#surveilance

[thegoodmorningman]

Good Morning. I'm watching.

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Millions in Public Funds, Zero Public Input: Flock's Surveillance System Might Already Be Overseeing Your Community

The $7.5 billion surveillance company Flock Safety is operating in 49 states and over 5,000 communities, but the residents of Scarsdale, NY,

Siefe, an expert in general surveillance, explained what systems like Flock are doing in the U.S., “we're creating that database so that we can always do that for anyone, that you're constantly tracking people's movements. You have that system in place so that you don't need to articulate the suspicion before you're gathering that on someone, before you're actually trying to tag someone with wrongdoing. When you have that system there, all someone has to do is say, I don't like that person. And then you've got that surveillance already established.” As Scarsdale resident Josh Frankel put it to Drop Site, “The way I see it, it is not a matter of if this data will be abused and misused, only a matter of when and by whom.”

Israel's Digital Occupation — The Dial

Lebanon has become a laboratory for a new age of warfare.

The drones that hover over the skies of Lebanon operate in the same way as those deployed in Gaza and the West Bank. They collect large swathes of data — Wi-Fi, IP addresses, phone signals — which are then organized by AI. This allows the Israeli military to track behavioral patterns of potential targets and conduct strikes based on that intelligence.

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Google develops selfie scanning software ahead of porn crackdown

Google has developed face-scanning technology that would block children from accessing adult websites ahead of a crackdown on online porn.

So, this is scary as hell, Google's developing tech to scan your face as a form of age identification, and it's yet another reason why we need to stop the various bad internet bills like EARN IT, STOP CSAM, and especially KOSA.

Because, that's why they're doing this, and that sort of invasive face scanning is what everybody's been warning people they're going to do if they pass, so the fact they're running up to push it through should alarm everyone.

And, as of this posting on 12/27/2023, it's been noted that Chuck Schumer wants to try and start pushing these bills through as soon as the new year starts, and some whisperings have been made even of all these bad bills being merged under STOP CSAM into one deadly super-bill.

So, if you live in the US call your senators, and even if you don't please boost this, we need to stop this now.

[unactivebutactive]

Watch the video for more context. More good news as a result for us the people continuing to talk about this. (in the u.s.) Now it is "postponed" meaning they will try again, but the fact it is gonna be "reworked" means the efforts of all of us informing and still bringing it up affect the initial date for these laws. If we keep up the pressure and keep spreading the word to more people. There is now a higher chance for these laws to not happen. As long as we keep sharing the dangers these kosa laws have than they do benefits. Anyway, stay safe, thank you for doing your part to keep as much freedom as we can. No matter how hard the government tries to limit it.

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"Playground"

[thesobsister]

A Hidden Camera Protest Turned the Tables on China’s Surveillance Sta…

Kudos to Qi Hong (戚洪), who set up this public display in Chongqing on the eve of Xi Jinping's parade of war toys in Beijing and triggered it remotely after leaving the country with his wife and children.

[wakraya]

I'm a little concerned with this new thing trying to censor the internet over on the UK and trickling down onto the other countries. Youtube is not putting some kind of A.I. thing to figure out if you're 18+ or not and will act accordingly by not letting users access content even if said content is completely harmless. I know you don't live in the US or UK, but is your content going to be alright?

Forget my content. This is a bigger issue than some random funny streamer. I am, however, going to keep being loudly myself, and don't care how much anyone tries to police or control what I do or make.

Also for Google in particular, I bit the bullet years ago to access Adult-marked content on Youtube-