Doesn’t it feel like a net is closing in around us from every direction lately? Big Tech companies like Google … More
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A New 5G Broadband Network Is Pitching Surveillance Enhancements To Cops
The latest technologies promise cops the ability to whip out a smartphone, take a snapshot of a passerby, and instantly … More
Low Cost Micro-Satellites Will Be The Future Of Individual Surveillance
The emergence of low-cost micro satellites is starting to spawn a global surveillance arms race: the familiar problem-reaction-solution paradigm upon … More
The Cloud- Where Most Store Digital Information- Now Has A Mind Of It’s Own
Deep learning is Silicon Valley’s latest and greatest attempt at training artificial intelligence to understand the world by sifting through huge amounts … More
Big Data Helps Find The Achilles Heel Of Each Individual Cancer
In January, the pharmaceutical company Roche paid more than a billion dollars to buy about half of a small company … More
After 4 Purchases, They Know Who You Are
Anonymized credit card data – only locations and times of purchases made – are enough to identify a person, a … More