Big brother(BB from here on out) is everywhere. With the Patriot Act's signed into law, it has made it easier for BB to spy on anyone.(As I'm sure
most of you all know)
The thing that really got me going on this subject was watching a commercial for Acura and the glorification of GPS (Global Postioning Satellite for
those who don't know). The GPS system is a worldwide radio-navigation system formed in the constellation of 24 satellites and thier ground stations.
GPS uses these manmade stars as reference points to calculate positions in a matter of meters. With DGPS(Differential GPS) you can pinpoint to a
matter of centimeters. These days GPS has made its way into cars, planes, boats, construction equipment, farm machinery, phones, and laptop computers,
just to name a few. Soon GPS will become almost as basic as the telephone. GPS is great for finding directions, but BB can abuse this system to keep
track of you.
I would guess that about 70% of people finance their cars nowadays. That being said, here is the scenerio I propose.
I go to my local dealership, test drive a couple of cars. I'm figuring I want to go with a newer car, Dual side airbags, security sytem, ABS, you
know all the things insurance companies like to keep my payments low. Yadda Yadda.. I sit down with the salesman and fill out a credit application,
It goes through, so now my car is paid for by so and so, and I make payments to them. I would set up payments to come directly out of my checking
account. Oh by the way the car is equipped with GPS.
Now to the lovely Patriot Act. The government is allowed at any time to look at your banking account, without subpoena. All they have to do is say
that they wan't to examine the account to see if their is any money that could used as supporting terror. With this accquisition they can see where
and to who you are making payments to. Lets see, hes paying money to so and so for a car payment, calls the company, gets your VIN # and boom with GPS
they can track your location.
Also with the Patriot Act BB may now monitor the online activities of innocent Americans, and perhaps even track what Web sites you read, by merely
telling a judge anywhere in the U.S. that the spying could lead to information that is "relevant" to an ongoing criminal investigation. The person
spied on does not have to be the target of the investigation. This application must be granted and the government is not obligated to report to the
court or tell the person spied upon what it has done.
FBI and CIA can now go from phone to phone, computer to computer without demonstrating that each is being used by a suspect or target of an order,
or even specifically identifying the person targeted. The government may now serve a single Title III wiretap, FISA wiretap or pen/trap order on any
person or entity nationwide, regardless of whether that person or entity is named in the order. The government need not make any showing to a court
that the particular information or communication to be acquired is relevant to a criminal investigation. In the pen/trap or FISA situations, they do
not even have to report where they served the order or what information they received. The EFF believes that the opportunities for abuse of these
broad new powers are immense. For pen/trap orders, while ISPs or others who are not specifically named in the order do have the legal right to request
certification from the Attorney General's office that the order applies to them, they have no right to request such confirmation from a court.
The law makes two changes to increase how much information the government may obtain about users from their ISPs or others who handle or store their
online communications. First it allows ISPs to voluntarily hand over all "non-content" information to law enforcement with no need for any court
order or subpoena. §212. Second, it expands the records that the government may seek with a simple subpoena (no court review required) to include
records of session times and durations, temporarily assigned network (I.P.) addresses, and means and source of payments, including credit card or bank
account numbers. §§210, 211.
One new definition of terrorism and three expansions of previous definitions also expand the scope of surveillance. PATRIOT §802's definition of
"domestic terrorism" (amending 18 USC §2331) raises concerns about legitimate protest activity being prosecuted as terrorism, especially if violence
erupts, while additions to three existing definitions of terrorism (int'l terrorism per 18 USC §2331, terrorism transcending national borders per 18
USC §2332b, and federal terrorism per amended 18 USC §2332b(g)(5)(B)) expose more people to surveillance (and potential "harboring" and "material
support" liability, §§803, 805).
With Surveillance at issue, New York City alone has 7,200 cameras.
nyti
mes.com
BB in Britain has four million cameras watching the public.
news.independent.co.uk
These cameras, especially ones I have seen on traffic lights, can zoom in to count your pores on your face(well I might be exaggerating a little)
Now you have me in my new car at an intersection being watched and tracked by BB.
All for probably posting this.
Speaking of this post, A Global Summit in Geneva in December 2003 proposed a plan to put the Internet under United Nations control. Developing nations
including China, Syria and Vietnam are pushing for the UN or one of its agencies to regulate the Internet, perhaps as soon as
2005.
Worldnet Daily
Also in the Patriot Act, Adding samples to DNA database for those convicted of "any crime of violence." §503. This provision allows collection of
DNA for terrorists, but then inexplicably also allows collection for the broad, non-terrorist category of "any crime of violence."
Which leads to the fingerprinting at airports. As we all know BB implemented this action at all 115 airports on Jan 5 of this year. They are able to
fingerprint, without question, everyone who boards an airplane. Similar steps have been taken at airports across the world.
I belive that we need to track terrorists, but not at the expense of the Constitution.
With the takeover in Iraq, Afghanastan, and I'm sure He is not done trying to coup more countries, It could be setting up bases for the NWO led
under the United States.
I kinda lost track here because their is so much more I want to get into, like RFID tags and chips. The stages are being set with BB, They now have
more power to invade the privacy of human beings everywhere. But would it be easy for them if the whole world revolted??