Clear Channel Outdoor, one of the world’s largest billboard companies, will in coming days roll out technology across Europe capable of letting advertisers know where people go and what they do after seeing a particular billboard.
Sounds creepy, no?
Showing posts with label Orwell. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Orwell. Show all posts
Tuesday, August 25, 2020
Clearly Creepy - The Billboards are Watching You
Well,
brace yourself. Clear Channel has been quietly using this technology in
the United States for the last four years, including in Los Angeles.
“They’re spying on you in your own neighborhood,” said Jeff Chester, executive director of the Center for Digital Democracy.
“You don’t know it’s happening,” he told me. “You don’t know who they’re sharing the information with.”
Chester
and other privacy advocates said Clear Channel’s system is an example
of how private companies are building out commercial surveillance
networks right under our noses. more
Wednesday, August 19, 2020
Verizon Launches Hyper-Precise GPS Location Technology
Verizon launched its Hyper Precise Location using Real Time Kinematics (RTK), a location technology that provides location accuracy within 1-2 centimeters, on the Verizon network.
Verizon has built and deployed RTK reference stations nationwide to provide pinpoint level accuracy to RTK compatible internet of things (IoT) devices. RTK will also support emerging technologies that depend on high level location accuracy such as delivery drones and customer-approved location data for first responders during emergencies...Additionally, the rollout of hyper-precise location services paired with Verizon’s 5G Ultra Wideband (UWB) network and 5G Edge, will pave the way for more autonomous technologies. more
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#privacy,
5G,
cell phone,
FutureWatch,
GPS,
Orwell,
surveillance,
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Wednesday, July 15, 2020
The Atlas of Surveillance
Documenting Police Tech in Our Communities.
Explore 5,300 datapoints in the U.S. collected by hundreds of researchers.
TOGGLE the Legend to reveal how each technology is spreading. ZOOM into any region to see the technologies in greater detail. If an area has no markers, it means it hasn't been researched yet.
Explore 5,300 datapoints in the U.S. collected by hundreds of researchers.
TOGGLE the Legend to reveal how each technology is spreading. ZOOM into any region to see the technologies in greater detail. If an area has no markers, it means it hasn't been researched yet.
Click to enlarge. Go to website to explore. Wired article here. |
Tuesday, July 7, 2020
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