H/T Lenny Ladner The A.I. Surveillance Tool DHS Uses to Detect ‘Sentiment and Emotion’ Customs and Border Protection (CBP), part of the Department of Homeland Security, has bought millions of dollars worth of software from a company that uses artificial intelligence to detect “sentiment and emotion” in online posts, according to a…
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Know Your History: How the Stasi Perfected Mass Surveillance
How East Germany’s Stasi Perfected Mass Surveillance The state has a monopoly on violence. However, abusive repression harms government credibility and alienates public support in the long run. A more subtle and effective way to exercise power is to surveil the population and to prevent open manifestations of discontent. This article analyzes the case…
Smile, the Brave New World is Here
Facial Recognition is required to use almost all public services in China including cell phones.
A.I.: The New Buzzword
The following article was published over at Politically Incorrect Daily. The New Buzzword Working in I.T. for over 25 years, I often get a chuckle when business manageers and the media starts touting the latest tech buzzword, making it sound way more complicated and science fictiony than it really is. Growing…
The Surveillance State: Israeli Unit 8200-Created Spyware Firms Assisting Mexican Cartels
Israeli Unit 8200-Created Spyware Firms Assisting Mexican Cartels In 2023 alone, eight journalists have been killed due to being tracked down using NSO Group’s software. When Sinaloa cartel leader, Joaquin Guzman-Loera, also known as El Chapo, was on trial, one of his engineers stated, “I bought interception equipment that allows access to phone calls,…
Texas governor unveils plan for statewide TikTok ban
Texas governor unveils plan for statewide TikTok ban I may not agree with everything Governor Abbott has done in his last 8 years as Governor, but he has proven himself to be a Common Sense person and for that I salute him.
Cyber-Security: WOROK – Powerful Malware Hidden in .PNG Images
WOROK: Powerful Malware Hidden in .PNG Images “Unless it’s your first day on the internet, you’re probably aware that downloading certain files can be a serious mistake. It doesn’t take a cybersecurity expert to know that double-clicking the TotallyNotAVirus.exe file that mysteriously appeared in your downloads folder is a bad idea. If you’re a bit more security…
Texas News: Mysterious GPS Disruptions Spread In Texas Near Fort Hood
Mysterious GPS Disruptions Spread In Texas Near Fort Hood GPS interference is being reported around the Dallas-Fort Worth Metropolitan Area airports, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. The first reports of signal degradation occurred about 24 hours ago. “Significant GPS interference being reported by pilots in the Dallas area. Aircraft being rerouted onto non-RNAV…
The Surveillance State: Presidential Policy Directive 28
Surveillance State USA. Biden quietly unleashes spymasters in dramatic Executive Order. The collection of signals intelligence shall be authorized by statute or Executive Order, proclamation, or other Presidential directive, and undertaken in accordance with the Constitution and applicable statutes, Executive Orders, proclamations, and Presidential directives. (b) Privacy and civil liberties shall be integral considerations…
The Surveillance State: Intelligence Community Developing AI Tool To Unmask Anonymous Writers
Intelligence Community Developing AI Tool To Unmask Anonymous Writers A press release on Tuesday from the ODNI revealed that the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA), their research and development arm, is starting work on the Human Interpretable Attribution of Text Using Underlying Structure program – HIATUS for short.