The bill funds cell phone tracking that monitors individuals' movements and the activity of people around them. The army of snitches will come from communities as the $100 billion measure funds grants to churches, clinics, medical centers, and schools to perform testing, tracing, or services for those in isolation.
New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Massachusetts have agreed to coordinate the reopening of their states. Contact tracing will be part of the plan to reopen. California, Oregon, and Washington also will include contact tracing with the lifting of restrictions.
Apple and Google are teaming up to develop contact tracing apps that track the user's health records and their contacts. Reports indicate they are planning eventually to build the feature into all updates. Ranking on these apps could be used to allow entry into grocery stores or larger businesses and events.
In the fight against COVID–19 (coronavirus), Google has announced it is partnering with dozens of governments around the world, sharing its users’ location history, and, in the process, giving us an insight into how much the Silicon Valley company knows about us.
Many are under the impression evil geniuses don’t exist, and we suffer under the omnipotence of “government incompetence.” In fact, the evil geniuses actually do float around on giant yachts like Bond villains. In this video I discuss the real essence of the present event, which is economic in nature. It’s about the revolution of the economics in essence.
Google stores your location if you open Google Maps, if you use Google's weather app, and they also track your search history even if you are not looking for something that is related to a particular location. The last resort is to give up the convenience of a mobile phone. Something to think about. [...]
Around a dozen Google employees have quit and close to 4,000 have signed a petition over the company’s involvement in a controversial military pilot program known as “Project Maven,” which will use artificial intelligence to speed [...]
China: Factory workers wear caps to monitor their brainwaves to detect emotional spikes such as depression, anxiety or rage. The company says the technology is being used to monitor workflows which can be enhanced by manipulating the frequency and length of break times to reduce mental stress. However, the technology can be abused by companies to control minds and infringe privacy, raising the specter of “thought police”. [...]
