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  • Machine vision software tags and tracks humans across camera networks

    For your own safety, of course.

  • Cordon motion tracker reads license plates and tracks speed

  • Latest threat assessment AI from DARPA: Insight

    Wired

    The Pentagon’s been investing in super-powered surveillance for years now, and Darpa wants Insight to capitalize on the rapid growth in the recon field. The program will incorporate brand new spy cams, like ARGUS-IS, a 1.8 Gigapixel camera that tracks over 100 square miles in real time. And ongoing Darpa projects might be rolled into the Insight system too. The agency’s solicitation cites a handful, including the recently-launched PerSEAS, a program to design complex algorithms that can somehow spot threats based on little more than “weak evidence.”

    Consider GUARD-DOG. Launched just six months ago, the program’s goal is to replace human interrogators with algorithms that can somehow understand and interpret the complexities of “real-world social networks
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  • Scientist unveils new Orwellian pre-crime technology

    Technofascism Blog

    “It was terribly dangerous to let your thoughts wander when you were in any public place or within range of a telescreen. The smallest thing could give you away. A nervous tic, an unconscious look of anxiety, a habit of muttering to yourself–anything that carried with it the suggestion of abnormality, of having something to hide. In any case, to wear an improper expression on your face…; was itself a punishable offense. There was even a word for it in Newspeak: facecrime…”
    -George Orwell, 1984, Book 1, Chapter 5

    “Your worst enemy, he reflected, was your nervous system. At any moment the tension inside you was liable to translate itself into some visible symptom.”
    - George Orwell, 1984, Book 1, Chapter 6

    via The Buffalo News.

    Imagine using the same technology to locate a lone bomber before he carries out his terrorist act and to identify a troubled veteran or first responder ground down by tragedies and violence.

    Stop imagining.

    How? “The computer system detects resentment in conversations through measurements in decibels and other voice biometrics,” he said. “It detects obsessiveness with the individual going back to the same topic over and over, measuring crescendos.”

    As for written transmissions scrutinized by the computer program, it can detect the same patterns of fixation on specified subjects, said Guidere, who has worked for years screening mass data that involves radicalization and ideological indoctrination.

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  • Apple patenting AI trojan for use in mobile devices [updated]

    While many of my pals have I-phones, I have no intention of getting one.  The interface is slick and it has all the features a person could ask for in a mobile device (and more), but the inability to remove the battery sends shivers up my spine.

    Steve Jobs proudly displays the latest NSA bugging device

    In this patent application, Apple claims it has software that essentially turns a mobile device into a biometric trojan horse, identifying users by their biometric data (heartbeat pattern, accelerometer vibration patterns, voice print, and face recognition), logging keystrokes, saving packet data, etc. all under the thin guise of protecting the device from unauthorized use.

    Now let’s not kid ourselves, law enforcement agencies can already install a trojan on most if not all major models of mobile devices via firmware updates, but as usual Apple is thinking different.  This is bigger.  Machine vision, biometric identification, accelerometer analysis, GPS, voice recognition…. all these streams of data amount to much more than a traditional eavesdropping device.

    Apple’s patent turns the devices into literal sensory organs for an AI threat assessment system like the NSA Main Core.  Humans would not even begin to be able to integrate all these input data streams, but AI software can.

    Not only has Apple devised the ultimate intelligence trojan, they’ve also designed a personalized weapon targeting system.  If a mobile device identifies a human target, A missile or beam weapon strike can be confidently delivered to the target using the device’s biometric identification and GPS locator, confirmed by satellite.

    The sheer number of mobile devices and sensory data available, and the abililty to integrate these streams centrally using AI systems creates a biometric surveillance cloud for the ruling oligarchs to have Total Information Awareness* over their subjects, the human cattle.§

    As communications device manufacturers and telcos grow, they will inevitably be approached by intelligence agencies with offers they can’t refuse.  Either they cooperate and profit from compromising the security of their platforms, or misfortune may befall them.  It’s the easy way or the hard way.

    The big story here is that Apple is going out in the open with it, attempting to profit from the intellectual “property” they’ve developed, most likely at the command of shadow government intelligence agencies.

    The brazen nature of filing a patent for an intelligence agency AI trojan is significant.  As we move past the point of no return toward the New World Order, the shadow government devils will come out of the shadows, until ultimately when their drone armies are sufficiently powerful, they will wage a new World War on some manufactured threat in an effort to reduce our numbers and enslave us, in what they believe will be a utopian “re-wilding” of the Earth.

    We need to stop deluding ourselves. When they bring this AI extermination grid online it’s going to be like shooting fish in a barrel.    Just do something, whatever you can. At the very least, stop  feeding it.  We still have the power to disable this thing using the free market and whatever is left of our free will.

    Don’t take that job for Raytheon or Lockheed Martin.  Don’t sell your research to DARPA.  Don’t enlist in the military. Don’t support the corporations that are building the extermination grid.  Do use your powers for good and not evil.  Do work toward self-sufficiency and strengthen your family and local community.  Do protect your children from brainwashing.

    Here’s the patent application:

    What is claimed is:

    1 . A method for identifying an unauthorized user of an electronic device, [This means the software will be running all the time.] the method comprising: determining that a current user of the electronic device is an unauthorized user; gathering information related to the unauthorized user’s operation of the electronic device in response to determining, wherein the unauthorized user’s operation comprises operations not related to the authentication; and transmitting an alert notification to a responsible party in response to gathering.

    2 . The method of claim 1, wherein determining further comprises: determining the identity of the current user; comparing the determined identity to the identity of one or more authorized users of the electronic device; and detecting that the determined identity does not match the identity of at least one of the one or more authorized users.

    3 . The method of claim 1, wherein determining further comprises: identifying a particular activity performed by the current user that indicates suspicious behavior. [device will be profiling your behavior]

    4 . The method of claim 3, wherein the particular activity comprises one or more of hacking the electronic device, jailbreaking the electronic device, unlocking the electronic device, removing a SIM card from the electronic device, and moving at least a predetermined distance away from a synced device. [like an electronic house arrest tracking device]

    5 . The method of claim 1, wherein gathering further comprises gathering one or more of screenshots, keylogs, communications packets served to the electronic device, and information related to a host device coupled to the electronic device.

    6 . The method of claim 1, wherein the alert notification comprises a general message indicating that an unauthorized user has been detected.

    7 . The method of claim 1, wherein the alert notification comprises at least a portion of the gathered information.

    8 . The method of claim 1, further comprising: gathering information related to the identity of the unauthorized user in response to determining; and gathering information related to the location of the electronic device in response to determining.

    9 . The method of claim 1, further comprising: restricting at least one function of the electronic device in response to determining.

    10 . The method of claim 1, further comprising: transmitting sensitive data from the electronic device to a remote storage; and erasing the sensitive data from the electronic device.

    11 . An electronic device operable to detect an unauthorized user of an electronic device, the electronic device comprising: a processor operable to: receive an input from a current user of the electronic device; determine the input is not associated with an authorized user of the electronic device; and record usage information of the electronic device in response to determining; and communications circuitry operable to transmit the usage information to a remote device.

    12 . The electronic device of claim 11, further comprising: a microphone operable to record the voice of the current user; and wherein the processor is further operable to: compare the recorded voice with voice prints of authorized user of the electronic device; and determine that the recorded voice does not match the voice print of any authorized user of the electronic device.

    13 . The electronic device of claim 11, further comprising: a heartbeat sensor operable to detect the heartbeat of the current user; and wherein the processor is further operable to: compare the detected heartbeat with heart signatures of each authorized user of the electronic device; and determine that detected the heartbeat does not match the heart signature of any authorized user of the electronic device.

    14 . The electronic device of claim 11, further comprising: an input device operable to receive an authenticating input for authenticating a user of the electronic device; and wherein the processor is further operable to: determine that a predetermined number of successive incorrect authenticating inputs have been received.

    15 . The electronic device of claim 11, further comprising: a camera operable to take a photograph of the vicinity of the electronic device; and positioning circuitry operable to determine current location information of the electronic device; and wherein the processor is further operable to: geotag the photograph by associating the photograph with the current location information.

    16 . The electronic device of claim 11, further comprising: an accelerometer operable to record a vibration profile of the electronic device; and a signal processor operable to compare the recorded vibration profile with a library of vibration profiles to determine a current mode of transportation of the electronic device.

    17 . A system comprising: an electronic device comprising; an input device operable to receive a password provided by a user; a camera operable to take a photograph of the user; a processor operable to: determine that a predetermined number of incorrect passwords have been successively received; direct the camera to take a photograph of the user; and generate an alert notification in response to the processor determining, wherein the alert notification comprises information related to the identity of the user and the photograph of the user; and communications circuitry operable to transmit the alert notification to a remote device.

    18 . The system of claim 17, wherein: the camera is operable to take a plurality of photographs of the surroundings of the electronic device; and wherein the processor is further operable to: analyze each of the plurality of photographs to identify distinguishing landmarks in the photographs; and determine the location of each photograph based on the identified distinguishing landmarks.

    19 . The system of claim 17, wherein the alert notification is transmitted via one of text message, facsimile, VoIP application, instant messaging application, on-line profile application, on-line blog application, and a cloud server.

    20 . Machine-readable media for identifying unauthorized users of an electronic device, comprising machine-readable instructions recorded thereon for: determining that a current user of the electronic device is an unauthorized user; gathering information related to the unauthorized user’s operation of the electronic device in response to determining, wherein the unauthorized user’s operation comprises operations not related to authentication; and transmitting an alert notification to a responsible party in response to gathering.

    21 . The machine-readable media of claim 20, further comprising machine-readable instructions recorded thereon for: determining the identity of the current user; comparing the determined identity to the identity of one or more authorized users of the electronic device; and detecting that the determined identity does not match the identity of at least one of the one or more authorized users.

    * Total Information Awareness project was publicly scrapped.  However it would be naiive to assume that intelligence agencies gave up on being “totally aware” of everyone’s private information.

    § Nice job.  I hope you’re happy with yourselves.

    See also: Report: Apple testing RFID swipe support in iPhone prototypes

  • Bot-like scanning/indexing from Lockheed Martin

    Sometimes I look thru the blog stats to see which hosts are visiting.  I’ve run inot a lot of .mil domains but this is the first time I’ve noticed Lockheed Martin, the biggest military contractor in the US.

    These entries are from today. Looks like a custom blog/CMS-oriented scan using URL variables like /?p=1234 to index the site pages and comment feeds.

    There’s no reason a simple search spider should be scanning a site using random url variables.  This is a hostile scan that targets specific sites. This bot did not follow links to get here, nor is it following the links on my site to index it, which would be normal search indexing behavior.

    They’re indexing my content for profiling, not because they hope to provide relevant search results to users trying to do research or read news. I have no idea how often this bot has been scanning the blog.  I’ll have to do some log analysis.

    Bot-like scanning of random urls is going to get you banned.  If a human inside Lockheed Martin wants to legitimately read my blog, then fine. You might learn something.  But this is wasting my resources and you’re probing the site in a way that it’s not intended to be used.


    Client Data:

    • IP: 192.31.106.34
    • Hostname: proxy1a.external.lmco.com
    • User Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible;)
    • Referrer:
    • Browser: Netscape 4
    • End timestamp: 2010-08-16 11:00:33

    192.31.106.34 2010-08-16 11:00:33

    Referrer: None
    Hostname: proxy1a.external.lmco.com [go ahead and copy paste lmco.com into your browser, if you like. Goes to Lockheed Martin (military contractor)]
    User Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible;)
    OS: Unknown
    Reported Browser: Netscape 4

    whois 192.31.106.34?

    [Querying whois.arin.net]

    NetRange:       192.31.106.0 – 192.31.106.255
    CIDR:           192.31.106.0/24
    OriginAS:
    NetName:        LM-192-31-106
    NetHandle:      NET-192-31-106-0-1
    Parent:         NET-192-0-0-0-0
    NetType:        Direct Allocation
    NameServer:     NS2.LMCO.COM
    NameServer:     NS3.LMCO.COM
    NameServer:     NS1.LMCO.COM

    RegDate:        1997-06-17
    Updated:        2001-09-26
    Ref:            http://whois.arin.net/rest/net/NET-192-31-106-0-1

    OrgName:        Lockheed Martin Corporation
    OrgId:          LHMC
    Address:        1401 Del Norte
    City:           Denver
    StateProv:      CO
    PostalCode:     80221
    Country:        US
    RegDate:
    Updated:        2010-01-21
    Comment:        Unauthorized use of this system may be subject to disciplinary action, and
    Comment:        if such use is violative of state and federal laws it may be subject to
    Comment:        legal action as well. Reminder: Information transmitted to a foreign person
    Comment:        on this network may be subject to US Export Control laws. Contact your
    Comment:        Export Coordinator for assistance.
    Ref:            http://whois.arin.net/rest/org/LHMC

    OrgTechHandle: LMN-ORG-ARIN
    OrgTechName:   Lockheed Martin Corporation
    OrgTechPhone:  +1-303-430-2064
    OrgTechEmail:  lm-nic@lmco.com
    OrgTechRef:    http://whois.arin.net/rest/poc/LMN-ORG-ARIN

    Related: Federal Bureau of Investigation Awards Lockheed Martin Biometric Card Scanning Service Contract

    “We’re proud to continue our decade-long partnership with the FBI on the Card Scanning Service program,” Read more

  • Maybe they’ll just kill me

    I was pretty disturbed by the recent Telegraph article claiming the founder of Wikileaks, Julian Assange, believes that 9/11 being an inside job is a “false conspiracy” (meaning that it’s not an inside job).

    Cryptogon made a good point today that Wikileaks could be used as a honeypot, although I can’t possibly imagine it having been started by intelligence agencies like Facebook was, because some damaging material has been released there.  (Or is it?)   However Wikileaks could be co-opted by threats from intelligence agents.  For all we know that Telegraph article could have been planted to draw 9/11 truthers in to contact Wikileaks to be integrated into one of these shadow government AI threat assessment systems like the NSA Main Core.

    From “The Last Roundup” by Christopher Ketcham:

    The database can identify and locate perceived ‘enemies of the state’ almost instantaneously.” He and other sources tell Radar that the database is sometimes referred to by the code name Main Core. One knowledgeable source claims that 8 million Americans are now listed in Main Core as potentially suspect.

    I see the bots visiting my site from various .mil hosts.  I know their systems are scouring the web, building databases and profiling us.  But what are they going to do with all this data?

    Well, I for one do not welcome our new robot overlords. The drone army the Elite are amassing and the wealth of private data they are processing ultimately can be used as an automated, selective extermination system. Systems like IBM CRUSH will be used to interface with the Main Core profiles for targeting individuals.

    IBM Hollerith Machine

    IBM Hollerith Machine

    ARMONK - 21 Jul 2010: IBM today announced that Memphis Police Department (MPD) has enhanced its crime fighting techniques with IBM predictive analytics software and reduced serious crime by more than 30 percent, including a 15 percent reduction in violent crimes since 2006. MPD is now able to evaluate incident patterns throughout the city and forecast criminal “hot spots” to proactively allocate resources and deploy personnel, resulting in improved force effectiveness and increased public safety.

    But of course IBM was a a pioneer of the human tracking industry from the onset.  They provided some of the earliest punch card computers to the fascist governments of Germany and Spain to track prisoners.

    A combination of biological and chemical weapons (including slow-kill sterilants and toxicants like fluoridated water, GM foods, and metal aerosol in chemtrails) to sterilize and reduce population overall, and targeted drone or satellite beam weapon strikes against “high value” (dissident/subversive) targets– worldwide, on demand, and eventually under the autonomous control of their AI threat assessment systems, will be used to bring the world’s population down to “manageable” numbers.  In the eyes of many elitie eugenicist “sustainability” fanatics, around 10% of current population would be ideal.  But of course it’s not going to be easy to get 90% humans to kill each other.  That’s why they need the drones.

    After the US invades a few more countries and goes completely bankrupt as it’s intended to, we’ll be begging for them to let us into the work camps so we can manufacture their robot army of death.  Most people on this planet are already serving the Western Military-Industrial Complex anyway, they just don’t realize it.

    Eventually I may get hauled off in a van and nobody will hear from me again.  But people who are being called on to do the dirty work of the financial elite, the energy companies, defense contractors, and the whole machinery of this new Babylon system… you better do some soul searching.  None of us are going to escape this world. You might as well be on the side of freedom and individuality, not  techno-fascism, cause your life means nothing to them either way, and your kids will grow up to be slaves.

    All I can say is I’m gona do what I have to to protect myself and my family.   And I’m not going to your fucking concentration camp.

    Here’s my message to Wikileaks. Haven’t heard anything back yet (probably because it’s an intelligence operation)

    Julian et al -

    I’m puzzled by this article in the Belfast Telegraph in which they claim that you believe 9/11 is a false conspiracy and not really an inside job.

    Since Wikileaks is familiar with the corruption in intelligence agencies and governments of the world, surely you would not be so quick to dismiss this possibility, with such a mountain of forensic evidence and credible eyewitness testimony supporting it.

    If you truly haven’t started down that rabbit hole yet, I recommend you do some reading about WTC7.

    I’d like to post an official response from Julian and Wikileaks on this issue.  My blog has a lot of info about wtc7 if you’d care to read it:  http://qbit.cc/tags/wtc7/

    I believe Wikileaks’ position on this issue is very important.  A mod in your IRC channel (odin) says that since Wikileaks hasn’t received any leaked documents on this issue, thus has no official position on it.  However a neutral position is different from a dismissive one as the Guardian repoted.

    Please study this issue and choose your position carefully.  Dismissing this mother of all conspiracies will not bode well for your credibility.  I would hate to see Wikileaks go down on the wrong side of history.

    Best regards,

    Qbit.cc

    From the Telegraph article:

    “I believe in facts about conspiracies,” he says, choosing his words slowly. “Any time people with power plan in secret, they are conducting a conspiracy. So there are conspiracies everywhere. There are also crazed conspiracy theories. It’s important not to confuse these two. Generally, when there’s enough facts about a conspiracy we simply call this news.” What about 9/11? “I’m constantly annoyed that people are distracted by false conspiracies such as 9/11, when all around we provide evidence of real conspiracies, for war or mass financial fraud.” What about the Bilderberg conference? “That is vaguely conspiratorial, in a networking sense. We have published their meeting notes.”

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