A Sony internet TV: The rise of 'connected' devices in the home offers spies a window into people's lives - CIA director David Petraeus says the technologies will 'transform' surveillance
Posted on 03/20/2012 11:13:10 AM PDT by Neil E. Wright
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When people download a film from Netflix to a flatscreen, or turn on web radio, they could be alerting unwanted watchers to exactly what they are doing and where they are.
Spies will no longer have to plant bugs in your home - the rise of 'connected' gadgets controlled by apps will mean that people 'bug' their own homes, says CIA director David Petraeus.
The CIA claims it will be able to 'read' these devices via the internet - and perhaps even via radio waves from outside the home.
A Sony internet TV: The rise of 'connected' devices in the home offers spies a window into people's lives - CIA director David Petraeus says the technologies will 'transform' surveillance
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Be sure to let me know when software knows what lies in our hearts and souls. People can’t even tell for certain when we are lying to them, what their physical intentions are, and certainly not their tactics and strategy.
To make matters worse, a camera can only see from one angle.
It really doesn’t have to know, it need to only act like it knows to serve their purpose.
Having said that we will soon be seeing computers that can calculate a billion or trillion times faster than what we are using today, they will challenge the bounds of reality. There are patterns to everyones behavior, computers if they have enough data can see the changes and predict responses.No one can foresee what people might do with that kind of tool. If history is any teacher, they won't use it for our good, but theirs only.
I like to think about the Bible in terms of types and shadows, if one were to make that assumption they might see a story in Genesis where God has seen man eat of the forbidden fruit and God declared, let Us remove them from the Garden lest they become Gods like us.
I think we are about to be removed, again.
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