02-26-2018, 11:48 AM
I've been watching and reading this topic for donkeys years, and I can assure you that Snowden has not revealed anything that wasn't in the public domain at least 10-15 years beforehand. The ability to switch on a mobile phone, the microphone, or the camera without the owner knowing that it had happened has been available from shortly after phones became available. Anything that operates on wireless can be operated remotely.
All of Snowdens 'revelations' are pretty much old hat. You can take it as read that if the spooks wanted to, they could watch you or listen to you pretty much anywhere in the world, whether you had a phone on you or not. They don't need the whole picture, just data from numerous sources that can be merged and cross referenced to identify your location. Microphones can be installed anywhere, so you can assume that all new shopping centres have them built in all over the place, as well as anywhere else that the public goes.
Imagine that someone can take a photo using your phone. Drop the pic into a system that uses an advanced version of Google Earth and it will identify where you are simply by finding the background and matching it. No GPS required. I have long wondered what Google Earth really is? Every house, street, town and tree is stored in a 3D database. Even the interiors of many buildings are on there. That is the entire planet mapped. The resources required to do that, and keep it constantly updated are immense. Every inch of the entire planet is on there, now why would anyone do that and make it look all cosy by allowing free access?
'Something' is being done globally, we are told 'security measures' but this isn't localised. It is global. All countries are getting CCTV, smartphones, smart this and that, and none of it makes us any more secure at all. Add in AI, robots, transhumanism, space travel, ET, and a whole new scenario is created. We are then constantly diverted from looking at that picture by things like Brexit, Economies, LGBT, Transgenders, Conflicts, Immigration etc. Most diversions spring up overnight right around the globe, in all languages and cultures, it is instant, and if that doesn't raise questions as to who, what, how, and why, then you aren't far enough down the rabbit hole.
All of Snowdens 'revelations' are pretty much old hat. You can take it as read that if the spooks wanted to, they could watch you or listen to you pretty much anywhere in the world, whether you had a phone on you or not. They don't need the whole picture, just data from numerous sources that can be merged and cross referenced to identify your location. Microphones can be installed anywhere, so you can assume that all new shopping centres have them built in all over the place, as well as anywhere else that the public goes.
Imagine that someone can take a photo using your phone. Drop the pic into a system that uses an advanced version of Google Earth and it will identify where you are simply by finding the background and matching it. No GPS required. I have long wondered what Google Earth really is? Every house, street, town and tree is stored in a 3D database. Even the interiors of many buildings are on there. That is the entire planet mapped. The resources required to do that, and keep it constantly updated are immense. Every inch of the entire planet is on there, now why would anyone do that and make it look all cosy by allowing free access?
'Something' is being done globally, we are told 'security measures' but this isn't localised. It is global. All countries are getting CCTV, smartphones, smart this and that, and none of it makes us any more secure at all. Add in AI, robots, transhumanism, space travel, ET, and a whole new scenario is created. We are then constantly diverted from looking at that picture by things like Brexit, Economies, LGBT, Transgenders, Conflicts, Immigration etc. Most diversions spring up overnight right around the globe, in all languages and cultures, it is instant, and if that doesn't raise questions as to who, what, how, and why, then you aren't far enough down the rabbit hole.