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The Ending of Privacy As We Know It

Earlier this week, I posted about the use of full-body scanners at work on our streets without any warrants and seemingly without any other rules.  Now, thanks to a columnist at Time magazine, we are...

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Get Ready For The Big Attack On Internet Freedom

The New York Times has an important story today about plans by US authorities to raid and curtail our freedoms on the Internet. Essentially, officials want Congress to require all services that enable...

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The Next Glass Ceiling

More than five million people have seen this video already. I wonder what they thought of it?  This is Corning Glass’s view of the very near future: The thought that materials science melded with...

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Another Win For The Corporations v The People

The idea of individual privacy takes another nose-dive in the US: “A federal magistrate is granting Sony the right to acquire the internet IP addresses of anybody who has visited PlayStation 3 hacker...

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Reason #202 To Avoid Facebook

As I have previously written, there is a vast ocean of reasons for not going near Facebook, and I certainly never do.  Many of those reasons are to do with the security and privacy of YOUR information...

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Why I Am Hydro-Phobic About Meters

As anyone who has followed the news of the last year or so knows, the BC Government is forcing us to have intrusive and very expensive (and potentially dangerous) BC Hydro meters attached to our...

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Avoiding The Surveillance Machine

I don’t own a cell phone or a smart phone or any sort of system like it.  I never have.  I have never felt any need to stay that much in touch with others.  Since the invention of the telephone, we...

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They ARE Watching You

If you were at all unsure about just what the US NSA was tracking about YOUR life, then this long and detailed report in the Guardian should set you straight.  They can and do track everything every...

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American Taliban Redux

My earlier blogs were significantly more concerned with foreign politics than is this one.  In fact, one of the reasons I started Jaksview3 was to escape from the vicious madness of rightwing bloggers...

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Smack Down For The Hypocrites

My favourite tweet of the week, so far, has been this from @evacide:   If you’re outraged about the NSA invading your privacy but you’re ogling Jennifer Lawrence pics right now, please step into my...

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