activistpost--2020-12-26--US Police Have Killed Over 1,600% More Citizens Than Mass Shooters Since 2015

Tragically , in America , mass shootings — in which murdering psychopaths go on rampages in public spaces — have claimed the lives of 392 people since 2015 .
While this number is certainly shocking and far too high , during this same time frame , police in America have claimed the lives of 6,571 citizens , according to Mapping Police Violence .
That is over 16 times more citizens killed by those sworn to protect and serve than the ones they claim to protect us from .
While some of these citizens were armed and dangerous , others were @ @ @ @ @ @ @ children .
Daniel Shaver was one of these people whose life was brought to a screeching halt as he begged on his knees for police not to shoot him .
Despite being innocent and unarmed , this father of three was murdered in cold blood by Philip Brailsford who was never held accountable and allowed to retire from the police force with his pension .
Jeremy Mardis was another one of these citizens who was gunned down in cold blood by two killer cops .
Mardis was just 6-years-old when he was murdered @ @ @ @ @ @ @ whom was released last month after serving less than two years for his role in this innocent child ’ s death .
Another one of these deaths was Elijah McClain who was innocent , unarmed , and killed by cops for simply being an introvert .
The list goes on .
Yet despite its increasing length , most American citizens think that reining in America ’ s deadly police problem is somehow “ unpatriotic ” or “ un-American.
” Instead of the right realizing the threat to freedom caused by cops who can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the left .
Instead of the left realizing the threat to freedom caused by cops who kill with impunity , most of them blame guns .
The result of this complacency and failure to address the problem has been less freedom and more gun grabs .
Sadly , most people who call for gun control fail to realize what that actually means—only the government has the guns .
And , if the above numbers are any indicator of what that would mean , this would be a horrific scenario .
Every time a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ form mind-altering pharmaceutical , goes on a shooting rampage , the do-gooders in Washington , with the aid of their citizen flocks , take to the TV and the internet to call for disarming the American people .
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The citizens who call for themselves and their neighbors to be disarmed , likely think no deeper than the shallow speeches given by the political blowhards , designed to appeal to emotion only .
They do not think of what happens @ @ @ @ @ @ @ remove guns from society .
They also completely ignore the fact that criminals do not obey laws and making guns illegal would have zero effect on criminals possessing guns .
In the perfect statist world in which only the government has guns , we ’ re told that crime rates would plummet , people wouldn ’ t be murdered , gun violence would be brought to its knees , and a disarmed heaven on Earth would ensue .
But how effective would disarming the citizens actually be at preventing gun violence , while @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the hands of government ?
One simple way to determine the outcome to look at the above numbers and compare mass shootings in America with those killed by police .
It is entirely too easy to compare all senseless murders carried out by the state to those carried out by citizens , so we will zoom in with a microscope .
However , just as a point of reference , in the 20th Century alone , governments were responsible for 260,000,000 deaths worldwide .
That number is greater than all deaths from illicit @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Traffic Accidents — combined .
Now , on to the micro-comparison .
According to a comprehensive database of all American mass shootings that have taken place since 2015 , constructed by Mother Jones , there have been exactly 392 deaths attributed to mass shootings that have taken place on American soil .
As Mother Jones notes , in their database , they exclude shootings stemming from more conventional crimes such as armed robbery or gang violence .
Other news outlets and researchers have published larger tallies that include a wide range of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people have been either wounded or killed .
While those larger datasets of multiple-victim shootings may be useful for studying the broader problem of gun violence , our investigation provides an in-depth look at the distinct phenomenon of mass shootings—from the firearms used to mental health factors and the growing copycat problem .
If we compare the 392 citizens killed in mass shootings to citizens killed by police in the same time frame , the comparison is off the charts .
We are talking about a 1,670 percent difference .
As 2020 comes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ killed 1,066 people .
This number is set to increase by one , on average , every 8 hours .
Since 2015 , cops in America have killed 6,571 citizens .
And most people are not saying anything about it .
The institutional racism rooted in American policing prevents the public from categorizing police shootings as gun violence , Natacia Knapper with Stop Police Terror Project DC explained to Truthout via email .
“ A large swath of people in our nation — white people in particular , but many others as well @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with the horrors police have caused in communities of color because to do this would call into question the entire way we have viewed these systems and their roles in our society.
” News media consumption , television shows and movies constantly reinforce the belief that policing is an irreplaceable institution keeping society safe and stable .
Unlearning this “ truth ” is akin to unlearning that the Earth is round .
Knapper continued , “ For many Americans , I think it ’ s easier to compartmentalize the type of gun violence @ @ @ @ @ @ @ other ” and incidents that result in the brutalizing and death of American citizens — Black , Brown or otherwise — are treated as individual instances that are not connected to a larger , overarching problem.
” Police and the media exploit this divide when they describe the police violence victims ’ unrelated criminal history or the victims ’ possession of a gun or pocket knife , regardless of whether it was a factor during the killing .
The underlying message is that the deceased deserved to die in order to keep everyone @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their nonsense about grabbing guns from law-abiding citizens and those in government demand action , all of these people conveniently ignore the giant pink elephant in the living room — cops in America are killing citizens at an alarming rate .
Ironically enough , those calling for taking guns from citizens are often times the ones most critical of police killings .
How , exactly , they rationalize disarming the citizens and having only police , who kill far more people than mass shooters , be the sole possessors of guns , is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2017 tweet , Radley Balko summed up the mental gymnastics of both parties perfectly in regard to the distorted realities held as “ truth.
” In the United States , the overall homicide rate is 4.9 per 100,000 among the citizens .
Thanks to independent watchdog groups who have decided to document this number on their own , we have a total number of citizens killed by police .
Given that America has roughly 765,000 sworn police officers , that means the police-against-citizen kill rate is more than 145 per 100,000 .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that of the average citizen , yet somehow people still call for disarming citizens and say nothing about the police .
And , no , the citizens are not becoming more violent .
In fact , humanity is at its safest time in history—ever—and , in spite of the lunatic terrorists shooting up public places , violent crimes as well as all crime continues to drop , significantly .
The next time your friends try to tell you that citizens should be disarmed , tell them what that really means ; they only @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of racism and violence , who kill indiscriminately , with zero accountability , and far more often , to be the ones with guns .
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 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ MattAgorist on Twitter , Steemit , and now on Minds .
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By Matt Agorist
Tragically, in America, mass shootings — in which murdering psychopaths go on rampages in public spaces — have claimed the lives of 392 people since 2015. While this number is certainly shocking and far too high, during this same time frame, police in America have claimed the lives of 6,571 citizens, according to Mapping Police Violence.
That is over 16 times more citizens killed by those sworn to protect and serve than the ones they claim to protect us from.
While some of these citizens were armed and dangerous, others were innocent, unarmed, and include small children. Daniel Shaver was one of these people whose life was brought to a screeching halt as he begged on his knees for police not to shoot him. Despite being innocent and unarmed, this father of three was murdered in cold blood by Philip Brailsford who was never held accountable and allowed to retire from the police force with his pension.
Jeremy Mardis was another one of these citizens who was gunned down in cold blood by two killer cops. Mardis was just 6-years-old when he was murdered by these killer cops — one of whom was released last month after serving less than two years for his role in this innocent child’s death.
Another one of these deaths was Elijah McClain who was innocent, unarmed, and killed by cops for simply being an introvert.
The list goes on. Yet despite its increasing length, most American citizens think that reining in America’s deadly police problem is somehow “unpatriotic” or “un-American.” Instead of the right realizing the threat to freedom caused by cops who can kill thousands with impunity, they blame the left. Instead of the left realizing the threat to freedom caused by cops who kill with impunity, most of them blame guns.
The result of this complacency and failure to address the problem has been less freedom and more gun grabs.
Sadly, most people who call for gun control fail to realize what that actually means—only the government has the guns. And, if the above numbers are any indicator of what that would mean, this would be a horrific scenario.
Every time a lunatic, who is usually on some form mind-altering pharmaceutical, goes on a shooting rampage, the do-gooders in Washington, with the aid of their citizen flocks, take to the TV and the internet to call for disarming the American people.
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The citizens who call for themselves and their neighbors to be disarmed, likely think no deeper than the shallow speeches given by the political blowhards, designed to appeal to emotion only. They do not think of what happens during and after the government attempts to remove guns from society. They also completely ignore the fact that criminals do not obey laws and making guns illegal would have zero effect on criminals possessing guns.
In the perfect statist world in which only the government has guns, we’re told that crime rates would plummet, people wouldn’t be murdered, gun violence would be brought to its knees, and a disarmed heaven on Earth would ensue. But how effective would disarming the citizens actually be at preventing gun violence, while at the same time keeping guns in the hands of government?
One simple way to determine the outcome to look at the above numbers and compare mass shootings in America with those killed by police. It is entirely too easy to compare all senseless murders carried out by the state to those carried out by citizens, so we will zoom in with a microscope.
However, just as a point of reference, in the 20th Century alone, governments were responsible for 260,000,000 deaths worldwide. That number is greater than all deaths from illicit drug use, STDs, Homicides, and Traffic Accidents — combined.
Now, on to the micro-comparison.
According to a comprehensive database of all American mass shootings that have taken place since 2015, constructed by Mother Jones, there have been exactly 392 deaths attributed to mass shootings that have taken place on American soil.
As Mother Jones notes, in their database, they exclude shootings stemming from more conventional crimes such as armed robbery or gang violence. Other news outlets and researchers have published larger tallies that include a wide range of gun crimes in which four or more people have been either wounded or killed. While those larger datasets of multiple-victim shootings may be useful for studying the broader problem of gun violence, our investigation provides an in-depth look at the distinct phenomenon of mass shootings—from the firearms used to mental health factors and the growing copycat problem.
If we compare the 392 citizens killed in mass shootings to citizens killed by police in the same time frame, the comparison is off the charts. We are talking about a 1,670 percent difference.
As 2020 comes to an end, American police have killed 1,066 people. This number is set to increase by one, on average, every 8 hours.
Since 2015, cops in America have killed 6,571 citizens. And most people are not saying anything about it.
As Truth Out recently reported:
The institutional racism rooted in American policing prevents the public from categorizing police shootings as gun violence, Natacia Knapper with Stop Police Terror Project DC explained to Truthout via email. “A large swath of people in our nation — white people in particular, but many others as well — don’t want to reckon with the horrors police have caused in communities of color because to do this would call into question the entire way we have viewed these systems and their roles in our society.” News media consumption, television shows and movies constantly reinforce the belief that policing is an irreplaceable institution keeping society safe and stable. Unlearning this “truth” is akin to unlearning that the Earth is round. Knapper continued, “For many Americans, I think it’s easier to compartmentalize the type of gun violence that comes from the police as “other” and incidents that result in the brutalizing and death of American citizens — Black, Brown or otherwise — are treated as individual instances that are not connected to a larger, overarching problem.” Police and the media exploit this divide when they describe the police violence victims’ unrelated criminal history or the victims’ possession of a gun or pocket knife, regardless of whether it was a factor during the killing. The underlying message is that the deceased deserved to die in order to keep everyone else safe.
As the blowhards spew their nonsense about grabbing guns from law-abiding citizens and those in government demand action, all of these people conveniently ignore the giant pink elephant in the living room — cops in America are killing citizens at an alarming rate.
Ironically enough, those calling for taking guns from citizens are often times the ones most critical of police killings. How, exactly, they rationalize disarming the citizens and having only police, who kill far more people than mass shooters, be the sole possessors of guns, is a mystery.
Indeed, in a 2017 tweet, Radley Balko summed up the mental gymnastics of both parties perfectly in regard to the distorted realities held as “truth.”
Red: "We need guns to protect us from the government. Also, it is unpatriotic to second-guess when armed government employees kill people." Blue: "The government has a history of racism and oppression. Guns are instruments of death. Only government employees should have guns." — Radley Balko (@radleybalko) November 9, 2017
In the United States, the overall homicide rate is 4.9 per 100,000 among the citizens.
Thanks to independent watchdog groups who have decided to document this number on their own, we have a total number of citizens killed by police. Given that America has roughly 765,000 sworn police officers, that means the police-against-citizen kill rate is more than 145 per 100,000.
The police kill rate is nearly 30 times that of the average citizen, yet somehow people still call for disarming citizens and say nothing about the police. And, no, the citizens are not becoming more violent. In fact, humanity is at its safest time in history—ever—and, in spite of the lunatic terrorists shooting up public places, violent crimes as well as all crime continues to drop, significantly.
The next time your friends try to tell you that citizens should be disarmed, tell them what that really means; they only want government, who has a history of racism and violence, who kill indiscriminately, with zero accountability, and far more often, to be the ones with guns.
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--2020-12-26--Proposal to Promote Better Legislation

Proposal to Promote Better Legislation

When I wrote this post regarding H.R .
133 , the latest COVID-19 federal stimulus bill , I made a proposal for which I want to dedicate this entire post .
Far too often and for far too long , elected officials in both the House of Representative ( Congress ) and the House of Senate ( Senate ) have voted in favor of bills without reading the full text of the bill .
Many times they don ’ t even read the bill at all !
This is downright irresponsible , not conducive to promoting liberty or the constitutional @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , completely unacceptable .
Think about it , would you ever sign a receipt , contract , or written agreement without reading it beforehand ?
Well , hopefully not , but it is one thing to commit such folly in one ’ s personal life , where voters and taxpayers are not affected , disrespected , and abused .
When it comes to elected officials voting on bills and legislation , such follies are totally unacceptable , as hapless taxpayers are unjustly victimized by such irresponsibility .
One thing this author therefore proposes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ any bill , members of Congress and Senate should read the entire bill out loud in a public venue where the citizens can hear and verify that their elected officials have actually read the bills PRIOR to voting in favor of them .
Some may argue against this proposal by saying , well then no new legislation will pass as elected officials rarely ever read the bills they sign .
This is a good thing ; the fewer new laws that get passed , the better .
Rather than signing into law new @ @ @ @ @ @ @ liberty , our elected officials should be focusing their efforts on undoing legislation on the books that fail to protect liberty .
Our civilization needs fewer laws , not more , in order to ensure that the laws on the books fulfill their proper and sole purpose or doing nothing more and nothing less than protecting liberty .
This proposal would also deter lawmakers from proposing and pushing legislation that is too wordy – this is long overdue .
In fact , the second critical element to this overall proposal is the following @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wordier than any amendments of the U.S. Constitution , especially if the latter is truly the supreme law of the land .
There is no reason that any newly proposed legislation can be made more concise , especially to the point where the word-length of current amendments to the U.S. Constitution function as the upper word-length limit .
This way , the U.S. Citizens , the hapless taxpayers , can have a chance to better understand all the laws on the books that the elected officials pass .
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Op-Ed by Krishna Chandrasekaran
When I wrote this post regarding H.R. 133, the latest COVID-19 federal stimulus bill, I made a proposal for which I want to dedicate this entire post.
Summary Context
Far too often and for far too long, elected officials in both the House of Representative(Congress) and the House of Senate(Senate) have voted in favor of bills without reading the full text of the bill. Many times they don’t even read the bill at all! This is downright irresponsible, not conducive to promoting liberty or the constitutional interests of the people, and overall, completely unacceptable. Think about it, would you ever sign a receipt, contract, or written agreement without reading it beforehand? Well, hopefully not, but it is one thing to commit such folly in one’s personal life, where voters and taxpayers are not affected, disrespected, and abused. When it comes to elected officials voting on bills and legislation, such follies are totally unacceptable, as hapless taxpayers are unjustly victimized by such irresponsibility.
Proposal
One thing this author therefore proposes is that before voting in favor of any bill, members of Congress and Senate should read the entire bill out loud in a public venue where the citizens can hear and verify that their elected officials have actually read the bills PRIOR to voting in favor of them. Some may argue against this proposal by saying, well then no new legislation will pass as elected officials rarely ever read the bills they sign. This is a good thing; the fewer new laws that get passed, the better. Rather than signing into law new legislation that almost always tends to violate liberty, our elected officials should be focusing their efforts on undoing legislation on the books that fail to protect liberty. Our civilization needs fewer laws, not more, in order to ensure that the laws on the books fulfill their proper and sole purpose or doing nothing more and nothing less than protecting liberty. This proposal would also deter lawmakers from proposing and pushing legislation that is too wordy – this is long overdue.
In fact, the second critical element to this overall proposal is the following; no newly proposed legislation should be wordier than any amendments of the U.S. Constitution, especially if the latter is truly the supreme law of the land.
There is no reason that any newly proposed legislation can be made more concise, especially to the point where the word-length of current amendments to the U.S. Constitution function as the upper word-length limit. This way, the U.S. Citizens, the hapless taxpayers, can have a chance to better understand all the laws on the books that the elected officials pass.
Source: Liberty Forecast Blog
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activistpost--2020-12-26--‘New Normal’ Arrives — Singapore Airlines Launches COVID-19 “Digital Health Passport” For Passengers

As the world stumbles into 2021 in a matter of days , life , as we know it , will never be normal again , referring to good ol ’ days of the pre-pandemic .
For months , readers may have heard us discuss “ COVID passports , ” “ immunity passports , ” or at least speak on the subject of those who don ’ t get tested for COVID-19 or vaccinated will face travel restrictions .
Well , from conspiracy theory to conspiracy fact , Singapore Airlines this week is the first major carrier to introduce a digital @ @ @ @ @ @ @ history and vaccination status .
On Dec. 23 , the new digital health verification process was rolled out for passengers traveling on flights operated by the carrier from Jakarta or Kuala Lumpur to Singapore , according to a Singapore Airlines press release .
The airline explains passengers will take COVID-19 tests at local clinics in Jakarta and Kuala Lumpur and be issued “ digital or paper health certificates with a QR code.
” These forms of immunity passes will be checked by airport security and Singapore ’ s immigration authority .
“ This @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to validate a passenger ’ s health credentials than the existing protocols , speeding up both the airport check-in process and the immigration entry process into Singapore .
It would make it easier for SIA customers to control their information , reduce friction during their travel journey , and result in a more seamless experience with the aid of digital technologies in the new normal , ” the airline said .
JoAnn Tan , Acting Senior Vice President Marketing Planning , Singapore Airlines , said the rollout of immunity passports “ will be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the foreseeable future.
” In October , passengers flying from London ’ s Heathrow Airport to Newark on a United Airlines flight were part of a pilot program to test passengers for the virus .
Just weeks ago , Lance Gokongwei , President and CEO of Cebu Pacific , the Philippines ’ largest budget airline , announced health passports would be “ essential ” for travel .
In the April and May time frame , the mayor of the French city of Nice and Bill Gates were among the most prominent voices discussing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pandemic ends , these health passports will be sticking around and could offer evidence that a traveler has been vaccinated – not just for COVID-19 , but any other disease .
This is just another example of elites tightening their control and surveillance on the masses .
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By Tyler Durden
As the world stumbles into 2021 in a matter of days, life, as we know it, will never be normal again, referring to good ol’ days of the pre-pandemic.
For months, readers may have heard us discuss “COVID passports,” “immunity passports,” or at least speak on the subject of those who don’t get tested for COVID-19 or vaccinated will face travel restrictions.
Well, from conspiracy theory to conspiracy fact, Singapore Airlines this week is the first major carrier to introduce a digital health certificate to verify passengers’ testing history and vaccination status.
On Dec. 23, the new digital health verification process was rolled out for passengers traveling on flights operated by the carrier from Jakarta or Kuala Lumpur to Singapore, according to a Singapore Airlines press release.
The airline explains passengers will take COVID-19 tests at local clinics in Jakarta and Kuala Lumpur and be issued “digital or paper health certificates with a QR code.” These forms of immunity passes will be checked by airport security and Singapore’s immigration authority.
“This is a faster and more secure way to validate a passenger’s health credentials than the existing protocols, speeding up both the airport check-in process and the immigration entry process into Singapore. It would make it easier for SIA customers to control their information, reduce friction during their travel journey, and result in a more seamless experience with the aid of digital technologies in the new normal ,” the airline said.
JoAnn Tan, Acting Senior Vice President Marketing Planning, Singapore Airlines, said the rollout of immunity passports “will be an integral part of air travel for the foreseeable future.”
In October, passengers flying from London’s Heathrow Airport to Newark on a United Airlines flight were part of a pilot program to test passengers for the virus.
Just weeks ago, Lance Gokongwei, President and CEO of Cebu Pacific, the Philippines’ largest budget airline, announced health passports would be “essential” for travel.
In the April and May time frame, the mayor of the French city of Nice and Bill Gates were among the most prominent voices discussing health passports.
Even after the virus pandemic ends, these health passports will be sticking around and could offer evidence that a traveler has been vaccinated – not just for COVID-19, but any other disease.
This is just another example of elites tightening their control and surveillance on the masses.
Source: Zero Hedge
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activistpost--2020-12-27--Hackers Can Track Wireless Users’ Locations and Record Conversations Due to Longtime Network Flaw

Hackers can cause catastrophic problems no matter who or what is targeted – businesses ( see 1 , 2 ) , hospitals ( see 1 , 2 , 3 ) , municipal governments , medical devices , personal devices ( see 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 ) , security systems and other “ Smart ” home devices ( see 1 , 2 , 3 ) , utility grids ( see 1 , 2 , 3 ) , and/or utility “ Smart ” Meters .
Wireless connections have always been more vulnerable to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ one network flaw continues to NOT be fixed .
A Major Wireless Network Flaw Is Still Being Exploited To Track User Locations In 2017 , hackers and security researchers highlighted long-standing vulnerabilities in Signaling System 7 ( SS7 , or Common Channel Signalling System 7 in the US ) , a series of protocols first built in 1975 to help connect phone carriers around the world .
While the problem isn ’ t new , a 2016 60 Minutes report brought wider attention to the fact that the flaw can allow a hacker @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and even record private conversations .
All while the intrusion looks like ordinary carrier to carrier chatter among a sea of other , “ privileged peering relationships.
” Telecom carriers and lobbyists have routinely downplayed the flaw and their multi-year failure to do much about it .
In 2018 , the CBC noted how Canadian wireless providers Bell and Rogers weren ’ t even willing to talk about the flaw after the news outlet published an investigation showing how ( using only a mobile phone number ) it was possible to intercept @ @ @ @ @ @ @ MP Matthew Dubé .
Now there ’ s yet another wake up call : a new report from the Guardian indicates that Rayzone , an Israeli corporate spy agency that provides its government clients with “ geolocation tools , ” has been exploiting the flaw for some time to provide clients access to user location information and , potentially , the contents of communications .
Apparently , the company first leased an access point in the network of Sure Guernsey , a mobile operator in the Channel Islands .
From there , it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to track users in numerous additional countries : “ Industry sources with access to sensitive communications data say there is recent evidence of a steady stream of apparently suspicious signaling messages directed via the Channel Islands to phone networks worldwide , with hundreds of messages routed via Sure Guernsey and another operator , Jersey Airtel , to phone networks in North America , Europe and Africa in August.
” Of course , as with other past reveals of this type ( like when Saudi Arabia was also found to be doing something similar @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the companies involved either insist they know nothing about such exploitation , or that they ’ re vaguely aware of it , and have done everything possible to prohibit it from happening .
Though one reason many Telecoms may not have been particularly keen on cracking down on the practice is that numerous western governments very likely exploit the SS7 flaw as well .
Senator Ron Wyden demanded answers as early as 2017 from mobile phone companies as to why they haven ’ t done more to thwart the practice , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ awaiting a response .
For smaller carriers it can also be expensive and complicated to remedy the problem , which makes them even easier targets for exploitation .
Experts say the U.S. FCC , as you might expect , hasn ’ t done much of anything to coordinate a response to the threat : Instead , as the SolarWinds supply chain hack illustrates , America under Trump spent countless calories hyperventilating over nonsense like TikTok instead of focusing on the vast number of very real cybersecurity threats that actually pose a risk to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ privacy .
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The Federal Communications Commission ( FCC ) is supposed to protect Americans from the telecom industry .
Unfortunately , it has been corrupt agency for decades ( see 1 , 2 ) .
This includes refusing to update antiquated and inadequate radiation exposure guidelines .
During the Trump administration , lawsuits have been filed against the agency for NOT protecting the public from unsafe levels of radiation as well as controversial and dangerous 5G on Earth ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 4 ) and in space .
Doctors and scientists have asked the agency MANY TIMES – and again recently – that health and environmental risks from radiation from 5G , cell towers and other wireless sources be evaluated by experts with no conflicts of interest ( see also 1 , 2 , 3 ) .
Nope .
Recently the U.S. Government Accountability Office issued warnings about cybersecurity risks associated with 5G deployment .
The White House has also issued a directive about the potential for satellites being targeted by hackers as well .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Anyone concerned about cybersecurity and privacy risks from wireless devices may be interested in Mozilla ’ s annual guide that includes information about specific products .
Activist Post reports regularly about unsafe technology .
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By B.N. Frank
Hackers can cause catastrophic problems no matter who or what is targeted – businesses (see 1, 2), hospitals (see 1, 2, 3), municipal governments, medical devices, personal devices (see 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7), security systems and other “Smart” home devices (see 1, 2, 3), utility grids (see 1, 2, 3), and/or utility “Smart” Meters.
Wireless connections have always been more vulnerable to hackers than hard-wired connections. Unfortunately, one network flaw continues to NOT be fixed.
From Scientists4WiredTech:
A Major Wireless Network Flaw Is Still Being Exploited To Track User Locations
By Karl Bode, Dec 23, 2020 | Original Techdirt article here.
In 2017, hackers and security researchers highlighted long-standing vulnerabilities in Signaling System 7 (SS7, or Common Channel Signalling System 7 in the US), a series of protocols first built in 1975 to help connect phone carriers around the world. While the problem isn’t new, a 2016 60 Minutes report brought wider attention to the fact that the flaw can allow a hacker to track user location, dodge encryption, and even record private conversations. All while the intrusion looks like ordinary carrier to carrier chatter among a sea of other, “privileged peering relationships.”
Telecom carriers and lobbyists have routinely downplayed the flaw and their multi-year failure to do much about it. In 2018, the CBC noted how Canadian wireless providers Bell and Rogers weren’t even willing to talk about the flaw after the news outlet published an investigation showing how (using only a mobile phone number) it was possible to intercept the calls and movements of Quebec NDP MP Matthew Dubé.
Now there’s yet another wake up call: a new report from the Guardian indicates that Rayzone, an Israeli corporate spy agency that provides its government clients with “geolocation tools,” has been exploiting the flaw for some time to provide clients access to user location information and, potentially, the contents of communications. Apparently, the company first leased an access point in the network of Sure Guernsey, a mobile operator in the Channel Islands. From there, it appears to have exploited the SS7 flaw to track users in numerous additional countries:
“Industry sources with access to sensitive communications data say there is recent evidence of a steady stream of apparently suspicious signaling messages directed via the Channel Islands to phone networks worldwide, with hundreds of messages routed via Sure Guernsey and another operator, Jersey Airtel, to phone networks in North America, Europe and Africa in August.”
Of course, as with other past reveals of this type (like when Saudi Arabia was also found to be doing something similar to track targets inside the U.S.), the companies involved either insist they know nothing about such exploitation, or that they’re vaguely aware of it, and have done everything possible to prohibit it from happening. Though one reason many Telecoms may not have been particularly keen on cracking down on the practice is that numerous western governments very likely exploit the SS7 flaw as well.
Senator Ron Wyden demanded answers as early as 2017 from mobile phone companies as to why they haven’t done more to thwart the practice, and, last I checked, is still awaiting a response. For smaller carriers it can also be expensive and complicated to remedy the problem, which makes them even easier targets for exploitation. Experts say the U.S. FCC, as you might expect, hasn’t done much of anything to coordinate a response to the threat:
6/Things are especially broken in the US. Experts have made the problem clear, @DHSgov has laid out what needs to be done….but @FCC under @AjitPaiFCC has blocked serious policy fixes.https://t.co/OBj429LunO — John Scott-Railton (@jsrailton) December 16, 2020
Instead, as the SolarWinds supply chain hack illustrates, America under Trump spent countless calories hyperventilating over nonsense like TikTok instead of focusing on the vast number of very real cybersecurity threats that actually pose a risk to international consumer, government, and business privacy.
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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is supposed to protect Americans from the telecom industry. Unfortunately, it has been corrupt agency for decades (see 1, 2). This includes refusing to update antiquated and inadequate radiation exposure guidelines.
During the Trump administration, lawsuits have been filed against the agency for NOT protecting the public from unsafe levels of radiation as well as controversial and dangerous 5G on Earth (see 1, 2, 3, 4) and in space. Doctors and scientists have asked the agency MANY TIMES – and again recently – that health and environmental risks from radiation from 5G, cell towers and other wireless sources be evaluated by experts with no conflicts of interest (see also 1, 2, 3). Nope.
Recently the U.S. Government Accountability Office issued warnings about cybersecurity risks associated with 5G deployment. The White House has also issued a directive about the potential for satellites being targeted by hackers as well. So there’s that too.
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Anyone concerned about cybersecurity and privacy risks from wireless devices may be interested in Mozilla’s annual guide that includes information about specific products.
Activist Post reports regularly about unsafe technology. For more information, visit our archives.
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activistpost--2020-12-27--What Is the Great Reset? Part I: Reduced Expectations and Bio-techno-feudalism

The Great Reset is on everyone ’ s mind , whether everyone knows it or not .
It is presaged by the measures undertaken by states across the world in response to the covid-19 crisis .
( I mean by “ crisis ” not the so-called pandemic itself , but the responses to a novel virus called SARS-2 and the impact of the responses on social and economic conditions . )
In his book , COVID-19 : The Great Reset , World Economic Forum ( WEF ) founder and executive chairman Klaus Schwab writes that the covid-19 crisis should be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ can be ] seized to make the kind of institutional changes and policy choices that will put economies on the path toward a fairer , greener future.
” Although Schwab has been promoting the Great Reset for years , the covid crisis has provided a pretext for finally enacting it .
According to Schwab , we should not expect the postcovid world system to return to its previous modes of operation .
Rather , alternating between description and prescription , Schwab suggests that changes will be , or should be , enacted across @ @ @ @ @ @ @ new normal .
So , just what is the Great Reset and what is the new normal it would establish ?
The Great Reset means reduced incomes and carbon use .
But Schwab and the WEF also define the Great Reset in terms of the convergence of economic , monetary , technological , medical , genomic , environmental , military , and governance systems .
The Great Reset would involve vast transformations in each of these domains , changes which , according to Schwab , will not only alter our world but also @ @ @ @ @ @ @ means to be human.
” In terms of economics and monetary policy , the Great Reset would involve a consolidation of wealth , on the one hand , and the likely issuance of universal basic income ( UBI ) on the other .
It might include a shift to a digital currency , including a consolidated centralization of banking and bank accounts , immediate real-time taxation , negative interest rates , and centralized surveillance and control over spending and debt .
While every aspect of the Great Reset involves technology , the Great @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Revolution , ” or transhumanism , which includes the expansion of genomics , nanotechnology , and robotics and their penetration into human bodies and brains .
Of course , the fourth Industrial Revolution involves the redundancy of human labor in increasing sectors , to be replaced by automation .
But moreover , Schwab hails the use of nanotechnology and brain scans to predict and preempt human behavior .
The Great Reset means the issuance of medical passports , soon to be digitized , as well as the transparency of medical records inclusive of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ disease states .
But it could include the implanting of microchips that would read and report on genetic makeup and brain states such that “ [ e ] ven crossing a national border might one day involve a detailed brain scan to assess an individual ’ s security risk.
” On the genomic front , the Great Reset includes advances in genetic engineering and the fusion of genetics , nanotechnology , and robotics .
In military terms , the Great Reset entails the creation of new battle spaces including cyberspaces and the human @ @ @ @ @ @ @ terms of governance , the Great Reset means increasingly centralized , coordinated , and expanded government and “ governmentalities , ” the convergence of corporations and states , and the digitalization of governmental functions , including , with the use of 5G and predictive algorithms , real-time tracking and surveillance of bodies in space or the “ anticipatory governance ” of human and systems behavior .
That being said , “ the Great Reset ” is but a coordinated propaganda campaign shrouded under a cloak of inevitability .
Rather than a mere conspiracy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has suggested , the Great Reset is an attempt at a conspiracy , or the “ wishful thinking ” of socioeconomic planners to have corporate “ stakeholders ” and governments adopt the desiderata of the WEF .
In order to sell this package , the WEF mobilizes the warmed-over rhetoric of “ economic equality , ” “ fairness , ” “ inclusion , ” and “ a shared destiny , ” among other euphemisms .
Together , such phrases represent the collectivist , socialist political and ideological component of the envisioned corporate socialism @ @ @ @ @ @ @ enacted , it is always only political and ideological ) .
I ’ ll examine the prospects for the Great Reset in future installments .
But suffice it to say for now that the WEF envisions a bio-techno-feudalist global order , with socioeconomic planners and corporate “ stakeholders ” at the helm and the greater part of humanity in their thrall .
The mass of humanity , the planners would have it , will live under an economic stasis of reduced expectations , with individual autonomy greatly curtailed if not utterly obliterated .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ authoritarians who mean to supplant the plans of individual actors with their own , centralized plans .
If enacted , such plans would fail , but their adoption would nevertheless exact a price .
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By Michael Rectenwald
The Great Reset is on everyone’s mind, whether everyone knows it or not. It is presaged by the measures undertaken by states across the world in response to the covid-19 crisis. (I mean by “crisis” not the so-called pandemic itself, but the responses to a novel virus called SARS-2 and the impact of the responses on social and economic conditions.)
In his book, COVID-19: The Great Reset, World Economic Forum (WEF) founder and executive chairman Klaus Schwab writes that the covid-19 crisis should be regarded as an “opportunity [that can be] seized to make the kind of institutional changes and policy choices that will put economies on the path toward a fairer, greener future.” Although Schwab has been promoting the Great Reset for years, the covid crisis has provided a pretext for finally enacting it. According to Schwab, we should not expect the postcovid world system to return to its previous modes of operation. Rather, alternating between description and prescription, Schwab suggests that changes will be, or should be, enacted across interlocking, interdependent domains to produce a new normal.
So, just what is the Great Reset and what is the new normal it would establish?
The Great Reset means reduced incomes and carbon use. But Schwab and the WEF also define the Great Reset in terms of the convergence of economic, monetary, technological, medical, genomic, environmental, military, and governance systems. The Great Reset would involve vast transformations in each of these domains, changes which, according to Schwab, will not only alter our world but also lead us to “question what it means to be human.”
In terms of economics and monetary policy, the Great Reset would involve a consolidation of wealth, on the one hand, and the likely issuance of universal basic income (UBI) on the other. It might include a shift to a digital currency, including a consolidated centralization of banking and bank accounts, immediate real-time taxation, negative interest rates, and centralized surveillance and control over spending and debt.
While every aspect of the Great Reset involves technology, the Great Reset specifically entails “the Fourth Industrial Revolution,” or transhumanism, which includes the expansion of genomics, nanotechnology, and robotics and their penetration into human bodies and brains. Of course, the fourth Industrial Revolution involves the redundancy of human labor in increasing sectors, to be replaced by automation. But moreover, Schwab hails the use of nanotechnology and brain scans to predict and preempt human behavior.
The Great Reset means the issuance of medical passports, soon to be digitized, as well as the transparency of medical records inclusive of medical history, genetic makeup, and disease states. But it could include the implanting of microchips that would read and report on genetic makeup and brain states such that “[e]ven crossing a national border might one day involve a detailed brain scan to assess an individual’s security risk.”
On the genomic front, the Great Reset includes advances in genetic engineering and the fusion of genetics, nanotechnology, and robotics.
In military terms, the Great Reset entails the creation of new battle spaces including cyberspaces and the human brain as a battle space.
In terms of governance, the Great Reset means increasingly centralized, coordinated, and expanded government and “governmentalities,” the convergence of corporations and states, and the digitalization of governmental functions, including, with the use of 5G and predictive algorithms, real-time tracking and surveillance of bodies in space or the “anticipatory governance” of human and systems behavior.
That being said, “the Great Reset” is but a coordinated propaganda campaign shrouded under a cloak of inevitability. Rather than a mere conspiracy theory, as the New York Times has suggested, the Great Reset is an attempt at a conspiracy, or the “wishful thinking” of socioeconomic planners to have corporate “stakeholders” and governments adopt the desiderata of the WEF.
In order to sell this package, the WEF mobilizes the warmed-over rhetoric of “economic equality,” “fairness,” “inclusion,” and “a shared destiny,” among other euphemisms. Together, such phrases represent the collectivist, socialist political and ideological component of the envisioned corporate socialism (since economic socialism can never be enacted, it is always only political and ideological).
I’ll examine the prospects for the Great Reset in future installments. But suffice it to say for now that the WEF envisions a bio-techno-feudalist global order, with socioeconomic planners and corporate “stakeholders” at the helm and the greater part of humanity in their thrall. The mass of humanity, the planners would have it, will live under an economic stasis of reduced expectations, with individual autonomy greatly curtailed if not utterly obliterated. As Mises suggested, such planners are authoritarians who mean to supplant the plans of individual actors with their own, centralized plans. If enacted, such plans would fail, but their adoption would nevertheless exact a price.
Contact Michael Rectenwald
Michael Rectenwald was a professor of liberal studies at New York University (retired).
Source: Mises.org
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activistpost--2020-12-28--PC Magazine Advises Verizon 5G Phone Users to Turn it Off and/or Disable It Due to Slow Speed

Cities worldwide AND entire countries have taken action to ban , delay , halt , and limit 5G installation AS WELL AS issue moratoriums due to biological , environmental , and safety risks .
American 5G opposition continues to increase for a variety of valid reasons and has been the topic of several “ Dilbert ” cartoons .
This being the case , some may find it amusing that while doctors , scientists , and industry whistleblowers have endorsed a new petition to boycott 5G phones , another publication has recently reported that 5G phones aren ’ t working as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ iPhone Users Must Turn Off 5G Right Now Verizon ’ s DSS 5G can be slower than 4G .
We explain why , and how to turn off or disable 5G on your iPhone .
Verizon ’ s “ nationwide 5G ” may be seriously slowing down your new iPhone , a problem that also affects other new 5G phones such as the Google Pixel 5 and the Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra .
The fix ?
Turning off 5G if you can .
When 5G Is Slower Than 4G Verizon has America @ @ @ @ @ @ @ two systems : a 4G LTE network that gets faster every year , and a blazing-fast , high-capacity millimeter-wave “ ultra wideband ” ( UWB ) 5G network .
Verizon ’ s 4G LTE is often faster than T-Mobile ’ s and AT & T ’ s low-band 5G .
But Verizon ’ s UWB 5G network has extremely limited coverage , potentially giving Verizon phones a 4G icon in cities where its competitors have 5G—and when you ’ re choosing a carrier , you ’ re more likely to want that little @ @ @ @ @ @ @ nuances of network speeds .
In October , Verizon introduced “ nationwide 5G ” based on dynamic spectrum sharing ( DSS ) , which reuses parts of 4G channels for 5G .
Phones will automatically prefer a 5G network over a 4G one , so Verizon customers will see that coveted 5G icon pop up .
But it ’ s all for show .
Our most recent tests , using an iPhone 12 Pro in New York City , show that DSS 5G is frequently slower than 4G , and rarely faster .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ saw in October in Chicago with a Pixel 5 .
“ For most customers , performance on our 5G nationwide network will be similar to 4G .
[ DSS ] is new technology and we ’ re continuing to modify it as we go .
We expect performance improvement through 2021 and beyond , ” a Verizon spokesperson said .
Hard-wired internet connections are safer , more secure , and more reliable than 5G and WiFi ( see 1 , 2 , 3 ) .
Telecom expert , Bruce Kushnick , encourages all @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on breaking up “ Big Telecom ” and “ Big Cable ” in order to get the high speed internet service that we ’ ve paid for already .
Americans opposed to 5G are also encouraged sign a petition asking President-elect Biden and Vice President-elect Harris to stop deployment .
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By B.N. Frank
Cities worldwide AND entire countries have taken action to ban, delay, halt, and limit 5G installation AS WELL AS issue moratoriums due to biological, environmental, and safety risks. American 5G opposition continues to increase for a variety of valid reasons and has been the topic of several “Dilbert” cartoons.
This being the case, some may find it amusing that while doctors, scientists, and industry whistleblowers have endorsed a new petition to boycott 5G phones, another publication has recently reported that 5G phones aren’t working as promised.
From PC Magazine:
Here’s Why Verizon iPhone Users Must Turn Off 5G Right Now Verizon’s DSS 5G can be slower than 4G. We explain why, and how to turn off or disable 5G on your iPhone. Verizon’s “nationwide 5G” may be seriously slowing down your new iPhone, a problem that also affects other new 5G phones such as the Google Pixel 5 and the Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra. The fix? Turning off 5G if you can. When 5G Is Slower Than 4G Verizon has America’s fastest mobile network based on two systems: a 4G LTE network that gets faster every year, and a blazing-fast, high-capacity millimeter-wave “ultra wideband” (UWB) 5G network. Verizon’s 4G LTE is often faster than T-Mobile’s and AT&T’s low-band 5G. But Verizon’s UWB 5G network has extremely limited coverage, potentially giving Verizon phones a 4G icon in cities where its competitors have 5G—and when you’re choosing a carrier, you’re more likely to want that little 5G icon than to dig into the nuances of network speeds. In October, Verizon introduced “nationwide 5G” based on dynamic spectrum sharing (DSS), which reuses parts of 4G channels for 5G. Phones will automatically prefer a 5G network over a 4G one, so Verizon customers will see that coveted 5G icon pop up. But it’s all for show. Our most recent tests, using an iPhone 12 Pro in New York City, show that DSS 5G is frequently slower than 4G, and rarely faster. These results are similar to what we saw in October in Chicago with a Pixel 5. “For most customers, performance on our 5G nationwide network will be similar to 4G. [DSS] is new technology and we’re continuing to modify it as we go. We expect performance improvement through 2021 and beyond,” a Verizon spokesperson said. Read full article
Hard-wired internet connections are safer, more secure, and more reliable than 5G and WiFi (see 1, 2, 3). Telecom expert, Bruce Kushnick, encourages all Americans to demand that their legislators focus on breaking up “Big Telecom” and “Big Cable” in order to get the high speed internet service that we’ve paid for already.
Americans opposed to 5G are also encouraged sign a petition asking President-elect Biden and Vice President-elect Harris to stop deployment.
Activist Post reports regularly about 5G and other unsafe technology. For more information visit our archives and the following websites.
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activistpost--2020-12-27--Surveillance Self-Defense and Security Education: Year in Review 2020

As the world rapidly changed in 2020 , new threats arose to our digital security .
The shift to online education and the wave of police brutality protests brought new avenues for surveillance , so EFF created new resources to help people protect themselves .
EFF maintains a repository of self-help resources for fighting back against surveillance across a variety of different platforms , devices , and threat models .
We call it Surveillance Self-Defense , or SSD for short .
SSD covers myriad topics , and is broken up into four main sections : • Basics : Overviews on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ can fight it .
• Tool Guides : Step-by-step tutorials on installing and using privacy and security tools .
• Further Learning : Deep-dives on the theory behind protecting your digital privacy .
• Security Scenarios : Playlists of our resources for specific use cases .
In 2017 , we also launched the Security Education Companion , also known as SEC , as a sister site to SSD .
It ’ s geared toward people who would like to help their communities learn about digital security , but are new to the art @ @ @ @ @ @ @ four main areas of educational resources : • Security Education 101 : Articles on foundational teaching concepts , and the logistics and considerations of planning a workshop or training .
• Lesson Modules : Guides for training learners how to use password managers or lock down their social media , and more .
• Teaching Materials : Handouts and gifs to help illustrate new concepts in approachable ways for any skill level .
• Security News : An archive of curated EFF Deeplinks posts for trainers , technologists , and educators who teach @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and SEC in 2020 Our student privacy guide is a wide-ranging breakdown of the ways schools spy on students , both in and out of the classroom .
It goes over the types of technologies schools can use and the data that they can gather , with strategies that students can use to protect themselves and their peers from invasive school surveillance .
We revamped and renamed our previous censorship circumvention guide to break down more fully the ways in which censorship and surveillance go hand-in-hand , and the harms they bring to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ network censorship happens–where the blocking occurs , and by what mechanisms .
And finally , the guide provides users with options for circumvention techniques , and the risks and benefits of these options .
Our guide on attending protests went through a major update in response to the protests against police brutality this past summer .
We added new sections on dressing for anonymity and safety to circumvent surveillance techniques used at protests and considerations for transit , location , and social media tracking .
We also provided additional resources to help address @ @ @ @ @ @ @ surveillance risk and guidance on posting images in a mindful way to minimize exposing other protesters to potential harm .
We added to SEC ’ s training repertoire this year by creating a lesson module on teaching others about phishing and malware .
This resource is based firmly in learner empowerment , not fear .
These topics can be daunting and scary for people just learning how to protect themselves online , and we frame this training in building up learners ’ awareness and understanding , not recommending specific tools .
An additional @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is our malware handout , a double-sided informative resource on the common types of malware , and protections against contracting this malicious software on devices .
Check out the rest of Surveillance Self-Defense to learn more about protecting yourself online , and Security Education Companion for more of our digital security training resources , at the beginner and intermediate levels of learning .
This article is part of our Year in Review series .
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By Lindsay Oliver
As the world rapidly changed in 2020, new threats arose to our digital security. The shift to online education and the wave of police brutality protests brought new avenues for surveillance, so EFF created new resources to help people protect themselves.
EFF maintains a repository of self-help resources for fighting back against surveillance across a variety of different platforms, devices, and threat models. We call it Surveillance Self-Defense, or SSD for short.
SSD covers myriad topics, and is broken up into four main sections:
Basics: Overviews on what digital surveillance is and how you can fight it.
Tool Guides: Step-by-step tutorials on installing and using privacy and security tools.
Further Learning: Deep-dives on the theory behind protecting your digital privacy.
Security Scenarios: Playlists of our resources for specific use cases.
In 2017, we also launched the Security Education Companion, also known as SEC, as a sister site to SSD. It’s geared toward people who would like to help their communities learn about digital security, but are new to the art of security training.
SEC also features four main areas of educational resources:
Security Education 101: Articles on foundational teaching concepts, and the logistics and considerations of planning a workshop or training.
Lesson Modules: Guides for training learners how to use password managers or lock down their social media, and more.
Teaching Materials: Handouts and gifs to help illustrate new concepts in approachable ways for any skill level.
Security News: An archive of curated EFF Deeplinks posts for trainers, technologists, and educators who teach digital security.
Major Updates to SSD and SEC in 2020
Privacy for Students
Our student privacy guide is a wide-ranging breakdown of the ways schools spy on students, both in and out of the classroom. It goes over the types of technologies schools can use and the data that they can gather, with strategies that students can use to protect themselves and their peers from invasive school surveillance.
Understanding and Circumventing Network Censorship
We revamped and renamed our previous censorship circumvention guide to break down more fully the ways in which censorship and surveillance go hand-in-hand, and the harms they bring to users. We also go over how network censorship happens–where the blocking occurs, and by what mechanisms. And finally, the guide provides users with options for circumvention techniques, and the risks and benefits of these options.
Attending a Protest
Our guide on attending protests went through a major update in response to the protests against police brutality this past summer. We added new sections on dressing for anonymity and safety to circumvent surveillance techniques used at protests and considerations for transit, location, and social media tracking. We also provided additional resources to help address issues of self-censorship in the face of surveillance risk and guidance on posting images in a mindful way to minimize exposing other protesters to potential harm.
Lesson Module: Phishing and Malware
We added to SEC’s training repertoire this year by creating a lesson module on teaching others about phishing and malware. This resource is based firmly in learner empowerment, not fear. These topics can be daunting and scary for people just learning how to protect themselves online, and we frame this training in building up learners’ awareness and understanding, not recommending specific tools. An additional resource released in tandem with this lesson is our malware handout, a double-sided informative resource on the common types of malware, and protections against contracting this malicious software on devices.
Check out the rest of Surveillance Self-Defense to learn more about protecting yourself online, and Security Education Companion for more of our digital security training resources, at the beginner and intermediate levels of learning.
This article is part of our Year in Review series. Read other articles about the fight for digital rights in 2020.
Source: EFF.org
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activistpost--2020-12-27--The Great Reset, Part II: Corporate Socialism

As I noted in the previous installment , the Great Reset , if its architects have their way , would involve transformations of nearly every aspect of life .
Here , I will limit my discussion to the economics of the Great Reset as promoted by the World Economic Forum ( WEF ) , as well as to recent developments that have advanced these plans .
As F.A .
Hayek suggested in his introductory essay to Collectivist Economic Planning , socialism can be divided into two aspects : the ends and the means .
The socialist means is collectivist planning @ @ @ @ @ @ @ under proletarian socialism , are the collective ownership of the means of production and the “ equal ” or “ equitable ” distribution of the end products .
Distinguishing between these two aspects in order to set aside the question of the ends and to focus on the means , Hayek suggested that collectivist planning could be marshaled in the service of ends other than those associated with proletarian socialism : “ An aristocratic dictatorship , for example , may use the same methods to further the interest of some racial or other @ @ @ @ @ @ @ other decidedly anti-equalitarian purpose.
” Collectivist planning might or might not run into the calculation problem , depending upon whether or not a market in the factors of production is retained .
If a market for the factors of production is maintained , then the calculation problem would not strictly apply .
The collectivist planners of the Great Reset do not aim at eliminating markets for the factors of production .
Rather , they mean to drive ownership and control of the most important factors to those enrolled in “ stakeholder capitalism.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ meanwhile , would be guided by the directives of a coalition of governments under a unified mission and set of policies , in particular those expounded by the WEF itself .
While these corporate stakeholders would not necessarily be monopolies per se , the goal of the WEF is to vest as much control over production and distribution in these corporate stakeholders as possible , with the goal of eliminating producers whose products or processes are deemed either unnecessary or inimical to the globalists ’ desiderata for “ a fairer , greener future.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ on production and consumption and likewise an expanded role for governments in order to enforce such constraints—or , as Klaus Schwab has stated in the context of the covid crisis , “ the return of big government ” —as if government hasn ’ t been big and growing bigger all the while .
Schwab and the WEF promote stakeholder capitalism against a supposedly rampant “ neoliberalism.
” Neoliberalism is a weasel word that stands for whatever leftists deem wrong with the socioeconomic order .
It is the common enemy of the Left .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ defines as “ a corpus of ideas and policies that can loosely be defined as favouring competition over solidarity , creative destruction over government intervention and economic growth over social welfare ” —is a straw man .
Schwab and company erect neoliberalism as the source of our economic woes .
But to the extent that “ antineoliberalism ” has been in play , the governmental favoring of industries and players within industries ( or corporatocracy ) , and not competition , has been the source of what Schwab and his ilk decry .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ of corporatocracy .
Nevertheless , the aims of the WEF are not to plan every aspect of production and thus to direct all individual activity .
Rather , the goal is to limit the possibilities for individual activity , including the activity of consumers—by dint of squeezing out industries and producers within industries from the economy .
“ Every country , from the United States to China , must participate , and every industry , from oil and gas to tech , must be transformed.
” Become an Activist Post Patron for just @ @ @ @ @ @ @ As Hayek noted , “ when the medieval guild system was at its height , and when restrictions to commerce were most extensive , they were not used as a means actually to direct individual activity.
” Likewise , the Great Reset aims not at a strictly collectivist planning of the economy so much as recommends and demands neofeudalistic restrictions that would go further than anything since the Medieval Period—other than under state socialism itself , that is .
In 1935 , Hayek noted the extent to which economic restrictions had already led @ @ @ @ @ @ @ much further , then , the Great Reset would take us toward the kinds of restrictions imposed under feudalism , including the economic stasis that feudalism entailed !
I call this neofeudalism “ corporate socialism ” —not only because the rhetoric to gain adherents derives from socialist ideology ( “ fairness , ” “ economic equality , ” “ collective good , ” “ shared destiny , ” etc . )
but also because the reality sought after is de facto monopolistic control of production via the elimination of noncompliant producers—i.e.
, a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ characteristic of socialism .
These interventions would not only add to the “ interventionist chaos ” already in existence but further distort markets to a degree unprecedented outside of centralized socialist planning per se .
The elites could attempt to determine , a priori , consumer needs and wants by limiting production to acceptable goods and services .
They would also limit production to the kinds amenable to the governments and producers who buy into the program .
The added regulations would drive mid-sized and small producers out of business or into black @ @ @ @ @ @ @ markets could exist under a digital currency and greater centralized banking .
As such , the restrictions and regulations would tend toward a static caste-like system with corporate oligarchs on top , and “ actually existing socialism ” for the vast majority below .
Increasing wealth for the few , “ economic equality , ” under reduced conditions , including universal basic income , for the rest .
The Coronavirus Lockdowns , the Riots , and Corporate Socialism The covid-19 lockdowns , and to a lesser extent the leftist riots , have been @ @ @ @ @ @ @ draconian lockdown measures employed by governors and mayors and the destruction perpetrated by the rioters just so happen to be doing the work that corporate socialists like the WEF want done .
In addition to destabilizing the nation-state , these policies and politics are helping to destroy small businesses , thus eliminating competitors .
As the Foundation for Economic Education ( FEE ) points out , the lockdowns and riots have combined to level a one-two punch that is knocking out millions of small businesses— “ the backbone of the American economy ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Meanwhile , as FEE and others have noted , there is no evidence that the lockdowns have done anything to slow the spread of the virus .
Likewise , there is no evidence that Black Lives Matter has done anything to help black lives .
If anything , the riotous and murderous campaigns of Black Lives Matter and Antifa have proven that black lives do not matter to Black Lives Matter .
In addition to murdering black people , the Black Lives Matter and Antifa rioters have done enormous damage to black businesses @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lives .
As small businesses have been crushed by the combination of draconian lockdowns and riotous lunacy , corporate giants like Amazon have thrived like never before .
As BBC noted , at least three of the tech giants—Amazon , Apple , and Facebook—have appreciated massive gains during the lockdowns , gains which were abetted , to a lesser extent , by riots that cost 1 to 2 billion in property damages .
During the three months ending in June , Amazon ’ s “ quarterly profit of $ 5.2bn ( £4bn ) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s start in 1994 and came despite heavy spending on protective gear and other measures due to the virus.
” Amazon ’ s sales rose by 40 percent in the three months ending in June .
As reported by TechCrunch , Facebook and its WhatsApp and Instagram platforms saw a 15 percent rise in users , which brought revenues to a grand total of $ 17.74 billion in the first quarter .
Facebook ’ s total users climbed to 3 billion in March , or two-thirds of the world ’ s internet users @ @ @ @ @ @ @ revenues soared during the same period , with quarterly earnings rising 11 percent year-on-year to $ 59.7 billion .
“ Walmart , the country ’ s largest grocer , said profits rose 4 percent , to $ 3.99 billion , ” during the first quarter of 2020 , as reported by the Washington Post .
The number of small businesses has been nearly cut in half by the covid-19 lockdowns and the Black Lives Matter/Antifa riots while the corporate giants have consolidated their grip on the economy , as well as their power @ @ @ @ @ @ @ beyond .
Thus , it would appear that the covid lockdowns , shutdowns , partial closings , as well as the riots are just what the Great Resetters ordered , although I am not hereby suggesting that they did order them .
More likely , they have seized the opportunity to cull from the economy the underbrush of small and medium-sized businesses in order to make compliance simpler and more pervasive .
In the end , the Great Reset is merely a propaganda campaign , not some button that globalist oligarchs can push @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as just that .
Their plans need to be countered with better economic ideas and concerted individual actions .
The only reasonable response to the Great Reset project is to defy it , to introduce and promote more competition , and to demand the full reopening of the economy , at whatever peril .
If this means that smaller-scale producers and distributors must band together to defy state edicts , then so be it .
New business associations , with the aim of foiling the Great Reset , must be formed—before it is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ professor of liberal studies at New York University ( retired ) .
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By Michael Rectenwald
As I noted in the previous installment, the Great Reset, if its architects have their way, would involve transformations of nearly every aspect of life. Here, I will limit my discussion to the economics of the Great Reset as promoted by the World Economic Forum (WEF), as well as to recent developments that have advanced these plans.
As F.A. Hayek suggested in his introductory essay to Collectivist Economic Planning, socialism can be divided into two aspects: the ends and the means. The socialist means is collectivist planning, while the ends, at least under proletarian socialism, are the collective ownership of the means of production and the “equal” or “equitable” distribution of the end products. Distinguishing between these two aspects in order to set aside the question of the ends and to focus on the means, Hayek suggested that collectivist planning could be marshaled in the service of ends other than those associated with proletarian socialism: “An aristocratic dictatorship, for example, may use the same methods to further the interest of some racial or other elite or in the service of some other decidedly anti-equalitarian purpose.” Collectivist planning might or might not run into the calculation problem, depending upon whether or not a market in the factors of production is retained. If a market for the factors of production is maintained, then the calculation problem would not strictly apply.
The collectivist planners of the Great Reset do not aim at eliminating markets for the factors of production. Rather, they mean to drive ownership and control of the most important factors to those enrolled in “stakeholder capitalism.” The productive activities of said stakeholders, meanwhile, would be guided by the directives of a coalition of governments under a unified mission and set of policies, in particular those expounded by the WEF itself.
While these corporate stakeholders would not necessarily be monopolies per se, the goal of the WEF is to vest as much control over production and distribution in these corporate stakeholders as possible, with the goal of eliminating producers whose products or processes are deemed either unnecessary or inimical to the globalists’ desiderata for “a fairer, greener future.” Naturally, this would involve constraints on production and consumption and likewise an expanded role for governments in order to enforce such constraints—or, as Klaus Schwab has stated in the context of the covid crisis, “the return of big government” —as if government hasn’t been big and growing bigger all the while.
Schwab and the WEF promote stakeholder capitalism against a supposedly rampant “neoliberalism.” Neoliberalism is a weasel word that stands for whatever leftists deem wrong with the socioeconomic order. It is the common enemy of the Left. Needless to say, neoliberalism—which Schwab loosely defines as “a corpus of ideas and policies that can loosely be defined as favouring competition over solidarity, creative destruction over government intervention and economic growth over social welfare” —is a straw man. Schwab and company erect neoliberalism as the source of our economic woes. But to the extent that “antineoliberalism” has been in play, the governmental favoring of industries and players within industries (or corporatocracy), and not competition, has been the source of what Schwab and his ilk decry. The Great Reset would magnify the effects of corporatocracy.
Nevertheless, the aims of the WEF are not to plan every aspect of production and thus to direct all individual activity. Rather, the goal is to limit the possibilities for individual activity, including the activity of consumers—by dint of squeezing out industries and producers within industries from the economy. “Every country, from the United States to China, must participate, and every industry, from oil and gas to tech, must be transformed.”
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As Hayek noted, “when the medieval guild system was at its height, and when restrictions to commerce were most extensive, they were not used as a means actually to direct individual activity.” Likewise, the Great Reset aims not at a strictly collectivist planning of the economy so much as recommends and demands neofeudalistic restrictions that would go further than anything since the Medieval Period—other than under state socialism itself, that is. In 1935, Hayek noted the extent to which economic restrictions had already led to distortions of the market:
With our attempts to use the old apparatus of restrictionism as an instrument of almost day-to-day adjustment to change we have probably already gone much further in the direction of central planning of current activity than has ever been attempted before….It is important to realize in any investigation of the possibilities of planning that it is a fallacy to suppose capitalism as it exists to-day is the alternative. We are certainly as far from capitalism in its pure form as we are from any system of central planning. The world of to-day is just interventionist chaos.
How much further, then, the Great Reset would take us toward the kinds of restrictions imposed under feudalism, including the economic stasis that feudalism entailed!
I call this neofeudalism “corporate socialism”—not only because the rhetoric to gain adherents derives from socialist ideology (“fairness,” “economic equality,” “collective good,” “shared destiny,” etc.) but also because the reality sought after is de facto monopolistic control of production via the elimination of noncompliant producers—i.e., a tendency toward monopoly over production that is characteristic of socialism. These interventions would not only add to the “interventionist chaos” already in existence but further distort markets to a degree unprecedented outside of centralized socialist planning per se. The elites could attempt to determine, a priori, consumer needs and wants by limiting production to acceptable goods and services. They would also limit production to the kinds amenable to the governments and producers who buy into the program. The added regulations would drive mid-sized and small producers out of business or into black markets, to the extent that black markets could exist under a digital currency and greater centralized banking. As such, the restrictions and regulations would tend toward a static caste-like system with corporate oligarchs on top, and “actually existing socialism” for the vast majority below. Increasing wealth for the few, “economic equality,” under reduced conditions, including universal basic income, for the rest.
The Coronavirus Lockdowns, the Riots, and Corporate Socialism
The covid-19 lockdowns, and to a lesser extent the leftist riots, have been moving us toward corporate socialism. The draconian lockdown measures employed by governors and mayors and the destruction perpetrated by the rioters just so happen to be doing the work that corporate socialists like the WEF want done. In addition to destabilizing the nation-state, these policies and politics are helping to destroy small businesses, thus eliminating competitors.
As the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) points out, the lockdowns and riots have combined to level a one-two punch that is knocking out millions of small businesses—“the backbone of the American economy”—all across America. FEE reported that
7.5 million small businesses in America are at risk of closing their doors for good. A more recent survey showed that even with federal loans, close to half of all small business owners say they’ll have to shut down for good. The toll has already been severe. In New York alone, stay-at-home orders have forced the permanent closure of more than 100,000 small businesses.
Meanwhile, as FEE and others have noted, there is no evidence that the lockdowns have done anything to slow the spread of the virus. Likewise, there is no evidence that Black Lives Matter has done anything to help black lives. If anything, the riotous and murderous campaigns of Black Lives Matter and Antifa have proven that black lives do not matter to Black Lives Matter. In addition to murdering black people, the Black Lives Matter and Antifa rioters have done enormous damage to black businesses and neighborhoods, and thus to black lives.
As small businesses have been crushed by the combination of draconian lockdowns and riotous lunacy, corporate giants like Amazon have thrived like never before. As BBC noted, at least three of the tech giants—Amazon, Apple, and Facebook—have appreciated massive gains during the lockdowns, gains which were abetted, to a lesser extent, by riots that cost 1 to 2 billion in property damages. During the three months ending in June, Amazon’s “quarterly profit of $5.2bn (£4bn) was the biggest since the company’s start in 1994 and came despite heavy spending on protective gear and other measures due to the virus.” Amazon’s sales rose by 40 percent in the three months ending in June.
As reported by TechCrunch, Facebook and its WhatsApp and Instagram platforms saw a 15 percent rise in users, which brought revenues to a grand total of $17.74 billion in the first quarter. Facebook’s total users climbed to 3 billion in March, or two-thirds of the world’s internet users, a record. Apple’s revenues soared during the same period, with quarterly earnings rising 11 percent year-on-year to $59.7 billion. “Walmart, the country’s largest grocer, said profits rose 4 percent, to $3.99 billion,” during the first quarter of 2020, as reported by the Washington Post.
The number of small businesses has been nearly cut in half by the covid-19 lockdowns and the Black Lives Matter/Antifa riots while the corporate giants have consolidated their grip on the economy, as well as their power over individual expression on the internet and beyond. Thus, it would appear that the covid lockdowns, shutdowns, partial closings, as well as the riots are just what the Great Resetters ordered, although I am not hereby suggesting that they did order them. More likely, they have seized the opportunity to cull from the economy the underbrush of small and medium-sized businesses in order to make compliance simpler and more pervasive.
In the end, the Great Reset is merely a propaganda campaign, not some button that globalist oligarchs can push at will—although the WEF has represented it as just that. Their plans need to be countered with better economic ideas and concerted individual actions. The only reasonable response to the Great Reset project is to defy it, to introduce and promote more competition, and to demand the full reopening of the economy, at whatever peril. If this means that smaller-scale producers and distributors must band together to defy state edicts, then so be it. New business associations, with the aim of foiling the Great Reset, must be formed—before it is too late.
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Michael Rectenwald was a professor of liberal studies at New York University (retired).
Source: Mises.org
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