All Entries in the "Privacy Rights" Category
4/20 Surprise: Proposed Colorado Marijuana Rules Will Make It Easier to Get a Mile-High High
Bill vaporizes ‘vertical integration,’ one-year monopoly proposals By STEVEN NELSON, April 19, 2013, US News Colorado legislators announced legislation for regulating legal marijuana businesses Friday as ecstatic potheads flocked to Denver to light up in public Saturday in celebration of the first “4/20″ since Coloradans voted to legalize the drug in November. The proposed legislation would allow out-of-state residents [...]
World Privacy Forum’s Top Ten Opt Outs
from http://www.worldprivacyforum.org/ As privacy experts, we are frequently asked about “opting out,” and which opt outs we think are the most important. This list is a distillation of ideas for opting out that the World Privacy Forum has developed over the years from responding to those questions. The list below does not contain all opt [...]
Liberty group to build fortress called THE CITADEL in 2013 that will house 3500-7000 people
from IIICitadel.com The Citadel is evolving as a planned community where residents are bound together by: Patriotism Pride in American Exceptionalism Our proud history of Liberty as defined by our Founding Fathers, and Physical preparedness to survive and prevail in the face of natural catastrophes — such as Hurricanes Sandy or Katrina — or man-made [...]
California gets face scanners to spy on everyone at once
RT, 19 November, 2012 In a single second, law enforcement agents can match a suspect against millions upon millions of profiles in vast detailed databases stored on the cloud. It’s all done using facial recognition, and in Southern California it’s already occurring. Imagine the police taking a picture: any picture of a person, anywhere, and [...]
TSA screenings aren’t just for airports anymore
December 20, 2011|By Brian Bennett, Washington Bureau Roving security teams increasingly visit train stations, subways and other mass transit sites to deter terrorism. Critics say it’s largely political theater. Reporting from Charlotte, N.C. — Rick Vetter was rushing to board the Amtrak train in Charlotte, N.C., on a recent Sunday afternoon when a canine officer [...]
UAE Signs Deal to Integrate National IDs Into Mobile Phones
Source: Electronic Frontier Foundation, April 15th 2012 The United Arab Emirates signed a deal with telecommunications company, Etisalat, to embed citizens’ national ID information into mobile phones. They will now be exploring a system that would utilize an NFC or Near Field Communication application, which allows cell phones to communicate data via radio frequency within very close [...]
WORDS TO GET YOUR WEBSITE ON A GOVERNMENT WATCH LIST – SOCIAL MEDIA MONITORING FTW
PUBLISHED MARCH 2, 2012 BY SUSSEX COUNTY ANGEL The Department of Homeland Security makes fake Twitter and Facebook profiles for the specific purpose of scanning the networks for ‘sensitive’ words – and tracking people who use them. Simply using a word or phrase from the DHS’s ‘watch’ list could mean that spies from the government read your posts, investigate your account, and attempt to [...]
Ten Years After Decriminalization, DRUG ABUSE DOWN BY HALF IN PORTUGAL!!!
By E.D. Kain, Forbes Magazine, 7/05/2011 Drug warriors often contend that drug use would skyrocket if we were to legalize or decriminalize drugs in the United States. Fortunately, we have a real-world example of the actual effects of ending the violent, expensive War on Drugs and replacing it with a system of treatment for problem users [...]
The Judge Asks, “What If?” WELL WORTH WATCHING!
by Andrew P. Napolitano What if Democrats and Republicans were two wings of the same bird of prey? What if elections were actually useful tools of social control? What if they just provided the populace with meaningless participation in a process that validates an establishment that never meaningfully changes? What if that establishment doesn’t want [...]
Homeland Security Given Green Light to Monitor American Journalists
From Independent Film News and Media The department says that they will only scour publically-made info available while retaining data, but it doesn’t help but raise suspicion as to why the government is going out of their way to spend time, money and resources on watching over those that helped bring news to the masses. [...]
Obama administration moves forward with unique internet ID for all Americans
Obama administration moves forward with unique internet ID for all Americans, Commerce Department to head system up By Laura June posted Jan 9th 2011 1:34PM President Obama has signaled that he will give the United States Commerce Department the authorityover a proposed national cybersecurity measure that would involve giving each American a unique online identity. Other candidates mentioned previously to head up the [...]
