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“I’m not worried about artificial intelligence giving computers the ability to think like humans, I’m more concerned about people thinking like computers.”

Patent shows Facebook may watch users through webcams.

Aadhaar isn’t progress — it’s dystopian and dangerous

“Imagine your government required you to consent to ubiquitous stalking in order to participate in society — to do things such as log into a wifi hotspot, register a SIM card, get your pension, or even obtain a food ration of rice. Imagine your government was doing this in ways your Supreme Court had indicated were illegal.

This isn’t some dystopian future, this is happening in India right now. The government of India is pushing relentlessly to roll out a national biometric identity database called Aadhaar, which it wants India’s billion-plus population to use for virtually all transactions and interactions with government services.”

“Tantalum Mass sprang right out of the work I do as a tech attorney.  What value do we have in life beyond our ‘information’ ?  Where do we draw the sacred line of privacy?  As the internet tsunami washes over us will it rob us of the right to find meaning for ourselves?  In the face of increased monitoring and control are there any circumstances where hacking might be considered a good thing? ”

– David Garrett

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