Bill Gates Wants to Export India’s National ID System Around the Globe — Activist Post – December 6, 2019

By Daniel Taylor

(Activist Post)  It’s not just a social credit score system spreading around the world from China that threatens the free people of the world; India’s Aadhaar National ID program has the full support of Bill Gates and the World Bank as a model for other countries to follow. Gates said in a 2018 CNBC interview that it was “too bad” if someone thought that Aadhaar was a privacy issue: →

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Attention: Smart TV Owners –The FBI Has Some Warnings For You — Activist Post – December 3, 2019

By B.N. Frank Maybe you should have held on to your box TV after all. From Yahoo: But like anything that connects to the internet, it opens up smart TVs to security vulnerabilities and hackers. Not only that, many smart TVs come with a camera and a microphone. But as is the case with most…→

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All Eyes Are On You! The Five Eyes Surveillance Network and the #1vs5i Campaign — Activist Post – December 1, 2019

By Jason Bermas

There is a much greater overarching network of surveillance that is tracking, tracing, and databasing nearly everyone on a global scale. Jason Bermas is joined on this episode by Taylor Hudak who covers the plight of New Zealand journalist and activist Suzie Dawson who has been embroiled in exposing the Five Eyes program through her #1vs5i campaign. →

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‘We’re Working For The Dark Side’: Spanish Firm Accused of Spying On Assange By German Broadcaster Boasted Of US Intelligence Tie — Era of Light – December 1, 2019

(Era of Light)  A private security firm that allegedly spied on Julian Assange in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London bragged about its nefarious activities and ties to US intelligence, according to German public broadcaster NDR.
The troubling revelations are part of a criminal complaint filed by NDR against Undercover Global, a Spanish security company contracted by the Ecuadorian government to film and review guests at their embassy in London. →

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Amnesty International: Google & Facebook’s “Surveillance-Based” Model Threatens Human Rights — Activist Post – November 27, 2019

By Mac Slavo

(Activist Post)  Amnesty International has said that the “surveillance-based” business models of tech giants like Google and Facebook threaten human rights. Big tech has been known to collect private data, censor speech on behalf of the government, and financially punish dissenters by disallowing advertising. →

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Google Admits That “Others” Can Access The Camera On Samsung & Android Smartphones — Activist Post – November 23, 2019

By Alanna Ketler

• The Facts: Hackers have successfully been able to access the front facing cameras on Google and Samsung phones without permission from the user and regardless of whether or not the phone was unlocked. They were able to take pictures and record video.
• Reflect On: Why should you care? This is an outright invasion of our right to privacy. If we continue to willingly give up all our rights, soon we won’t have any left. →

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Spain To Track Every Smartphone Across Country In Controversial Study — Activist Post – November 23, 2019

By Tyler Durden

Spain’s National Statistics Institute (INE) will begin tracking smartphone locations of millions of people this week in preparation for the 2021 census, raising privacy concerns, reported RT News. INE will track every smartphone in the country over a series of tests that will extend through 2020, and the government has assured Spaniards the project is completely “anonymous.” 

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