A significant part of my work over the last year that has not previously featured on this blog is featured in the latest newsletter of
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Fourteen out of fourteen as the government completes its fascist scorecard
On 20 March I wrote this on this blog: In 2003 historian Laurence W. Britt suggested that there were 14 characteristics to fascist regimes. They were: Powerful
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– Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, April 10, 2021 – Privacy and security issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex and wide ranging ways technology is used to compromise and diminish our privacy and security, often without our situational awareness. <strong>Five highlights from this week</strong>: LexisNexis to Provide Giant Database of Personal Data to ICE; Intelligence officers predict a future shaped by faceless enemies like disease, climate change; Police Ask for Your Video Doorbell Recordings FAQ; Feds seize fake COVID-19 Pfizer, vaccine websites; Utah pilots mobile driver’s license; and Dallas Cops Used Face Recognition Installed on Personal Phones.
Modern Crime-Solving Methods vs. the Mystery of World War II Deaths NYT
Your ‘smart home’ is watching – and possibly sharing your data with the police Guardian
The inquiry by the House of Reps Committee on Tax and Revenue into the Commissioner of Taxation Annual Report 2018-19 Public Hearings held on 19 March 2021. The 2018-19 annual report was tabled in Parliament in October 2019 and an inquiry was launched in March 2020
CRS In Focus – Biometric Technologies and Global Security March 30, 2021: “Biometric technologies use unique biological or behavioral attributes—such as DNA, fingerprints, cardiac signatures, voice or gait patterns, and facial or ocular measurements—to authenticate an individual’s identity. Although biometric technologies have been in use for decades, recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and Big Data analytics have expanded their application. As these technologies continue to mature and proliferate, largely driven by advances in the commercial sector, they will likely hold growing implications for congressional oversight, civil liberties, U.S. defense authorizations and appropriations, military and intelligence concepts of operations, and the future of war…”
As endangered birds lose their songs, they can’t find mates Phys.org
The top eighteen libertarian comedians.