risk that someone like Trump would end up being the one doing so.”

Read more: https://www.fff.org/2018/07/24/omnipotent-government-not-trump-is-the-problem/

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