The Centre of International Insecurity

July 1, 2022July 1, 2022 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

The Biden administration is no longer in charge of the White House. Relying on a select network of think-tanks and their corporate proxies, the Big Defense is. What it wants, it seems to get.
The Centre of International Insecurity

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Scott [Horton] is joined by Dan Steinbock to discuss an article he wrote about the network of Democratic organizations running American foreign policy. Steinbock has dug deep into the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) and WestExec Advisors, two organizations that have allowed top foreign policy officials to make money cycling between government, think tank and advisory roles. Steinbock also takes a step back and examines how these organizations are connected to weapons companies, Wall Street and technology firms.
6/27/22 Dan Steinbock: How Hawkish Democrats Make Money Pushing War

A Face Search Engine Anyone Can Use Is Alarmingly Accurate

May 28, 2022May 28, 2022 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

PimEyes is a paid service that finds photos of a person from across the internet, including some the person may not want exposed. “We’re just a tool provider,” its owner said.
A Face Search Engine Anyone Can Use Is Alarmingly Accurate

An investigation by netzpolitik.org shows the potential for abuse of PimEyes, a free search engine for 900 million faces. Whoever’s photos have been published on the Internet could already be part of their database.

Cambridge Analytica Reborn? Private Spy Agency Weaponizes Facebook Again

May 12, 2022May 12, 2022 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

by Kit Klarenberg
For all the public outcry, official probes and hearings, financial penalties, apologies and proposed regulations, Facebook remains the world’s foremost surveillance tool – weaponized in all manner of malevolent ways by any number of hostile elements.
Cambridge Analytica Reborn? Private Spy Agency Weaponizes Facebook Again

Ukraine’s Gory Online Campaign Violates Geneva Convention

April 17, 2022April 17, 2022 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Ukraine claims this is being done to sow dissent in Russia. That’s CRAP. This is psychological warfare. It’s intended to traumatize and terrorize. People on the receiving end of this will understand the inhumanity/monstrosity on the part of the persons sending these images to them.
Ukraine’s Gory Online Campaign Violates Geneva Convention

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The gory online campaign Ukraine hopes will sow anti-Putin dissent probably violates the Geneva Conventions

Ukraine is scanning faces of dead Russians, then contacting the mothers

[4-2021] A growing problem of ‘deepfake geography’: How AI falsifies satellite images

April 10, 2022April 10, 2022 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

A growing problem of ‘deepfake geography’: How AI falsifies satellite images (Archived)

U.S. Army Proposes to Cut Its Troop Numbers Below 1 Million

April 7, 2022April 7, 2022 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

The Army would fall below 1 million soldiers for the first time in two decades under a new budget proposal as leaders struggle with recruitment in the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic.
U.S. Army Proposes to Cut Its Troop Numbers Below 1 Million

AUKUS pact expanded to base hypersonic missiles in Australia

April 7, 2022April 7, 2022 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

On the eve of calling a federal election, Prime Minister Scott Morrison this week took another critical step to placing Australia on the frontline of US preparations for war against China.
AUKUS pact expanded to base hypersonic missiles in Australia

India’s dilemma over West vs. Russia

April 6, 2022April 6, 2022 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

The information war over alleged killings in the town of Bucha near Kyiv underscores the high stakes in smearing the Russian operation in Ukraine. Pentagon has distanced itself saying it has no independent information.
India’s dilemma over West vs. Russia