Bank of America handed over customer information at the request of Federal authorities to help them track Capitol protesters. Among the customer information handed over was data about whether they were in DC between 5-6 January, airline and hotel purchases, and weapons purchases. The fishing expedition snared at least one customer, who, after being interrogated...
Category: TRENDS IN TECHNOCRACY by Joe Doran
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VACCINE PASSPORTS WILL END UP TRACKING EVERYTHING
As previously reported in the Trends Journal, tech giants including Microsoft and Oracle are partnering with health care companies on a Vaccination Credential Initiative (VCI) that will essentially result in “SMART Health Cards” that can function as vaccine passports. Many, including Dr. Joseph Mercola, a leading expert in natural health, are warning the initiative will...
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TECH GIANTS AND NATION STATES: WHO CONTROLS WHO?
At a virtual Davos agenda meeting of the World Economic Forum, Russian President Vladimir Putin asserted that technology corporations are rivaling the power of nation-states. “These are not just economic giants. In some areas they are already de facto competing with the state,” Putin said in an address. Russia is currently accelerating regulatory pressure on...
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YOUTUBE DEMONETIZES THE EPOCH TIMES
The ability of insurgent media companies to gain followers and generate income via social media platforms took another hit this week. The Epoch Times, a Washington-based newspaper offering counter-narratives to Jeff Bezos’s Washington Post, has found itself demonetized by YouTube. The change means they can no longer make money from videos they post on the...
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HOW ENCRYPTED SOCIAL MEDIA MAY DISRUPT THE WORLD
During the Wall Street “GameStop” furor this week, there were various attempts to clamp down on the activity of traders on the Reddit group Wall Street Bets. The NYSE halted trading of GameStop stock, and even when they relented, Robinhood and other popular trading apps disabled and limited trades, or experienced mysterious disruptions in service....
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QUANTUM COMMUNICATION TESTED SUCCESSFULLY VIA DRONES
The cat and mouse game of governments and corporations spying on and accruing digital dossiers on every citizen, and Americans fighting for constitutional freedoms and their rights of privacy in communications, might play out next on a quantum battlefield. For the first time, an experiment using drones successfully tested the concept of quantum communication, which...
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CES 2021: LOST IN VR
CES, the most influential tech event in the world, gathered virtually from 11 to 14 January. Produced by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA), the event has been a proving ground for breakthrough technologies and global innovators, and this year was no different. Tech companies continue to come up with more realistic immersive technology to seduce...
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COVID AND BIG BROTHER RENDEZVOUS IN VENICE
“Venice is watching tourists’ every move.” CNN reported this disturbing fact on 13 January. The news network admired the efforts because Venice is swamped with millions of tourists and, in a “COVID world,” authorities could hardly be faulted for doing their utmost to proactively monitor tourists to protect the safety of the citizens. Venice reportedly...
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FACEBOOK TO PAY MILLIONS OF USERS OVER BIOMETRIC DATA BREACH
A U.S. District Court judged Facebook to be responsible for a data breach detrimentally affecting millions of its social media platform users and ordered the tech giant via settlement to pay up. In his ruling, Federal Judge James Donato said, “This is money that’s coming directly out of Facebook’s own pocket. The violations here did...