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Category Archives: Police State
CEO Admits Google Street-View Cars Recorded “Millions” of Homeowners’ Wifi Data
The Telegraph (June 4, 2010) reports that Google, which had been caught earlier recording private wifi messages has just ‘fessed up to the seriousness of what it did:
“In an interview with the Financial Times, the search engine’s boss admitted the company could have gained access to the personal details of millions of unsuspecting internet users.
Google is currently at the centre of a global privacy storm after it admitted that its Street View cars had mistakenly collected information Continue reading
Powell Suggests Military Take Over Of Gulf Oil Disaster
We were waiting breathlessly for this:
“Former US secretary of state Colin Powell joined calls for the military to take command of the operation from BP. Powell said the problem was beyond the capacity of BP to solve and the government should bring in “decisive force”. He said: “The military brings organisation, it brings control, it brings assets.”
War has become nation-building and peacetime operations have become warlike…
Everything is a crisis, everything is a war. Everything is about ceding more power to the state, while allowing the “private” sector to dump its costs on the government.
UK Scraps National ID Cards
The British have had it with the national ID card, says this AFP report:
“The new coalition government is to scrap a national identity card scheme introduced by former prime minister Gordon Brown’s administration, it announced Thursday. Continue reading
Brzezinksi: Global Solutions Can Only Come From Concentrated Power
This is a brief but candid glimpse into the mind set of the power elite.
Zbigniew Brzezinski, one of the major technocrats of US dominance in the last twenty years and President Carter’s foreign policy advisor, candidly assesses the world in the light of two new developments:
1. The challenge to the Atlantic world (US-Europe), which constitutes the current global political leadership, from a more diverse group – the developing countries, as well as the second world
2. Greater political awakening among the masses than at any other time in history, which obstructs the ability of the leadership to deal effectively with world-wide turmoil Continue reading
Ruby Ridge: Remembering The Lessons
A 2002 article at the National Review Online revisits Ruby Ridge, which for over 15 years has been a rallying point for libertarians fighting the federal leviathan.
Remember Ruby Ridge: Ten years later, there are still important lessons.
By Timothy Lynch, August 21, 2002Ruby Ridge” used to refer to a geographical location in the state of Idaho, but after an incident that took place there ten years ago today, the phrase has come to refer to a scandalous series of events that opened the eyes of many people to the inner workings of the federal government, including the vaunted Federal Bureau of Investigation. Now that ten years have passed, the feds will accelerate their ongoing effort to “move forward” and have the scandal declared “ancient history.” But the Ruby Ridge episode should not be soon forgotten. Continue reading
Nina Simone Sings “I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free”
The artistic genius of Nina Simone found expression not only in piano playing, singing, and composing (she despised the term ‘jazz’ and always called herself a black classical pianist), but also in passionate activism for civil rights. Simone embodied an individualist and nonconformist spirit that was truly libertarian…. Continue reading
Government Subsidies Are the Problem, Not Undocumented Workers
“Conservatives Should Support Amnesty For Illegal Immigrants,”
The Humble Libertarian, May 5, 2010
Think of it this way: as classical liberals, we understand that a bureaucrat in Washington could not possibly have enough information to correctly regulate the price or quantity of a good or service. This applies to labor markets, and immigration is essentially a function thereof. There’s no way Washington or the state of Arizona can know how much immigration we really need. Continue reading
National Health Service Accounts For 30% of Security Breaches Among UK Organizations
NHS Data Revelations Bode Badly For NPflT
Dylan Sharpe, bigbrotherwatch.org, April 29, 1010
“When Big Brother Watch released our report into the security of confidential medical data – Broken Records – one of our arguments against the number of non-medical personnel having access to patient records was the huge incidence of data loss within the NHS.
Today that fear has been confirmed as – for at the least the second year running – the NHS has topped the list of UK organisations subject to the highest number of data breaches. As reported by the Health Service Journal:
More serious data breaches have taken place within the NHS than any other UK organisation, according to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).
A total of 2897 breaches were reported, accounting for more than 30% of the total number, deputy commissioner David Smith told the Infosec security conference.
The NHS, which is currently introducing digital patient records, said that 113 incidents occurred due to stolen data or hardware, with a further 82 cases of lost data or hardware.
How can we be expected to have faith in the government’s new online programme, when the NHS is incapable of keeping our private data safe now?
The Summary Care Record will provide over half-a-million people with access to our medical records and therefore massively increase the chances of that data falling into the wrong hands.
This latest scandal provides further proof that if you are contacted by the NHS asking for permission to upload your medical records onto the database, take the opportunity and opt out.”
Google Slips Up Again
Few people realize that Google, the company whose motto famously announces, “Don’t Be Evil,” is at the top of lists of privacy offenders. Continue reading