Autonomous Weapons

whitecoast

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I saw a scary movie on youtube. It's a science fiction movie (kind of black mirror-esque) that depicts the innovation in autonomous weapons in recent years. Combining big data with advanced drone engineering, it shows how truly lethal autonomous weapons can be on a political and societal scale. What's really scary is that there is zero trouble in imagining that this could be done - with technologies publicly known about today. I don't know what the deep state has in its unacknowledged special access projects.


https://youtu.be/9CO6M2HsoIA

This video was put together by an advocacy group that is aiming to ban autonomous weapons internationally, similar to how several other current arms treaties prohibit the manufacturing of certain weapons. _http://autonomousweapons.org/
 
Hi whitecoast,

Scary stuff indeed! I am sure the technology is probably already here.

There was an article on SOTT on the 20th of November that linked to this video.
See here:

https://www.sott.net/article/368412-Slaughterbots-documentary-commissioned-by-college-professors-shows-horrors-of-drones-VIDEO
 
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Kinda shocking, that video.

Nevertheless, I think there are simple ways of defending yourself against these swarms: wear a mask. Like the ones used in V for Vendetta for instance, or any which one from the following link:

_https://www.google.nl/search?q=rubber+carnavalsmaskers&client=firefox-b-ab&dcr=0&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjTzOHfl-nXAhUSy6QKHbv7DlQQsAQITw&biw=1920&bih=937

Facial recognition can be thwarted quite easily, it seems. :P
 
Palinurus said:
Kinda shocking, that video.

Nevertheless, I think there are simple ways of defending yourself against these swarms: wear a mask. Like the ones used in V for Vendetta for instance, or any which one from the following link:

_https://www.google.nl/search?q=rubber+carnavalsmaskers&client=firefox-b-ab&dcr=0&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjTzOHfl-nXAhUSy6QKHbv7DlQQsAQITw&biw=1920&bih=937

Facial recognition can be thwarted quite easily, it seems. :P

Yeah, and carry a tennis racket to swat them away! :ninja:
 
Perhaps it should come as no surprise that Google is actually tracking you even when you switch your device settings to Location History "off".

As journalist Mark Ames comments in response to a new Associated Press story exposing Google's ability to track people at all times even when they explicitly tell Google not to via iPhone and Android settings, "The Pentagon invented the internet to be the perfect global surveillance/counterinsurgency machine. Surveillance is baked into the internet's DNA.

The Associated Press sought the help of Princeton researchers to prove that while Google is clear and upfront about giving App users the ability to turn off or "pause" Location History on their devices, there are other hidden means through which it retains the data.

According to the AP report:
Google says that will prevent the company from remembering where you’ve been. Google’s support page on the subject states: “You can turn off Location History at any time. With Location History off, the places you go are no longer stored.”
That isn’t true. Even with Location History paused, some Google apps automatically store time-stamped location data without asking.
For example, Google stores a snapshot of where you are when you merely open its Maps app. Automatic daily weather updates on Android phones pinpoint roughly where you are. And some searches that have nothing to do with location, like “chocolate chip cookies,” or “kids science kits,” pinpoint your precise latitude and longitude — accurate to the square foot — and save it to your Google account.​
The issue directly affects around two billion people using Google's Android operating software and iPhone users relying on Google maps or a simple search.

Among the computer science researchers at Princeton conducting the tests is Jonathan Mayer, who told the AP, “If you’re going to allow users to turn off something called ‘Location History,’ then all the places where you maintain location history should be turned off,” and added, “That seems like a pretty straightforward position to have.”

Google, for its part, is defending the software and privacy tracking settings, saying the company has been perfectly clear and has not violated privacy ethics.

“There are a number of different ways that Google may use location to improve people’s experience, including: Location History, Web and App Activity, and through device-level Location Services,” a Google statement to the AP reads. “We provide clear descriptions of these tools, and robust controls so people can turn them on or off, and delete their histories at any time.”

According to the AP, there is a way to prevent Google from storing the various location marker and metadata collection possibilities, but it's somewhat hidden and painstaking.

Google's own description on how to do this as a result of the AP inquiry is as follows:

To stop Google from saving these location markers, the company says, users can turn off another setting, one that does not specifically reference location information. Called “Web and App Activity” and enabled by default, that setting stores a variety of information from Google apps and websites to your Google account.

When paused, it will prevent activity on any device from being saved to your account. But leaving “Web & App Activity” on and turning “Location History” off only prevents Google from adding your movements to the “timeline,” its visualization of your daily travels. It does not stop Google’s collection of other location markers.

You can delete these location markers by hand, but it’s a painstaking process since you have to select them individually, unless you want to delete all of your stored activity.

Of course, the more constant location data obviously means more advertising profits and further revenue possibilities for Google and its clients, so we fully expect future hidden tracking loopholes to possibly come to light.


Beginning in 2014, Google has utilized user location histories to allow advertisers to track the effectiveness of online ads at driving foot traffic. With the continued possibility of real-time tracking to generate billions of dollars, it should come as no surprise that Google would seek to make it as difficult (or perhaps impossible?) as it can for users to ensure they aren't tracked.

As for the government, we can only imagine the creative surveillance "fun" Washington's 16+ intelligence agencies are having with such a powerful tool right now.
 
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