[awakened53]

THE WIRETAP ROOMS - The NSA’s Hidden Spy Hubs in Eight U.S. Cities


https://theintercept.com/2018/06/25/att-...-spy-hubs/

[Steve]

'Snowden is the master of his own destiny'

... Russia rebuts US attempts to have whistleblower extradited

https://www.nexusnewsfeed.com/article/hu...wn-destiny

[awakened53]

Gmail users beware! Third-party developers are READING your private messages, data privacy investigation reveals

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/a...sages.html

[awakened53]

'Law like Third Reich': Protest against extra surveillance powers for German police

https://www.rt.com/news/432162-protest-p...e-germany/

[Steve]

Walmart patents 'Big Brother-style' surveillance technology to eavesdrop on workers’ conversations -

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 ....

https://www.nexusnewsfeed.com/article/ge...versations



Is your DNA safe? You might be unpleasantly surprised by the answer -
In Brief

• The Facts:
  After many healthcare activities like genetic testing or biopsies, your personal results are shared with or sold to third party companies. A new company is letting you take hold of your data, and choose whether you want to share it or not.
  
• Reflect On:
  Is it time for the practices of companies to come out of fine print and into the public eye? Should we have the opportunity to profit from our own data? Is it time for a change in the way big corporations own and control all data?
  

https://www.nexusnewsfeed.com/article/hu...the-answer

[Steve]

11 year-old shocks cybersecurity experts -

... anything on Wi-Fi can be weaponized

https://www.nexusnewsfeed.com/article/hu...ty-experts

[Steve]

Face to face with Big Brother -


... millions of driver's licences to be linked to proposed national facial recognition database

• National biometric database to fight terrorism, identity theft and serious crimes 
  
  
• Drivers' licences to start to be loaded into Home Affairs new database soon
  
  
• The new database can also be used in the prevent outbreaks of serious diseases
  

https://www.nexusnewsfeed.com/article/ge...ig-brother

[awakened53]

Google really IS recording your every move! Search firm tracks location data using your smartphone, even when you explicitly tell it not to

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/a...e-not.html

[Steve]

It has now been exposed that Google still tracks you -

... even when ‘location history’ is turned off

https://www.nexusnewsfeed.com/article/hu...tracks-you

[Steve]

Robotic dove-shaped drones are now spying on people from above -


In Brief

• The Facts:
  30 military and government agencies have deployed the birdlike drones and related devices in at least five provinces in China recent years. They are in operation and are spying on people from above. There are also plans to weaponize them.
  
• Reflect On:
  Reflect on the mass-surveillance state. Why do we have no privacy? Is it really for "national security" reasons? Or are there other motives here? What's really going on with the need for FULL control?
  

https://www.nexusnewsfeed.com/article/sc...from-above