Editor’s Note: While this is one step that can be taken to minimize the data exposed on Facebook, it will by no means completely eliminate the tracking and invasiveness of Facebook. So if one truly wishes to stop such tracking, exposure and sales of personal data to third-parties and government agencies, the most effective step is Read More…
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Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department Launches Massive Facial Recognition Program
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department recently announced they have adopted a massive biometric system in an effort to fight crime. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department has made public a partnership with NEC Corporation of America (NEC) which will allow the department to utilize NEC’s award-winning facial recognition program. According to a press release, the Read More…
U.S. Government Officially Conscripts Google Into The Military Industrial Complex
Hey Google! Who Should the US Government Kill Today? Only months after it was disclosed that the Pentagon was using artificial intelligence (AI) to hunt for terrorists, officials have now acknowledged that Google has been collaborating with the Department of Defense to use AI in analyzing drone footage. The disclosure comes amid an uproar among Read More…
Facebook Keeps Secret Files On Everyone Including Non-Users – Here’s How To See Yours
Even if you do not have a Facebook account and have never visited the domain, Facebook is still tracking you and they are keeping all this intimate information entirely secret. (TFTP) It is no secret that Facebook has long exploited its user base, kept a trove of data on them, and is essentially an intimate Read More…
FOIA Requests Reveal Tor Project’s Close Ties To US Government
The Tor Project – a private nonprofit known as the “NSA-proof” gateway to the “dark web,” turns out to be almost “100% funded by the US government” according to documents obtained by investigative journalist and author Yasha Levine. The Tor browser, launched in 2001, utilizes so-called “onion routing” technology developed by the US Navy in 1998 to Read More…
The Weaponization Of Social Media
It didn’t take long from the birth of the world wide web for the public to start using this new medium to transmit, collect and analyze information in ways never before imagined. The first message boards and clunky “web 1.0” websites soon gave way to “the blogosphere.” The arrival of social media was the next Read More…