Big Brother...Get Out of My Trash - Time No Longer2024-03-29T00:17:27Zhttps://timenolonger.ning.com/forum/topics/big-brotherget-out-of-my-trash?commentId=5124148%3AComment%3A2681&feed=yes&xn_auth=no"Drones’ Future: Supersonic S…tag:timenolonger.ning.com,2012-06-25:5124148:Comment:215392012-06-25T21:55:53.417ZProdigal Sonhttps://timenolonger.ning.com/profile/ProdigalSon
<p><strong>"Drones’ Future: Supersonic Swarms of Robot Bugs</strong><br></br><br></br><strong>Robotic Flies</strong><br></br><br></br><strong>What: A micro-aviary of drones that look—and fly—like ladybugs, dragonflies, and other insects. Since 2008, George Huang, professor of engineering at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio, has managed to produce a butterfly model with a 5-inch wingspan. “We haven’t done a final version where we declare victory,” Huang says. “I’ll be happy once it’s…</strong></p>
<p><strong>"Drones’ Future: Supersonic Swarms of Robot Bugs</strong><br/><br/><strong>Robotic Flies</strong><br/><br/><strong>What: A micro-aviary of drones that look—and fly—like ladybugs, dragonflies, and other insects. Since 2008, George Huang, professor of engineering at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio, has managed to produce a butterfly model with a 5-inch wingspan. “We haven’t done a final version where we declare victory,” Huang says. “I’ll be happy once it’s fly-sized.”</strong><br/><br/><strong>When: Darpa and the Air Force have already invested in similarly tiny craft, though with no firm time horizon for deployment. Regardless, micro-drones’ potential goes beyond the military. “Police could use them to fly into a drug trafficker’s house,” Huang says. “Or in a nuclear or mining accident, you can send a fly inside to find victims.”</strong><br/><strong>Swarms</strong><br/><br/><strong>What: A swarm of five Frisbee-sized drones equipped with Wi-Fi transmitters that form a kind of aerial Napster. As conceived by Liam Young, cofounder of London-based think tank Tomorrow’s Thoughts Today, they can “appear, broadcast their network, then disperse and re-form in another part of the city.”</strong><br/><br/><strong>When: After a spotty test flight last November (two of the drones crashed into a river), the file-sharing copters are set to take to the sky this summer at a Dublin science festival called Hack the City. Meanwhile, the Pirate Bay has announced that it’s building its own fleet. File-sharing drones, like file-sharing itself, hover in a legal gray zone, but Young’s not shaken by the prospect of prosecution. “We see it as our responsibility to get people talking about this,” he says. Done.</strong>"<br/><br/>full article: <a href="http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/06/ff_futuredrones/" target="_blank">http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/06/ff_futuredrones/</a></p> Americans, Everything You Do…tag:timenolonger.ning.com,2011-05-08:5124148:Comment:76162011-05-08T21:17:23.156ZKathyhttps://timenolonger.ning.com/profile/Kathy
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<div>Hidden Tracking Files Found in iPhone, iPad<br></br>Published: Thursday, 21 Apr 2011 | 5:51 AM ET <br></br>By: Nick Bilton<br></br>The New York Times <br></br>Apple faced questions on Wednesday about the security of its iPhone and iPad after a report that the devices regularly record their locations in a hidden file.<br></br>The report came from a technology conference in San Francisco, where two computer programmers presented research showing that the iPhone and 3G versions of the iPad began logging users’…</div>
<div>Hidden Tracking Files Found in iPhone, iPad<br/>Published: Thursday, 21 Apr 2011 | 5:51 AM ET <br/>By: Nick Bilton<br/>The New York Times <br/>Apple faced questions on Wednesday about the security of its iPhone and iPad after a report that the devices regularly record their locations in a hidden file.<br/>The report came from a technology conference in San Francisco, where two computer programmers presented research showing that the iPhone and 3G versions of the iPad began logging users’ locations a year ago, when Apple updated its mobile operating system.<br/>After customers upgraded the software, a new hidden file began periodically storing location data, apparently gleaned from nearby cellphone towers and Wi-Fi networks, along with the time.<br/>The data is stored on a person’s phone or iPad, but when the device is synced to a computer, the file is copied over to the hard drive, the programmers said. The data is not normally encrypted; although users can encrypt their information when they sync their devices, few do.<br/>To some privacy advocates, the storing of the data was a clear breach.<br/>“The secretive collection of location data crosses the privacy line,” said Marc Rotenberg, executive director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center, a privacy policy organization based in Washington.<br/>“Apple should know better than to track iPhone users in this way.” Others said the discovery of the hidden file was unlikely to have a major practical impact on privacy and security.<br/>“It is more symbolic than anything else,” said Tim O’Reilly, a longtime technology pundit and founder of O’Reilly Media.<br/>“It is one more sign of how devices are collecting data about us and potentially sharing it with others. This is the future. We have to figure out how to deal with it.” <br/>Law enforcement officials can already get this type of location information from cellphone companies, Mr. O’Reilly said; there are, however, conflicting rulings in federal courts about whether they need a search warrant.<br/>But sitting on a home computer, the data could now be more vulnerable to access by hackers or others, he said. And information about a person’s locations over time could be accessible to strangers if a phone or iPad was lost or if it was attacked by malware.<br/>The news of what appeared to be a security problem immediately ricocheted across the Internet as bloggers on technology and Apple-centered sites debated the many questions left unanswered by the report.<br/>It is unclear, for example, whether Apple is gaining access to the information in any way. It is also unclear how precise the location data is and why it is being stored at all.<br/>The programmers said they had asked Apple’s product security team about their findings but did not receive a response. Apple also did not respond to a request for comment from The New York Times.<br/>The report even attracted attention from political figures, like Senator Al Franken, Democrat of Minnesota, who sent Apple’s chief executive, Steven P. Jobs, a letter asking why Apple was “secretly compiling” the data and what it would be used for.Some privacy experts said the issue was not the legality of storing this information but whether Apple was playing fair with its customers.<br/>“Collecting this data is not illegal, but it does matter whether or not this is explicitly spelled out in Apple’s terms of use,” said Christina Gagnier, a lawyer specializing in privacy and copyright.<br/>“Apple constantly changes their privacy policy, and it’s questionable whether most users are aware this is happening.” <br/>Apple has an obligation to its customers to allow them to opt out of being tracked, said Ian Glazer of Gartner Research, who is a director in the company’s identity and privacy group.<br/>“There is no way to really turn this tracking off,” he said. “It needs to be visually obvious, or in the settings, to see that this is happening on your phone.” <br/>Alasdair Allan and Pete Warden presented the paper at the O’Reilly Where 2.0 conference, a gathering of experts on location technology.<br/>Mr. Allan said in a blog post that beyond the issue of storing the information is the question of “how Apple intends to use it — or not.” <br/>Mr. Allan, who has written books that teach people how to program, also said that the data being collected would be transferred to a new product when customers buy a new phone or iPad, and then sync it.<br/>Mr. Warden, a former Apple employee, posted a free downloadable application on his Web site for Mac computers that allows users to see their stored location data on a map.<br/>Whatever the privacy implications, the report was a burst of bad publicity for Apple on a day when it again reported stellar earnings results.<br/>“It doesn’t matter how Apple explains its way out of this, just the fact that consumers know that their phone is being tracked is a very big deal,” said Chenxi Wang, a vice president of Forrester Research who specializes in security and risk.<br/>Miguel Helft and John Markoff contributed reporting.</div>
<div><a href="http://www.cnbc.com/id/42697611">http://www.cnbc.com/id/42697611</a></div> Trash collectors to serve as…tag:timenolonger.ning.com,2010-12-17:5124148:Comment:37942010-12-17T22:39:07.000ZKathyhttps://timenolonger.ning.com/profile/Kathy
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<p><span style="font-size: medium;">Trash collectors to serve as eyes and ears in the street for police</span></p>
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<p>Waste Management workers are out and about when almost everyone else is not. Except someone who might be up to no good.</p>
<p>A former FBI agent recently trained all Waste Management drivers, helpers and technicians in Rensselaer and Albany Counties to act as a mobile community watch.</p>
<p>"They're on these routes every day so they're used to the normal…</p>
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<p><span style="font-size: medium;">Trash collectors to serve as eyes and ears in the street for police</span></p>
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<p>Waste Management workers are out and about when almost everyone else is not. Except someone who might be up to no good.</p>
<p>A former FBI agent recently trained all Waste Management drivers, helpers and technicians in Rensselaer and Albany Counties to act as a mobile community watch.</p>
<p>"They're on these routes every day so they're used to the normal situation so they are able to recognize a non-normal situation," explains Ken Bevis of Waste Management. Trucks are now armed with a cell phone, camera and incident reports so they'll have accurate information for police and, possibly, prosecutors.</p>
<p>"The drivers understand their main job is to observe and report and let authorities do their job," explains Bevis.</p>
<p>The extra set of eyes and ears in the street is appreciated because even cops know they can't be everywhere, all the time.</p>
<p>"The old adage is 'where's a cop when you you need one?' Now it will be where's a cop or DGS or Waste Management when you need one," says Albany Police Chief Steve Krokoff.</p>
<p>"Waste Watch" is free to municipalities and the Capital Region is the first area in New York state to benefit from the program.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40707906"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40707906</span></span></span></a></p> things like the trashtastroph…tag:timenolonger.ning.com,2010-08-28:5124148:Comment:27232010-08-28T14:20:08.000ZBeanhttps://timenolonger.ning.com/profile/BornAgainNerd
things like the trashtastrophe and tracking trends tend to bring to mind the phrase <a href="http://lotr.wikia.com/wiki/Orc">"filthy orcs"</a>.<br />
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"Any more than 10% recyclables in the regular trash (by volume) gets a fine of $100. "<br />
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by volume.. so one too many empty gallon jugs could get a dissenting dis-carder a fine that works out to about 10,000 times the cost of the cast-out container.. but it's not just the flagrant disregard for what is right which recalls to mind the merciless orcs of…
things like the trashtastrophe and tracking trends tend to bring to mind the phrase <a href="http://lotr.wikia.com/wiki/Orc">"filthy orcs"</a>.<br />
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"Any more than 10% recyclables in the regular trash (by volume) gets a fine of $100. "<br />
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by volume.. so one too many empty gallon jugs could get a dissenting dis-carder a fine that works out to about 10,000 times the cost of the cast-out container.. but it's not just the flagrant disregard for what is right which recalls to mind the merciless orcs of Middle Earth.. the leaders of dark orc army also practiced manipulation..<br />
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"Houston and Los Angeles have programs with RecycleBank, in which residents affix an RFID tag to their own trash bin. Each household has an account, matched to an RFID tag. The trucks that pick up the bins weigh them and tally up points that can be redeemed at local businesses. Usually the points are some kind of discount or gift card, says Melody Serafino, spokesperson for RecycleBank."<br />
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always making a gain from others willingness to sell out..<br />
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"European cities have embraced the technology as well, says Mark Scaparro, executive vice president of Sales at HID Global, an Irvine, Calif.-based vendor that makes the RFID chips. [...] Scaparro says the use of the chips is growing. His company has shipped some 5 million to 8 million units per year to Europe, and the principal markets are Germany and France"<br />
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"In Germany [no surprise there], where RFIDs were first widely used, there was a single type and frequency used around the country. That isn't true in the U.S., so the makers have to be more careful about what frequencies they use."<br />
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"HID uses a passive RFID that is only activated when it gets a signal. The signal is at 125 megahertz, but there is a push to use other, higher frequencies that don't transmit as far.."<br />
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i imagine it wouldn't take much coaxing to turn those so-called 'passive' chips aggressive.. Big Bro is in more than just…tag:timenolonger.ning.com,2010-08-27:5124148:Comment:27042010-08-27T01:30:36.000ZKathyhttps://timenolonger.ning.com/profile/Kathy
Big Bro is in more than just your trash.<br />
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The Government Can Use GPS to Track Your Moves<br />
"It is a dangerous decision — one that, as the dissenting judges warned, could turn America into the sort of totalitarian state imagined by George Orwell. It is particularly offensive because the judges added insult to injury with some shocking class bias: the little personal privacy that still exists, the court suggested, should belong mainly to the rich."…
Big Bro is in more than just your trash.<br />
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The Government Can Use GPS to Track Your Moves<br />
"It is a dangerous decision — one that, as the dissenting judges warned, could turn America into the sort of totalitarian state imagined by George Orwell. It is particularly offensive because the judges added insult to injury with some shocking class bias: the little personal privacy that still exists, the court suggested, should belong mainly to the rich."<br />
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<a href="http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2013150,00.html" target="_blank">http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2013150,00.html</a> "It's just a piece of forbidd…tag:timenolonger.ning.com,2010-08-26:5124148:Comment:26812010-08-26T20:38:08.000ZBeanhttps://timenolonger.ning.com/profile/BornAgainNerd
"It's just a piece of forbidden fruit.. no big deal" - Eve to Satan, in the Garden of Eden, just before the Fall of the Entire Race of Mankind.<br />
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the "little things" that matter are totally backwards these days.. as you wrote, gnats, like RFID-equipped garbage cans, are being strained.. while the obese camels of disregard for the environment are passing through unchecked..<br />
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meanwhile, simple seeds of truth like "don't eat forbidden fruit" are firmly planted only by the wayside, waiting to…
"It's just a piece of forbidden fruit.. no big deal" - Eve to Satan, in the Garden of Eden, just before the Fall of the Entire Race of Mankind.<br />
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the "little things" that matter are totally backwards these days.. as you wrote, gnats, like RFID-equipped garbage cans, are being strained.. while the obese camels of disregard for the environment are passing through unchecked..<br />
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meanwhile, simple seeds of truth like "don't eat forbidden fruit" are firmly planted only by the wayside, waiting to blossom and be understood by passing wanderers who have dissented from the satanic-paved road most traveled.<br />
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the little things that matter in life have not changed since the beginning.. the simple things.. the uncomplicated things.. things (perhaps in the near future) like "Who is your Master?" a simple question that can be verbally answered, and even lied about, but which can only be witnessed as true through action.<br />
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the actions required in accepting a simple truth are huge camels today.. people are assured that if they feel something, it must be foundational to believing something.. the differences between a person who recycles because they "feel bad for the environment" or "feel scared for the future" etc., and a person who refuses to buy GMO crops because they "know" they are bad not only for the environment, but for so many other reasons..<br />
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the least of reasons not being that the Creator did not establish GMO crops, but did give a law against them when He commanded that only like kinds were to be bred.. mixing some spider genes into a tomato plant might seem like "no big deal" but it is no different at the core than mixing some fallen angel DNA into a human being.<br />
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true, people are thinking backwards instead of straight, with minds that the enemy has well-cultivated, so that they readily receive the many varieties of propaganda.. but hopefully there will be a surge of people who are willing to not only say the right things, but to actually do them (yes, it's a very long long-shot).. maybe like Ninevah..<br />
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for most RFID chipped trash receptacles may seem like a drop in the bucket compared to something like roaming vans equipped with mobile naked body scanners.. but refusing to participate in something that seems small is just as important as refusing to participate in something that seems big since every choice at its core is simple 'right' or 'wrong'.<br />
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personally i think the magnetic disabling is kind of funny and wondered how many times a chip would be replaced before suspicion arose (if it wasn't already present of course)<br />
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i agree, now is a great time to individually practice civil disobedience and resist the Beast one choice at a time, remembering that the Creator has established an answer to every choices, and all those right decisions and actions count.<br />
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"Humanity is endowed with certain inalienable rights which are by nature the gift of their Creator, not a government privilege."<br />
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"See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is." Ephesians 5:15-18<br />
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hopefully more and more will 'redeem the time' in more and more ways.. one good way is to refuse to participate in Satan's system.. even (and especially) the seeming "little things" involved in that, things like using spying trash bins.. and eating forbidden fruit.