Police State

Propaganda piece claims big corporations don't want to help NSA spy. This is baloney. They just don't want their customers to know about it. They didn't resist NSA when those programs were still secret.

How Google laid the groundwork for NSA intercepts.

Article blames Snowden, not the NSA, for drop in Cisco sales.

Seattle police can access city's DHS surveillance cameras in real time in their vehicles.

"While advanced security is to be expected at Seattle’s port, the mesh network nodes’ data gathering of residents in the downtown area has little to do with maritime security. Given Seattle’s “accidental” port surveillance camera placement earlier this year, which saw several of the city’s 30 port security cameras incorrectly faced in towards the city, few residents trust the government’s alleged claims about personal privacy, especially in light of their refusal to comply with a city ordinance requiring them to have divulged information on the network months ago.
Chief McDonagh also said the cameras do not have facial recognition capabilities, although Seattle’s secret participation in the TrapWire program, which used sophisticated facial recognition software ran through city CCTV cameras, leaves the question as to whether the mesh system’s camera access will be run through similar software programs at the whim of unknown federal agencies."

Accidental. That's funny.

University of Cincinnati developing mind reading robots. Lovely.