Policy: Tourists to U.S. to be required to provide 5 years of social media posts
This marks the end of social media. We have no idea what they are looking for and can be misconstrued. Only safe option is leaving social media.
“CDC Tracked Millions of Phones to See If Americans Followed COVID Lockdown Orders”
The CDC was obtaining phone tracking data to monitor American’s compliance with lockdown orders, and gradually intended to expand the monitoring for other activities too, unrelated to Covid.
Privacy? “Amazon’s iRobot Deal Is Really About Roomba Mapping Your Home – Bloomberg”
Amazon.com Inc. hasn’t just bought a maker of robot vacuum cleaners. It’s acquired a mapping company. To be more precise: a company that can make maps of your home. Source: Amazon’s iRobot Deal Is Really About Roomba Mapping Your Home – Bloomberg
Employers can and do monitor employees’ social media content
Employers and do monitor employees’ social media posts – and may use that information in consideration of firing.
New York requires applicants to hand over their social media account IDs
Many of recent mass shooters had posted items of concern on social media but none of them had concealed weapons permits. Thus, this would not have stopped any of the recent mass murders. As missed warning signs pile up in investigations of mass killings, New York state is rolling out a novel strategy to screen applicants for gun permits. People seeking to carry concealed handguns will be required to hand over their social media accounts for a review of their…
Chinese researchers say they can use AI to measure party loyalty
Researchers in the eastern Chinese province of Anhui say they have developed a device that can determine loyalty to the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) using facial scans. Source: Chinese researchers develop device they say can test loyalty of ruling party members — Radio Free Asia Says it uses facial recognition and emotion detection AI, combined with EEG and other metrics to determine one’s political party loyalty.
Privacy: George Washington University tracked students’ location on campus
As long as we carry electronic devices with us, we are being tracked and potentially logged in databases.
Privacy: Cell phone tracking data used to discover your political preferences, which could be used against you
Location data may be used to discern the political interests and activities of the cell phone user. This information could be used in ways to intimidate those with political interests contrary to those with power to use this information against you.
Business: Everything about a restaurant menu is designed to trick you into spending more money.
Lengthy descriptions, flowery wording, made up names of farms of origin, the type font used, the order that items appear, the weight of the menu paper, the binding, the colors, the photographs – every aspect of a restaurant menu is working to manipulate your decision.
CNBC’s web site tracking – 262 web trackers and ads blocked on a single page
262 web trackers on a single page?