Posted on 01/18/2024 6:49:33 AM PST by MtnClimber
As long as you don’t buy things like Bibles or contribute to Trump you will still be allowed to fly or fill your tank.
Person of Interest 2011-2016: Season 4 Episode 5
The portrayal of the future in “Person of Interest” mirrors the current state of surveillance and AI technology.
Privacy is dead.
Unless you run very sophisticated defenses, just assume everything you say or do (including online) is being monitored. And even then assume everything you say or do is being monitored.
Just one example: pretty much every smart TV has a microphone and likely a camera that can be turned on remotely.
Another example: how do you think they route your WiFi connection to you? It’s all tracked.
Yet another example: your mobile phone is a tracking device. What, you think your GPS is really ever off? How do you think they know what tower to send the signal to? Even if your device does not have GPS it’s not that hard to figure out where your mobile device is via signal reception by a few towers.
And then people put Alexa and the like in their homes — and pay to be monitored.
That’s just the tip of the iceberg.
What, anyone think everything on Free Republic isn’t being tracked by some three-letter agency?
Heck. They tracked people who bought stuff related to the word “Trump,” the term “MAGA,” buying a Bible, even buying something at a sporting goods store such as Dick’s or Bass Pro, etc.
Be aware and behave accordingly.
My response is to be boring — except being active here. So sure I’m monitored, but it’s worth it to me.
In National Stalking Awareness Month, the police are stalking us.
1. Criminals are being released instead of being convicted and sent to jail.
2. More crime is thus committed and police want more cameras.
3. Big Brother is very pleased.
The FACE Services Unit performs facial recognition searches of FBI databases (e.g., FBI’s NGI-IPS), other federal databases (e.g., Department of State’s Visa Photo File, Department of Defense’s Automated Biometric Identification System, Department of State’s Passport Photo File), and State photo repositories (e.g., select State Departments of Motor Vehicles, criminal mugshots, corrections photos, etc.).
Meanwhile..... drug runners, rapists, gun shooting criminals, sex traffickers, car hijackers are running loose and free in the country???? PATHETIC!!
“The FBI has made significant accuracy advancements with our research partners. At the end of 2017, the FBI finished an internal test of the NGI-IPS algorithm to validate the quoted accuracy of 85%. In 2018, the FBI partnered with the NIST to perform the Facial Recognition Vendor Test (FRVT). Results for algorithms submitted to NIST in February and June 2018 are published as NIST Interagency Report 8238; currently available online at www.NIST.gov. The report details recognition accuracy for 127 algorithms from 45 developers. From this test, the FBI determined a best-fit solution to upgrade its current NGI-IPS algorithm. The selected vendor’s facial recognition algorithm boasted a Rank 1 accuracy of 99.12% and a Rank 50 accuracy of 99.72%.”
If they want to be bored to death they can watch.
That’s Davos this year. AI is an amorphous thing. Can it be punished for hunting you down to “find a crime” without cause? When it violates your rights it can’t be prosecuted. The Beltway Surveillance state is going global now.
“ELSAG ALPR data can now be processed to include the vehicle’s make, type - sedan, SUV, hatchback, pickup, minivan, van, box truck - and general colour - red, blue, green, white and yellow. The solution actively recognizes the 34 most common vehicle brands on U.S. roads.
“Additionally, the software can identify unique vehicle markings like a pedestal spoiler, roof rack, spare tire, bumper sticker or a ride sharing company decal.”
The current legal state allows any information from your phone to be collected by the State.
It would be easy enough to create a privacy app for phones that act as a firewall against access to other information.
Firewalling Apps for Music, Texting, and Phone Calls, Contacts could essentially give you a copyright to anything published within your app.
Opps, I need to add to above - Any information they collect from your Automobiles or other devices.
Thus if inviduals utilized apps that “copywrited” information and also utilized a firewall to prevent leakage....
The best thing is to assume (correctly) that every single thing you write or post online is catalogued and filed away by a multitude of entities.
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