Sci-Tech news

• Trump Agrees With Dems On $2 Trillion Infrastructure

  03-05-2019 16:51 via technocracy.news
  Technocracy’s dream is to perfect the global supply chain by streamlining infrastructure. To that end, this deal is highly suspicious. Sec’y. of Transportation Elaine Chao’s father James sits on the board of directors of China State Shipbuilding Corporation and her sister Angela is a board member of Bank of China. The conflict of interest is beyond the pale, even as Trump makes this $2 trillion deal with his supposed arch-enemy and antagonist Charles Schumer who serves as Senat
  
  Read more

• Feds Seek Permanent Renewal Of NSA Phone Surveillance Law

  03-05-2019 16:19 via technocracy.news
  Even though the NSA itself has scrapped a large part of its phone spying/data collection operation because of abysmal usefulness, the Trump Admin is seeking to make its authority to collect the data permanent. ⁃ TN EditorThe Trump administration has signaled in recent weeks that it may seek the permanent renewal of a surveillance law that has, among other things, enabled the National Security Agency to gather and analyze Americans’ phone records as part of terrorism investigations, a
  
  Read more

• Pressure Builds In Oakland To Ban Facial Recognition Tech

  03-05-2019 16:02 via technocracy.news
  TN has long claimed that city councils have the ultimate stopping power for intrusive technology. Pressure is also building in San Francisco to ban facial recognition. Loss of anonymity is the biggest concern. ⁃ TN EditorPrivacy advocates in Oakland are proposing a ban on the city’s use of facial recognition technology. The ban would prohibit the use of “any face recognition technology or any information obtained from face recognition technology.”
  Brian Hofer, chair of th
  
  Read more

Follow @Sci_Tech_AU on Twitter!