activistpost--2020-07-01--Edmond de Rothschild Achieves 4-year Goals for Sustainable Development

Every global elite group that you can imagine has thrown their full weight behind Sustainable Development , aka Technocracy .
All central banks , all global corporations , all elite families , all major political structures , etc .
As Alfred E. Neuman proclaimed , “ What , me worry ?
” ⁃ Technocracy News & Trends Editor , Patrick Wood The Edmond de Rothschild Group publishes its sixth Sustainability Report , which reflects how sustainable development challenges are integrated in all the Group ’ s activities .
Edmond de Rothschild is a conviction-driven investment house that favors strategies and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ combining long-term performance and impact .
The 2019 report provides a comprehensive view of its ongoing progress and its continuous engagement to reach its 2020 objectives for sustainable development .
It features performance results and examples across its unique ecosystem .
• 96 % of our open funds and dedicated SRI funds have calculated their carbon footprint • 111 mill .
USD AUM managed in our Responsible Investment Mandate for private clients • 2.75 bn .
USD of private equity assets are managed with the integration of Environmental , Social and Governance ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hours of training on Ethics & Compliance subjects delivered Developing the talents and qualities of internal entrepreneurs to serve our transformation • 100 % of employees attended at least one training programme • Almost 6,000 training hours delivered within the leadership development programme • 35,000 trees planted in small local farms of Nicaragua since 2017 through our Insetting programme • 25 % reduction in the carbon footprint per employee since 2014 Collaborating with the Edmond de Rothschild Foundations* in societal engagements • 60 employees committed to various philanthropic programmes in 2019 • More @ @ @ @ @ @ @ expertise The Group is a member of the United Nations Global Compact since 2011 .
This report represents its Communication on Progress ( COP ) and outlines its contributions to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals ( UNSDGs ) .
It was prepared by conforming as much as possible to the Global Reporting Initiative ( GRI ) standards Key performance indicators were verified by PricewaterhouseCoopers , a member of the PwC international network .
ABOUT EDMOND DE ROTHSCHILD As a conviction-driven investment house founded upon the belief that wealth should be used to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ de Rothschild specialises in Private Banking and Asset Management and serves an international clientele of families , entrepreneurs and institutional investors .
The group is also active in Corporate Finance , Private Equity , Real Estate and Fund Services .
With a resolutely family-run nature , Edmond de Rothschild has the independence necessary to propose bold strategies and long-term investments , rooted in the real economy .
Created in 1953 , the Group now has CHF 173 billion ( € 160 billion ) in assets under management , 2,600 employees and 32 locations @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Foundations are a network of 10 private foundations under the leadership of Ariane and Benjamin de Rothschild .
They are entirely separate and independent from the Edmond de Rothschild Group .
In 2017 , over 30 projects have been supported and developed by the Edmond de Rothschild Foundations .
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Every global elite group that you can imagine has thrown their full weight behind Sustainable Development, aka Technocracy. All central banks, all global corporations, all elite families, all major political structures, etc. As Alfred E. Neuman proclaimed, “What, me worry?” ⁃ Technocracy News & Trends Editor, Patrick Wood
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The Edmond de Rothschild Group publishes its sixth Sustainability Report, which reflects how sustainable development challenges are integrated in all the Group’s activities.
Edmond de Rothschild is a conviction-driven investment house that favors strategies and investments rooted in the real economy, combining long-term performance and impact.
The 2019 report provides a comprehensive view of its ongoing progress and its continuous engagement to reach its 2020 objectives for sustainable development. It features performance results and examples across its unique ecosystem.
2019 REPORT HIGHLIGHTS
Supporting innovation for responsible investment
23 bn. USD assets under management (AUM) in Responsible Investment
96% of our open funds and dedicated SRI funds have calculated their carbon footprint
111 mill. USD AUM managed in our Responsible Investment Mandate for private clients
2.75 bn. USD of private equity assets are managed with the integration of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) considerations
Ensuring ethical and responsible behaviour
More than 16,000 hours of training on Ethics & Compliance subjects delivered
Developing the talents and qualities of internal entrepreneurs to serve our transformation
100% of employees attended at least one training programme
Almost 6,000 training hours delivered within the leadership development programme
Managing the environmental impact
35,000 trees planted in small local farms of Nicaragua since 2017 through our Insetting programme
25% reduction in the carbon footprint per employee since 2014
Collaborating with the Edmond de Rothschild Foundations* in societal engagements
60 employees committed to various philanthropic programmes in 2019
More than 20 start-ups benefitted from our employees expertise
The Group is a member of the United Nations Global Compact since 2011. This report represents its Communication on Progress (COP) and outlines its contributions to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs). It was prepared by conforming as much as possible to the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) standards Key performance indicators were verified by PricewaterhouseCoopers, a member of the PwC international network.
ABOUT EDMOND DE ROTHSCHILD
As a conviction-driven investment house founded upon the belief that wealth should be used to build the world of tomorrow, Edmond de Rothschild specialises in Private Banking and Asset Management and serves an international clientele of families, entrepreneurs and institutional investors. The group is also active in Corporate Finance, Private Equity, Real Estate and Fund Services. With a resolutely family-run nature, Edmond de Rothschild has the independence necessary to propose bold strategies and long-term investments, rooted in the real economy.
Created in 1953, the Group now has CHF 173 billion (€ 160 billion) in assets under management, 2,600 employees and 32 locations worldwide.
* The Edmond de Rothschild Foundations are a network of 10 private foundations under the leadership of Ariane and Benjamin de Rothschild. They are entirely separate and independent from the Edmond de Rothschild Group. In 2017, over 30 projects have been supported and developed by the Edmond de Rothschild Foundations. To find out more about these and other projects click here.
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activistpost--2020-07-01--U.S. Senators Introduce Bill to Study Military Aviators’ Cancer Risk from EMF, Non-Ionizing and Ioni

U.S. Senators Introduce Bill to Study Military Aviators’ Cancer Risk from EMF, Non-Ionizing and Ionizing Radiation

In 1971 , The U.S .
Naval Medical Research Institute had already determined that exposure to non-ionizing radiation ( also referred to as cell phone and wireless radiation ) was biologically harmful .
In 1984 , the U.S. EPA warned about various significant human health risks from exposure .
In 1985 , CNN reported that Electromagnetic Fields ( EMF ) had been used in weapons for what they described as “ mind control ” .
More research since then has emerged – some of it funded by the American government .
In fact , in 2011 the World Health Organization @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” .
Last year , WHO also issued new scary warnings about high levels of EMF in 1st world countries potentially affecting 30 % of the population .
Earlier this year , the agency asked for new health reviews of the “ possible carcinogen ” classification .
U.S .
Naval fighter pilots seem to be aware of the potential for harm from exposure .
Last year they blamed it for contributing to cancer and death within their service members .
Thanks to these U.S. senators for introducing legislation to investigate their concerns .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ ll eventually introduce it for the rest of us .
Activist Post reports regularly about illnesses caused by exposure to all sources of Electromagnetic Radiation aka Electrosmog .
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By B.N. Frank
In 1971, The U.S. Naval Medical Research Institute had already determined that exposure to non-ionizing radiation (also referred to as cell phone and wireless radiation) was biologically harmful. In 1984, the U.S. EPA warned about various significant human health risks from exposure. In 1985, CNN reported that Electromagnetic Fields (EMF) had been used in weapons for what they described as “mind control”.
More research since then has emerged – some of it funded by the American government. In fact, in 2011 the World Health Organization classified exposure as a “possible carcinogen”. Last year, WHO also issued new scary warnings about high levels of EMF in 1st world countries potentially affecting 30% of the population. Earlier this year, the agency asked for new health reviews of the “possible carcinogen” classification.
U.S. Naval fighter pilots seem to be aware of the potential for harm from exposure. Last year they blamed it for contributing to cancer and death within their service members. Thanks to these U.S. senators for introducing legislation to investigate their concerns. If we’re lucky, they’ll eventually introduce it for the rest of us.
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activistpost--2020-07-01--SWAT Team Blows Up Family’s Home in Search of a SHOPLIFTER—Supreme Court Says So What

Greenwood Village , CO – By refusing to hear a tragic case in which police officers in Greenwood Village , Colorado , destroyed a private residence while pursuing a suspected shoplifter the Supreme Court has seemingly granted police new powers for which they will not be held accountable .
They can now apparently completely destroy your home and they will not have to pay for it .
That ’ s what happened to Leo Lech ’ s home in 2015 after a shoplifter — accused of stealing a shirt — illegally entered his home , forcing Greenwood Village SWAT to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with explosives .
Last year , as TFTP reported , a federal court refused to grant the homeowners any compensation .
This was in spite of the fact that the family had no connection to the theft , never allowed the thief in their home , and broke no law prior to police destroying their home .
After receiving this news in October , the family held out hope for their chances in the Supreme Court .
This week , however , all those chances turned to ash as the land ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ case .
As Reason points out , this is despite the fact that the Takings Clause of the 5th Amendment is supposed to protect citizens from having their property taken or destroyed by the government without being justly compensated for that loss .
So much for that pesky piece of paper called the Constitution… .
“ The simple rule of the Constitution is that the government can not arbitrarily single out private citizens to bear the costs of something that should rightly be the burden of society as a whole , ” said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Justice , the public interest law firm that represented the Lechs , in a statement .
“ If the government requires a piece of property to be destroyed , then the government should pay for it—and that ’ s just as true regardless of whether the people doing the destroying are the local school board or the local police.
” The 19-hour standoff ended with the suspect being taken into custody , but not before the home , as TFTP previously reported , was destroyed .
The place looked like it was hit @ @ @ @ @ @ @ windows were intact , and the doors were blown off their hinges .
The Lech family ’ s possessions were completely destroyed , left in tatters after the SWAT team showed no concern for the home nor its belongings .
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Initially , the Lech family was offered $ 5,000 in housing assistance and insurance deductible compensation , a far cry from what it would take to simply raze the home , let alone rebuild it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ but the court ruled what happened to the home did not amount to eminent domain and was simply a result of a police matter .
Therefore , the city was under no obligation to condemn the home nor rebuild it .
In other words , apart from the $ 5,000 , Lech was getting nothing else .
Lech commented in 2015 : In 2017 , after being offered the $ 5,000 , Lech had this to say .
Lech appealed the decision to a higher court but in October was denied , yet @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this week as the Supreme Court refused to hear his case .
Sadly , it wasn ’ t only Leo who was affected by this government-sanction destruction of private property .
Leo Lech was renting the destroyed home to his son John , his girlfriend , and their son .
Far from being a tenant in a rental home , when police destroyed all of John ’ s possessions along with his dwelling , he says he was forced to live with his parents , find another job , and force his son @ @ @ @ @ @ @ which ensued from the SWAT melee which included an estimated 50 officers , truly caused the family an enormous amount of discomfort the family says .
And , rightfully so , they are upset , to say the least .
On Tuesday , Lech told the Washington Post : “ Property rights are the foundation of our rights , ” said IJ President and General Counsel Scott Bullock .
“ The court ’ s ruling that government officials can purposefully destroy someone ’ s home without owing a dime in compensation is not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and it is un-American .
The Institute for Justice is committed to seeing it overturned , for the Lechs and for the protection of property owners across America.
” It ’ s true America .
We don ’ t know whether to categorize it as the effects of a Police State or Judicial Tyranny , but one man ’ s quest to get his home rebuilt by the very police department which completely destroyed it with grenades , explosives , gas canisters , battering rams , and an armored personnel carrier ( typically @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in defeat .
In the land of the free , the cops can now destroy your home completely and you ’ ll be left to pick up the pieces .
Matt Agorist is an honorably discharged veteran of the USMC and former intelligence operator directly tasked by the NSA .
This prior experience gives him unique insight into the world of government corruption and the American police state .
Agorist has been an independent journalist for over a decade and has been featured on mainstream networks around the world .
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By Matt Agorist
Greenwood Village, CO – By refusing to hear a tragic case in which police officers in Greenwood Village, Colorado, destroyed a private residence while pursuing a suspected shoplifter the Supreme Court has seemingly granted police new powers for which they will not be held accountable. They can now apparently completely destroy your home and they will not have to pay for it. That’s what happened to Leo Lech’s home in 2015 after a shoplifter — accused of stealing a shirt — illegally entered his home, forcing Greenwood Village SWAT to go room by room ransacking the place with explosives.
Last year, as TFTP reported, a federal court refused to grant the homeowners any compensation. This was in spite of the fact that the family had no connection to the theft, never allowed the thief in their home, and broke no law prior to police destroying their home. After receiving this news in October, the family held out hope for their chances in the Supreme Court.
This week, however, all those chances turned to ash as the land’s highest court refused to even hear their case.
As Reason points out, this is despite the fact that the Takings Clause of the 5th Amendment is supposed to protect citizens from having their property taken or destroyed by the government without being justly compensated for that loss.
So much for that pesky piece of paper called the Constitution….
“The simple rule of the Constitution is that the government cannot arbitrarily single out private citizens to bear the costs of something that should rightly be the burden of society as a whole,” said attorney Jeffrey Redfern of the Institute for Justice, the public interest law firm that represented the Lechs, in a statement. “If the government requires a piece of property to be destroyed, then the government should pay for it—and that’s just as true regardless of whether the people doing the destroying are the local school board or the local police.”
The 19-hour standoff ended with the suspect being taken into custody, but not before the home, as TFTP previously reported, was destroyed. The place looked like it was hit with a bulldozer. None of the windows were intact, and the doors were blown off their hinges. The Lech family’s possessions were completely destroyed, left in tatters after the SWAT team showed no concern for the home nor its belongings. According to the DailyMail:
Greenwood (police) fired gas munition and 40-millimeter rounds through the windows of his home in the June 2015 standoff with the shoplifter who had barricaded himself inside. Cops even went as far as driving an armored vehicle through the doors, tossed flash-bang grenades inside and detonated explosives in the walls of the property.
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Initially, the Lech family was offered $5,000 in housing assistance and insurance deductible compensation, a far cry from what it would take to simply raze the home, let alone rebuild it. Leo Lech sued the city, but the court ruled what happened to the home did not amount to eminent domain and was simply a result of a police matter. Therefore, the city was under no obligation to condemn the home nor rebuild it. In other words, apart from the $5,000, Lech was getting nothing else. Lech commented in 2015:
If you look at the photos of Osama Bin Laden’s compound, I would say his house looks better than mine does.
In 2017, after being offered the $5,000, Lech had this to say.
If you take private property for the public good, you have to pay the owner just compensation. $5,000 is not just compensation.
Lech appealed the decision to a higher court but in October was denied, yet again. His last hopes were crushed this week as the Supreme Court refused to hear his case.
Sadly, it wasn’t only Leo who was affected by this government-sanction destruction of private property.
Leo Lech was renting the destroyed home to his son John, his girlfriend, and their son. Far from being a tenant in a rental home, when police destroyed all of John’s possessions along with his dwelling, he says he was forced to live with his parents, find another job, and force his son to attend another school. The chaos which ensued from the SWAT melee which included an estimated 50 officers, truly caused the family an enormous amount of discomfort the family says. And, rightfully so, they are upset, to say the least. On Tuesday, Lech told the Washington Post:
It just goes to show that they can blow up your house, throw you out on the streets and say, ‘See you later. Deal with it,’…What happened to us should never happen in this country, ever.
“Property rights are the foundation of our rights,” said IJ President and General Counsel Scott Bullock. “The court’s ruling that government officials can purposefully destroy someone’s home without owing a dime in compensation is not just wrong. It is dangerous, and it is un-American. The Institute for Justice is committed to seeing it overturned, for the Lechs and for the protection of property owners across America.”
It’s true America. We don’t know whether to categorize it as the effects of a Police State or Judicial Tyranny, but one man’s quest to get his home rebuilt by the very police department which completely destroyed it with grenades, explosives, gas canisters, battering rams, and an armored personnel carrier (typically used by the military), ended in defeat.
In the land of the free, the cops can now destroy your home completely and you’ll be left to pick up the pieces.
Source: The Free Thought Project
Matt Agorist is an honorably discharged veteran of the USMC and former intelligence operator directly tasked by the NSA. This prior experience gives him unique insight into the world of government corruption and the American police state. Agorist has been an independent journalist for over a decade and has been featured on mainstream networks around the world. Agorist is also the Editor at Large at the Free Thought Project. Follow @MattAgorist on Twitter, Steemit, and now on Minds.
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activistpost--2020-07-01--James Corbett Discusses The Great Reset

James Corbett Discusses The Great Reset

James joins Dave Cullen of the Computing Forever channel to discuss the coronavirus crisis , the great reset , the @ @ @ @ @ of the other chaos that is sweeping the globe in 2020 .
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# NewWorldNextWeek • U.N. Chief Guterres Calls for One Supreme Body of @ @ @ @ @ A Special Edition of Path Forward with Bill and Melinda Gates • ROADMAP FOR THE @ @ @ @ @ EUROPEAN COMMISSION BASED ON THE COMMISSION COMMUNICATION AND THE COUNCIL RECOMMENDATION ON STRENGTHENING COOPERATION AGAINST @ @ @ @ @ ’ re not going back to normal – MIT Technology Review Subscribe to Activist Post @ @ @ @ @ and freedom news .
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By The Corbett Report
James joins Dave Cullen of the Computing Forever channel to discuss the coronavirus crisis, the great reset, the Gates-sponsored vaccines, and all of the other chaos that is sweeping the globe in 2020.
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activistpost--2020-07-01--Meijer Stops Accepting Cash As Nationwide Coin Shortage Erupts

We recently penned a piece on a developing nationwide coin shortage sparked by the virus pandemic .
As a result of the shortage , at least one major supermarket chain has removed the ability to pay in cash at self-scan checkout machines .
Meijer Inc. , a supermarket chain based in the Midwest , with corporate headquarters in Walker , Michigan , announced last Friday , that self-scan checkout machines at 250 supercenters would only accept credit or debit cards , SNAP and EBT cards , and gift cards .
“ While we understand this effort may be frustrating to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ told ABC12 News Team .
“ It ’ s necessary to manage the impact of the coin shortage on our stores.
” Fed Chair Powell admitted to lawmakers last week that The Fed has been rationing coins as the circulation of coins across the US economy ground to a halt due to the pandemic .
See : 177 Different Ways to Generate Extra Income He said the shortage was due to the mass business closures that prevented people from spending their coins , as well as a lack of places that are open @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bills .
“ We ’ ve been aware of it , we ’ re working with the Mint to increase supply , we ’ re working with the reserve banks to get the supply to where it needs to be , ” Powell said , adding he expected the problem to be temporary .
Americans Googling “ coin shortage ” started to erupt in the back half of June and has since hit a record high .
Mainly people in Midwest states are searching for the search term .
Google search “ coin @ @ @ @ @ @ @ t limited to Meijer stores but is widespread .
Social media users report the shortage is happening at many big-box retailers .
Is this a sly move to ban cash transactions in favor of credit cards under the guise of a coronavirus-related issue ?
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By Tyler Durden
We recently penned a piece on a developing nationwide coin shortage sparked by the virus pandemic. As a result of the shortage, at least one major supermarket chain has removed the ability to pay in cash at self-scan checkout machines.
Meijer Inc., a supermarket chain based in the Midwest, with corporate headquarters in Walker, Michigan, announced last Friday, that self-scan checkout machines at 250 supercenters would only accept credit or debit cards, SNAP and EBT cards, and gift cards.
They're probably all in the fountains. A national coin shortage? @meijer? 🤔🤨🤷🏼♀ pic.twitter.com/rzKe68WBqw — Silvia A. Mansoor (@SilviaMansoor) June 30, 2020
“While we understand this effort may be frustrating to some customers,” spokesman Frank Guglielmi told ABC12 News Team. “It’s necessary to manage the impact of the coin shortage on our stores.”
Fed Chair Powell admitted to lawmakers last week that The Fed has been rationing coins as the circulation of coins across the US economy ground to a halt due to the pandemic.
“What’s happened is that with the partial closure of the economy, the flow of coins through the economy … it’s kind of stopped,” Powell told lawmakers.
He said the shortage was due to the mass business closures that prevented people from spending their coins, as well as a lack of places that are open where people can trade coins for paper bills.
“We’ve been aware of it, we’re working with the Mint to increase supply, we’re working with the reserve banks to get the supply to where it needs to be,” Powell said, adding he expected the problem to be temporary.
Americans Googling “coin shortage” started to erupt in the back half of June and has since hit a record high. Mainly people in Midwest states are searching for the search term.
Google search “coin shortage” shows the issue isn’t limited to Meijer stores but is widespread.
Social media users report the shortage is happening at many big-box retailers.
🙏♥✌ Meijer not accepting cash at self check out due to coin shortagehttps://t.co/eHL0nUqAqc — Long Haired Hippie Rebel 🕉 (@lbox327) June 30, 2020
Coin shortage?
Yeah right….. Ya think there might be something else going on behind the scenes that the media aren't talking about?🤔 https://t.co/o37H3KmReC pic.twitter.com/z8j8FjtygE — MajorTom🚀✈⚡🇳🇿🇦🇺☧ (@MajorTomXRP) June 28, 2020
Coin shortage? Guess we getting our news from @cvspharmacy in 2020 pic.twitter.com/sXdQSQAk7l — Aaron Soriano (@aaroninbrooklyn) June 26, 2020
My job…. now where in the hell is the coins going? pic.twitter.com/Le8k1ApFeH — woo. (@i_INTIMIDATE_uu) June 27, 2020
Is this a sly move to ban cash transactions in favor of credit cards under the guise of a coronavirus-related issue?
Source: Zerohedge
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activistpost--2020-07-01--Inside the Invasive, Secretive “Bossware” Tracking Workers

COVID-19 has pushed millions of people to work from home , and a flock of companies offering software for tracking workers has swooped in to pitch their products to employers across the country .
The services often sound relatively innocuous .
Some vendors bill their tools as “ automatic time tracking ” or “ workplace analytics ” software .
Others market to companies concerned about data breaches or intellectual property theft .
We ’ ll call these tools , collectively , “ bossware.
” While aimed at helping employers , bossware puts workers ’ privacy and security at risk by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ gathering information for lawsuits , and using other spying features that go far beyond what is necessary and proportionate to manage a workforce .
This is not OK .
When a home becomes an office , it remains a home .
Workers should not be subject to nonconsensual surveillance or feel pressured to be scrutinized in their own homes to keep their jobs .
What can they do ?
Bossware typically lives on a computer or smartphone and has privileges to access data about everything that happens on that device .
Most bossware @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that the user does .
We looked at marketing materials , demos , and customer reviews to get a sense of how these tools work .
There are too many individual types of monitoring to list here , but we ’ ll try to break down the ways these products can surveil into general categories .
The broadest and most common type of surveillance is “ activity monitoring.
” This typically includes a log of which applications and websites workers use .
It may include who they email or message—including subject lines and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ social media .
Most bossware also records levels of input from the keyboard and mouse—for example , many tools give a minute-by-minute breakdown of how much a user types and clicks , using that as a proxy for productivity .
Productivity monitoring software will attempt to assemble all of this data into simple charts or graphs that give managers a high-level view of what workers are doing .
Every product we looked at has the ability to take frequent screenshots of each worker ’ s device , and some provide direct , live @ @ @ @ @ @ @ raw image data is often arrayed in a timeline , so bosses can go back through a worker ’ s day and see what they were doing at any given point .
Several products also act as a keylogger , recording every keystroke a worker makes , including unsent emails and private passwords .
A couple even let administrators jump in and take over remote control of a user ’ s desktop .
These products usually don ’ t distinguish between work-related activity and personal account credentials , bank data , or medical @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , reaching into the physical world around a worker ’ s device .
Companies that offer software for mobile devices nearly always include location tracking using GPS data .
At least two services—StaffCop Enterprise and CleverControl—let employers secretly activate webcams and microphones on worker devices .
There are , broadly , two ways bossware can be deployed : as an app that ’ s visible to ( and maybe even controllable by ) the worker , or as a secret background process that workers can ’ t see .
Most companies we looked @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their software either way .
Sometimes , workers can see the software that is surveilling them .
They may have the option to turn the surveillance on or off , often framed as “ clocking in ” and “ clocking out.
” Of course , the fact that a worker has turned off monitoring will be visible to their employer .
For example , with Time Doctor , workers may be given the option to delete particular screenshots from their work session .
However , deleting a screenshot will also delete the associated @ @ @ @ @ @ @ credit for the time during which they are monitored .
Workers may be given access to some , or all , of the information that ’ s collected about them .
Crossover , the company behind WorkSmart , compares its product to a fitness tracker for computer work .
Its interface allows workers to see the system ’ s conclusions about their own activity presented in an array of graphs and charts .
Different bossware companies offer different levels of transparency to workers .
Some give workers access to all , or most @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have .
Others , like Teramind , indicate that they are turned on and collecting data , but don ’ t reveal everything they ’ re collecting .
In either case , it can often be unclear to the user what data , exactly , is being collected , without specific requests to their employer or careful scrutiny of the software itself .
The majority of companies that build visible monitoring software also make products that try to hide themselves from the people they ’ re monitoring .
Teramind , Time Doctor , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s designed to be as difficult to detect and remove as possible .
At a technical level , these products are indistinguishable from stalkerware .
In fact , some companies require employers to specifically configure antivirus software before installing their products , so that the worker ’ s antivirus won ’ t detect and block the monitoring software ’ s activity .
This kind of software is marketed for a specific purpose : monitoring workers .
However , most of these products are really just general purpose monitoring tools .
StaffCop offers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for monitoring children ’ s use of the Internet at home , and ActivTrak states that their software can also be used by parents or school officials to monitor kids ’ activity .
Customer reviews for some of the software indicate that many customers do indeed use these tools outside of the office .
Most companies that offer invisible monitoring recommend that it only be used for devices that the employer owns .
However , many also offer features like remote and “ silent ” installation that can load monitoring software on worker @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their devices are outside the office .
This works because many employers have administrative privileges on computers they distribute .
But for some workers , the company laptop they use is their only computer , so company monitoring is ever-present .
There is great potential for misuse of this software by employers , school officials , and intimate partners .
And the victims may never know that they are subject to such monitoring .
The table below shows the monitoring and control features available from a small sample of bossware vendors .
This @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and may not be representative of the industry as a whole ; we looked at companies that were referred to in industry guides and search results that had informative publicly-facing marketing materials .
The worker surveillance business is not new , and it was already quite large before the outbreak of a global pandemic .
While it ’ s difficult to assess how common bossware is , it ’ s undoubtedly become much more common as workers are forced to work from home due to COVID-19 .
Awareness Technologies , which owns InterGuard @ @ @ @ @ @ @ base by over 300 % in just the first few weeks after the outbreak .
Many of the vendors we looked at exploit COVID-19 in their marketing pitches to companies .
Some of the biggest companies in the world use bossware .
Hubstaff customers include Instacart , Groupon , and Ring .
Time Doctor claims 83,000 users ; its customers include Allstate , Ericsson , Verizon , and Re/Max .
ActivTrak is used by more than 6,500 organizations , including Arizona State University , Emory University , and the cities of Denver and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ do not disclose information about their customers , but claim to serve clients in industries like health care , banking , fashion , manufacturing , and call centers .
Customer reviews of monitoring software give more examples of how these tools are used .
We don ’ t know how many of these organizations choose to use invisible monitoring , since the employers themselves don ’ t tend to advertise it .
In addition , there isn ’ t a reliable way for workers themselves to know , since so much invisible software @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Some workers have contracts that authorize certain kinds of monitoring or prevent others .
But for many workers , it may be impossible to tell whether they ’ re being watched .
Workers who are concerned about the possibility of monitoring may be safest to assume that any employer-provided device is tracking them .
What is the data used for ?
Bossware vendors market their products for a wide variety of uses .
Some of the most common are time tracking , productivity tracking , compliance with data protection laws , and IP @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be valid : for example , companies that deal with sensitive data often have legal obligations to make sure data isn ’ t leaked or stolen from company computers .
For off-site workers , this may necessitate a certain level of on-device monitoring .
But an employer should not undertake any monitoring for such security purposes unless they can show it is necessary , proportionate , and specific to the problems it ’ s trying to solve .
Unfortunately , many use cases involve employers wielding excessive power over workers .
Perhaps the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are designed for “ productivity monitoring ” or enhanced time tracking—that is , recording everything that workers do to make sure they ’ re working hard enough .
Some companies frame their tools as potential boons for both managers and workers .
Collecting information about every second of a worker ’ s day isn ’ t just good for bosses , they claim—it supposedly helps the worker , too .
Other vendors , like Work Examiner and StaffCop , market themselves directly to managers who don ’ t trust their staff .
These @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to performance metrics derived from their products .
Some firms also market their products as punitive tools , or as ways to gather evidence for potential worker lawsuits .
InterGuard advertises that its software “ can be silently and remotely installed , so you can conduct covert investigations [ of your workers ] and bullet-proof evidence gathering without alarming the suspected wrongdoer.
” This evidence , it continues , can be used to fight “ wrongful termination suits.
” In other words , InterGuard can provide employers with an astronomical amount of private @ @ @ @ @ @ @ workers ’ legal recourse against unfair treatment .
None of these use cases , even the less-disturbing ones discussed above , warrant the amount of information that bossware usually collects .
And nothing justifies hiding the fact that the surveillance is happening at all .
Most products take periodic screenshots , and few of them allow workers to choose which ones to share .
This means that sensitive medical , banking , or other personal information are captured alongside screenshots of work emails and social media .
Products that include keyloggers are even @ @ @ @ @ @ @ capturing passwords to workers ’ personal accounts .
Work Examiner ’ s description of its Keylogging feature , specifically highlighting its ability to capture private passwords .
Unfortunately , excessive information collection often isn ’ t an accident , it ’ s a feature .
Work Examiner specifically advertises its product ’ s ability to capture private passwords .
Another company , Teramind , reports on every piece of information typed into an email client—even if that information is subsequently deleted .
Several products also parse out strings of text from private messages @ @ @ @ @ @ @ know the most intimate details of workers ’ personal conversations .
Let ’ s be clear : this software is specifically designed to help employers read workers ’ private messages without their knowledge or consent .
By any measure , this is unnecessary and unethical .
What can you do ?
Under current U.S. law , employers have too much leeway to install surveillance software on devices they own .
In addition , little prevents them from coercing workers to install software on their own devices ( as long as the surveillance can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Different states have different rules about what employers can and can ’ t do .
But workers often have limited legal recourse against intrusive monitoring software .
That can and must change .
As state and national legislatures continue to adopt consumer data privacy laws , they must also establish protections for workers with respect to their employers .
To start : • Surveillance of workers—even on employer-owned devices—should be necessary and proportionate .
• Tools should minimize the information they collect , and avoid vacuuming up personal data like private messages @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the right to know what exactly their managers are collecting .
• And workers need a private right of action , so they can sue employers that violate these statutory privacy protections .
In the meantime , workers who know they are subject to surveillance— and feel comfortable doing so—should engage in conversations with their employers .
Companies that have adopted bossware must consider what their goals are , and should try to accomplish them in less-intrusive ways .
Bossware often incentivizes the wrong kinds of productivity—for example , forcing people to jiggle @ @ @ @ @ @ @ instead of reading or pausing to think .
Constant monitoring can stifle creativity , diminish trust , and contribute to burnout .
If employers are concerned about data security , they should consider tools that are specifically tailored to real threats , and which minimize the personal data caught up in the process .
Many workers won ’ t feel comfortable speaking up , or may suspect that their employers are monitoring them in secret .
If they are unaware of the scope of monitoring , they should consider that work devices may @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to passwords .
If possible , they should avoid using work devices for anything personal .
And if workers are asked to install monitoring software on their personal devices , they may be able to ask their employers for a separate , work-specific device from which private information can be more easily siloed away .
Finally , workers may not feel comfortable speaking up about being surveilled out of concern for staying employed in a time with record unemployment .
A choice between invasive and excessive monitoring and joblessness is not really a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ new stresses on us all , and it is likely to fundamentally change the ways we work as well .
However , we must not let it usher in a new era of even-more-pervasive monitoring .
We live more of our lives through our devices than ever before .
That makes it more important than ever that we have a right to keep our digital lives private—from governments , tech companies , and our employers .
Bennett is an engineer on the Tech Projects team , where he works on Privacy Badger and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was at Access Now and MIT , and he has a Master ’ s of Engineering for work on privacy-preserving machine learning .
He cares about privacy , transparency , data ownership , and digital equity .
He wishes ad companies would kindly stop tracking everyone .
Outside of work he has hobbies and likes fun .
Karen Gullo is an award-winning writer who has reported on public affairs , business , government , and law for more than a decade .
As a reporter for Bloomberg News from 2002 to 2015 , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s legal challenge over FBI national security letters , in addition to writing about court battles over government surveillance , the fight to legalize gay marriage in California , concerns over how social media companies use customers ’ confidential information , the Barry Bonds perjury trial , and much more .
Before joining Bloomberg , Karen was a reporter for The Associated Press in Washington covering politics—including the 2000 presidential election and the Justice Department—as well as campaign finance and federal contracting practices as a member of an investigative reporting team .
Karen @ @ @ @ @ @ @ journalism awards , including the Jesse H. Neal Award Business Journalism Award and the San Francisco Peninsula Press Club ’ s excellence in journalism awards .
She is a native of Chicago and resides in San Francisco .
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By Bennett Cyphers and Karen Gullo
COVID-19 has pushed millions of people to work from home, and a flock of companies offering software for tracking workers has swooped in to pitch their products to employers across the country.
The services often sound relatively innocuous. Some vendors bill their tools as “automatic time tracking” or “workplace analytics” software. Others market to companies concerned about data breaches or intellectual property theft. We’ll call these tools, collectively, “bossware.” While aimed at helping employers, bossware puts workers’ privacy and security at risk by logging every click and keystroke, covertly gathering information for lawsuits, and using other spying features that go far beyond what is necessary and proportionate to manage a workforce.
This is not OK. When a home becomes an office, it remains a home. Workers should not be subject to nonconsensual surveillance or feel pressured to be scrutinized in their own homes to keep their jobs.
What can they do?
Bossware typically lives on a computer or smartphone and has privileges to access data about everything that happens on that device. Most bossware collects, more or less, everything that the user does. We looked at marketing materials, demos, and customer reviews to get a sense of how these tools work. There are too many individual types of monitoring to list here, but we’ll try to break down the ways these products can surveil into general categories.
The broadest and most common type of surveillance is “activity monitoring.” This typically includes a log of which applications and websites workers use. It may include who they email or message—including subject lines and other metadata—and any posts they make on social media. Most bossware also records levels of input from the keyboard and mouse—for example, many tools give a minute-by-minute breakdown of how much a user types and clicks, using that as a proxy for productivity. Productivity monitoring software will attempt to assemble all of this data into simple charts or graphs that give managers a high-level view of what workers are doing.
Every product we looked at has the ability to take frequent screenshots of each worker’s device, and some provide direct, live video feeds of their screens. This raw image data is often arrayed in a timeline, so bosses can go back through a worker’s day and see what they were doing at any given point. Several products also act as a keylogger, recording every keystroke a worker makes, including unsent emails and private passwords. A couple even let administrators jump in and take over remote control of a user’s desktop. These products usually don’t distinguish between work-related activity and personal account credentials, bank data, or medical information.
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Some bossware goes even further, reaching into the physical world around a worker’s device. Companies that offer software for mobile devices nearly always include location tracking using GPS data. At least two services—StaffCop Enterprise and CleverControl—let employers secretly activate webcams and microphones on worker devices.
There are, broadly, two ways bossware can be deployed: as an app that’s visible to (and maybe even controllable by) the worker, or as a secret background process that workers can’t see. Most companies we looked at give employers the option to install their software either way.
Visible monitoring
Sometimes, workers can see the software that is surveilling them. They may have the option to turn the surveillance on or off, often framed as “clocking in” and “clocking out.” Of course, the fact that a worker has turned off monitoring will be visible to their employer. For example, with Time Doctor, workers may be given the option to delete particular screenshots from their work session. However, deleting a screenshot will also delete the associated work time, so workers only get credit for the time during which they are monitored.
Workers may be given access to some, or all, of the information that’s collected about them. Crossover, the company behind WorkSmart, compares its product to a fitness tracker for computer work. Its interface allows workers to see the system’s conclusions about their own activity presented in an array of graphs and charts.
Different bossware companies offer different levels of transparency to workers. Some give workers access to all, or most, of the information that their managers have. Others, like Teramind, indicate that they are turned on and collecting data, but don’t reveal everything they’re collecting. In either case, it can often be unclear to the user what data, exactly, is being collected, without specific requests to their employer or careful scrutiny of the software itself.
Invisible monitoring
The majority of companies that build visible monitoring software also make products that try to hide themselves from the people they’re monitoring. Teramind, Time Doctor, StaffCop, and others make bossware that’s designed to be as difficult to detect and remove as possible. At a technical level, these products are indistinguishable from stalkerware. In fact, some companies require employers to specifically configure antivirus software before installing their products, so that the worker’s antivirus won’t detect and block the monitoring software’s activity.
This kind of software is marketed for a specific purpose: monitoring workers. However, most of these products are really just general purpose monitoring tools. StaffCop offers a version of their product specifically designed for monitoring children’s use of the Internet at home, and ActivTrak states that their software can also be used by parents or school officials to monitor kids’ activity. Customer reviews for some of the software indicate that many customers do indeed use these tools outside of the office.
Most companies that offer invisible monitoring recommend that it only be used for devices that the employer owns. However, many also offer features like remote and “silent” installation that can load monitoring software on worker computers, without their knowledge, while their devices are outside the office. This works because many employers have administrative privileges on computers they distribute. But for some workers, the company laptop they use is their only computer, so company monitoring is ever-present. There is great potential for misuse of this software by employers, school officials, and intimate partners. And the victims may never know that they are subject to such monitoring.
The table below shows the monitoring and control features available from a small sample of bossware vendors. This isn’t a comprehensive list, and may not be representative of the industry as a whole; we looked at companies that were referred to in industry guides and search results that had informative publicly-facing marketing materials.
Table: Common surveillance features of bossware products
How common is bossware?
The worker surveillance business is not new, and it was already quite large before the outbreak of a global pandemic. While it’s difficult to assess how common bossware is, it’s undoubtedly become much more common as workers are forced to work from home due to COVID-19. Awareness Technologies, which owns InterGuard, claimed to have grown its customer base by over 300% in just the first few weeks after the outbreak. Many of the vendors we looked at exploit COVID-19 in their marketing pitches to companies.
Some of the biggest companies in the world use bossware. Hubstaff customers include Instacart, Groupon, and Ring. Time Doctor claims 83,000 users; its customers include Allstate, Ericsson, Verizon, and Re/Max. ActivTrak is used by more than 6,500 organizations, including Arizona State University, Emory University, and the cities of Denver and Malibu. Companies like StaffCop and Teramind do not disclose information about their customers, but claim to serve clients in industries like health care, banking, fashion, manufacturing, and call centers. Customer reviews of monitoring software give more examples of how these tools are used.
We don’t know how many of these organizations choose to use invisible monitoring, since the employers themselves don’t tend to advertise it. In addition, there isn’t a reliable way for workers themselves to know, since so much invisible software is explicitly designed to evade detection. Some workers have contracts that authorize certain kinds of monitoring or prevent others. But for many workers, it may be impossible to tell whether they’re being watched. Workers who are concerned about the possibility of monitoring may be safest to assume that any employer-provided device is tracking them.
What is the data used for?
Bossware vendors market their products for a wide variety of uses. Some of the most common are time tracking, productivity tracking, compliance with data protection laws, and IP theft prevention. Some use cases may be valid: for example, companies that deal with sensitive data often have legal obligations to make sure data isn’t leaked or stolen from company computers. For off-site workers, this may necessitate a certain level of on-device monitoring. But an employer should not undertake any monitoring for such security purposes unless they can show it is necessary, proportionate, and specific to the problems it’s trying to solve.
Unfortunately, many use cases involve employers wielding excessive power over workers. Perhaps the largest class of products we looked at are designed for “productivity monitoring” or enhanced time tracking—that is, recording everything that workers do to make sure they’re working hard enough. Some companies frame their tools as potential boons for both managers and workers. Collecting information about every second of a worker’s day isn’t just good for bosses, they claim—it supposedly helps the worker, too. Other vendors, like Work Examiner and StaffCop, market themselves directly to managers who don’t trust their staff. These companies often recommend tying layoffs or bonuses to performance metrics derived from their products.
Marketing material from Work Examiner’s home page, https://www.workexaminer.com/
Some firms also market their products as punitive tools, or as ways to gather evidence for potential worker lawsuits. InterGuard advertises that its software “can be silently and remotely installed, so you can conduct covert investigations [of your workers] and bullet-proof evidence gathering without alarming the suspected wrongdoer.” This evidence, it continues, can be used to fight “wrongful termination suits.” In other words, InterGuard can provide employers with an astronomical amount of private, secretly-gathered information to try to quash workers’ legal recourse against unfair treatment.
None of these use cases, even the less-disturbing ones discussed above, warrant the amount of information that bossware usually collects. And nothing justifies hiding the fact that the surveillance is happening at all.
Most products take periodic screenshots, and few of them allow workers to choose which ones to share. This means that sensitive medical, banking, or other personal information are captured alongside screenshots of work emails and social media. Products that include keyloggers are even more invasive, and often end up capturing passwords to workers’ personal accounts.
Work Examiner’s description of its Keylogging feature, specifically highlighting its ability to capture private passwords.
Unfortunately, excessive information collection often isn’t an accident, it’s a feature. Work Examiner specifically advertises its product’s ability to capture private passwords. Another company, Teramind, reports on every piece of information typed into an email client—even if that information is subsequently deleted. Several products also parse out strings of text from private messages on social media so that employers can know the most intimate details of workers’ personal conversations.
Let’s be clear: this software is specifically designed to help employers read workers’ private messages without their knowledge or consent. By any measure, this is unnecessary and unethical.
What can you do?
Under current U.S. law, employers have too much leeway to install surveillance software on devices they own. In addition, little prevents them from coercing workers to install software on their own devices (as long as the surveillance can be disabled outside of work hours). Different states have different rules about what employers can and can’t do. But workers often have limited legal recourse against intrusive monitoring software.
That can and must change. As state and national legislatures continue to adopt consumer data privacy laws, they must also establish protections for workers with respect to their employers. To start:
Surveillance of workers—even on employer-owned devices—should be necessary and proportionate.
Tools should minimize the information they collect, and avoid vacuuming up personal data like private messages and passwords.
Workers should have the right to know what exactly their managers are collecting.
And workers need a private right of action, so they can sue employers that violate these statutory privacy protections.
In the meantime, workers who know they are subject to surveillance— and feel comfortable doing so—should engage in conversations with their employers. Companies that have adopted bossware must consider what their goals are, and should try to accomplish them in less-intrusive ways. Bossware often incentivizes the wrong kinds of productivity—for example, forcing people to jiggle their mouse and type every few minutes instead of reading or pausing to think. Constant monitoring can stifle creativity, diminish trust, and contribute to burnout. If employers are concerned about data security, they should consider tools that are specifically tailored to real threats, and which minimize the personal data caught up in the process.
Many workers won’t feel comfortable speaking up, or may suspect that their employers are monitoring them in secret. If they are unaware of the scope of monitoring, they should consider that work devices may collect everything—from web history to private messages to passwords. If possible, they should avoid using work devices for anything personal. And if workers are asked to install monitoring software on their personal devices, they may be able to ask their employers for a separate, work-specific device from which private information can be more easily siloed away.
Finally, workers may not feel comfortable speaking up about being surveilled out of concern for staying employed in a time with record unemployment. A choice between invasive and excessive monitoring and joblessness is not really a choice at all.
COVID-19 has put new stresses on us all, and it is likely to fundamentally change the ways we work as well. However, we must not let it usher in a new era of even-more-pervasive monitoring. We live more of our lives through our devices than ever before. That makes it more important than ever that we have a right to keep our digital lives private—from governments, tech companies, and our employers.
Source: EFF.org
Bennett is an engineer on the Tech Projects team, where he works on Privacy Badger and HTTPS Everywhere. Before EFF, Bennett was at Access Now and MIT, and he has a Master’s of Engineering for work on privacy-preserving machine learning. He cares about privacy, transparency, data ownership, and digital equity. He wishes ad companies would kindly stop tracking everyone. Outside of work he has hobbies and likes fun.
Karen Gullo is an award-winning writer who has reported on public affairs, business, government, and law for more than a decade. As a reporter for Bloomberg News from 2002 to 2015, Karen broke the story of Google’s legal challenge over FBI national security letters, in addition to writing about court battles over government surveillance, the fight to legalize gay marriage in California, concerns over how social media companies use customers’ confidential information, the Barry Bonds perjury trial, and much more. Before joining Bloomberg, Karen was a reporter for The Associated Press in Washington covering politics—including the 2000 presidential election and the Justice Department—as well as campaign finance and federal contracting practices as a member of an investigative reporting team. Karen is the recipient of national and local journalism awards, including the Jesse H. Neal Award Business Journalism Award and the San Francisco Peninsula Press Club’s excellence in journalism awards. She is a native of Chicago and resides in San Francisco.
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activistpost--2020-07-02--The War On Cash – COVID Edition Part II

The War On Cash – COVID Edition Part II

It doesn ’ t require too dark an imagination to realize the gravity of the concerns over the digital yuan .
China is a true pioneer when it comes surveillance , censorship and political oppression and the digital age has given an incredibly efficient and effective arsenal to the state .
Adding money to that toolkit was a move that was planned for many years and it is abundantly clear how useful a tool it can be for any totalitarian regime .
The ability to track citizens ’ transactions , access their financial data , control and freeze the account @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , it all opens the door to the ultimate oppression : total control over private resources , over people ’ s livelihoods and their capacity to cover their basic needs .
But we don ’ t even have to wait for the first signs of abuse of the system .
As part of the government ’ s COVID relief spending packages , digital vouchers were loaded to Chinese citizens ’ smartphones to encourage them to spend in their local stores .
According to Dr. Shirley Yu , visiting fellow at the London School @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Chinese government to trace the usage of these coupons , ” and they “ allow the government to know which sector is most helped , who uses it and where money is actually spent ” .
Of course , if the government has access to data that allows them check if their policies were well transmitted and if the money was spent as they intended , they can also use that data to check and trace any transactions for any other purpose .
Xu Yuan , a senior researcher with Peking University @ @ @ @ @ @ @ highlighted the regulatory benefits of making all cash flow in society traceable .
“ In theory , following the launch of the digital yuan , there will be no transaction that regulatory authorities will not be able to see – cash flows will be completely traceable , ” Xu said in an interview .
Of course , this thought is scary enough on its own , but it becomes infinitely more terrifying when those that control the system have a very long track record of abuse and blatant disregard for basic rights and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ most oft-repeated argument in our “ civilized ” Western democracies , right before some terrible governmental abuse of power takes place , or before some new restrictive law or overarching regulation gets passed that limits individual citizens ’ rights .
A lot of people thought that the PATRIOT Act could never get passed , that banking secrecy would always be respected , and that there ’ s no way we ’ d ever see a global economic shutdown by decree .
By comparison , a digital fiat currency is not really that far-fetched @ @ @ @ @ @ @ banks apart from the PBOC are already actively working on it .
As for the possibility of digital currencies and payments systems being enforced , most central bank officials and politicians in the West seem to be quite confident .
In a recent interview , Philadelphia Federal Reserve bank president Patrick Harker said a real-time digital payments option was “ inevitable ” , while the chief of the Bank for International Settlements also recognized that central banks will need to issue their own digital currencies soon .
During the corona relief debates in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , advocated for the stimulus payments to be distributed thought a digital dollar wallet .
The so-called ‘ FedAccount ’ program , with the Federal Reserve responsible for overseeing it , would offer free bank accounts to receive money and make payments .
See : 177 Different Ways to Generate Extra Income As for the EU , for many years there has been very strong support for the development of a digital single market .
According to a recent European Parliament Briefing , “ There is no pan-EU retail payment method to date @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , as there is no European card scheme .
This is a source of concern for the European Central Bank ( ECB ) … .
Thus , the ECB is calling for a European payment strategy to change this situation.
” This is by all accounts the next step in the centralization and integration plan of the Union , and this couldn ’ t be a better time for it to materialize .
Given the decline in public trust after the EU ’ s handling of the corona crisis , financial “ integration @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tie the members tighter together and to force all citizens into a common digital economy , centrally planned and managed .
So , if we accept that digital currencies are inevitable and arguably their emergence has been accelerated by the corona crisis , the real question is who controls them , who issues and distributes them , and who determines their value .
We stand at a historic crossroads and the answer to these questions can determine the kind of future we ’ ll wake up to .
It can be a very @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with governments and centralized institutions .
In this scenario , money will retain all the flaws and vulnerabilities of today ’ s fiat currencies , only its digital nature will amplify them to an unimaginable extent .
The privacy violations of today will become simply unstoppable , a mere fact of life , while disastrous monetary policies , like negative rates , so far only cushioned by the individuals ’ ability to sidestep them through physical cash , will be forcibly and uniformly transmitted throughout the economy .
On the other hand , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ if we take the other path , towards decentralization , free competition and individual financial sovereignty .
If we instead choose to break the state monopoly of money and allow private digital currencies to compete , a myriad of different solutions will emerge to serve a myriad of different needs .
Savings can be accommodated though physical gold-backed digital currencies , real assets can be tokenized to facilitate and secure physical property sales , specialized cryptocurrencies can offer privacy and untraceable transactions .
Far from a pipe dream , many solutions like these @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the making .
There is therefore a choice about what kind of future we want and it is us , as individuals , that must make it .
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By Claudio Grass
The digital “toll”
It doesn’t require too dark an imagination to realize the gravity of the concerns over the digital yuan. China is a true pioneer when it comes surveillance, censorship and political oppression and the digital age has given an incredibly efficient and effective arsenal to the state. Adding money to that toolkit was a move that was planned for many years and it is abundantly clear how useful a tool it can be for any totalitarian regime. The ability to track citizens’ transactions, access their financial data, control and freeze the account of anyone that presents a potential threat, it all opens the door to the ultimate oppression: total control over private resources, over people’s livelihoods and their capacity to cover their basic needs.
But we don’t even have to wait for the first signs of abuse of the system. As part of the government’s COVID relief spending packages, digital vouchers were loaded to Chinese citizens’ smartphones to encourage them to spend in their local stores. According to Dr. Shirley Yu, visiting fellow at the London School of Economics: “Digital coupons allow the Chinese government to trace the usage of these coupons,” and they “allow the government to know which sector is most helped, who uses it and where money is actually spent”. Of course, if the government has access to data that allows them check if their policies were well transmitted and if the money was spent as they intended, they can also use that data to check and trace any transactions for any other purpose.
Xu Yuan, a senior researcher with Peking University’s Digital Finance Research Centre, highlighted the regulatory benefits of making all cash flow in society traceable. “In theory, following the launch of the digital yuan, there will be no transaction that regulatory authorities will not be able to see – cash flows will be completely traceable,” Xu said in an interview. Of course, this thought is scary enough on its own, but it becomes infinitely more terrifying when those that control the system have a very long track record of abuse and blatant disregard for basic rights and liberties.
“It could never happen here”
That’s probably the most oft-repeated argument in our “civilized” Western democracies, right before some terrible governmental abuse of power takes place, or before some new restrictive law or overarching regulation gets passed that limits individual citizens’ rights. A lot of people thought that the PATRIOT Act could never get passed, that banking secrecy would always be respected, and that there’s no way we’d ever see a global economic shutdown by decree. By comparison, a digital fiat currency is not really that far-fetched. In fact, about 20 central banks apart from the PBOC are already actively working on it. As for the possibility of digital currencies and payments systems being enforced, most central bank officials and politicians in the West seem to be quite confident.
In a recent interview, Philadelphia Federal Reserve bank president Patrick Harker said a real-time digital payments option was “inevitable”, while the chief of the Bank for International Settlements also recognized that central banks will need to issue their own digital currencies soon. During the corona relief debates in the US, Democratic Senator Sherrod Brown, advocated for the stimulus payments to be distributed thought a digital dollar wallet. The so-called ‘FedAccount’ program, with the Federal Reserve responsible for overseeing it, would offer free bank accounts to receive money and make payments.
As for the EU, for many years there has been very strong support for the development of a digital single market. According to a recent European Parliament Briefing, “There is no pan-EU retail payment method to date (other than cash in euros), as there is no European card scheme. This is a source of concern for the European Central Bank (ECB)…. Thus, the ECB is calling for a European payment strategy to change this situation.” This is by all accounts the next step in the centralization and integration plan of the Union, and this couldn’t be a better time for it to materialize. Given the decline in public trust after the EU’s handling of the corona crisis, financial “integration” could be a valuable tool to tie the members tighter together and to force all citizens into a common digital economy, centrally planned and managed.
A fork in the road
So, if we accept that digital currencies are inevitable and arguably their emergence has been accelerated by the corona crisis, the real question is who controls them, who issues and distributes them, and who determines their value. We stand at a historic crossroads and the answer to these questions can determine the kind of future we’ll wake up to. It can be a very bleak one, if the power remains with governments and centralized institutions. In this scenario, money will retain all the flaws and vulnerabilities of today’s fiat currencies, only its digital nature will amplify them to an unimaginable extent. The privacy violations of today will become simply unstoppable, a mere fact of life, while disastrous monetary policies, like negative rates, so far only cushioned by the individuals’ ability to sidestep them through physical cash, will be forcibly and uniformly transmitted throughout the economy.
On the other hand, the future could instead be bright, if we take the other path, towards decentralization, free competition and individual financial sovereignty. If we instead choose to break the state monopoly of money and allow private digital currencies to compete, a myriad of different solutions will emerge to serve a myriad of different needs. Savings can be accommodated though physical gold-backed digital currencies, real assets can be tokenized to facilitate and secure physical property sales, specialized cryptocurrencies can offer privacy and untraceable transactions. Far from a pipe dream, many solutions like these already exist, while others are in the making. There is therefore a choice about what kind of future we want and it is us, as individuals, that must make it.
PART 1: The COVID Crisis Supercharged the War on Cash
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activistpost--2020-07-02--Donald Trump Partners with the Gates-Funded Global Vaccine Alliance

Derrick Broze examines a recent video from the Global Vaccine Alliance and Donald Trump .
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Derrick Broze examines a recent video from the Global Vaccine Alliance and Donald Trump. Still think Trump will protect you from mandatory vaccines?
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activistpost--2020-07-02--Firearms Background Checks Hit All-Time High In June

A record 3.93 million firearms background checks were run in June , the highest volume since the inception of the National Instant Criminal Background Check System ( NICS ) in 1988 , and over one million more than June , 2019 .
Last month ’ s figure eclipses the previous record of 3.31 million in December , 2015 , according to Bloomberg , citing FBI data .
And according to The Trace , “ all four weeks of June rank among the six busiest weeks NICS has ever recorded.
” The record jump comes amid national chaos , as BLM @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , a black man who died after a white police officer knelt on his neck for over eight minutes , has frequently featured looting and riots .
It also comes as former Vice President Joe Biden has experienced a jump in polling against President Trump .
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That said , while background checks are the best approximation of how many guns have been sold in a given month , it may be an inaccurate indicator – as a single check can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ non-purchase reasons for running one – such as permit applications , according to The Trace .
Private gun sales are also excluded .
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- Trends & Strategies for Maximum Freedom According to Small Arms Analytics , a consulting firm , the June background check figure translates to approximately 2.4 million gun sales .
Handguns accounted for a larger share of sales than ever before , continuing several months of steady increases @ @ @ @ @ @ @ USA Today reported that gun sales had increased in several of the states that shuttered dealers , as many shops defied stay-at-home orders .
All five of those states — Massachusetts , New York , Michigan , New Mexico , and Washington — have now allowed guns dealers to resume some business .
–The Trace Meanwhile , anti 2nd Amendment groups “ Moms Demand Action ” and “ Everytown for Gun Safety ” are utterly triggered by the record background checks .
“ Polls show that the ongoing surge in American gun sales @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the number of Americans who want stronger gun law , ” said John Feinblatt , president of Everytown for Gun Safety .
“ If lawmakers are serious about public safety , they will take immediate action to ensure that a background check is completed before every single gun sale , even if that takes longer than the current federal limit of just three days.
” After leftist calls to defund the police – which have stopped responding to some of the most dangerous parts of US cities in recent weeks – leaving residents @ @ @ @ @ @ @ guessing any arguments for gun grabbing have fallen on deaf ears .
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By Tyler Durden
A record 3.93 million firearms background checks were run in June, the highest volume since the inception of the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) in 1988, and over one million more than June, 2019.
Last month’s figure eclipses the previous record of 3.31 million in December, 2015, according to Bloomberg, citing FBI data. And according to The Trace, “all four weeks of June rank among the six busiest weeks NICS has ever recorded.”
The record jump comes amid national chaos, as BLM protests over the killing of George Floyd, a black man who died after a white police officer knelt on his neck for over eight minutes, has frequently featured looting and riots. It also comes as former Vice President Joe Biden has experienced a jump in polling against President Trump.
The only time when gun background checks rose at a faster pace was when President Obama started his second term. https://t.co/CdHbkn4Opy pic.twitter.com/fe9P1k7mcO — Bespoke (@bespokeinvest) July 1, 2020
During June, Smith & Wesson Brands shares soared 82%, Vista Outdoor climbed 49% and Sturm Ruger rose 22%; all three stocks were adding to their gains Wednesday. -Bloomberg
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That said, while background checks are the best approximation of how many guns have been sold in a given month, it may be an inaccurate indicator – as a single check can cover multiple guns, and there are non-purchase reasons for running one – such as permit applications, according to The Trace. Private gun sales are also excluded.
According to Small Arms Analytics, a consulting firm, the June background check figure translates to approximately 2.4 million gun sales. Handguns accounted for a larger share of sales than ever before, continuing several months of steady increases. In May, The Trace and USA Today reported that gun sales had increased in several of the states that shuttered dealers, as many shops defied stay-at-home orders. All five of those states — Massachusetts, New York, Michigan, New Mexico, and Washington — have now allowed guns dealers to resume some business. –The Trace
Meanwhile, anti 2nd Amendment groups “Moms Demand Action” and “Everytown for Gun Safety” are utterly triggered by the record background checks.
“Polls show that the ongoing surge in American gun sales is being met with a surge in the number of Americans who want stronger gun law,” said John Feinblatt, president of Everytown for Gun Safety.
“If lawmakers are serious about public safety, they will take immediate action to ensure that a background check is completed before every single gun sale, even if that takes longer than the current federal limit of just three days.”
After leftist calls to defund the police – which have stopped responding to some of the most dangerous parts of US cities in recent weeks – leaving residents to defend themselves, we’re guessing any arguments for gun grabbing have fallen on deaf ears.
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activistpost--2020-07-02--An Interesting Juncture in History

An Interesting Juncture in History

Just as the rewards of central-bank bubbles have not been evenly distributed , the pain created by the collapse of the bubbles won ’ t be evenly distributed , either .
We ’ ve reached an interesting juncture in history , and I don ’ t mean the pandemic .
I ’ m referring to the normalization of extremes in the economy , in social decay and in political dysfunction and polarization .
Let ’ s ask a very simple question .
The S & P 500 stock index went up five-fold from its 2009 low at 667 to a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ income rise five-fold since 2009 ?
Probably not .
Houses that sold for $ 150,000 in 2000 are now valued at $ 900,000 , a six-fold increase since 2000 .
Did your income rise six-fold since 2000 ?
Probably not .
State university tuition has risen about 2.5 times from 2004 to 2019 .
Did your income rise 2.5-fold since 2004 ?
Probably not .
Even burritos from the local taco truck have tripled in price in the past 15 years .
Did your income triple ?
Probably not .
The average household @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
To match the six-fold increase in urban housing valuations , that household would have to earn $ 252,000 this year .
How many households saw their income soar from $ 42,000 to $ 252,000 ?
Not many .
The average household income in 2009 was about $ 50,000 .
To match the five-fold increase in stock market valuations , that household would have to earn $ 250,000 this year .
How many households saw their income soar from $ 50,000 to $ 250,000 ?
Not many .
To keep up with tuition @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the household earning $ 45,000 in 2004 would have to bring home $ 112,000 this year .
The household earning $ 100,000 in 2004 would need to boost its income to $ 250,000 to keep up with college tuition .
How many households boosted their income from $ 100,000 to $ 250,000 in the past 15 years ?
Not many .
In other words , what ’ s been normalized over the past 20 years is the total subjugation of labor by central-bank inflated asset bubbles that benefit the top 0.1 % .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ soared , leaving those whose income is earned less able to buy over-valued assets and more prone to borrowing money to maintain their lifestyle– a situation I call debt serfdom .
See : 177 Different Ways to Generate Extra Income Two generations ago , nobody knew the name of the Federal Reserve ’ s chairperson .
Now that chairperson is in the news virtually daily .
The media exposure of the Fed chair far exceeds that of elected officials such as the Speaker of the House of Representatives or the Senate Majority Leader @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Supreme Court .
In effect , the nation has become dependent on its central bankers and their limited agenda ( expand the wealth and power of the financial sector ) .
The elected government and the real-world production of goods and services both have taken a back seat to conjured “ wealth.
” The ascendance of finance and the decay of labor ’ s value is the result of the ascendance of monetary stimulus as the core driver of “ wealth ” and thus “ growth.
” It was once expected that consumption @ @ @ @ @ @ @ labor , and investment would be funded by savings set aside from earnings .
That era is long past .
What ’ s been normalized is a systemic reliance on debt to fund consumption and on the euphoric “ animal spirits ” of the wealth effect generated by soaring assets such as homes and stocks .
History offers a number of parallels to the ascendance of borrowed capital over labor and central bank money-printing over the creation of productive value .
History suggests eras that have normalized economic and financial extremes–extremes of inequality @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ended well for anyone .
Just as the rewards of central-bank bubbles have not been evenly distributed , the pain created by the collapse of the bubbles won ’ t be evenly distributed , either .
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By Charles Hugh Smith
Just as the rewards of central-bank bubbles have not been evenly distributed, the pain created by the collapse of the bubbles won’t be evenly distributed, either.
We’ve reached an interesting juncture in history, and I don’t mean the pandemic. I’m referring to the normalization of extremes in the economy, in social decay and in political dysfunction and polarization.
Let’s ask a very simple question. The S&P 500 stock index went up five-fold from its 2009 low at 667 to a recent high around 3,400. Did your income rise five-fold since 2009? Probably not.
Houses that sold for $150,000 in 2000 are now valued at $900,000, a six-fold increase since 2000. Did your income rise six-fold since 2000? Probably not.
State university tuition has risen about 2.5 times from 2004 to 2019. Did your income rise 2.5-fold since 2004? Probably not.
Even burritos from the local taco truck have tripled in price in the past 15 years. Did your income triple? Probably not.
The average household income in 2000 was about $42,000. To match the six-fold increase in urban housing valuations, that household would have to earn $252,000 this year. How many households saw their income soar from $42,000 to $252,000? Not many.
The average household income in 2009 was about $50,000. To match the five-fold increase in stock market valuations, that household would have to earn $250,000 this year. How many households saw their income soar from $50,000 to $250,000? Not many.
To keep up with tuition (never mind healthcare insurance), the household earning $45,000 in 2004 would have to bring home $112,000 this year.
The household earning $100,000 in 2004 would need to boost its income to $250,000 to keep up with college tuition. How many households boosted their income from $100,000 to $250,000 in the past 15 years? Not many.
In other words, what’s been normalized over the past 20 years is the total subjugation of labor by central-bank inflated asset bubbles that benefit the top 0.1%. Labor has lost ground while assets have soared, leaving those whose income is earned less able to buy over-valued assets and more prone to borrowing money to maintain their lifestyle– a situation I call debt serfdom.
Two generations ago, nobody knew the name of the Federal Reserve’s chairperson. Now that chairperson is in the news virtually daily. The media exposure of the Fed chair far exceeds that of elected officials such as the Speaker of the House of Representatives or the Senate Majority Leader, or the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
In effect, the nation has become dependent on its central bankers and their limited agenda (expand the wealth and power of the financial sector). The elected government and the real-world production of goods and services both have taken a back seat to conjured “wealth.”
The ascendance of finance and the decay of labor’s value is the result of the ascendance of monetary stimulus as the core driver of “wealth” and thus “growth.” It was once expected that consumption would be funded by wages earned by labor, and investment would be funded by savings set aside from earnings. That era is long past. What’s been normalized is a systemic reliance on debt to fund consumption and on the euphoric “animal spirits” of the wealth effect generated by soaring assets such as homes and stocks.
History offers a number of parallels to the ascendance of borrowed capital over labor and central bank money-printing over the creation of productive value. History suggests eras that have normalized economic and financial extremes–extremes of inequality, policy, and decay–haven’t ended well for anyone.
Just as the rewards of central-bank bubbles have not been evenly distributed, the pain created by the collapse of the bubbles won’t be evenly distributed, either.
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activistpost--2020-07-02--The Fear Box and the Present Moment

The Fear Box and the Present Moment

In the video below , Melissa Dykes of Truthstream Media explains her thoughts about the current crisis and how the @ @ @ @ @ a future that doesn ’ t even exist yet .
Yes , the future looks @ @ @ @ @ this video from the comfort of your home indicates that you ’ re not in @ @ @ @ @ fear .
Fear is keeping us in a box .
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By Truthstream Media
In the video below, Melissa Dykes of Truthstream Media explains her thoughts about the current crisis and how the media is causing fear about a future that doesn’t even exist yet. Yes, the future looks very uncertain, but watching this video from the comfort of your home indicates that you’re not in immediate danger worthy of constant fear. Fear is keeping us in a box.
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