The Prescience of George Orwell — ‘1984’ is Here If you read George Orwell’s fictional novel “1984” when you were young, now is an opportune time for a second look. It’s the language of “1984” that’s of particular use. The book is perhaps most applicable for its exploration of the relationship between nuanced language…
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The Surveillance State: IMSI Catchers
H/T American Partisan Understanding How IMSI-Catchers Exploit Cell Networks Some additional reading on How to Catch an IMSI Catcher.
Technocracy Ascending-Part 2: Trust Me, I’m a Technocrat
Technocracy Ascending-Part 2: Trust Me, I’m a Technocrat Part 1 of this series detailed a brief history of the movement started by Technocracy Inc. in the 1930s to completely transform North America into a scientific dictatorship. Their vision of a technocratic regime required all industry, resources, and governance be managed by scientists, engineers, and technicians….
The Great RESET
The Big Story of 2024 that NOBODY is Talking About As the embers of 2024 spit out their dying sparks and tendrils of smoke corkscrew into 2025, I want to ask: what were the important news stories of this year? Most people will say something international. The war in Ukraine, the atrocities in Gaza,…
Commo 101: Garmin Messenger
Garmin inReach® Messenger Handheld Satellite Communicator, Global Two-Way Messaging If you have been keeping up with the Apocalyptic disaster caused by Hurricane Helene in Western North Carolina and Eastern Tennessee then you understand the need for a rock solid PACE Comm plan that does not involve cell phones. *This does require a Garmin in-Reach Subscription…
The Surveillance State: The Feds’ Race to Integrate Mobile IDs in America
Big Brother Goes Digital: The Feds’ Race to Integrate Mobile IDs in America The push to develop digital ID and expand its use in the US is receiving a boost as the country’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is launching a new project. NIST’s National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) has teamed up with…
The Surveillance State: Court Rules Geofence Warrants Unconstitutional
Court Rules Geofence Warrants Unconstitutional Geofence warrants violate the Fourth Amendment, according to a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. U.S. Circuit Judge Carolyn Dineen King wrote in the decision that “geofence warrants are modern-day general warrants and are unconstitutional under the Fourth Amendment.” “Of particular concern is the fact…
The Surveillance State: The Anti-White British Stasi
H/T: The Last Boomer They are going house to house because all the protestors had their cell phones and were tracked during the protests. The phone companies or other big tech gave all the data to the police so they could hunt you down. All within 24 hours.
The Surveillance State: Surveillance Capitalism
H/T: WRSA Surveillance Capitalism and PsyWar Surveillance capitalism is a novel economic system that has emerged in the digital era. It is characterized by the unilateral claim of private human experience as free raw material for translation into behavioral data. In this version of capitalism, predicting and influencing behavior (political and economic) rather than producing…
4GW: The U.S. is unprepared for attacks on critical infrastructure
H/T Montana The U.S. is unprepared for attacks on critical infrastructure Like Cyber Polygon, RAND’s ‘Inverted Rook’ wargame warns of catastrophic cyber attacks leading to societal breakdown: perspective The United States is unprepared for attacks on critical infrastructure, according to a wargame simulated by the RAND Corporation. Prepared for the head of the…