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• Young Hong Kong Protestors Outwit The Surveillance State

  17-06-2019 18:03 via technocracy.news
  Necessity is the mother of invention as wary protestors dumped recognizable social media accounts for VPNs and end-to-end encrypted messaging apps. Basically, nobody trusts China anymore. ⁃ TN EditorThe moment the 25-year-old protester got home from demonstrations that turned violent – tear gas still stinging her eyes – she knew what she had to do: delete all of her Chinese phone apps.
  WeChat was gone. So was Alipay and the shopping app Taobao. She then installed a virtual
  
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• Unholy Alliance: When DNA Meets Facial Recognition

  17-06-2019 17:21 via technocracy.news
  Scientists believe that your DNA can be used to roughly predict what you look like in physical appearance, and vice versa and they are talking about using the technology in law enforcement to help solve crimes? ⁃ TN EditorTechnology that was once only seen in dystopian science fiction is rapidly infecting real life. Two means of collecting personal data – DNA databases and facial recognition software – are forming an unholy alliance, and the privacy implications could be d
  
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• Extensive Anthology That Refutes Man-Made Global Warming

  17-06-2019 17:08 via technocracy.news
  Here is an extensive collection of articles debunking global warming and man-made climate change, by experts and scientists around the world. This collection is worth saving for the next time you are challenged for facts and authoritative sources.  ⁃ TN EditorWhat I Learned about Climate Change: The Science is not Settled
  Countering The Fallacy Of Global Warming
  Fifty Years Of Failed Apocalyptic Forecasts
  The ever receding climate goalpost: IPCC and Al Gore “12 years to sav
  
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