A group of lawmakers led by Republican Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Democrat Senator Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, along with 19 cosponsors (9 of which are Republicans), have reintroduced the Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies…
Tag: Internet
Preying on America’s Addiction to Smart Technology
Today’s technology has made life for Voyeurs a virtual life of leisure. According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) up to 200 billion devices will be hooked to the Net by 2020, from our cars to our bathrooms. Everything is going…
Oct. 1st the U.S. Hands Over Control of the Internet
Call your senators 202-224-3121 Tell them to pass S.3034 Here’s what happened: Congress ordered a federal agency (NTIA) to not let a government contract lapse– especially one that includes the IANA function (comparable to an “Internet phone book”), which has…
A Brave New World or Just A Scary Future?
Speaking at the 2015 World Economic Forum in Davos, Harvard Computer Science Professor Margo Seltzer said that miniature mosquito drones will soon not only be able to perpetually monitor you but will be able to forcibly extract your DNA on…
Are You Watching TV or Will Your Smart TV Watch You?
I am reposting this article from 2012 because Samsung is now warning buyers that spoken words will be captured and could well be transmitted to a third party. So if you want your personal information to be personal, Samsung suggests you just disable…
A very weak and unqualified president sits in the Oval Office
The Bear Is Back by Pastor Stephan Nash It was the late 70’s. The U.S. economy was in the gutter. One of the weakest presidents in American history was in the White House. We were becoming a laughing stock around the…
Here’s how we take back the Internet
Appearing by telepresence robot, Edward Snowden speaks at TED2014 about surveillance and Internet freedom. The right to data privacy, he suggests, is not a partisan issue, but requires a fundamental rethink of the role of the internet in our lives…
NSA Spying On Computers Not Connected To Internet
Warning: Disable Java
With an eye on the security of millions of Internet users, the US Department of Homeland Security is advising Americans to temporarily disable Java, a software commonly used in Web-browser programs. It’s not that Java itself contains a malicious computer…
FBI – GRANTS ITSELF NEW POWERS
The Justice Department and its agencies and bureaus have completely lost sight of the limits that the Constitution was supposed to have imposed on their power. (video) The Federal Bureau of Investigation is giving significant new powers to its…