Posts Tagged ‘Technological Persecution’
Private Data Leaks Occurring All Over The Internet According To A Recent University Study.
According to a May 12 article in Fortune, researchers from KU Leuven, Radboud University, and the University of Lausanne conducted a study and discovered that tens of thousands of websites captured—without permission—every word typed into an online form, even if users left the site without submitting their information. “Given its scope, intrusiveness, and unexpected consequences,”…
Read MoreCanadian Mounted Police Are Getting Away With Misusing AI powered Facial Recognition Technology.
The federal government is seeking a court to deny a Quebec photographer’s request for certification of a class-action lawsuit over the RCMP’s use of a controversial facial-recognition program, which might affect millions of people. Government attorneys argue in a filing to the Federal Court that Ha Vi Doan cannot claim “damage of any type” as…
Read MoreBiden Is Paving The Way For A Federally Owned Digital Currency Via Executive Order.
President Joe Biden is expected to sign an executive order on Thursday that would look into the possibility of creating a digital currency issued by the US Central Bank (CBDC). Unlike cryptocurrencies like bitcoin, which are not controlled by a single body, this is a digital currency that would be issued by a central bank…
Read MoreChina Wants Your DNA Sequencing Data. They May Already Have it.
According to Edward You, the US national counterintelligence officer for Emerging and Disruptive Technologies, China is “developing the world’s largest bio database.” “It’s not something you can change like a pin code once they have access to your genetic data.” The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is compiling a large database of medical, health, and genetic information…
Read MoreCrysler Announces Ambitions to Go All Electric By 2028. Software is Going to be Everywhere.
Chrysler has announced ambitions to go totally electric by 2028, with the first electric vehicle expected to hit the market in 2025. According to The Associated Press, Chrysler announced the plans alongside a new AI-enabled vehicle system powered by a battery that the company claims can drive 350 to 400 miles on a single charge.…
Read MoreThe Technological Surveillance that Led to Persecution in China.
Prior to the Chinese police hanging high-powered surveillance cameras and locking up ethnic minorities by the hundreds of thousands in China’s western region of Xinjiang, China’s hackers went to work building malware. The Chinese hacking campaign, which researchers at Lookout — the San Francisco mobile security firm — had started as early as 2013 and continues to this day,…
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