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angelburst29
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So with Wi-Fi's various applications, do we now live in "Glass House's" with real time tracking of location and communications?
MIT Updates Wi-Fi Tech That Can Track You Through Walls
_http://www.activistpost.com/2013/12/new-wi-fi-technology-can-track-you.html#more
Saturday, June 14, 2014 - One of the hallmarks of technology is dual-use capability. It is for this reason that we are softened up with all of the benefits, before being introduced to the darker side. Technology has always been a double-edged sword, but we are witnessing a closure in the gap between good and bad as technology is now advancing at a much higher rate of speed in tandem with a growing global police state.
I remember seeing a story a while back about a microwave device that could see through rubble to detect the beating heart of people trapped under a collapsed building. I immediately thought, wow that's a good thing ... ohhhh, wait a minute. Seeing through rubble; isn't that the same as seeing through walls?
And here comes the dark side:
A little more than a year ago, the first enhancement of Wi-Fi was labeled WiTrack. It marked an improvement over a discovery by MIT researchers a few months previous that they had called Wi-Vi. At the time, researchers were able to use dual signals to detect the general location of moving objects behind walls, but not an exact image.
WiTrack uses radio signals to pinpoint a person's location more accurately. An MIT press release explained the significant difference between Wi-Vi and WiTrack:
WiTrack operates by tracking specialized radio signals reflected off a person's body to pinpoint location and movement. The system uses multiple antennas: one for transmitting signals and three for receiving. The system then builds a geometric model of the user's location by transmitting signals between the antennas and using the reflections off a person's body to estimate the distance between the antennas and the user. WiTrack is able to locate motion with significantly increased accuracy, as opposed to tracking devices that rely on wireless signals, according to Adib.
"Because of the limited bandwidth, you cannot get very high location accuracy using WiFi signals," Adib says. "WiTrack transmits a very low-power radio signal, 100 times smaller than WiFi and 1,000 times smaller than what your cell phone can transmit. But the signal is structured in a particular way to measure the time from when the signal was transmitted until the reflections come back. WiTrack has a geometric model that maps reflection delays to the exact location of the person. The model can also eliminate reflections off walls and furniture to allow us to focus on tracking human motion."
Here is a video demonstration of how this operates:
As if on cue, we are presented with the enormous benefits of this low-cost technology, while being given none of the potential negatives. In the video, we see the convenience element that would fit into the various applications of smart homes and the Internet of Things. Secondly, are video games, which would take the somewhat cumbersome Wii to entirely new levels. And leave it to MIT to pimp the two most military-oriented games on the market that would benefit:
Imagine playing a video game like Call of Duty or Battlefield and having the ability to lead your virtual army unit while moving freely throughout your house. Yes, imagine further acclimating America's youth to become even more involved in the realism that has become violent gaming based on military campaigns.
But for the real sales pitch, we have to look at disaster relief and personal safety, which is precisely what the rollout of the microwave device cited above set out to highlight.
Here is what was said about Wi-Vi:
Researchers think the Wi-Vi system could also be used to find survivors in destroyed buildings or count and track criminals. Compared to previous military-oriented tracking systems, Wi-Vi is cheap, compact and lightweight, which makes it practical for consumer uses such as personal safety. Researchers now hope to improve the technology so it can work with denser walls over longer ranges. (emphasis added)
Well, 1 1/2 years later MIT is now announcing that they have "perfected" a system which can track multiple people through walls, as well as breathing and heart rate, to 99% accuracy.
This new system is being called WiZ,
Researchers at the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory transmitted a low-power wireless signal through a wall and measured how long it took the signals to bounce back. Changes in the reflected signals allowed the team to measure movement, or even minute chest movements.
Based on a person’s chest rising and falling, the CSAIL group can determine their heart rate with 99 percent accuracy. The system can track up to four people at a time.
The first application touted, naturally, is to monitor your baby's vital signs:
In the following video we begin to see how easily this stealth monitoring system could be set up for surveillance.
Extreme Tech, while being "truly excited" about these developments, correctly summarizes where all of this is headed.
Perhaps most significantly, though, with the world moving towards wearable computers and ubiquitous sensor networks, WiZ could play a role in tracking your movement and vital signs without having to wear a Fitbit or smartwatch. It’s quite easy to imagine a wide-scale radio-based sensor network that tracks the movements of everyone through a given area — and then using some kind of beacon system (say, if your smartphone broadcast your identity) that sensor data could be correlated to each person. It would be equal parts great news for people wanting to keep track of their health and activity levels, and modern-day governments that just love to surveil their populace.
The electronic tracking and Internet surveillance that we all have been enduring at the hands of the NSA and their corporate partners pales in comparison to the real-world, real-time tracking that seems to be on the horizon beyond the virtual matrix.
As tech site GIGAOM opined with tongue in cheek to introduce one of their articles on the topic: This technology will "ruin hide and seek forever."
MIT Updates Wi-Fi Tech That Can Track You Through Walls
_http://www.activistpost.com/2013/12/new-wi-fi-technology-can-track-you.html#more
Saturday, June 14, 2014 - One of the hallmarks of technology is dual-use capability. It is for this reason that we are softened up with all of the benefits, before being introduced to the darker side. Technology has always been a double-edged sword, but we are witnessing a closure in the gap between good and bad as technology is now advancing at a much higher rate of speed in tandem with a growing global police state.
I remember seeing a story a while back about a microwave device that could see through rubble to detect the beating heart of people trapped under a collapsed building. I immediately thought, wow that's a good thing ... ohhhh, wait a minute. Seeing through rubble; isn't that the same as seeing through walls?
And here comes the dark side:
A little more than a year ago, the first enhancement of Wi-Fi was labeled WiTrack. It marked an improvement over a discovery by MIT researchers a few months previous that they had called Wi-Vi. At the time, researchers were able to use dual signals to detect the general location of moving objects behind walls, but not an exact image.
WiTrack uses radio signals to pinpoint a person's location more accurately. An MIT press release explained the significant difference between Wi-Vi and WiTrack:
WiTrack operates by tracking specialized radio signals reflected off a person's body to pinpoint location and movement. The system uses multiple antennas: one for transmitting signals and three for receiving. The system then builds a geometric model of the user's location by transmitting signals between the antennas and using the reflections off a person's body to estimate the distance between the antennas and the user. WiTrack is able to locate motion with significantly increased accuracy, as opposed to tracking devices that rely on wireless signals, according to Adib.
"Because of the limited bandwidth, you cannot get very high location accuracy using WiFi signals," Adib says. "WiTrack transmits a very low-power radio signal, 100 times smaller than WiFi and 1,000 times smaller than what your cell phone can transmit. But the signal is structured in a particular way to measure the time from when the signal was transmitted until the reflections come back. WiTrack has a geometric model that maps reflection delays to the exact location of the person. The model can also eliminate reflections off walls and furniture to allow us to focus on tracking human motion."
Here is a video demonstration of how this operates:
As if on cue, we are presented with the enormous benefits of this low-cost technology, while being given none of the potential negatives. In the video, we see the convenience element that would fit into the various applications of smart homes and the Internet of Things. Secondly, are video games, which would take the somewhat cumbersome Wii to entirely new levels. And leave it to MIT to pimp the two most military-oriented games on the market that would benefit:
Imagine playing a video game like Call of Duty or Battlefield and having the ability to lead your virtual army unit while moving freely throughout your house. Yes, imagine further acclimating America's youth to become even more involved in the realism that has become violent gaming based on military campaigns.
But for the real sales pitch, we have to look at disaster relief and personal safety, which is precisely what the rollout of the microwave device cited above set out to highlight.
Here is what was said about Wi-Vi:
Researchers think the Wi-Vi system could also be used to find survivors in destroyed buildings or count and track criminals. Compared to previous military-oriented tracking systems, Wi-Vi is cheap, compact and lightweight, which makes it practical for consumer uses such as personal safety. Researchers now hope to improve the technology so it can work with denser walls over longer ranges. (emphasis added)
Well, 1 1/2 years later MIT is now announcing that they have "perfected" a system which can track multiple people through walls, as well as breathing and heart rate, to 99% accuracy.
This new system is being called WiZ,
Researchers at the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory transmitted a low-power wireless signal through a wall and measured how long it took the signals to bounce back. Changes in the reflected signals allowed the team to measure movement, or even minute chest movements.
Based on a person’s chest rising and falling, the CSAIL group can determine their heart rate with 99 percent accuracy. The system can track up to four people at a time.
The first application touted, naturally, is to monitor your baby's vital signs:
In the following video we begin to see how easily this stealth monitoring system could be set up for surveillance.
Extreme Tech, while being "truly excited" about these developments, correctly summarizes where all of this is headed.
Perhaps most significantly, though, with the world moving towards wearable computers and ubiquitous sensor networks, WiZ could play a role in tracking your movement and vital signs without having to wear a Fitbit or smartwatch. It’s quite easy to imagine a wide-scale radio-based sensor network that tracks the movements of everyone through a given area — and then using some kind of beacon system (say, if your smartphone broadcast your identity) that sensor data could be correlated to each person. It would be equal parts great news for people wanting to keep track of their health and activity levels, and modern-day governments that just love to surveil their populace.
The electronic tracking and Internet surveillance that we all have been enduring at the hands of the NSA and their corporate partners pales in comparison to the real-world, real-time tracking that seems to be on the horizon beyond the virtual matrix.
As tech site GIGAOM opined with tongue in cheek to introduce one of their articles on the topic: This technology will "ruin hide and seek forever."
angelburst29
The Living Force
Pashalis said:On that note: Google recently announced that they want to send out a fleet of 180 satellites, that will enable them to Wi-Fi any part of the planet, no matter how remote
_http://www.hangthebankers.com/google-to-wi-fi-entire-planet-with-180-satellites/
More on Google's attempts for Wi-Fi in the sky. Add Comcast on the ground and both working with the Military-Industrial-Complex.
Google works with “former military operations people” to develop its WiFi drone army…
_http://pando.com/2014/06/18/googles-works-with-former-military-operations-people-to-develop-its-wifi-drone-army/
Wednesday June 18, 2014 - A few days ago, Wired’s Steven Levy wrote about the latest developments from Google’s Project Loon — an audacious and frightening attempt to launch a balloon-drone army high up in the atmosphere.
The plan is to create nothing less than a global WiFi network, powered by hundreds of balloons circling the globe at an altitude of 60,000 ft. Google envisions Loon delivering (and surveilling) Internet connectivity to the poor, rural unconnected masses around the world, not to mention filling in Internet/mobile dead spots in Silicon Valley’s own backyard. Who knows, it might even compete with existing cellular phone services one day.
Writes Levy: With the advances made over the last year, Google has a clearer idea of how it might eventually make money with Loon. In addition to connecting the last few billion (and often cash-poor) Internet users, the project might serve already-connected people with fat wallets by partnering with existing providers to deliver a super-roaming experience. “It’s not limited to rural areas,” Teller says. “Even in the middle of Silicon Valley you can lose connections while driving; large buildings and hills can block the signals. Balloons can fill in dead spots.”
If hundreds of Google spy balloons constantly hovering overhead isn’t scary enough, Levy pointed out that the company is working with “former military operations people” in order to track down and find every downed balloon in order to study their failures and improve the reliability of its so far sub-performing balloon technology.
I guess it’s not surprising, given Google’s history of close collaboration with the military-industrial complex.
But I’m curious exactly what kind of “former military operations people” is Google working with? What country? And what military? Or is it private security contractors like Blackwater/Academi? Or maybe the secretive CIA-connected Blackbird Technologies, which specializes in hi-tech tracking and search & rescue missions and has partnered with Google before?
I asked Google for comment but, as usual, they’re not saying a word.
A few days ago, Wired’s Steven Levy wrote about the latest developments from Google’s Project Loon
_http://www.wired.com/2014/06/google-balloons-year-later/
Google’s Balloon Internet Experiment, One Year Later
Monday June 16, 2014 - When Google announced Project Loon on June 15 last year, a lot of people were skeptical. But Google reports that since then, it has been able to extend balloon flight times and add mobile connectivity to the service. As a result, Google’s expectations are flying even higher than the 60,000-foot strata where its balloons live.
Since the first public test flights in New Zealand, Google’s balloons have clocked over a million and half kilometers. Increasing the crafts’ endurance has been a key challenge. One balloon expert originally scoffed at the claim that Loon balloons would eventually keep going for an average of 100 days. “Absolutely impossible—even three weeks is rare,” said Per Lindstrand, known for his highly publicized forays with entrepreneur Richard Branson. Indeed, during the first New Zealand tests, the balloons generally lasted only a few days.
Google bumped up flight durations by extensively analyzing its failures. Using former military operations people, it took pains to recover nearly every downed balloon. Google’s testing procedures also got a boost from winter’s polar vortex: Ground temperatures in South Dakota, where some of the balloons are manufactured, went as low as -40 degrees Celsius, about the same as what balloons encounter at 60,000 feet. So Google could test the inflated materials at leisure. Ultimately, Loon engineers concluded that one of the biggest factors in failure were small, almost undetectable leaks in the polymer skins that must withstand huge atmospheric pressure and up to 100 mph winds. Even a pinhole can shorten a balloon’s lifespan to a few days.
Google also improved Loon flight times by dramatically upgrading the altitude control system, increasing the vertical range of the balloons so they can catch more favorable winds. (Its balloons “steer” their way around the world by placing themselves in wind currents headed in the right direction.) As a result, it’s not unusual for Google to keep balloons flying for 75 days. One craft, dubbed Ibis 152 (Google uses bird species to nickname its balloons), has been aloft over 100 days and is still flying. An earlier balloon, Ibis 162, circled the globe three times before descending. (It completed one circumnavigation in 22 days, a world record.)
When Loon began, Teller’s biggest worry was that powerful telecommunications companies would view the project as a threat and attempt to snuff the project. But in part because LTE makes it possible for Google to interweave its service with existing mobile data networks—standard service in cities, Loon connectivity in more remote areas—the reaction has been the opposite. “Every telco wants to partner with us,” Cassidy says. Google is working with the regional giant Vivo and Telebras in its Brazil tests. It’s also working with Vodaphone in New Zealand. “They’re teaching us about what they need and how they can help,” Teller says.
Cassidy ticks off the goals for the next year: routine flights of 100 days, 100 balloons in the air at once (that’s four times the previous high), and then a full ring of between 300 to 400 balloons circling the globe to offer continuous service to a targeted area. Teller predicts that Loon may actually make enough progress to become operational, at least in the guise of a pilot program. Just where this will happen and how many people it will serve, he doesn’t say.
Still, Google seems to be hedging its bets on how to connect the world. Last April, it bought Titan Aerospace, a two-year-old company that makes high-altitude, solar powered drones that offer a non-inflatable approach to wireless Internet. (Facebook reportedly also bid on Titan; not long afterward it bought another drone company, Ascenta.). And earlier this month Google paid $500 million to acquire Skybox Imaging, a startup that makes low-cost satellites; though the orbiting payloads will be mainly used to augments its mapping operations, Google also said that the technology might eventually help improve Internet access.
angelburst29
The Living Force
Another reason NOT to have Wi-Fi:
‘Smart’ Lightbulbs Reveal Wi-Fi Passwords
_http://www.storyleak.com/smart-lightbulbs-reveal-wi-fi-passwords/
Tuesday July 8, 2014 -
Researchers have found a way to reveal Wi-Fi passwords by hacking mobile phone controlled LED “smart” lights
The LIFX lightbulb, yet another addition to the “Internet of things,” allows a user to remotely change a network-connected bulb’s color and strength from a computer or cell phone.
White-hat hackers with the UK-based security firm Context released their findings this week after successfully obtaining Wi-Fi credentials from 30 meters away.
“Armed with knowledge of the encryption algorithm, key, initialization vector and an understanding of the mesh network protocol we could then inject packets into the mesh network, capture the WiFi details and decrypt the credentials, all without any prior authentication or alerting of our presence,” Context said.
The discovery highlights the inherent danger in having countless home appliances connected to the Internet – as experts predict as many as 50 such devices in the average home by 2022 . Other lights such as the Phillips Hue were successfully hacked last year as well.
“Weaknesses in a popular brand of light system controlled by computers and smartphones can be exploited by attackers to cause blackouts that are remedied only by removing the wireless device that receives the commands…” noted Ars Technica.
While LIFX has reportedly fixed their vulnerability, Phillips disagreed that theirs was an issue.
“George Yianni, head of technology for connected lighting at Philips, told Ars the Hue lighting system was intentionally designed to grant access to any device connected to a user’s home network,” Ars Technica said.
While everyday consumers are still learning of these technologies, the roll-out has long been in the works. In 2010, Yahoo News reported on the emergence of “flickering ceiling lights” that transmit data to computers.
“The LVX system puts clusters of its light-emitting diodes, or LEDs, in a standard-sized light fixture,” the report states. “The LEDs transmit coded messages — as a series of 1s and 0s in computer speak — to special modems attached to computers.”
A 2014 New York Times report revealed how similar LED technologies have already been implemented at the Newark Airport.
“Using an array of sensors and eight video cameras around the terminal, the light fixtures are part of a new wireless network that collects and feeds data into software that can spot long lines, recognize license plates and even identify suspicious activity, sending alerts to the appropriate staff.”
Former CIA chief David Petraeus praised the flood of Internet-connected devices in 2012 at a summit for the CIA’s venture capital firm In-Q-Tel, noting the increased ability to spy on Americans.
“Items of interest will be located, identified, monitored, and remotely controlled through technologies such as radio-frequency identification, sensor networks, tiny embedded servers, and energy harvesters — all connected to the next-generation internet using abundant, low-cost, and high-power computing,” Petraeus said.
Given the NSA’s noted goal of collecting all digital information in existence, a future with back-doored dishwashers, thermostats and refrigerators will likely prove to be a dark one.
‘Smart’ Lightbulbs Reveal Wi-Fi Passwords
_http://www.storyleak.com/smart-lightbulbs-reveal-wi-fi-passwords/
Tuesday July 8, 2014 -
Researchers have found a way to reveal Wi-Fi passwords by hacking mobile phone controlled LED “smart” lights
The LIFX lightbulb, yet another addition to the “Internet of things,” allows a user to remotely change a network-connected bulb’s color and strength from a computer or cell phone.
White-hat hackers with the UK-based security firm Context released their findings this week after successfully obtaining Wi-Fi credentials from 30 meters away.
“Armed with knowledge of the encryption algorithm, key, initialization vector and an understanding of the mesh network protocol we could then inject packets into the mesh network, capture the WiFi details and decrypt the credentials, all without any prior authentication or alerting of our presence,” Context said.
The discovery highlights the inherent danger in having countless home appliances connected to the Internet – as experts predict as many as 50 such devices in the average home by 2022 . Other lights such as the Phillips Hue were successfully hacked last year as well.
“Weaknesses in a popular brand of light system controlled by computers and smartphones can be exploited by attackers to cause blackouts that are remedied only by removing the wireless device that receives the commands…” noted Ars Technica.
While LIFX has reportedly fixed their vulnerability, Phillips disagreed that theirs was an issue.
“George Yianni, head of technology for connected lighting at Philips, told Ars the Hue lighting system was intentionally designed to grant access to any device connected to a user’s home network,” Ars Technica said.
While everyday consumers are still learning of these technologies, the roll-out has long been in the works. In 2010, Yahoo News reported on the emergence of “flickering ceiling lights” that transmit data to computers.
“The LVX system puts clusters of its light-emitting diodes, or LEDs, in a standard-sized light fixture,” the report states. “The LEDs transmit coded messages — as a series of 1s and 0s in computer speak — to special modems attached to computers.”
A 2014 New York Times report revealed how similar LED technologies have already been implemented at the Newark Airport.
“Using an array of sensors and eight video cameras around the terminal, the light fixtures are part of a new wireless network that collects and feeds data into software that can spot long lines, recognize license plates and even identify suspicious activity, sending alerts to the appropriate staff.”
Former CIA chief David Petraeus praised the flood of Internet-connected devices in 2012 at a summit for the CIA’s venture capital firm In-Q-Tel, noting the increased ability to spy on Americans.
“Items of interest will be located, identified, monitored, and remotely controlled through technologies such as radio-frequency identification, sensor networks, tiny embedded servers, and energy harvesters — all connected to the next-generation internet using abundant, low-cost, and high-power computing,” Petraeus said.
Given the NSA’s noted goal of collecting all digital information in existence, a future with back-doored dishwashers, thermostats and refrigerators will likely prove to be a dark one.
angelburst29 said:Pashalis said:On that note: Google recently announced that they want to send out a fleet of 180 satellites, that will enable them to Wi-Fi any part of the planet, no matter how remote
_http://www.hangthebankers.com/google-to-wi-fi-entire-planet-with-180-satellites/
More on Google's attempts for Wi-Fi in the sky. Add Comcast on the ground and both working with the Military-Industrial-Complex.
Google works with “former military operations people” to develop its WiFi drone army…
_http://pando.com/2014/06/18/googles-works-with-former-military-operations-people-to-develop-its-wifi-drone-army/
Wednesday June 18, 2014 - A few days ago, Wired’s Steven Levy wrote about the latest developments from Google’s Project Loon — an audacious and frightening attempt to launch a balloon-drone army high up in the atmosphere.
The plan is to create nothing less than a global WiFi network, powered by hundreds of balloons circling the globe at an altitude of 60,000 ft. Google envisions Loon delivering (and surveilling) Internet connectivity to the poor, rural unconnected masses around the world, not to mention filling in Internet/mobile dead spots in Silicon Valley’s own backyard. Who knows, it might even compete with existing cellular phone services one day.
Writes Levy: With the advances made over the last year, Google has a clearer idea of how it might eventually make money with Loon. In addition to connecting the last few billion (and often cash-poor) Internet users, the project might serve already-connected people with fat wallets by partnering with existing providers to deliver a super-roaming experience. “It’s not limited to rural areas,” Teller says. “Even in the middle of Silicon Valley you can lose connections while driving; large buildings and hills can block the signals. Balloons can fill in dead spots.”
If hundreds of Google spy balloons constantly hovering overhead isn’t scary enough, Levy pointed out that the company is working with “former military operations people” in order to track down and find every downed balloon in order to study their failures and improve the reliability of its so far sub-performing balloon technology.
I guess it’s not surprising, given Google’s history of close collaboration with the military-industrial complex.
But I’m curious exactly what kind of “former military operations people” is Google working with? What country? And what military? Or is it private security contractors like Blackwater/Academi? Or maybe the secretive CIA-connected Blackbird Technologies, which specializes in hi-tech tracking and search & rescue missions and has partnered with Google before?
I asked Google for comment but, as usual, they’re not saying a word.
A few days ago, Wired’s Steven Levy wrote about the latest developments from Google’s Project Loon
_http://www.wired.com/2014/06/google-balloons-year-later/
Google’s Balloon Internet Experiment, One Year Later
Monday June 16, 2014 - When Google announced Project Loon on June 15 last year, a lot of people were skeptical. But Google reports that since then, it has been able to extend balloon flight times and add mobile connectivity to the service. As a result, Google’s expectations are flying even higher than the 60,000-foot strata where its balloons live.
Since the first public test flights in New Zealand, Google’s balloons have clocked over a million and half kilometers. Increasing the crafts’ endurance has been a key challenge. One balloon expert originally scoffed at the claim that Loon balloons would eventually keep going for an average of 100 days. “Absolutely impossible—even three weeks is rare,” said Per Lindstrand, known for his highly publicized forays with entrepreneur Richard Branson. Indeed, during the first New Zealand tests, the balloons generally lasted only a few days.
Google bumped up flight durations by extensively analyzing its failures. Using former military operations people, it took pains to recover nearly every downed balloon. Google’s testing procedures also got a boost from winter’s polar vortex: Ground temperatures in South Dakota, where some of the balloons are manufactured, went as low as -40 degrees Celsius, about the same as what balloons encounter at 60,000 feet. So Google could test the inflated materials at leisure. Ultimately, Loon engineers concluded that one of the biggest factors in failure were small, almost undetectable leaks in the polymer skins that must withstand huge atmospheric pressure and up to 100 mph winds. Even a pinhole can shorten a balloon’s lifespan to a few days.
Google also improved Loon flight times by dramatically upgrading the altitude control system, increasing the vertical range of the balloons so they can catch more favorable winds. (Its balloons “steer” their way around the world by placing themselves in wind currents headed in the right direction.) As a result, it’s not unusual for Google to keep balloons flying for 75 days. One craft, dubbed Ibis 152 (Google uses bird species to nickname its balloons), has been aloft over 100 days and is still flying. An earlier balloon, Ibis 162, circled the globe three times before descending. (It completed one circumnavigation in 22 days, a world record.)
When Loon began, Teller’s biggest worry was that powerful telecommunications companies would view the project as a threat and attempt to snuff the project. But in part because LTE makes it possible for Google to interweave its service with existing mobile data networks—standard service in cities, Loon connectivity in more remote areas—the reaction has been the opposite. “Every telco wants to partner with us,” Cassidy says. Google is working with the regional giant Vivo and Telebras in its Brazil tests. It’s also working with Vodaphone in New Zealand. “They’re teaching us about what they need and how they can help,” Teller says.
Cassidy ticks off the goals for the next year: routine flights of 100 days, 100 balloons in the air at once (that’s four times the previous high), and then a full ring of between 300 to 400 balloons circling the globe to offer continuous service to a targeted area. Teller predicts that Loon may actually make enough progress to become operational, at least in the guise of a pilot program. Just where this will happen and how many people it will serve, he doesn’t say.
Still, Google seems to be hedging its bets on how to connect the world. Last April, it bought Titan Aerospace, a two-year-old company that makes high-altitude, solar powered drones that offer a non-inflatable approach to wireless Internet. (Facebook reportedly also bid on Titan; not long afterward it bought another drone company, Ascenta.). And earlier this month Google paid $500 million to acquire Skybox Imaging, a startup that makes low-cost satellites; though the orbiting payloads will be mainly used to augments its mapping operations, Google also said that the technology might eventually help improve Internet access.
Just noticing this information that you posted here as it reference something received re WiFi issues with a link to this Global Union Against Radiation Deployment from Space
_www.stopglobalwifi.org
The link is not active as I don't know what they are all about yet, however, they list where some of this is going: {bold mine}
Like the Google name 'Project Loon', it seems pretty loonie and odd with these very high numbers and specifications - yet who knows. Iridium originally was a military satellite backbone (circumpolar), so 66 is not unreasonable for maintenance replacements and additions. Globalstar is more commercial (circumequatorial) and they had some satellites taken out around April or August 2001 solar flare (Solar cycle 23).
I've never heard of "nanosatellites" (Outernet two-way Wifi), and the top three SpaceX, OneWeb and Samsung sure appear to have a "spectacular" upcoming line-up of satellite deployment shots.
As such, what was received by email referred to Wifi hazard having to do with Google, and here is a link to what appears to be a request to the Federal Communications Commission of November 24th, 2015 https://apps.fcc.gov/els/GetAtt.html?id=169705&x=. {redacted public version}
One gets a pretty good idea from Google and the above list that "satellites" and Wifi are on their minds to blanket the globe.
All this reminded me of one of the old sessions from [urlhttp://cassiopaea.org/forum/index.php/topic,25981.0.html]1994[/url] concerning the Mark of the Beast etc. and how one can avoid this:
It seems to me that "capability" must include satellites, so it seems that the systems are being well pursued, and perhaps it will be actualized sooner than one thinks? If so, it is depressing, and yet the reader is reminded of what followed the three A&Q points in the quote above:
As the C's said, perhaps it is good to remind oneself that there are a great many "desperate" pushes with any number of control methods we are seeing before our eyes - and there is their (PTB) Achilles Heel and change.
Metatron777
The Force is Strong With This One
I recently noticed that RAYTHEON (interesting name IMO), the same company who developed the "microwave" in 1947, right after supplying the military with radar and missile technology's, have picked up quite a few new defense contracts. iriddium(77) Also, Iriddium Next just announced that 2 of their 81 sattilites in production are finished, created to make every inch of the earth "wifi compatible". Boy how "time flies".
