Make a Pallet Workbench in Under 2 hours | Homesteading Simple Self Sufficient Off-The-Grid

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Report: FBI Relied Heavily on Google Geofence Warrants in January 6 Investigations

According to journalist Marcy Wheeler, the FBI relied heavily on controversial geofence warrants as part of its investigations into January 6 suspects, identifying over 5,000 unique devices based on Google Location History. Geofence search warrants are meant to locate devices within a given area based on digital services like GPS, Bluetooth, or Wi-Fi signals. According to a follow-up report by Wired, the filings suggest that these geofence warrants also captured phones that were in airplane mode or otherwise out of cell service. Further, it appears that individuals who attempted to delete their location data in the days after January 6 were of particular interest to the FBI.

EPIC advocates to increase public privacy and roll back the use of advanced surveillance technologies on the public. EPIC attorneys regularly comment on proposed expansions of surveillance technologies, submit amicus briefs highlighting the impact of these technologies, and urge lawmakers to protect public privacy.

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Save Space By Going Vertical With Your Vegetables | Homesteading Simple Self Sufficient Off-The-Grid

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Census Bureau Director Defends Use of Differential Privacy

Census Bureau Director Robert Santos responded to criticism of the 2020 Census disclosure avoidance system in a letter to researchers last week, defending the Bureau’s use of differential privacy and calling it “the best solution available.” Differential privacy entails the injection of controlled amounts of noise into publicly reported statistics, which enables the Census Bureau to provide useful data while also securing a mathematical guarantee of privacy. The Bureau adopted differential privacy for the 2020 Census to address the privacy risks inherent in the nationwide collection of personal data and the growing threat of reidentification and reconstruction attacks.

In August, researchers sent a letter to Santos arguing that differential privacy had caused reporting delays and adversely affected publicly available census data. But Santos explained that the Bureau has worked to minimize impact of differential privacy on data quality and that delays have been caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, which impacted both the collection and release of census data.

EPIC has long worked to secure the confidentiality of the personal data collected by the Census Bureau. In 2021, EPIC filed an amicus brief defending the Census Bureau’s use of differential privacy, calling it “the only credible technique to protect against [reidentification] attacks, including those that may be developed in the future.” EPIC noted that differential privacy “is not the enemy of statistical accuracy,” but rather “vital to securing robust public participation in Census Bureau surveys[.]”

In September, EPIC bestowed a Champion of Freedom Award on John Abowd, chief scientist of the U.S. Census Bureau, for “making remarkable strides for privacy and civil rights by transforming the disclosure avoidance system at the U.S. Census Bureau through the introduction of differential privacy.”

EPIC has also encouraged the use of differential privacy in other contexts. In recent comments to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, EPIC urged federal agencies to prioritize the adoption of differential privacy and to increase funding across the board for privacy-enhancing technologies.

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If You Can’t Defuse Heated Situations, You Won’t Make It.

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By the author of What School Should Have Taught You and The Faithful Prepper.

There’s a lot of talk within the Preppersphere about how you’re to interact with other people who are “outsiders” in a collapse type of environment. It’s the Golden Horde discussion. I want to give a bit of my two cents on some of that, particularly when it comes to diffusing heated situations. And let’s put off some of the big ticket items like an EMP or nuclear war this time and instead think about a hurricane, two-week power outage, dam rupture, or something of the like.

Let’s say one of those types of situations has happened – some type of massive natural disaster – and it has led to there being a lot of angry, hungry, desperate people around you. I don’t think this is too hard to imagine.

I don’t know if you remember this or not, but there’s a scene in James Wesley Rawles’ Patriots where two groups of people are meeting each other under these types of circumstances. Neither group knows anything about the other, they’ve both been through a lot, and neither really has much reason to trust the other.

I think this is a perfect example of what people see in disaster situations.

Consider being trapped on the interstate overnight during winter conditions. Rachel detailed how people began to get out and talk with each other. They were hungry, cold, scared, and desperate. When you combine all of this together, you have a powder keg that’s ready to explode.

People already get into fist fights on Black Friday (traditionally) because of a shortage of TVs. How will things be when there’s a shortage of food?

Because of all this, I think that one of the best things you can do is to understand a thing or two about how to resolve conflict and defuse heated situations.

I can remember once watching an older friend of mine defuse what was about to become a fist fight between two other friends when I was younger. That, I think, was the defining moment when I realized, “Wow, you can actually use words to make tense situations better.”

It’s not only a vital skill in daily life, but it’s most certainly one when you’re living in an area that’s getting pummeled by looters, is filled with hungry kids and scared dads, and where there’s a lot of pent-up anger.

One of the best resources I’ve found that I think could help the prepper in this regard is…

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Giving Seeds What They Need to Survive in Stasis | Homesteading Simple Self Sufficient Off-The-Grid

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Greater Legal Protections Needed for Phone Geolocation Data

Law enforcement has been using location information from mobile phones to investigate and apprehend suspects, and to dispatch emergency assistance for years (although their methods have sometimes been secretive and questionable). The recent Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade has now opened the door for health services – including but not limited to abortions – to be criminalized in some jurisdictions. This means that law enforcement may be able to obtain location data from a data broker to determine whether someone went to a health clinic or similar location. Beyond law enforcement, some jurisdictions may additionally permit civil liability, meaning third parties unaffiliated with law enforcement could attempt to access geolocation data to bring a lawsuit. In short: the collection and sharing of mobile phone location data with law enforcement and with third parties (e.g. selling location data) has taken on renewed importance for all Americans.

This troubling situation underscores the risks that Americans continue to face because of Congress’ failure to enact a comprehensive federal privacy law. Congress has inquired about the tracking practices of tech companies such as Apple and Google, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has signaled its interest in this area, and there are bills in Congress that address both limits on the amount of personal data companies may collect and use (such as the American Data Privacy and Protection Act (ADPPA)) and warrantless access to consumer data by law enforcement (the Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act)—however as of today the United States is woefully still without a law to protect us from this commercial surveillance.

In October 2021, the FTC published a report that addressed the data sharing practices of internet service providers (ISPs), including both broadband and mobile providers (noting that several sold real-time location data derived from provision of their services to third-parties). Regarding mobile carriers specifically, in February 2020 the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued a Notice of Apparent Liability to major mobile carriers in light of their involvement in the illegal and dangerous sale of consumer location information resulting in rogue law enforcement officers, bounty hunters, and others obtaining real-time and historical location information. This sale was in violation of the FCC’s rules regarding Consumer Proprietary Network Information (CPNI), which includes when, for how long, and to/from whom a phone subscriber made or received a phone call. There has been no public announcement indicating that these fines have ever been collected by the FCC or by the U.S. Department of Justice.

In July 2022, FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel sent Letters of Inquiry (LOIs) to fifteen of the largest mobile carriers about consumer geolocation data, requesting information about their data retention and data privacy policies and practices. Chair Rosenworcel stated in the letters: “the highly sensitive nature of this data—especially when location data is combined with other types of data—and the ways in which this data is stored and…

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Here’s What We Know About the Beliefs of Elon Musk

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By the author of What School Should Have Taught You and The Prepper’s Guide to Post-Disaster Communications.

There’s a lot of fanfare going on regarding Elon Musk at the moment. I figured this would be a good time to take a look at a bit of his track record and what he supports.

Musk freed Twitter.

There’s a lot of hubbub at the moment about how now that Elon Musk owns Twitter, that those silenced will now be able to speak on social media once more. He laid off a few thousand of the old censorship people and got rid of the ridiculousness here, meaning that Twitter may very well once more be a reputable form of social media.

It looks like he’s working to remove the thousands of bots that all say the same thing (conveniently pushing a Marxist agenda) as well.

For all of this, I say Elon gets a solid plus.

Musk thinks artificial intelligence is potentially dangerous.

“With artificial intelligence, we are summoning the demon,” Musk has said. He also says AI is “Potentially more dangerous than nukes.”

I would agree with him on both of these being potential threats. (Superintelligence does a very good job of outlining the way these threats could occur.) I don’t think that AI will reach the levels of danger that Musk is concerned about, but I definitely think it’s a potential threat.

For at least being plugged into reality here, I would say this is a plus.

Musk is creating brain chip implants.

When he first unveiled his chip brain implant, the Neuralink, Musk advertised it as being “like a Fitbit in your skull,” also saying that this would be a means by which paralyzed people would be able to regain mobility in their limbs.

Fitbit has been at the center of a number of public conversations regarding personal information and privacy, and the conversation most certainly could be considered applicable to Neuralink as well.

Would data be harvested? What would be done with brainwave data? Could you be hacked? A lot of people are asking these questions right now.

Musk also says this would be a way for chipped individuals to release serotonin on demand. Would this create a new generation of chipped drug addicts? If one could release dopamine on demand, would they soon do nothing else?

He’s also said that one of the main motivations for Neuralink is to allow humanity to be able to defend itself better against…

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Fun Pallet Project – Homemade Wine Rack | Homesteading Simple Self Sufficient Off-The-Grid

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FOX 6 Milwaukee: Law enforcement drones; privacy questions over ‘eye in the sky’

With an increased number of police drones comes questions about privacy.

“A lot of technology has been deployed, but there hasn’t been a public process to say this is something that we actually want,” said Jake Wiener.  

Wiener is counsel with the Electronic Privacy Information Center – or, EPIC – based in Washington D.C. The group is lobbying for more oversight of police drones and more public notification of when they’re used. 

“One of the most powerful impacts of surveillance technologies – drones included – is that they make it possible for the police to do a lot more. Over policing.  Wrongful arrests. These things all increase when you have – when it’s easier to find, identify and arrest people,” Wiener said.

Read more here: https://www.fox6now.com/news/law-enforcement-drones-privacy-questions

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