Palantir lands biggest ever UK defense deal

The £240 million contract with the Ministry of Defence has renewed a debate about Britain’s dependence on American technology.

POLITICO

Klaxons 🚨🚨🚨 and red flags 🚩🚩🚩

Kiddo’s school sent him home with this, for “a fundraiser.” They are to list out names, relationships and contact information and turn it in.

No context, no info on what third party wil get this, no privacy policy no consent. Just “here’s a sheet, fill it out, turn it in.”

Am I being overly sensitive? I can’t imagine I am. The opportunities for abuse seem endless.

#privacy #opsec #survailance #security #dataharvesting #dataharvesting #databrokers

Eu não sei vocês mas, não estou feliz com o rumo das coisas no mundo, a vigilância governamental tá uma bosta. Me desculpem dizer isso com essas palavras.

Mas, acho que não tem outra forma.

#privacy #privacidade #vigilância #survailance

Can you *even imagine *
the right wing freak out if this was proposed by a Biden or Obama cabinet member. Holy Dogshit! Fox News would be so spun up with "government tracking" "government control" "they're going to demand you wear it at all times" "Government mind control" it would be really something to see.
#wearable #tech #survailance #infosec #bigbrother
https://gizmodo.com/rfk-jr-wants-every-american-to-be-sporting-a-wearable-within-four-years-2000619672
RFK Jr. Wants Every American to Be Sporting a Wearable Within Four Years

During a House committee meeting Tuesday, Kennedy announced a large-scale ad campaign from the federal government to hype wearable tech.

Gizmodo
Recent actions from the #uk government like the #onlinesafetybill and essential outlawing of #protest has pushed me ideologically over the edge in recent years. I'm looking to join a movement that aims for change and not the liberal kind but the #radical kind. The #socialist appeal seamed like an obvious choice but their seeming participation in #survailance is highly worrying, requiring phone numbers, postcodes, legal names and all their communication channels are #proprietary.

“There’s an old joke: “In America, you watch television; in Soviet Russia, television watches you!” In 2022, TVs track your activity to an extent the Soviets could only dream of. But hey, at least that television is really, really cheap.”

#tv #privacy #survailance

The Hidden Cost of Cheap TVs https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/01/smart-tvs-sony-lg-cheap/672614/

The Hidden Cost of Cheap TVs

Screens have gotten inexpensive—and they’re watching you back.

The Atlantic
Rise of Bossware; The End of Privacy? | Wide Angle Analytics

Diving head-on into the rabbit-hole of Bossware,and remote workplace surveillance, we investigate the breadth, reach and social ramifications. Is a surveillance society in our future?

Disappear - Cover Your Online Tracks - Watch the full documentary | ARTE in English

In Berlin, Max, a young performer, wants to escape the tracking of Big Tech by convincing artists and clubs to use an alternative platform to Facebook. In Hong Kong, a researcher targeted by the CCP tries to disappear online. Finally, investigative journalists do their best to protect their sources, rattled by Julian Assange's extradition trial to the United States.

ARTE