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Google was sued by a group of U.K. consumers over claims that the company improperly collected personal data from millions of users of Apple Inc.’s iPhone. The group, called Google You Owe Us, said in a statement Thursday that it was the first case of its kind in the U.K. against a major tech […]
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Privacy Alert: HP Quietly Installs System-Slowing Spyware On Its PCs Without Consent
November 30th, 2017 
Awake Goy November 29, 2017 By Mac Slavo On the heels of Lenovo’s massive $3.5 million fine for pre-installing adware on laptops without users’ consent, Hewlett-Packard is jumping in with both feet when it comes to installing spyware on its PCs without the consumer’s permission. The software, which was first identified on November 15 of this year, is called […]
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No Comments »A Privacy Case Before Supreme Court Is About Press Freedom, Too
November 26th, 2017 Awake Goy Above Photo: From aclu.org For today’s journalists, cellphones are mobile newsrooms that go where a reporter goes. They’re used to contact sources, record interviews, write notes and articles, take photos and videos, share work on social media, follow breaking news, and more. So when the government can access — without a warrant — cellphone location records […]
Reclaim Online Privacy: Alternatives To Facebook, Twitter & Google
October 29th, 2017 Awake Goy Above Photo: Activists hold protest signs during demonstrations against the inauguration of Pres. Donald Trump on January 20, 2017. (Flickr / Joe Catron, CC NC license) Kit O’Connell and Eleanor Goldfield co-wrote this segment of Act Out! Moving on to our main story today … Imagine a police state so bent on repressing dissent that people were targeted by […]
Posted in World News Tags: alternatives, Facebook, google, online, privacy, reclaim, Twitter No Comments »The Big Picture – Viewers respond to lack of internet privacy in U.S.
October 21st, 2017 Awake Goy The Big Picture – Viewers respond to lack of internet privacy in U.S. By The Big Pictureyoutube.com The Big Picture Host, Holland Cooke, responds to Twitter followers comments about Internet privacy, and the me too hash tag that dominated Twitter as women spoke-up about workplace harassment. For more information on the stories we’ve covered visit […]
Posted in World News, World Politics Tags: internet, picture, privacy, respond, viewers No Comments »National facial recognition ‘incompatible with a free society’, privacy groups warn
October 8th, 2017 Awake Goy Privacy groups unite to oppose facial recognition. Photo: EFA Australia’s leading privacy and civil liberties organisations have condemned the decision by the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) to provide all images from state and territory driver’s licence databases to a national facial biometric capability system. These organisations, including the Australian Privacy Foundation, Digital Rights Watch, Queensland Council for […]
Posted in World News Tags: facial, groups, incompatible, national, privacy, recognition, society No Comments »Can The NSA Use Telepathy To Read Your Mind & Invade Your Privacy? A Tweet From Edward Snowden Begs The Question
September 25th, 2017 Awake Goy Next Story As most of you know, Edward Snowden is the former intelligence contractor who leaked the NSA’s mass surveillance program and discovered some of the most solid evidence for the existence of clandestine black budget operations. But did we really need the leak in order to believe this? Prior to his leaks, the issue […]
Posted in World News Tags: edward, invade, privacy, question, snowden, telepathy, tweet No Comments »Biometric features on new iPhone spark safety and privacy concerns: Owners could be forced to open phones against their will
September 22nd, 2017 Awake Goy (Natural News) The iPhone X’s brand new Face ID recognition software has come under scrutiny as experts cautioned that the system might be used to compromise the user’s safety and privacy. The new feature enables users to open their phone by scanning their face. According to technology experts, the new software can be exploited by thieves by […]
Posted in World News Tags: biometric, concerns, features, iPhone, privacy, safety, spark No Comments »California Organizations Use Available Tools to Fight for Privacy
September 13th, 2017 Awake Goy By Michael Maharrey In a previous report, we pointed out that simply passing laws isn’t enough. Ensuring government agencies comply with transparency requirements and limits on surveillance activities takes constant vigilance, pressure and activism. Some organizations in California are doing just that. In an effort to better understand how police in Los Angeles use […]
Posted in World News, World Politics Tags: available, california, fight, organizations, privacy, tools No Comments »Trump Quietly Nominates Mass Surveillance Advocate To “Protect” Your Privacy Rights
September 3rd, 2017 Awake Goy By Carey Wedler Though outrage over mass surveillance swept the United States after Edward Snowden’s revelations in 2013, there is little discussion of these invasive practices just four years later. This apathy comes despite former President Barack Obama’s move to expand to information sharing between agencies just days before Trump took office and after the […]
Posted in World News, World Politics Tags: advocate, nominates, privacy, protect, quietly, Surveillance, Trump No Comments »Microchipping Humans: First They Traded Freedom for Security, Now It’s Privacy for Convenience
August 7th, 2017 Awake Goy August 6, 2017 By Claire Bernish If a steel truth exists in decades of technological innovation, it rests firmly in the convenience provided society — indeed, while the mother of invention had long been named necessity, a prodigious marketplace bolstered iniquitously by acceptance of planned obsolescence ensured materialism had supplanted anything honorable […]
Posted in World News, World Politics Tags: first, Freedom, humans, microchipping, privacy, Security, traded No Comments »New privacy laws will offer Brits ‘right to be forgotten’ from social media
August 7th, 2017 Awake Goy The Data Protection Bill will make it easier for people to find out how companies are using their personal details, including their browsing history. They will then be able to request that posts or pictures be permanently deleted as their “right to be forgotten.” The powers, introduced by Digital Minister Matt Hancock, will mean […]
Russia continues restricting Internet freedom and privacy, now bans VPNs
July 31st, 2017 Awake Goy nsnbc : Russian President Vladimir Putin signed amendments to existing legislation, further strengthening State-control over the Internet. The amendments further restrict access to blocked […]
Privacy International Sues US Government Over Denied Access To Five Eyes Surveillance Agreements
July 15th, 2017 Awake Goy The last thing anyone heard about Five Eyes surveillance partnerships via official channels was more than seven years ago. In the intervening years, leaked documents have shed a little light on the information sharing Five Eyes countries (US, UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand) engage in. But the last Five Eyes agreement released is now […]
Posted in World News Tags: access, agreements, denied, government, international, privacy, Surveillance No Comments »WordPress.com Gets a Perfect Score from the EFF for Digital Privacy Rights
July 11th, 2017 Awake Goy At Automattic, we’re proud of our commitment to fighting for the digital rights of our users and of our work to keep the internet free and open. Today we’re honored to receive another perfect score from the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) in its annual Who Has Your Back? report. The EFF is a well-known nonprofit organization committed […]
Privacy group sues Trump’s voter fraud commission, states data request violates federal law
July 9th, 2017 Awake Goy A privacy watchdog has filed suit to prevent President Donald Trump’s voter fraud commission from collecting voter information. It argues there are no established safeguards to ensure that personal data is protected. The Washington, DC-based Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) requested a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) Monday to block the Presidential Advisory Commission on […]
The Age of No Privacy: The Surveillance State Shifts Into High Gear
July 1st, 2017 Awake Goy John W. Whitehead, GuestWaking Times “We are rapidly entering the age of no privacy, where everyone is open to surveillance at all times; where there are no secrets from government.” ― William O. Douglas, Supreme Court Justice, dissenting in Osborn v. United States, 385 U.S. 341 (1966) The government has become an expert in finding […]
Privacy Organization Urges Congress to Examine FBI’s Secret Biometric ID Program
June 22nd, 2017 Awake Goy June 21, 2017 By Nicholas West While the general public is still in the dark about the arrival of biometric identification that is taking place in nearly every walk of life, even privacy defenders who have been closely following these developments don’t have sufficient information. A shocking report came to light early […]
Posted in World News, World Politics Tags: biometric, Congress, examine, organization, privacy, secret, urges No Comments »Commonwealth Games: QLD Privacy Commissioner slams facial recognition plans as ‘unprecedented’
June 18th, 2017 Awake Goy Privacy concerns as mass biometric roll out planned. Photo: TG Queensland’s Privacy Commissioner has raised concerns over plans to use facial recognition technology to identify suspected ‘terrorists’ during the Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in 2018. Biometric identification technology is set to be deployed on the Gold Coast public transport network early next year, […]
Posted in World News Tags: Commissioner, commonwealth, facial, games, privacy, recognition, slams No Comments »Bill to Protect Internet Privacy Revoked
June 10th, 2017 Awake Goy Law permits internet service providers to sell your private information to others. During the Obama Administration, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved regulations that provided online privacy protections to those who use the internet. President Trump has signed a bill into law that cancels those regulations and could eventually allow internet […]
Twitter takes big step backward in new privacy policy rollout
May 29th, 2017 Awake Goy (Natural News) A new update to Twitter’s privacy policy sees the end of a longstanding pledge to protect user privacy by the firm. Twitter, which has never been profitable, is now taking a more proactive approach toward boosting revenue and it’s coming at the expense of its loyal users. In an effort to improve the […]
Here’s How To Change Your Twitter Settings In Light Of Their New ‘Privacy’ Policy
May 24th, 2017 Awake Goy A Twitter status update box. (Photo: Andy Melton) Since Wednesday, Twitter has been sending out emails and notifications to its over 300 million monthly users to inform them of changes to their privacy policy. The new policy, which goes into effect on June 18, includes changes to data collection, data sharing, and digital advertising. The […]
Posted in World News, World Order, World Politics Tags: change, light, policy, privacy, settings, their, Twitter No Comments »How Valuable is Your Privacy? A Cashless Society Would Transform Your Life
May 20th, 2017 Awake Goy In the past few years, governments around the world have given signs of their wishes to progressively get rid of cash and to some extent become ‘cashless societies’. In their rhetoric, nothing but advantages to it. Today, the transition has already started, with the 500 Euro banknote discontinued, laws making payments in cash more […]
In California, a Failed Fight for Car Owners’ Privacy Rights
May 14th, 2017 Awake Goy Source: Car and Driver California state law permits car owners to cover their legally parked cars to protect them against weather and incidental damage. It’d be easy to assume that, because cars can be covered in their entirety, it would also be perfectly okay for motorists to keep only their license plates covered […]
‘You Betrayed Us’ Billboards Targeting Anti-Privacy Lawmakers Erected
May 7th, 2017 Awake Goy “Members of Congress who help monopolies get richer while undermining our online privacy and attacking net neutrality will soon see that they can’t hide from the public on these issues.” (Photo: Fight for the Future/cc) Billboards targeting legislators who voted to end online privacy measures earlier this year have gone up in key districts, as […]
Posted in World News, World Order, World Politics Tags: betrayed, billboards, erected, lawmakers, privacy, targeting No Comments »NYPD Refuses to Disclose Information About Its Face Recognition Program, So Privacy Researchers Are Suing
May 3rd, 2017 Awake Goy Researchers at Georgetown University law school filed a Freedom of Information lawsuit against the New York City Police Department today for the agency’s refusal to disclose documents about its longstanding use of face recognition technology. The NYPD’s face recognition system, which has operated in the department’s Real Time Crime Center since at least 2011, allows […]
Posted in World News Tags: about, disclose, information, privacy, program, recognition, refuses No Comments »Johns Hopkins Study Shows Fracking May Increase Your Risk of Asthma
July 20th, 2016 Awake Goy Susanne Posel ,Chief Editor Occupy Corporatism | Media Spokesperson, HEALTH MAX Group Researchers from Johns Hopkins University have published a study tying hydraulic fracturing (fracking) to an onset of asthma after a near decade study of people in Pennsylvania. According to the findings, asthmatic treatments were 4 times more common among patients who […]
Posted in World News Tags: digital, facial, privacy, protect, recognition, snapchat, Tech No Comments »Live Off-Grid & Travel In This Beautiful Tiny Home Caravan – Take A Look Inside!
July 4th, 2016 Awake Goy If it was always your dream to live in a tiny home, a travelling caravan, or an off-grid home, then the Wohnwagon (translated as Living Wagon), is definitely for you! Manufactured in Austria, this mobile home is eco-friendly, energy efficient, and can fit within the footprint of a parking spot. The solar powered wagon is […]
Free Prisoners Of Conscience In South Korea
June 5th, 2016 Awake Goy Print Friendly Above photo: Protesters outside the White House, May 18, 2016. Washington, DC – A delegation of three women are currently visiting the United States as representatives of a coalition of social justice and labor organizations called the Corean* Alliance for Independent Reunification and Democracy (CAIRD) on a peace expedition. They are educating activists […]
‘Spying billboards’ trigger calls for investigation
May 4th, 2016 Awake Goy Senator Charles Schumer is calling for a federal investigation by the Federal Trade Commission into Clear Channel’s “spying billboards,” which access the mobile devices of those in close proximity. The billboards use device data to determine the types of ads they display, based on the demographics of passersby, even to the point of whether […]
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