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“What many Americans don't realize is that in the off-line world,
they have already lost most of their privacy.”
—Sen. John Kerry to the Massachusetts Software & Internet Council Inc.


 

This section was last updated: Friday, 30-Jun-2006 06:11:37 EDT

LifeLog: Because Big Brother Cares What You're Thinking
Not content with controlling people's minds through endless media propaganda, and educational conditioning, the spooks at the Pentagon now want to be able to read minds. Imagine a computer network database, which contained every web page you've ever surfed, every word you have ever spoken, and even every thought you've ever had cross your mind. It's "Homeland Security" at its finest!

Coming Soon: Mind-Reading Computers
"Imagine a computer that could pick the right emotional moment to try to sell you something, a future where mobile phones, cars and Web sites could read our mind and react to our moods..."

Nonlethal Psychotronic Warefare
Report by Dr. Nick Begich.
"According to Solntsev at least one computer virus has been created which will affect a person's psyche — Russian Virus 666. This virus appears in every 25th frame of a computers visual display where a mix of color, pulse and patterns are reported to put computer operators into trance. The subconscious perception of the display can be used to induce a heart attack or to subtly manage or change a computer operators perceptions."

In Crisis, They'll Turn On Your TV
Big brother wants to be able to turn your TV on for you in "crisis" situations. But never fear, it's for your own good. "Just the reality of it coming on in your home ... it becomes easier to add the technology to peek."

Data Base Links Cincinnati Government
Database linking makes life easier in the big city. But at what cost?

Tracking Workers by Satellite
Denver's proposal to put a halt to on-the-job loafing, is raising some eyebrows — and a few tempers.

Doctors to be Fingerprinted
Is your doc a criminal? Are you going to be next?

Big Brother Wants Your Medical Records
How ironic that the same proposed rules which would purportedly "protect" our private medical records, will also grant federal, state and local officials "broad, unrestricted access" to them!

Night Rider
Raytheon's night vision can see — even beyond the headlights.

X-Rated X-Rays
The naked truth about BodySearch, the airport security system.

So Now... Is This a God?
"We will be a hybrid of electronic intelligence and our own soul ...
Just like the cell phone, Digital Angel® 'will be a connection from yourself to the electronic world. It will be your guardian, protector. It will bring good things to you."

Police Treaty a Global Invasion?
A proposed treaty would increase federal police powers world-wide, and present the greatest threat to internet and computer users. Is it any surprise that the Clinton Justice Department is pushing it?

FBI Gets Carnivore Approval
The independent review of the Carnivore e-mail surveillance system says the FBI should continue to use it, but it also warns against potential abuse.

Carnivore vs. Corporate Privacy
The FBI's Carnivore Internet snooping system may be an industrial spy's dream. The system leaves no record of who conducted an e-mail tap or whether it was authorized, turning the feds' toy into a security professional's headache.

Michigan Sues Over National I.D.
Calling the mandate a privacy violation, Michigan Secretary of State Candice Miller filed a lawsuit against the U.S. government over its requirement that people give Social Security numbers to get or renew their driver's licenses. Michigan is the only state not complying with the intrusive requirement.

Sleeping on the Couch a Crime?
A bill that would let Fairfax County, Virginia, prohibit its residents from sleeping in rooms other than a bedroom has won approval in the state senate.

The Golden Age of Surveillance
Across the USA, high-tech snooping systems, including biometric systems that can identify people by physical measurements, are raising new concerns about the power of the state to monitor people.

Smile! You're now a Suspect!
Tampa is now using cameras to scan people on the streets and match their features with those of a police data base.

Click, BEEP! - Face Captured
On the second screen from the right, bottom row, goatee guy reaches into his pants pocket. Goatee guy isn't doing anything wrong. He's hanging out in a public place, along with thousands of other people. But you never know. He could be a child molester. Or a felon. Or he could look like one.

Man Questioned After Face Scan
They haven't had the scanning cameras referencing the data base in Tampa for long, but already the innocent are being detained and questioned. Here is the first of what will undoubtedly be many more to come.

Face Scanning Technology is Big Business
Face scanning is paying off big for the businesses pushing it. But, what about the larger issue of privacy?

Camera Scans Give Tyranny a Leg Up
Editorial from the St. Petersburg Times
"The problem ultimately is that Tampa is opening a door to much more than an innocuous, and so far ineffective, crime-fighting tool in Ybor City. It is breaching a new area of government intrusion into the lives of ordinary, law-abiding citizens. That intrusion, with recent blessings by the U.S. Supreme Court, is already excessive when compared with the intent of the thoughtful founding fathers, who could not have envisioned the extremes technological advancements allow."

Virginia Beach Approves Face-Matching Software
The Virginia Beach, Virginia, city council approved the installation of cameras using facial-recognition software at the Oceanfront, making the city the second community in the nation to use the controversial technology.

U.S. Bureau of Land Management Using Spy Cameras "Big Brother is lurking in the wilderness of the Black Rock Desert. A Winnemucca man uncovered a hidden video camera buried in the sagebrush along a wilderness area boundary and when he dug it up, he discovered it was labeled with a U.S. Department of Interior property sticker."

Face-Scan Technology Selling in China
The company that supplied controversial face recognition technology to scan people on the streets of Tampa, Florida, is working with commercial partners in communist China to supply the same technology there. Welcome to the New World Order police state!

Cops Tap Database to Harass, Intimidate
Police throughout Michigan, entrusted with the confidential information in a state law enforcement database, have used it to stalk women, threaten motorists and settle scores. Over 90 officers have been caught digging up info on love interests, bosses, colleagues and rivals.

Single-Number Plan Raises Privacy Fears
"The United States does see merit in pursing discussions regarding implementation of a coordinated, global [system] . . . for ENUM," Julian E. Minard, a State Department advisor to the International Telecommunication Advisory Committee, wrote to representatives of AT&T and other companies. But Minard cautioned in the letter that aspects of the technology advocated by industry "go beyond what is prudent or necessary."

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