Technology and Privacy

The 3 rules of privacy:
Rule 1: Privacy is dead. Embrace the algorithm. The majority of social media use is monitored as well as phone calls. Five tips from Edward Snowden to become more secure.

Rule 2: Information insecurity. Any device connected to the internet can be hacked remotely and information stolen without your knowledge.

Rule 3: You are tracked. Mobile devices can be tracked through various means, including mobile phone towers, and your microphone and camera can be turned on remotely. Tracking also occurs through credit card transactions and QR codes etc. Widespread use of CCTV cameras, which can use number plate recognition and facial recognition.

Platforms with enhanced security
Parler is a good free speech alternative to Facebook, but currently de-platformed by Amazon. Apple threatening to remove Telegram from its services, so please turn off automatic updates to avoid deletion of Telegram from your phone.

In principle, any program, such as the encrypted chat program `Signal', could be compromised as it is running on a proprietary operating system, such as iOS (Apple) or Android (Google) operating system. These operating systems could provide back doors into any software running on the phone. Some open source operating systems for smartphones are available.

For Desktop systems, once again IOS and Windows are proprietary and could provide backdoors into any software running on the computer. The only solution is the open privacy version of the Linux operating system. An open source web browser should also be used, such as Torr, which also provides a VPN facility, which hides your location.

5G
Evidence has been mounting regarding detrimental long term health effects from exposure to Electromagnetic radiation, such as mobile phones, Wifi, Bluetooth and general electrosmog.

Concerns regarding more energetic radiation and means of protection for body/home/vehicle.

Review of radiation risks from 5G:

CB radio
An alternative communication system as an alternative to regular communication channels. This has a range of around 10 km.

Mobile devices
These devices can be quite efficiently tracked, although generally only to the region of the relevant phone tower. There is also some uncertainty regarding your nearest tower, as the system can automatically switch you to different towers during a conversation if there is traffic congestion. Even if there is no conversation taking place, the mobile phone is regularly identifying itself to a nearby phone tower.

Cryptocurrency
The original cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, has still not been hacked and shows it value as an investment vehicle. However, KYC (Know Your Customer) legislation, has made it more difficult to hold Bitcoin anonymously. That is, Bitcoin can be held similar to shares, but is also taxed.

It is possible to hold Bitcoin, or other Cryptocurrencies anonymously, with a bit of care, but then can only really be utilised privately, outside the main economic system.

Many countries appear to be planning to release their own Cryptocurrencies. These would be a new cryptocurrency, separate to existing ones. This has the appeal for governments, that all transactions ever conducted by every person would be visible for all time.

4th Industrial Revolution
Several revolutionary technologies are currently arising, A.I. (Artificial Intelligence), Robotics, Biotechnology, Genetic technology (such as CRISPR), Quantum computing (as well as the rising power of desktop computers), Nanotechnology, Virtual technology (such as Zoom and Skype), IoT (Internet of Things), 3D printing, and perhaps room temperature superconductivity and nuclear fusion. This has led to claims that we are on the brink of a Fourth Industrial Revolution, an idea promoted by the World Economic Forum as the Great Reset, for example. NASA has predicted, for example, that by the year 2024, A.I. will surpass human intelligence.

The 1'st Industrial Revolution was initiated by the development of steam power and the automation of factories, beginning in England 1760-1820.

The 2'nd Industrial Revolution, was due to the mastery of electromagnetism 1871-1914, which inspired the telegraph, electricity distribution and extensive railroad networks.

The 3'rd Industrial Revolution, also known as the Digital Revolution, began around 1980, with the development of powerful compact affordable digital computers, leading to the rise of a computer age, information technology, the internet and a connected world along with cheap mobile devices.