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https://grist.org/article/we-broke-down-what-climate-change-will-do-region-by-region/

Amazon awarded a patent to use their experimental delivery drones for surveillance

https://grist.org/article/we-broke-down-what-climate-change-will-do-region-by-region/

Climate change is going to turn colorado into a ginger snap?

Tech firms “can and must” put backdoors in encryption, AG Barr says

Tech firms “can and must” put backdoors in encryption, AG Barr says

The only reason the FBI thinks this is because it only hires programmers who don't smoke weed.  You know, the ones that are dumb enough to believe that you can insert a safe back door.

A children’s media expert on what Kidz Bop censorship says about how sex and violence are perceived in America.

A children’s media expert on what Kidz Bop censorship says about how sex and violence are perceived in America.

I was expecting this piece to be another hack job aimed at an easy target, touting easily digested cliches.  Instead I found the article had deeper and more nuanced view point than is ordinarily available.  Yes we all know regressive perspectives are bad (well, anyone who might be reading Vox in the first place knows this), but rarely do we get a hint at how the mechanics play out and poison our society.   

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TVs emit a tone during ad breaks that are inaudible to humans but that smartphones are listening for; now corporate entities can link the tv & phone as belonging to the same person. It means govt entities can play a tone thru the TV & ping all the phones in the room, identifying the whole group.

TVs emit a tone during ad breaks that are inaudible to humans but that smartphones are listening for; now corporate entities can link the tv & phone as belonging to the same person. It means govt entities can play a tone thru the TV & ping all the phones in the room, identifying the whole group.

That's fucking terrifying as I often watch anime with known malcontents.

Australian government agency wants to use a facial recognition system for verifying the age of people who want to view pornography online.

Australian government agency wants to use a facial recognition system for verifying the age of people who want to view pornography online.

I have faith that today's teenagers will defeat this within 30 minutes.

How 5g could contribute to insect death
How 5g will screw up weather forecasts

How 5g could contribute to insect death
How 5g will screw up weather forecasts

Yikes