Satellites are considered to have advantages over much more common cell phones when it comes to issues like security and privacy. But they may be just as prone to hacking and other compromises, according to some new research. A project by several Chinese engineers was successful in breaching a common type of encryption used on...
Category: TRENDS IN TECHNOCRACY by Joe Doran
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THIS WEEK IN SURVEILLANCE
The subject of cell phones and geolocation data was brought up by several senators at a Joint Committee hearing concerning the 6 January Capitol protests. At the hearing, Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Josh Hawley (R-Missouri) both had pointed questions for FBI Director Christopher Wray. Lee told Wray that he was concerned citizens were being “inexplicably”...
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PSYCHOHISTORY: SCI-FI LEGEND PREDICTED THE COMING FALL
The battle continues. Call it Globalists vs. Nationalists, Elites vs. Populists, Technocracy vs. Constitutional Liberty. Whatever the terms, familiar players can be seen along each divide. A provocative analysis by Jim Quinn at the Burning Platform blog and featured in Blacklistednews says the war has already been decided. And it was all predicted by the...
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POLITICAL PRISONERS IN THE U.S.A.
The MSM has applauded. But with over 350 Capitol protesters arrested since 6 January and National Guard troops camped out in Washington, D.C. indefinitely, there’s no denying a troubling line has been crossed into making political expression criminal. That effort is quickly ramping up in the new Biden administration. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi...
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BLOCKCHAIN BATTLES
GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES OUT TO KILL DECENTRALIZED BLOCKCHAIN CURRENCIES. A year ago, or even six months ago, the warning signs about a possible clampdown on Bitcoin and other decentralized digital currencies weren’t exactly headline news. COVID, lockdowns, BLM, Antifa riots, and the presidential election were all front and center. But an acceleration of stimulus policies that...
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GAMESTOP “CHAOS” LEADS TO CALLS FOR “DIGITAL ID”
Orwellian language is buttressing calls for a Digital ID system that would go further in tracking users and how they’re spending their money in the stock market and elsewhere. “The regulator’s job is to create safe environments and to ensure that there are satisfactory controls in place such that individuals can participate of their own...
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U.S. GOVERNMENT CROSSING THE CONSTITUTIONAL LINE
Journalist Glenn Greenwald is sounding the alarm about the growing willingness of lawmakers to ignore constitutional bars prohibiting the Federal government from suppressing free speech. House Democrats have called CEOs of Google, Facebook, and Twitter to a 25 March hearing to pressure them to further censor speech on their platforms. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) said...
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FACEBOOK BLOCKS AUSTRALIA NEWS
Facebook, like many other tech companies, is making increasingly brazen plays to block governments from passing legislation or regulations that affect their power, money, and influence. One of the latest showdowns is playing out in Australia, where a proposed law would require the Mark Zuckerberg social network giant to pay the country’s news publishers for...
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GATES LONG ON FAKE MEAT, SHORT ON CRYPTO
This past Friday, as bitcoin surpassed the one-trillion valuation mark for the first time, mega-billionaire and self-styled planet saver Bill Gates declared he wasn’t a fan of digital-assets. Asked by the Wall Street Journal what technological advancement the world could do without, the software tycoon didn’t cite “social credit” surveillance systems, dangerous gain-of-function viral research,...
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A HIDDEN HAND BEHIND BIG TECH CENSORSHIP
A new investigation by Dr. Joseph Mercola, a leading independent advocate of natural health, has put the spotlight on a powerful but little-talked-about player in the online censorship clampdown on points of view skeptical of COVID vaccines, lockdowns, and the so-called “Great Reset.” In a summary of its exposé, Mercola said, “We find connections between...