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The Internet is a surveillance state. Whether we admit it to ourselves or not, and whether we like it or not, we’re being tracked all the time. Google tracks us, both on its pages and on other pages it has access to. Facebook does the same; it even tracks non-Facebook users. Apple tracks us on our iPhones and iPads. One reporter used a tool called Collusion to track who was tracking him; 105 companies tracked his Internet use during one 36-hour period.

Opinion: The Internet is a surveillance state - CNN.com

17 March

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Public Buses Across Country Quietly Adding Microphones to Record Passenger Conversations Kim Zetter, wired.com
Transit authorities in cities across the country are quietly installing microphone-enabled surveillance systems on public buses that would give them the ability to record and store private conversations. The systems are raising a number of privacy…

Another step towards increased governmental control…

Public Buses Across Country Quietly Adding Microphones to Record Passenger Conversations
Kim Zetter, wired.com

Transit authorities in cities across the country are quietly installing microphone-enabled surveillance systems on public buses that would give them the ability to record and store private conversations. The systems are raising a number of privacy…

Another step towards increased governmental control…

11 December

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Google confirms: ‘Government surveillance is on the rise’
RT, rt.com
The email accounts of Generals David Petraeus and John Allen aren’t the only ones being targeted by the feds. Google has released its bi-annual transparency report and says that the government’s demands for personal…Read Full Articl…

“This is the sixth time we’ve released this data, and one trend has become clear: Government surveillance is on the rise,” Google acknowledges in a blog post published Tuesday, November 13.

Google confirms: ‘Government surveillance is on the rise’
RT, rt.com

The email accounts of Generals David Petraeus and John Allen aren’t the only ones being targeted by the feds. Google has released its bi-annual transparency report and says that the government’s demands for personal…
Read Full Articl…

“This is the sixth time we’ve released this data, and one trend has become clear: Government surveillance is on the rise,” Google acknowledges in a blog post published Tuesday, November 13.

13 November

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In Brazil, locator chips in uniforms detect if kids are in school | Springwise

We’ve seen RFID technology used to protect children on farms in the past, and now we’re seeing that same technology being used to keep track of school children too. The Brazilian city of Vitoria da Conquista is introducing radio tags on the clothes of students in order to tackle the problem of truancy among younger citizens.

Source: springwise.com

4 April

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One Per Cent: FBI releases plans to monitor social networks ⇢

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation has quietly released details of plans to continuously monitor the global output of Facebook, Twitter and other social networks, offering a rare glimpse into an activity that the FBI and other government agencies are reluctant to discuss publicly. The plans show that the bureau believes it can use information pulled from social media sites to better respond to crises, and maybe even to foresee them.

26 January

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Wherever You Go, Cameras Are Watching You | Singularity Hub

Source: singularityhub.com

5 November

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Cameras and computers are soon surveilling people

via newscientist.com

I have a hard time avoiding to post overlapping things about the developing increasing surveillance society. Especially since the speed with which the technology develops is as fast as the willingness to (at least some) governments to implement it.

“Samurai is designed to issue alerts when it detects behaviour that differs from the norm, and adjusts its reasoning based on feedback. So an operator might reassure the system that the person with a mop appearing to loiter in a busy thoroughfare is no threat. When another person with a mop exhibits similar behaviour, it will remember that this is not a situation that needs flagging up.”

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