Big Brother is Tracking You

Big news, Brother - nobody is secretly watching over you.

You'd be better to be no good.

You should have never been thusly warned.



(Read every second word in the sentences, starting with the first)
 

To creepy for me...No internet cell phones for me, thank you.

Be sure to check out the video for a simple explanation of how this tracking works.


London Recycling Bins Were Tracking Passers By
by Karl Bode Monday 12-Aug-2013 tags: business · wireless · stats · world ·consumers · wireless

In an age where everything is connected and location data mining is a largely an unregulated goldmine, it shouldn't be too surprising to see that London has had to shelve a program whereby street recycling bins were being used to track the cellphones of users that passed by. The large bins, which were on sidewalks and embedded with large LED displays, used location data to track users and offer custom ads to regular walkers (more specifically MAC addresses) the bins "recognized." London urged the company behind the bins to suspend the program after consumers became aware of and slightly creeped out by the semi-sentient garbage cans




 
Snowden is being painted as a traitor for leaking this?

WASHINGTON -- The disclosure of a top secret internal audit that shows the National Security Agency has overstepped its legal authority repeatedly since 2011 is likely to further erode public trust in the beleaguered intelligence service and spur new calls to constrain its authority to conduct surveillance on Americans.
 
That Guy said:
Snowden is being painted as a traitor for leaking this?

WASHINGTON -- The disclosure of a top secret internal audit that shows the National Security Agency has overstepped its legal authority repeatedly since 2011 is likely to further erode public trust in the beleaguered intelligence service and spur new calls to constrain its authority to conduct surveillance on Americans.
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Can't question The Machine, Bro - you know that. Not without paying a price.

Besides, it's just another magician's misdirection so you don't pay attention to the important things ...
 
Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain . . . !

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That is sinister.

On the other hand there was a situation in Sydney when a minor riot was being organised via the mobile phone network. However it would also have been desirable to have also shut down one particular talk back radio station which was fuelling the unrest.
 
Two edged sword though. Without the technology we would never have noticed what they were up to in the first place, or the lengths they'll go to in protecting their authority. Nor would we have had the means to warn each other about it.

The technology race is working the same as nature, it's ramping up the defense mechanisms to keep pace with any improvement to the 'oppositions' armoury. You can bet there are just as many hackers working on circumventing the ability of the authorities to jam the system as there are on devising new jamming devices. The 'arms race' is what started us thinking about more than sex and where the next meal was coming from and got us out of the caves. It's good for evolving brain power.
 
Diwundrin said:
Two edged sword though. Without the technology we would never have noticed what they were up to in the first place, or the lengths they'll go to in protecting their authority. Nor would we have had the means to warn each other about it.

The technology race is working the same as nature, it's ramping up the defense mechanisms to keep pace with any improvement to the 'oppositions' armoury. You can bet there are just as many hackers working on circumventing the ability of the authorities to jam the system as there are on devising new jamming devices. The 'arms race' is what started us thinking about more than sex and where the next meal was coming from and got us out of the caves. It's good for evolving brain power.
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I agree that it's a two-edged sword, but speaking purely from lifestyle-experience I rather enjoy caves, meals and sex ...

Maybe it's getting toward that time when we need to stop, take a breath and figure out exactly WHERE all this shiny shyte is taking us.
 
I got picky about what technology was useful and what was just a pain in the arse some time ago. Love the entertainment toys, but if they need a degree in rocket science to run them, they're out and I don't use a mobile/cell phone at all. Have one, just haven't recharged it for a year and it makes a useful paperweight. I'll pass on the caves though.
 
Diwundrin said:
Two edged sword though. Without the technology we would never have noticed what they were up to in the first place, or the lengths they'll go to in protecting their authority. Nor would we have had the means to warn each other about it.

The technology race is working the same as nature, it's ramping up the defense mechanisms to keep pace with any improvement to the 'oppositions' armoury. You can bet there are just as many hackers working on circumventing the ability of the authorities to jam the system as there are on devising new jamming devices. The 'arms race' is what started us thinking about more than sex and where the next meal was coming from and got us out of the caves. It's good for evolving brain power.
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Could you repeat that, please? I was thinking about sex and food . . .
 
nan said:
I am not doing anything wrong, but I still dont like my privacy being invaded without my permission.
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Exactly! We have NO privacy here in the US anymore. For instance, if you just give out your cell phone number to someone they can look up the number and get your full name and address. From that info, they can get a lot more info about you. I love the internet, but I don't like how so much our personal information can be compromised.
 
RedRibbons said:
... I love the internet, but I don't like how so much our personal information can be compromised.
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Quite a bit, if all of the successful hacks we've seen are any proof.

Oh, and would you mind repeating what you said a little louder, and lean toward your computer screen when you say it, please?

We thank you, Citizen. :cool:
 
I never used facebook, but I just heard that facebook saves all the messages that people don't post. If you start to write a message, and decide to delete it...facebook still has it on file. Also, they said that facebook was studying peoples photos that they put up of their facebook pages, to learn more about that person.
 
Di I also agree with you on this one. This has always been true. Now it is just becoming very technologically sophisticated. Some stores have already used smart phones to track where people go in the stores and what they look at. People have been tracked going down the street and as they pass certain restaurants an ad for their specials that day are sent to them. I don't like it but it is the reality. We can choose to accept the inevitable or go live in the woods in hut. Oh...wait I already do. Let them look at me it would be hours of boring surveillance. If they want to waste the time and money, so be it. There is always a trade off.
 
TWHRider said:
... Phil, it's your civic duty to let me know when someone figures out how to see me thru the well placed and layered tape I put over the camera eye:distant:
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I - I mean, THEY - are working on it. I'll let you know as soon as there's any breakthrough.

Of course, while you're taping over the eye, the drone outside your window is getting an eyeful, your TV set is recording everything you say and, I hate to be the one to tell you this, but one of your horses is actually a cyborg. :cool:
 

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