Category Archives: Privacy

Listen to this!

Posted on November 12, 2013 by Fred Stiening

NY Times story mentioned by Alex Jones

Posted in Collapse of America, Individual Liberty, Privacy | 14 Comments

“Healthy” food

Posted on November 8, 2013 by Fred Stiening

So it starts – my relatives decided to fill up my refrigerator in my absence with so-called healthy food. The most preposterous thing is a gallon of all natural “100% juice” apple cider. They apparently didn’t read the nutrition label … Continue reading →

Posted in Art's Big Adventure, Individual Liberty, North Carolina, Privacy, Unauthorized Food | 4 Comments

XKeyScore

Posted on July 31, 2013 by Fred Stiening

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/31/nsa-top-secret-program-online-data So, how does the NSA get data of everything you do on the web if it isn’t being handed over by your ISP? Is your ISP lying to you? Are they using weasel phrases like “except required by law”? … Continue reading →

Posted in American Politics, Privacy | 2 Comments

Password Please

Posted on July 26, 2013 by Fred Stiening

Since the US House seems to have no problem with NSA building a database of every call detail made, it probably won’t be bothered by this either: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57595529-38/feds-tell-web-firms-to-turn-over-user-account-passwords/

Posted in Individual Liberty, Privacy | 5 Comments

EAS to cell phones has arrived

Posted on June 26, 2013 by Fred Stiening

About a week ago, my old iPhone 3GS proudly notified me that my carrier settings had just been updated. This was a little odd since this phone has not had cell service for over a year – I just use … Continue reading →

Posted in Collapse of America, Individual Liberty, Privacy | 10 Comments

Remote Control Roaches

Posted on June 26, 2013 by Fred Stiening

http://www.ecnmag.com/news/2013/06/researchers-use-video-game-tech-steer-roaches-autopilot Okay, so you hook up this gear, and a cockroach can be steered to navigate through tiny openings in buildings and carry a listening device. The purpose of course is one that nobody could object to – rescuing people … Continue reading →

Posted in Collapse of America, Individual Liberty, Privacy | 4 Comments

Goodbye Waze

Posted on June 12, 2013 by Fred Stiening

Google just gets creepier and creepier. “The NSA gathers data on innocent people – I’m shocked, I tell you!” I have an app called Waze – it’s in theory a useful app – it is crowd sourced traffic. It watches … Continue reading →

Posted in Privacy | 9 Comments