(Mike Adams) Preliminary report. More detailed analysis coming in 24 hours at this site. According to a report published at Fortune.com, Google has achieved “quantum supremacy” with a 53-qubit quantum computer. From reading the report, it is obvious that Fortune.com editors, who should be applauded for covering this story, really have little clue about the implications of this revelation. Here’s what this means for cryptocurrency, military secrets and all secrets which are protected by cryptography.
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How To Protect Yourself From Microphone And Camera Hacking
(Sara Tipton) Regardless of what type of computer or smartphone you use, there are obvious privacy concerns. This day and age, it’s important to be aware of the fact that privacy isn’t what it used to be, but there are a few things we can do about.
Boris Johnson UN Speech: Dire Warning Against Big Tech, Mass Surveillance and AI Robots, and More
(Justin Deschamps) The newly elected prime minister of the UK, Boris Johnson, delivered a dire warning against the loss of personal sovereignty in the face of big tech and progressive’s push for technocratic societies.
Victory! California Senate Votes Against Face Surveillance on Police Body Cams
(Haley Tsukayama) The California Senate listened to the many voices expressing concern about the use of face surveillance on cameras worn or carried by police officers, and has passed an important bill that will, for three years, prohibit police from turning a tool intended to foster police accountability into one that furthers mass surveillance.
DOJ Sues Edward Snowden, Seeks To Freeze Memoir Revenues Over ‘Illegal Disclosures’
(Zero Hedge) On the very day Edward Snowden’s new memoir, “Permanent Record,” hit bookshelves, the US government has filed a lawsuit which could end in the Department of Justice (DOJ) freezing the book’s revenue.
This Metal Jewelry Blocks Facial Recognition Software From Tracking You
(Emma Fiala) As technology advances, more and more people are tossing their arms in the air and declaring they’ve got nothing to hide while giving up most of their rights to privacy for the sake of convenience. Meanwhile, those that value their privacy are finding it more and more difficult to operate in an increasingly […]
7 iPhone Settings You Need To Turn Off Now
7 iPhone Settings You Need To Turn Off Now
Google, YouTube Forced to Pay $170 Million Fine for Illegally Monitoring Children Online
(Matt Agorist) “Google and YouTube knowingly and illegally monitored, tracked, and served targeted ads to young children just to keep advertising dollars rolling in.”
Police Unveil System That Allows Them to Watch Video from Your Phone’s Camera
(RT News) A New Jersey police department has unveiled technology that allows 911 operators to stream video from callers’ smartphones. Sounds like a good idea, at first – but where does the surveillance stop?
Cameras Installed in Airline Seats Are Now Surreptitiously Record You During Every Flight, Then Store the Video Files Indefinitely
(Lance D Johnson) If being subjected to radiation and groped at the airport wasn’t enough, now airline passengers will be monitored in their seats by CCTV cameras that can randomly take pictures of you, watch you eat, and pick your nose. In Hong Kong, individual camera screens are being installed in every headrest, glaring at each passenger.
Trump Wants to Permanently Bring Back Deactivated NSA Program Exposed by Snowden
(Jake Johnson) Civil liberties groups and privacy advocates raised alarm Thursday after the Trump administration called on Congress to reauthorize an NSA mass surveillance program that was exposed by whistleblower Edward Snowden.
Instagram ‘Trusted Partner’ Caught Harvesting Vast Personal Data To Create Detailed Dossiers
(Zero Hedge) Thanks to lax oversight and technical loopholes, Instagram allowed one of its vetted advertising partners harvest vast amounts of public user data to create detailed records of users’ physical locations, bios, and photos which were intended to disappear after 24 hours, according to Business Insider.
Profiling via Your Cell Phone: You Move Your Phone Can Reveal Insights Into Your Personality, Creepy Study Finds
(Jacinta Bowler) It may sound strange at first, but a team of researchers in Australia has come up with a method to predict your personality traits using just the accelerometer in your phone.
[WATCH] BOMBSHELL INTERVIEW With NSA Whistleblower: They Can Use Your Data Against You ANYTIME
(Mark Salvo) A bombshell interview with William Binney, an NSA Whistleblower, has just been released! Binney says that President Donald Trump is being framed and that we the people are subjected to the constant surveillance and tracking authoritarian regimes are known for.
Google’s File on You Is 10 Times Bigger Than Facebook’s – Here’s How to View It
(Jake Anderson) With all the attention paid to Facebook in recent weeks over ‘data breaches’ and privacy violations (even though what happened with Cambridge Analytica is part of their standard business model), it’s easy to forget that there are four other Big Tech corporations collecting just as much — if not more — of our personal info. Google, Amazon, Apple, and Microsoft are all central players in “surveillance capitalism” and prey on our data. New reports suggest that Google may actually harvest ten times as much as Facebook.