If there were a global George Orwell Award for the vastest city police surveillance apparatus, New York City, where I live and work, would win this tracking and databasing prize. In “Nowhere to hide from NYPD’s new computer system” (Rocco Parascandola and Tina Moore, nydailynews.com, Aug. 8), I discovered that I am subject to the […]

On what bug-sized drones could do “They’ve got drones that are the size of your hand, maybe two hands. They have flapping wings like real bugs or birds. And they’ve got prototypes that are flying around. … I’m projecting forward, like 10, 15, 20 years in the future, but it could definitely happen that there […]

Digestible microchips embedded in drugs may soon tell doctors whether a patient is taking their medications as prescribed.  These sensors are the first ingestible devices approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). To some, they signify the beginning of an era in digital medicine. “About half of all people don’t take medications like they’re […]

The latest Wikileaks data-dump reveals that the government now has the ability to grab video from far-flung surveillance cameras located in stores, casinos and other businesses around the country. It uses sophisticated facial recognition software to identify people of interest captured by the ubiquitous cameras numbering in the millions. The software, Trapwire, is a significant […]

From Hitler to Pinochet and beyond, history shows there are certain steps that any would-be dictator must take to destroy constitutional freedoms. And, argues Naomi Wolf, George Bush and his administration seem to be taking them all via Naomi Wolf: Fascist America, in 10 easy steps | World news | The Guardian.

Google’s mantra is “Don’t be evil.” Let’s hope it the tech giant means it, because if Chrome OS succeeds in replacing Windows at the world’s dominant operating system, Google’s sway over the computing world could be exponentially higher than it is today. Now, I’m not suggesting that Google’s Web-centric OS is a nefarious, 1984-esque plot […]

This is one step closer to a police state internet where just to get on the internet you’ll be required to give out your drivers license identification maybe even your license plate number just like now just to book a Hotel you have to give them your drivers license information…. This is the end of […]

George Orwell obsessed over it during the 1940s, and today legions of privacy advocates feel Orwell’s anguish—loss of privacy leading to loss of identity. The year 1984 has come and gone, but the political philosophy of 1984 seems alive and well as the 21st Century marches forward into a brave new world. via Big Brother […]

These proposed laws are an affront to the very principles on which this country was built “Everyone watching these horrific actions will be struck by how they were organized via social media,” Cameron said. “Free flow of information can be used for good, but it can also be used for ill. So we are working […]

Since Tony Blair’s New Labour government came to power in 1997, the UK civil liberties landscape has changed dramatically. ASBOs were introduced by Section 1 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 and first used in 1999. The right to remain silent is no longer universal. Our right to privacy, free from interception of communications […]