A federal judge on Tuesday refused to bring back a class action lawsuit alleging four auto manufacturers had violated Washington state’s privacy laws by using vehicles’ on-board infotainment systems to record and intercept customers’ private text messages and mobile phone call logs.
Court rules automakers can record and intercept owner text messages
H/T: Steve Lehto
The NYPD used its drones 13 times to make 239 arrests during the demonstrations that erupted last week over the Hamas-Israel war and could bust more people caught breaking the law on video, NYPD officials said.
NYPD used drones for arrests in pro-Palestine protests in NYC
Anomaly Six, a secretive government contractor, claims to monitor the movements of billions of phones around the world and unmask spies with the press of a button.
Anomaly Six Demo’d Surveillance Powers by Spying on CIA And NSA
Years and years ago (at my former site) I’d written a list of simple actions that could be taken as a method of mass non violent non compliance —
Dumping the smart phone was included in the list. Sadly, people have become more addicted then ever to this smart (painful) device.
Canada’s Totalitarian Technocracy: Feds Tracked Your Phone During Lockdowns & Will Continue Spying on You
U.S. Geopolitics: Afghanistan and the Containment of China
China’s fear is replicating the fall of the Soviet Union. When its borderlands, Central Asia and Transcaucasus, were lost, the Russian core shattered into three states: Byelorussia, Ukraine, and Russia. Should China loses its borderlands, Tibet and Xinjiang, the Chinese core may similarly shatter.
Ms. Cat’s Chronicles 