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• The Guardian: Is China-Style Surveillance Coming To The West?

  09-05-2019 07:20 via technocracy.news
  More and more mainstream journalists are writing about China’s main dystopian export: all-seeing surveillance. While not perceived as Technocracy per se, they are connecting the dots as they watch multiple nations following in China’s footsteps. ⁃ TN EditorIn 2005 I was chased, by car, from Shanghai to Hangzhou by Chinese secret police. My crime? Setting up meetings with Chinese writers.
  I was there working on a report for PEN International on the organizations that cater to li
  
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• The Future Of Surveillance Is About Behaviors, Not Faces

  09-05-2019 07:08 via technocracy.news
  With lack of regulations and legislation, ubiquitous surveillance is way beyond simple biometric identification and is now focussing on behaviors, including pre-crime analysis. Facial expressions, eye movements, gate, respiration, etc., are fed to AI algorithms to sense mood, personality and emotions. ⁃ TN EditorIn 1787, English philosopher Jeremy Bentham came up with an idea for a prison that would cost a fraction of the cost of other contemporary jails to run with virtually no
  
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• Privacy Concerns Grow As IoT Devices Light Up

  09-05-2019 06:36 via technocracy.news
  The great majority of citizens do not trust the Internet of Things for two big reasons: lack of security and data privacy. Technocrats won’t correct this without legally mandated legislation. ⁃ TN EditorThe safety and security of internet of things (IoT) devices remains a vexing issue for lawmakers, while a survey from the Internet Society shows there is still some way to go before reaching widespread public acceptance of IoT connectivity.
  The survey, conducted in six countries
  
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