{"id":27562,"date":"2019-12-12T12:45:26","date_gmt":"2019-12-12T19:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.itmtrading.com\/blog\/?p=27562"},"modified":"2021-01-04T09:45:20","modified_gmt":"2021-01-04T16:45:20","slug":"part-ii-hidden-lies-in-the-privacy-wasteland-and-the-surveillance-spreadby-lynette-zang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.itmtrading.com\/blog\/part-ii-hidden-lies-in-the-privacy-wasteland-and-the-surveillance-spreadby-lynette-zang\/","title":{"rendered":"Part II: HIDDEN LIES IN THE PRIVACY WASTELAND: And the Surveillance Spread\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6By Lynette Zang"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday we looked at how big tech companies like Facebook, Google and Amazon etc., to use our personal experiences and digital footprints to create enormous wealth and global power. We also saw that this vast amount of data, when coupled with Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning, super charges perception management that can shape your perception and control your actions.<\/p>\n

Today we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re going to look at how these few large private corporations are grabbing even more personal data in what was once highly guarded sensitive areas hoping to control your every choice.<\/p>\n

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You might recall the uproar around Russia\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s involvement in Trump\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s presidential campaign, but a recent study by Freedom on the Net shows that it isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t just foreign interference that we have to worry about. The study showed that out of 30 countries studied, 26 that had held elections or referendums over the past year, had interfered online, to influence citizens.<\/p>\n

As example; in the US they found \u00e2\u20ac\u0153false, misleading and hyper-partisan content proliferated online\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and there are even more tools now than in 2016. In fact, if you are paying attention, there is a proliferation of warnings about how our smart TVs and smart phones are being used to track your movements and send customized ads to \u00e2\u20ac\u0153surround you with messages\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and now they want your phone contacts as well.<\/p>\n

In fact, these political campaigns want YOU to directly influence your friends, they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll even help you compile the text message for them. After all friends and family are the greatest \u00e2\u20ac\u0153influencers\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. As if political robo calls weren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t bad enough!<\/p>\n

Can you see how a constant bombardment could influence your choices and potentially threaten democracy itself?<\/p>\n

But that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not enough for big tech, they want your body too.<\/p>\n

On March 8, 2016 a study on \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Privacy Policies of Android Diabetes Apps and Sharing of Health Information\u00e2\u20ac\u009d was published. They found that diabetes apps shared information with hundreds of third parties. Technology has advanced much faster than privacy laws.<\/p>\n

In addition, many of these medical apps, once downloaded, had access to many areas of your smartphone and can track your location, network connections, read user\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s contacts and directly call phone numbers as well as take pictures and videos without your knowledge.<\/p>\n

On April 5, 2019, Amazon (who recently purchased PillPack) announced six new HIPAA compliant Alexa \u00e2\u20ac\u0153skills\u00e2\u20ac\u009d in partnership with six different code developers. They have plans to work with \u00e2\u20ac\u0153many other developers through an invite-only program.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d The floodgate of big tech into medical services is now opened wide and the network to share with advertisers is already in place.<\/p>\n

Google is well positioned to monetize this network and is:<\/p>\n

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  1. Currently the biggest recipient of data from top health websites<\/li>\n
  2. Partnered with the Mayo Clinic for health care innovation and cloud computing<\/li>\n
  3. Recently bought Fitbit<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    How would you like an algorithm to determine your treatment? How valuable do you think your most intimate health and wellness habits might be to advertisers and insurers?<\/p>\n

    But that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s still not enough. They want to control your wealth too.<\/p>\n

    We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been watching as Facebook has been attempting to invade the central bank money monopoly with Libra. Indeed, surveys show that most US consumers are open to tech banking. We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve watched as fintech has been reshaping traditional banking with banks rushing to participate and redefine their positions in this new financial structure based on surveillance. China has led this movement as almost all transactions, regardless of the size, now being conducted on smartphones.<\/p>\n

    In addition, the growth of small loans to the na\u00c3\u00afve public have exploded is recent years, as Silicon Valley and central bank easy money policies have funded lending startup experiments. Nowhere is this more apparent than in India.<\/p>\n

    In 2015 lending startups began using information gathered from Smartphones and algorithms to decide who was credit worthy. When borrowers default, they use tracking data to \u00e2\u20ac\u0153hassle\u00e2\u20ac\u009d borrowers.<\/p>\n

    All of this, and more, is possible because currently, all our data is stored centrally, which is begs the question \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Who owns our personal data?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d And while the technology is unique the business model is not.<\/p>\n

    Central banks, which are private corporations, have held a monopoly because fiat money is also centrally controlled. As such, since 1971 when Nixon handed over full control of our money supply to those private central banks, wealth has transferred to banks.<\/p>\n

    What is the one real money that is NOT centrally controlled? Gold. Isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t it interesting that central banks have gobbled up 20% of the global gold supply since 2008? This is higher than the level held during the 1971 monetary regime shift.<\/p>\n

    I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t think it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a coincidence, do you?<\/p>\n

    Slides and Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    https:\/\/www.freedomonthenet.org\/sites\/default\/files\/2019-11\/11042019_Report_FH_FOTN_2019_final_Public_Download.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n

    https:\/\/www.freedomonthenet.org\/sites\/default\/files\/2019-11\/%21Updated_Abridged_FOTN_2019.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n

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    https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/politics\/la-na-pol-campaign-tech-privacy-20190220-story.html<\/a><\/p>\n

    https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/6f76c684-1091-11ea-a225-db2f231cfeae<\/a><\/p>\n

    https:\/\/qz.com\/1449789\/votewithme-app-shows-if-friends-and-family-voted\/<\/a><\/p>\n

    https:\/\/www.wbur.org\/onpoint\/2019\/02\/25\/political-campaigns-cellphone-tracking<\/a><\/p>\n

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    https:\/\/jamanetwork.com\/journals\/jama\/fullarticle\/2499265#jld150059t1<\/a><\/p>\n

    https:\/\/www.hipaajournal.com\/hipaa-compliant-alexa-skills\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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    https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/0fbf4d8e-022b-11ea-be59-e49b2a136b8d<\/a><\/p>\n

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    https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2019\/06\/28\/google-u-chicago-hipaa-lawsuit-shows-next-battleground-privacy.html<\/a><\/p>\n

    https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/0fbf4d8e-022b-11ea-be59-e49b2a136b8d<\/a><\/p>\n

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    https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2019\/11\/17\/people-getting-rid-of-fitbits-after-google.html<\/a><\/p>\n

    https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2019\/11\/12\/google-project-nightingale-hospital-data-deal-raises-privacy-fears.html<\/a><\/p>\n

    https:\/\/newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org\/discussion\/mayo-clinic-selects-google-as-strategic-partner-for-health-care-innovation-cloud-computing\/<\/a><\/p>\n

    https:\/\/www.buzzfeednews.com\/article\/meghara\/period-tracker-apps-facebook-maya-mia-fem<\/a><\/p>\n

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    https:\/\/www.itpro.co.uk\/security\/354156\/google-confirms-android-cameras-can-be-hijacked-to-spy-on-you<\/a><\/p>\n

    https:\/\/www.itpro.co.uk\/security\/33980\/more-than-1000-android-apps-deceptively-harvest-personal-data<\/a><\/p>\n

    https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/e3e1697e-ce57-11e9-99a4-b5ded7a7fe3f<\/a><\/p>\n

    https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/a2afd690-0703-11ea-a984-fbbacad9e7dd?segmentId=778a3b31-0eac-c57a-a529-d296f5da8125<\/a><\/p>\n

    https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/0fbf4d8e-022b-11ea-be59-e49b2a136b8d<\/a><\/p>\n

    https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/technology-50124713<\/a><\/p>\n

    https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2019\/01\/29\/facebook-project-atlas\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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    https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2019-11-06\/jpmorgan-has-a-plan-to-help-amazon-airbnb-look-more-like-banks?srnd=technology-vp<\/a><\/p>\n

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    https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/lending-startups-look-at-borrowers-phone-usage-to-assess-creditworthiness-1448933308<\/a><\/p>\n

    https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/silicon-valley-backed-app-lenders-use-phone-data-to-hassle-borrowers-11574969095<\/a><\/p>\n

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    https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/tech-giants-have-hijacked-the-web-its-time-for-a-reboot-11572062420?mod=trending_now_4<\/a><\/p>\n

    https:\/\/www.itchronicles.com\/technology\/data-the-new-gold-rush-for-businesses\/<\/a><\/p>\n

    https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/quicktake\/why-eu-is-reining-in-tech-giants-while-the-u-s-is-hands-off<\/a><\/p>\n

    https:\/\/inrupt.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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    https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2019-12-09\/goldman-s-currie-says-central-banks-gobble-up-20-of-gold-supply<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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