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05/18/2018 / By David Williams

Chinese fugitive arrested after being identified in concert crowd by facial recognition tech

Facial recognition technology is now being applied to all sorts of things. Recently, a fugitive was arrested for unspecified economic crimes in China through the use of this technology, but the interesting thing was that he was caught while he was in the middle of a crowded concert – meaning his face was scoped out despite […]

04/19/2018 / By David Williams

People with bad “social credit” in China now banned from using trains, airplanes

China has already thought of a couple of ways of applying their unique “Social Credit System” in order to punish deserving citizens. According to online reports, the country plans to ban certain individuals from boarding airplanes and trains if they are among those who are deemed unworthy based on the Social Credit System. People who […]

04/14/2018 / By David Williams

China readying Social Credit System where citizens receive scores based on their online obedience to the state

China is planning to implement a system wherein its citizens will be ranked and given ratings based on a certain set of specified criteria, like social media activity and online obedience to the state. The system, called the Social Credit System, is said to be in place for a country-wide launch some time in 2020. […]

04/03/2018 / By David Williams

Mark of the FEAST: Researchers invent edible graphene, paving the way for food that can be tracked through embedded RFID patterns

Do you think you will ever be able to eat your electronics? It’s a strange concept, but it depicts a very real future situation wherein you’ll have to decide whether or not it’s okay to partake in edible electronics. This is because of a new development created by a team of scientists from Rice University, […]

03/31/2018 / By David Williams

Demand for a “dumb phone” is on the rise; Light Phone 2 is a minimalist’s dream

Smartphones have taken over the world. They’re with you when you wake up, you keep them close by throughout the day, and they are often the last thing you interact with before you go to sleep. This is the reality for millions upon millions of people everywhere around the world. And whether you want to […]

03/23/2018 / By David Williams

Proven guilty before the crime? China using big data to detain “suspicious” individuals before any crime is even committed

Chinese citizens are already under an enormous amount of pressure to “fall in line” as it is, what with all of the surveillance going on inside of the country’s borders, but now the Chinese government have taken things one step further yet again. Based on a report unearthed by Human Rights Watch, China now has […]

03/16/2018 / By David Williams

Data from connected cars will be exploited, monetized by car companies; most drivers have absolutely no idea it has already begun

Lots of cars now come standard with built-in cellular networking technology. Whether a car is autonomous or not is completely irrelevant. Car companies have been selling so-called smart cars for many years now. But just like regular cellphones, which also connect to cellular networks, these cars tend to store personally identifiable information (PII) about you. […]

02/28/2018 / By David Williams

You are being watched: Many apps can still track you, even if you turn off location services

Mobile phones, particularly of the smart variety, often come equipped with location tracking sensors that are used mainly for on-device navigation. These sensors enable phones to make full use of apps meant for maps, ride-sharing, and even simple web browsing, so most users tend leave them on all the time as they are often used. […]

02/18/2018 / By David Williams

No self-driving allowed: Uber wants to ban privately-owned self-driving vehicles in your city

As humanity inches closer to a world where self-driving cars are the norm, the company behind the biggest ride-sharing platform, Uber, wants to get a piece of the proverbial pie. To be more specific, the company wants to ban you from having your own self-driving car for your own personal use in your own city. […]

02/06/2018 / By David Williams

Orwellian “smart” city rolling out in Toronto: Google’s high tech neighborhood will monitor EVERYTHING, raising privacy concerns

Many cities of the future will undoubtedly incorporate surveillance in one way or another. One need only look at modern cities today to see how much data is being collected on its private citizens. But what if a supposedly future city that carried out mass surveillance on its citizens already existed? Indeed it will, and […]

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