By Timothy Summers, University of Maryland What state should you move to based on your personality? What character on “Downton Abbey” would you be? What breed of dog is best for you? Some enormous percentage of Facebook’s 2.13 billion users must have seen Facebook friends…
By Jon Rappoport —“Oh Doctor, what’s ailing me? Can I get a diagnosis? What’s that? AI [artificial intelligence] is handling it now? You mean I just go online and see the results of my tests and read the diagnosis and pick up my drugs outside my…
By Jessica Corbett Just the latest corporation to spark privacy concerns over worker surveillance efforts, Walmart has patented audio technology that would allow the retail giant to eavesdrop on conversations among employees and between clerks and shoppers, to measure employee performance. According to the patent document filed with the U.S….
By Sara Tipton A real, Step-by-Step approach to removing your online imprint. Although its almost impossible to completely wipe out your entire digital footprint as if you’ve never had access to the internet, but you can get close. If you’d like to make an attempt…
By Jessica Corbett Buried in Facebook’s announcement that Cambridge Analytica had improperly gathered data from up to 87 million users—rather than the previously reported 50 million—was the stunning admission that “malicious actors” exploited the social networking site’s search features to collection information from “most” of its 2 billion users. The detail…
By Markab Algedi, Natural Blaze Did you know that creating lethal viruses in a lab was recently legalized in the US, after decades upon decades of secret and often illegal work with biological warfare? It’s worse than that: new biowarfare facilities are openly being opened still. As…
By Rachel Blevins The idea that the smart devices in your home and on your phone are listening to you—and recording what you are saying—is nothing new, and many Americans have become complacent with the breach of their privacy because of the convenience provided by the…
By Catherine J. Frompovich This article is difficult for me to write because I don’t have what I normally have to back it up: Resource information links to insert. I have nothing more than an email informing me of what’s going on from what a…
By Catherine J Frompovich Admittedly, I’ve heard utility companies claim they don’t track consumers’ utility usage, e.g., electric power. However, the ZigBee radios installed in each AMI Smart Meter is there for the specific purpose of interacting with all the ‘smart’ appliances within a home…
By Catherine J Frompovich I’ll bet you dollars-to-donuts that most readers are asking, “What’s a ZigBee radio transmitter?” Every person reading this probably has numerous ZigBees already, but doesn’t know it! How can you have something you don’t know you have? Give up?…
By Catherine J Frompovich Josh del Sol of Take Back Your Power has produced a new documentary about the invasion of privacy and the abridging of Fourth Amendment rights in the U.S. Constitution. Consumers may watch del Sol’s outstanding movie Take Back Your Power FREE until…
By Michaela Whitton United Kingdom — A controversial deal between tech giant Google and the National Health Service (NHS) will allow artificial intelligence units access to 1.6 million confidential medical records. Since 2014, Google has partnered with several scientists in an attempt to understand human health, but…
By Kristan T. Harris Why is Facebook Interested in Your Emotions? Facebook has upgraded their “like” button to allow users to display their current feelings on posts, by selecting an emoji. The data will help Facebook develop a more detailed profile ranking on you. The company has already admitted to using the new…
By Jeffry John Aufderheide Thanks to our friends at the National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC), we are now aware of HB 1164, introduced by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE), attempting to hijack control of vaccine exemptions. [1] The intended purpose of…
By Catherine J. Frompovich Utility companies are having a heyday installing electric, natural gas and water AMI Smart Meters, which probably will help many of them—electric power companies, in particular—avoid building new power plants: they can brown-out high demand days or interrupt individual home usage…
By Nicholas Iovino SAN FRANCISCO – When viewers turn on their Vizio smart TVs, the TVs are watching them, a Californian claims in a federal class action. Vizio, a multibillion-dollar smart TV company, tracks the viewing patterns of its users and matches the data with…
By Brian Shilhavy, Health Impact News Editor With medical and health authorities all across the United States beginning to take action to remove freedom of choice in refusing vaccines, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has taken a public position in the current vaccine debate, in…
By Joshua Krause The police state just took a very dark turn. We all know that private corporations tend to side with the government on privacy issues, and they’re more than willing to hand over our information when the government asks for it. Google and…
By Heather Callaghan And the parent’s response is priceless! What would you do if your child came home with this homework assignment? That is what Onika Nugent was trying to figure out after seeing this homework assignment from her 8th grade son, given in a…
