‘Big Brother’ Archives
Google faces inquiry over data breach ‘cover up’
The Telegraph | May 28, 2012 GOOGLE is facing an investigation into claims its Street View cars deliberately collected data from millions of residents and the company covered it up, reports said today. The tech giant has already admitted to stealing fragments of personal [Read More]
FBI quietly forms secretive Net-surveillance unit
Cnet | May 22, 2012 By Declan McCullagh The FBI has recently formed a secretive surveillance unit with an ambitious goal: to invent technology that will let police more readily eavesdrop on Internet and wireless communications. The establishment of the Quantico, Va.-based [Read More]
The US government is collecting DNA from kids, whether or not they are involved in criminal activity
Natural News | May 18, 2012 By J. D. Heyes The only worse thing about an increasing number of police departments collecting DNA evidence from suspects they arrest - before they’ve ever been actually convicted of any crimes - is that courts are continuing [Read More]
Obama Ban on Youth Farm Chores Part of Larger Power Grab
Infowars | April 25, 2012 By Kurt Nimmo Dredging up Dickensian horrors of child labor, the Obama administration has ordered the Labor Department to apply child labor laws to family farms. The new rules would make it illegal for children to perform a large number of labor [Read More]
Your Car Set To Become Part of ‘The Internet of Things’
Infowars | April 19, 2012 By Paul Joseph Watson A bill already passed by the Senate and set to be ratified by the House not only mandates black box tracking devices in all new cars, it also orders the deployment of ‘vehicle to infrastructure’ communication systems, in [Read More]
A Cashless Society May Be Closer Than Most People Would Ever Dare To Imagine
The Economic Collapse | March 30, 2012 Most people think of a cashless society as something that is way off in the distant future. Unfortunately, that is simply not the case. The truth is that a cashless society is much closer than most people would ever dare to [Read More]
EFF warns of Big Brother biometrics time bomb
siliconrepublic | March 3, 2012 The passing of a new law in France paving the way for a biometric database and requiring all citizens to carry a biometric ID card is a time bomb for civil liberties, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has warned. On Tuesday, the French [Read More]
Congress Paves Way for Unmanned Drones in U.S. Commercial Airspace
Time | Feb 8, 2012 By Keith Wagstaff Ready to see drones flying over your house? A new bill passed by Congress will give commercial, private and military unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) greatly increased access to U.S. airspace that’s currently reserved only for manned [Read More]
Congress Calls for Accelerated Use of Drones in U.S.
fas.org | Feb 3, 2012 A House-Senate conference report this week called on the Administration to accelerate the use of civilian unmanned aerial systems (UAS), or “drones,” in U.S. airspace. The pending authorization bill for the Federal Aviation Administration directs [Read More]
Biometrics: European Association Wants to Drive Technology
Marketwatch | Jan 31, 2012 DARMSTADT, GERMANY, Jan 31, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — Biometrics is generally about machines identifying people. For this purpose, certain features of a person are used in order to identify him or her. The most well-known procedures are [Read More]