We have no privacy and it is getting worse

[TeamCaffee]

Article on Team Run Smart by Jim Klepper about privacy and the lack of it…

He lists states that still have some privacy but that list is not very big.

I found it interesting reading and very disconcerting.

This paragraph in the article sure got my attention:

The facial databases have grown rapidly in recent years and generally operate with few legal safeguards beyond the requirement that searches are conducted for “law enforcement purposes.” Amid rising concern about the National Security Agency’s high-tech surveillance aimed at foreigners, it is these state-level facial recognition programs that more typically involve American citizens.

To read to full article see Team Run Smart

 

[cheri1122]

If you find the facial recognition technology disconcerting, you're really not going to like RFIDs. Radio Frequency ID tags are implanted in a wide range of vehicles and consumer goods, [also pets and products for transport] so their location can be tracked by readers. Many tags contain much more than location info, though, [even personal data, in bank & loyalty & smart cards] which worries privacy experts. Two of them, Katharine Albrecht and Liz McIntyre have written a book called "Spychips: How Major Corporations and the Government Plan To Track Your Every Move."
I haven't read it, and I'm not sure I want to - it's pretty scary stuff.

 

[layoutshooter]

Just wait, the government now has access to your health care records now.

 

[zorry]

Just wait, the government now has access to your health care records now.

I don't think that's our biggest worry.

 

[layoutshooter]

I don't think that's our biggest worry.

I do. It is a POWERFUL weapon.

 

[zorry]

Explain. Will they know who's too sick or weak to stand up to them ?

 

[layoutshooter]

Explain. Will they know who's too sick or weak to stand up to them ?

I think we will have to retreat on this one, kinda straying to far from the OP.

 

[zorry]

PM me,no hurry. Curious of your thought process. I might learn something.

 

[WanderngFool]

If you find the facial recognition technology disconcerting, you're really not going to like RFIDs. Radio Frequency ID tags are implanted in a wide range of vehicles and consumer goods, [also pets and products for transport] so their location can be tracked by readers. Many tags contain much more than location info, though, [even personal data, in bank & loyalty & smart cards] which worries privacy experts. Two of them, Katharine Albrecht and Liz McIntyre have written a book called "Spychips: How Major Corporations and the Government Plan To Track Your Every Move."
I haven't read it, and I'm not sure I want to - it's pretty scary stuff.

I'm afraid to google it. Are you saying that when I buy a product the manufacturer might be implanting a chip in it that transmits my whereabouts? Like cellphones aren't doing that enough already!

 

[layoutshooter]

I'm afraid to google it. Are you saying that when I buy a product the manufacturer might be implanting a chip in it that transmits my whereabouts? Like cellphones aren't doing that enough already!

When I was a firefighter and cell phones were just coming out, I remember the frustration when there were calls made from cells and the victim had no idea where they were and no one could help them. People died due to this.

As with everything in life, it is a double edge sword.

 

[Turtle]

Read this. You'll never post a picture of yourself to the Internet, especially Facebook, again. The OP link talks about what the police and the government can do, but this piece should be the wakeup call, because any yahoo with off-the-shelf software can do the same thing.

How to Beat Facial Recognition Software without Looking Like a Bank Robber | The Daily Sheeple

Just keep repeating it: If you don’t have anything to hide, you have nothing to worry about.

 

[cheri1122]

I'm afraid to google it. Are you saying that when I buy a product the manufacturer might be implanting a chip in it that transmits my whereabouts? Like cellphones aren't doing that enough already!

Technically, the tag transmits the location of the object, which is useful in shipping [like the QC] and tracking [like UPS & FEDEX package delivery, and pharmaceuticals], but it's not a huge stretch to imagine tags being placed that can track a person's location, as the cellphone.
Auto mfrs were putting 'black boxes' in every vehicle for years, before the buyers knew about it - there was one case where a teen driving high speed hit a car backing out of a driveway and killed the occupants. He estimated his speed at about 70 [in a 25 zone], but the insurance company that had possession of his pickup [they totalled it & gave him a check, which made it their property] learned from the black box that he was going over 100 when he hit the brakes.
Technology is not always on our side, and we don't always know it even exists.

 

[cheri1122]

Read this. You'll never post a picture of yourself to the Internet, especially Facebook, again. The OP link talks about what the police and the government can do, but this piece should be the wakeup call, because any yahoo with off-the-shelf software can do the same thing.

How to Beat Facial Recognition Software without Looking Like a Bank Robber | The Daily Sheeple

Just keep repeating it: If you don’t have anything to hide, you have nothing to worry about.

Since the vid in the link no longer exists [wonder why, lol] we still don't know how to defeat the facial recognition software without looking like a bank robber. I gather it involves a hat with a 'halo' of infrared lights that are invisible to people nearby, but blind the cameras. That could be really helpful - if a lot of people are wearing them. If it's just one person, they wouldn't be too hard to find, would they?