Government Is Recording Our "Patterns of Life"
Posted by freedomforall 1 day, 8 hours ago to Government
Excerpt:
"You may have heard about how the Israelis knew exactly when and where to go after – to kill – Iran’s religious leader, the Ayatollah Khamenei. They used traffic cameras to keep track of his movements, so as to know when and where to kill him:
“Sources close to Israeli intelligence claim that Mossad hacked into almost all of Tehran’s traffic camera network, to keep tabs on Khamenei and his bodyguards,” according to the Financial Times.
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You may have just heard an alarm bell go off in your head.
The same traffic cameras used to ascertain the ayatollah’s “patterns of life” are also ascertaining our “patterns of life.”
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Why is it that cameras are being emplaced all over the place? The benign explanation put forward is that they are just being emplaced to better manage the ebb and flow of traffic – as for example by adjusting the timing of traffic lights. That there’s a malignant aspect to it is easy enough to establish since the cameras are identifying specific vehicles – and so specific people – via license plates and (in the case of Flock cameras) more than just that. The Flock cameras note such identifying characteristics of particular vehicles, such as body damage, even bumper stickers. Obviously, such identifiers have nothing to do with easing congestion.
They have everything to do with identification – and much more than just that.
It is about collecting information about our movements on a grand (mass) scale – so that they (the people behind the cameras) know where all of us have been and when – as well as more than just that. With this information, they can predict where and when we’ll be – before we head for there."
"You may have heard about how the Israelis knew exactly when and where to go after – to kill – Iran’s religious leader, the Ayatollah Khamenei. They used traffic cameras to keep track of his movements, so as to know when and where to kill him:
“Sources close to Israeli intelligence claim that Mossad hacked into almost all of Tehran’s traffic camera network, to keep tabs on Khamenei and his bodyguards,” according to the Financial Times.
...
You may have just heard an alarm bell go off in your head.
The same traffic cameras used to ascertain the ayatollah’s “patterns of life” are also ascertaining our “patterns of life.”
...
Why is it that cameras are being emplaced all over the place? The benign explanation put forward is that they are just being emplaced to better manage the ebb and flow of traffic – as for example by adjusting the timing of traffic lights. That there’s a malignant aspect to it is easy enough to establish since the cameras are identifying specific vehicles – and so specific people – via license plates and (in the case of Flock cameras) more than just that. The Flock cameras note such identifying characteristics of particular vehicles, such as body damage, even bumper stickers. Obviously, such identifiers have nothing to do with easing congestion.
They have everything to do with identification – and much more than just that.
It is about collecting information about our movements on a grand (mass) scale – so that they (the people behind the cameras) know where all of us have been and when – as well as more than just that. With this information, they can predict where and when we’ll be – before we head for there."
