Remember George Orwell’s Ministry of Truth? In his dystopian novel “1984,” its purpose was to dictate and protect the government’s version of reality. During the Cold War, Orwell’s book was banned behind the Iron Curtain, because readers perceived the novel as an allegory for their own repressive regimes. It was a serious crime to distribute […]
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This Blog Is Republishing All the Animal Welfare Records the USDA Deleted…
It’s a well known edict that once something has been posted online, it can never be removed. That’s turning out to be the case for thousands of animal welfare records that the Department of Agriculture removed from the web last week. Now, a government transparency blog is on a mission to recover, and republish, as […]
The AI Threat Isn’t Skynet. It’s the End of the Middle Class
In February 1975, a group of geneticists gathered in a tiny town on the central coast of California to decide if their work would bring about the end of the world. These researchers were just beginning to explore the science of genetic engineering, manipulating DNA to create organisms that didn’t exist in nature, and they […]
Why on Earth Would Anyone Believe Putin Would ‘Gift’ Snowden to Trump?!?
T-Room here: When have you even heard such nonsense? Right. NEVER! So why should any believe this fairy tale now? Because NBC reported it? Puhleeze, give me a break. NBC has proven to be competing with the Washington Post, New York Times and CNN for some sort of grand prize as to who could dupe […]
NSA Veteran Bill Binney Spreads Some Truth Around…
Former NSA Technical Director William Binney gave an excellent interview to WBAI radio’s Randy Credico on January 31. What Bill has to say should be REQUIRED LISTENING for those who feel a need for a cogent explanation, in understandable, non-technical language, of how NSA has been playing fast and loose with the Bill of Rights. […]
Here’s How to Avoid Being Placed on FBI’s Watch List — And What It Means…
Created in 2003, the Terrorist Screening Database was intended to help the US track terrorists and prevent any further terror attacks in the US. Despite the best intentions of the list, however, the system has proven to be confusing and flawed. On numerous occassions, the watch list has failed to prevent attacks — Omar Mateen…
Lessons on Aging Well, From a 105-Year-Old Cyclist…
At the age of 105, the French amateur cyclist and world-record holder Robert Marchand is more aerobically fit than most 50-year-olds — and appears to be getting even fitter as he ages, according to a revelatory new study of his physiology. The study, which appeared in December in the Journal of Applied Physiology, may help […]
Robots Are Being Programmed to Fly Drones That Can Kill People?…What Could Possibly Go Wrong?!?…
Could this small robot piloting a drone be the next stage in artificial intelligence? An amusing video shows an Aldebaran Robotics Nao V5 asking its ‘papa’ if it can play with the drone. The man agrees and the robot sets to its task but all does not go to plan as it proceeds to fly […]
Ireland Challenges Facebook in What Could Become a Landmark Data Case…
Ireland’s privacy watchdog has launched a bid to refer Facebook’s data transfer mechanism to the European Union’s top court in a landmark case that could put the shifting of data across the Atlantic under renewed legal threat. The move is the latest challenge to the various methods by which large tech firms such as Google […]
Judge Sides with Microsoft, Allows “Gag Order” Challenge to Advance…
On Wednesday, a federal judge in Seattle allowed Microsoft’s lawsuit against the government to go forward. US District Judge James Robart ruled that the company does, in fact, have standing to sue the Department of Justice on behalf of its customers. Microsoft’s case has drawn support from a number of major tech companies, including Apple, […]
DOJ Indicts Former NSA Contractor…
After David Petraeus shared notebooks full of code word intelligence with his girlfriend (and boxes of other classified information), then lied about it to the FBI, the government let Petraeus off with two years of probation. DOJ just indicted Hal Martin — the Booz Allen contractor who allegedly stole terabytes of NSA information — with […]
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A Billion Dollars of Federally Funded Paranoia…
The Senate report laid out a cavalcade of fusion-center snafus. The New York Times summarized one case: “An Illinois [fusion] center reported that Russian hackers had broken into the computer system of a local water district in Springfield and sent computer commands that triggered a water pump to burn out. But it turned out that […]
Actual Hacking: Every Reporter Needs To Understand Sharyl Attkisson’s Case Against The US Government…
Sharyl Attkisson was a star investigative reporter for CBS News. After two decades at the network, she resigned on March 10, 2014. Among the controversial stories she covered: the Fast and Furious gun-walking program, in which the government “purposely allowed licensed firearms dealers to sell weapons to illegal straw buyers, hoping to track the guns […]
War on Whistleblowers: Legal Swindle…
You’ve probably heard of the government’s, “War on Whistleblowers.” It refers to heavy-handed efforts to discourage insiders from exposing waste, fraud, discrimination and other bad practices. But what you probably didn’t know is that these vendettas against truth-tellers are routinely funded with your tax dollars. You might call it a “Legal Swindle”. To explain how […]
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And You Thought You Were Enjoying a TV Show in Privacy: Vizio Smart TVs Tracked Viewers Around the Clock Without Consent…
Vizio, one of the world’s biggest makers of Smart TVs, is paying $2.2 million to settle charges that it collected viewing habits from 11 million devices without the knowledge or consent of the people watching them. According to a complaint filed Monday by the US Federal Trade Commission, Internet-connected TVs from Vizio contained ACR—short for […]
Inside Amazon’s Robot-Run Supermarket. Employs Just 3 Human Beings…
If you’re a robot stealing somebody’s job, it’s best to stay hidden. That’s what Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos appears to be thinking, as his Seattle-based web giant has contemplated a two-story, automated grocery store in which a staff of robots on the floor upstairs grabs and bags items for shoppers below…
Midnight “Release” Again – 178 Page FBI Clinton Email Document Release With Interesting Content…
Internet researcher Katica has again discovered the FBI quietly, and without explanation, just released another batch of documents from the “ongoing” FBI investigation into Hillary Clinton’s email use and classified information. This is release #6, and interestingly this release is titled “part 06 of 06” so there might not be any more. However, this batch […]
Another Ransomware Attack Shuts Down an Entire County’s Government…
Last week, all of Licking County’s government offices were completely shut down by ransomware, a type of malicious software created to obstruct access to an online network until the victims cough up a certain amount of cash. The ransomware even shut down the network of the county’s police force…
House Intelligence, Foreign Affairs Committee Members Compromised by Rogue IT Staff…
Three brothers who managed office information technology for members of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and other lawmakers were abruptly relieved of their duties on suspicion that they accessed congressional computers without permission…
Breathtaking Footage of Northern Lights at 36k Feet (VIDEO)…
Footage of the Northern Lights as captured onboard an Air Canada flight has been posted online, showing off the sheer beauty of the natural light display. Also known as the Aurora Borealis, the footage was shot by photographer Nathan Starzynski while flying between Southeastern Alberta and Winnipeg in Canada during a flight Tuesday…
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