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Two noteworthy
pieces of information were
made available over the weekend which
further prove that our government
and high technology firms
are working together in
an effort to expand the scope of the domestic police state.
First,
Apple has been granted a new patent
that allows the company to command its devices to shut down camera and
microphone functionality on any
iPhone or iPad based on its specific geographic location.
The
technology makes it possible for the firm, at the behest of government officials, to create a “geo fence” around any venue or event which is identified
as a security priority or
sensitive area.
To
put it bluntly, the powers that be
could control what you can and cannot
document on your wireless
devices according to their own whims.
Given that
the major technology companies
are set to make wireless connectivity a major feature of
the latest cameras, this development does not bode well for photographers and citizen journalists who are already experiencing a major crackdown on their first and fourth amendment rights.
Second,
and quite possibly even more disturbing than Apple’s ability to directly access key recording features on our
wireless devices, is the revelation that hackers breached an FBI Regional
Cyber Action Team laptop computer and gained access to highly sensitive files that were later released
on the internet. In those files were
the unique device identifiers,
user names, address
books, and other personal
details belonging to over
12 million Apple subscribers.
This
suggests one of two possibilities. Either the FBI illegally hacked Apple’s subscriber database to acquire this information, or Apple willingly
turned this information
over to them.
Let’s be real
here folks — 12 million UDIDs
(unique device identifiers)
is a hell of lot of them. Are you willing to believe that there was
no “official transfer” from “somewhere” to
the FBI of that data?
Occam’s razor
leads us to the conclusion that the FBI and DHS are
actively working with technology companies like Apple to create a database of subscribers in order to broaden an already flourishing control grid. With access to personal device details law enforcement agencies could then interface with telecommunications firms to rapidly locate any wirelessly connected digital device
– and with Apple’s
new “geozone” enforcement
technology, could effectively shut down the recording capabilities of any phone, tablet or PC on demand.
Soon, as Steve Watson of Infowars notes,
the free flow of information that has made it possible for video to be instantly distributed to millions of people around
the world could simply be shut off with
the click of a button.
With direct access
to subscriber lists and Apple’s new technology government officials and law enforcement agencies could simply remove the ability of citizen journalists and private individuals to document events like protesters being
doused with pepper spray as they sit motionless, police brutality and injustice, DHS harassment, and political persecution.
All
dissent must be silenced.
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