Microsoft, Red Cross and UN sucked into global news fixing row

by Ian Burrell
The Independent
September 29, 2011

The creator and face of Microsoft, William Gates.

Microsoft has been sucked into the row surrounding a London-based media company currently under investigation by broadcasters for making editorial programmes without declaring it had a commercial relationship with some of those it featured.

Both the BBC and the US-owned broadcaster CNBC are investigating FBC Media following an investigation by The Independent which showed it had made numerous factual programmes about Malaysia after being allocated millions of pounds by the country’s government to promote it.

This newspaper has evidence that Microsoft was “guaranteed” coverage on a flagship programme which FBC was commissioned to make for CNBC – which is screened in Britain – for a major launch that the global technology company was planning in Europe. CNBC recently suspended the show, World Business, pending the outcome of its investigation.

The Independent has seen a nine-page letter written to Microsoft’s senior communications managers, in which FBC promised coverage of its opening of the European Microsoft Innovation Center in Aachen, Germany, and a second project in St Petersburg, Russia.

The document referred to World Business under the heading “FBC Guaranteed Distribution Placement”. It told Microsoft: “Our flagship programme, World Business, is a weekly half-hour business news magazine, which covers the trends shaping business, particularly from a European perspective.

“We can foresee placing coverage of the Aachen opening within the programme the weekend of May 1&2, which means guaranteed placement on CNBC Europe, PBS-TV in the US, Star World Asia and 12 national broadcast markets in Western and Eastern Europe.” PBS is America’s public service broadcaster and Star World is part of Rupert Murdoch’s global News Corp media empire.

In its letter to the Microsoft PR chiefs, FBC pointed out: “Due to our distribution agreements with each of the broadcasters, FBC maintains final editorial control over the reports featured within any of its broadcast programmes.”

Last night CNBC said: “We have suspended all broadcasts of the World Business programme indefinitely. We cannot comment further for legal reasons.”

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Identificação Biométrica torna-se Mais Invasiva

Se você acredita que as impressões digitais ou a identificação com foto são exemplos do uso invasivo da tecnologia, espere até ler isto.

Por Luis R. Miranda
The Real Agenda
20 de julho de 2011

Se você nunca viu o documentário Shadow Government ou Governo Sombra, sinceramente recomendo. Ele detalha as últimas informações sobre como tecnologia é utilizada para criar um programa de identificação global de proporções bíblicas. Neste sistema que está sendo construído em quanto as pessoas questionam “por que eu tenho para dar minhas impressões digitais para obter uma licença para dirigir,” empresas querem implementar o registro de todos os seres humanos no planeta. Sem exceções.

A variedade de tecnologias disponíveis para efetivamente identificar alguém no trabalho, na academia, em eventos públicos, no tribunal e até mesmo em casa é simplesmente incrível. No entanto, os produtores e compradores dessas ferramentas de segurança não param de pensar em novas maneiras de obter contratos mais lucrativos de empresas privadas ou do governo.

A tecnologia de identificação mais invasiva foi anunciada recentemente pela empresa que a produz. E chamada Bio-Sig-ID e é criada pela Biometric Signature Inc. Segundo a descrição do fabricante, BioSig-ID é uma tecnologia de “Identidade multi-factor”; a melhor em sua classe. Isto fez com que a empresa ganhasse a confiança de uma grande variedade de organizações que vão desde setores como saúde, sistemas financeiros e bancários, educação online, cloud computing, a Casa Branca e o Departamento de Segurança Interna dos Estados Unidos.

O BioSig-ID é conhecido por sua capacidade de coletar informações, tais como padrões de movimento do Mouse, velocidade de digitação, gestos do usuário e outras características pessoais para identificar a pessoa que tem a intenção de acessar informações ou usar uma peça de equipamento.

Biometric Signature anunciou recentemente que recebeu aprovação da U. S. Patent Trademark dos Estados Unidos para a sua mais recente patente que irá acrescentar a grande coleção de ferramentas baseadas em tecnologia de identificação. BioSig-ID tecnologia inclui os movimentos realizados com diversos dispositivos como um mouse, as marcas da tela de toque, dedos e movimentos do corpo para criar um sistema multi-fator biométricas utilizadas para fins de identificação.

Conveniência é o nome do jogo

Como muitas vezes acontece, o uso de BioSig-ID e outras tecnologias invasivas, é apresentado não como uma ameaça à privacidade, mas como uma “forma conveniente para manter a segurança”, ou para manter os dados e informações seguras. Em outros exemplos de violações de privacidade encontramos a indústria do entretenimento, que conseguiu a criação de produtos, tais como consolas de jogos de vídeo que gravam os movimentos dos usuários como uma impressão digital biométrica humana. Kinect, o dispositivo usado no interior do Xbox da Microsoft, permite aos usuários jogar apenas movendo seus corpos. “O console detecta o movimento e reconhece pessoas através de uma câmera e vários sensores instalados no dispositivo.” Não é conveniente?

Junto com os jogos de vídeo estao os infames scanners de corpo inteiro que são supostamente para nos manter a salvo do terrorismo, mas são uma das tecnologias mais invasiva jamais criadas. Os scanners não só podem dar imagens nuas dos passageiros que optam por renunciar a sua privacidade -há oportunidade de optar por não usá-los- mas também “banham” eles com uma dose de radiação venenosa. Leia informações sobre as quantidades de radiação emitida pelos scanners aqui. Leia sobre a radiação dos scanners de corpo inteiro ou “backscatter” scanners aqui. Saiba mais sobre o fluxo de radiação aqui.

Criando a necessidade de tecnologia invasiva de identificação

O sucesso de tecnologias que promovem a identificação biométrica existe graças à criação artificial de uma necessidade, o que fez com que o uso desta ferramenta tenha aumentado exponencialmente na última década. Isso não significa, no entanto, que o uso dessas tecnologias é tão jovem. Empresas privadas e agencias militares têm trabalhado para criar formas de identificar as pessoas por um longo tempo. Na maioria dos casos, a tecnologia desenvolvida para criar uma identidade biométrica tem sido utilizada em locais altamente sensíveis como as proprias empresas e instalações militares.

O sucesso desta tecnologia é baseada no fato de que um mercado foi criado, como acontece com muitos produtos, para garantir sua aprovação. A parte ruim é que junto com a inovação, as empresas e os governos tem usado o medo do povo e políticas para impulsionar a produção e venda. Quando os consumidores percebem a sua existência, a tecnologia já tem sido testada por muitos anos. Para BioSig-ID, o produto foi testado inicialmente pelo Grupo Tolly.

Como descrito acima, muitas organizações e empresas adotam esta tecnologia sob o pretexto de segurança. Segurança de dados, segurança da informação, acesso seguro às instalações, segurança de acesso à Web e assim por diante. No negócio de saúde, por exemplo, a DEA requer prescrição eletrônica de substâncias controladas, um exemplo infame da fraude que é a guerra contra as drogas. A DEA utiliza esta tecnologia para autenticar o acesso a registros de pacientes.

Em bancos e mercados financeiros, as instituições privadas e escritórios do governo utilizam identificação biométrica para “proporcionar segurança e proteger as informações dos clientes, que de acordo com essas organizações reduz fraude. Mas não tem funcionado muito bem, porque milhões de dados de cartões de crédito foram roubados nos últimos anos. Nenhuma organizaçao financeiras, nem hackers, nem os bancos têm sido responsabilizados por pôr em perigo a privacidade de seus clientes.

A educação não escapou à violação da privacidade. Organizações educacionais, ambas usam tecnologia biométrica com seus serviços online para “garantir” o crédito apropriado para os estudantes e para o registro e controle de pagamentos. Universidades e outras instituições que oferecem aulas on-line requerem a identificação de mais de uma impressão digital.

Novos serviços baseados na Internet, tais como celulares e computação em nuvem são adicionados ao grupo de serviços nos que os consumidores e usuários usam ferramentas de validação BioSig-ID e similares. Enquanto todo o conteúdo migra para a “nuvem”, as corporações e governos obtém um controle cada vez mais centralizado de informações e como as pessoas acessam essas informações no trabalho ou em casa. Os sistemas de identificação biométrica serao a chave para o gerenciamento de certificados ou protocolos para acessar os “Clouds”. A idéia de ter uma identificação de Internet única, que já foi proposto por funcionários dos governos em vários países, de repente, parece mais realista.

E se você é um funcionário do governo, como muitos são hoje, e mais, no futuro próximo, prepare-se para dar informação sobre qualquer movimento que seu corpo faz. No México, todos os funcionários do governo federal tiveram que passar por uma identificação biométrica a fim de manter seus empregos. Em todo o mundo, os governos estão implementando protocolos de segurança que incluem o uso de cartões de identificação ou credenciais para acessar e gerenciar informações do governo.

A identificação eletrônica já está disponível em lugares como Hong Kong, Malásia, Estônia, Finlândia, Bélgica, Portugal, Marrocos e Espanha.

Biometrically Identifiable Gesture Technology

If you believe fingerprinting or picture ID’s are invasive forms of technology, wait until you read this.

by Luis R. Miranda
The Real Agenda
July 20, 2011

If you have never seen the documentary Shadow Government, I honestly recommend it. It details the latest information regarding the use of technology to create a global identification system of biblical proportions. In this system that is being built as we wonder “why I have to give my fingerprint to obtain a driver’s license”, every single human being will be accounted for; no exceptions.

The variety of technologies available to effectively identify anyone at work, at the gym, at public events, in Court houses and even at home, is simply mind blowing. However, the producers and buyers of these so-called security enhancing tools do not stop thinking about new ways to get the highest paid contracts from private companies or the government.

The latest example of invasive identification technology is Biometric Signature ID, Inc’s BioSig-ID. According to the manufacturer’s description, BioSig-ID is a “Multi-Factor Identity Proofing Technology”; the best of its kind. This earned the company the trust of a variety of organizations going from sectors such as healthcare, the financial and banking systems, online education, cloud computing, the White House and the Department of Homeland Security.

The BioSig-ID is known for its capacity to gather information such as mouse movement patterns, typing speeds, user gestures, and other personal characteristics to fully identify the person who intends to access information or use a piece of equipment.

Biometric Signature ID announced recently it received approval from the United States Patent and Trademark Office for its latest patent which will be added to the large collection of technology-based identification tools it produces. The BioSig-ID technology collects movements made with various devices such as a mouse, touchscreen markings, fingers and body movements to create a biometric multi-factor password used for identification purposes.

Convenience is the name of the Game

As it often happens, the use of BioSig-ID as well as other invasive technologies, is presented not as a threat to personal privacy, but as a “convenient way to stay safe” or to keep data and information safe. In other examples of privacy violations we encounter the entertainment industry which managed to create products such as video game consoles that record the users movements as a biometric human fingerprint. Kinect, the device that is inside Microsoft’s XBox, allows users to play by just moving their bodies. “The console detects movement and recognizes people through a camera and various sensors installed on the device.” Isn’t that convenient?

Along with video gaming are the infamous full body scanners, which are supposed to keep us all safe from terrorism, but that instead are one of the most invasive forms of technology ever created. The scanners not only render full naked images of the passengers that allow their privacy to be violated -there is an opt out chance- but also bathes them with poisonous doses of radiation. See information on the scanners’ radiation amounts here. Read about full body scanner backscatter radiation here. Learn about radiation flux here.

Creating a need for invasive identification technologies

The amount of biometric-based identification technology production and consumption has increased exponentially in the last decade or so. This does not mean, however, that the use of these technology is so young. Military and technology contractors have been working on ways to fully identify individuals for a long time. In most cases, technology such as the one developed by Biometric Signature ID has been used in highly sensitive places in companies and military installations.

The success of this technology relies on the fact that a market was created -as it happens with many products- to assure its adoption. The evil part is that people’s fear and government policy are also used to push the production and sale of biometric identification. By the time consumers get to know about its existence, it has already been tried and tested for many years. In the case of BioSig-ID, the product was tested initially by The Tolly Group.

As we cited before, many organizations and companies adopt this kind of technologies under the safety excuse. Data safety, information safety, access to premisses safety, web access safety and so on. In the healthcare business, for example, the DEA requires electronic prescription of controlled substances, another failure of the infamous war on drugs. DEA uses this technology to authenticate access to patients’ records.

In the banking and financial markets, both private institutions and government offices use biometric identification to “bring security and safeguard customer information, reduce fraud, etc. It has not worked very well, though, as millions of customer credit card information has been stolen from those very same institutions and neither the hackers nor the banks have been held accountable for endangering the privacy of their customers.

Education has not escaped privacy violation. Both physical and online educational organizations adopted biometric and other invasive identification technologies to “guarantee” the correct accreditation of students as well as for registration and payment controls. Universities and other learning online-based institutions offer classes online which require signing in with more than one fingerprint.

New internet-based services such as Mobile and Cloud computing will pile on the number of consumers and users of Bi0Sig-ID and similar validation tools. As all content migrates to the “Cloud” and the corporations and the government become more empowered by centrally controlling information and how people access it from work or home, biometric identification systems will be key to mandate certified entrance to those “Clouds”. The idea to have a unique internet ID, as it has been proposed by government officials in several countries is suddenly appearing more and more realistic.

And if you are a government employee, as many are nowadays, and more will be in the near future, get ready to give every single piece of information your body emits. In Mexico,  all federal government employees had to submit to biometric identification recognition in order to keep their jobs. All over the world, government implement security protocols that include the use of Government Identity Cards or Credentials to access and manage information.

E-IDs are already available in countries like Hong Kong, Malaysia, Estonia, Finland, Belgium, Portugal, Morocco and Spain.

Internet Dictatorship Begins in Singapore

A “new” system that records every move, stores all passwords and homogenizes software and that will control the net from 3 major hubs.

by John Markoff
NYTimes
June 25, 2011

A small group of Internet security specialists gathered in Singapore this week to start up a global system to make e-mail and e-commerce more secure, end the proliferation of passwords and raise the bar significantly for Internet scam artists, spies and troublemakers.

“It won’t matter where you are in the world or who you are in the world, you’re going to be able to authenticate everyone and everything,” said Dan Kaminsky, an independent network security researcher who is one of the engineers involved in the project.

The Singapore event included an elaborate technical ceremony to create and then securely store numerical keys that will be kept in three hardened data centers there, in Zurich and in San Jose, Calif. The keys and data centers are working parts of a technology known as Secure DNS, or DNSSEC. DNS refers to the Domain Name System, which is a directory that connects names to numerical Internet addresses. Preliminary work on the security system had been going on for more than a year, but this was the first time the system went into operation, even though it is not quite complete.

The three centers are fortresses made up of five layers of physical, electronic and cryptographic security, making it virtually impossible to tamper with the system. Four layers are active now. The fifth, a physical barrier, is being built inside the data center.

The technology is viewed by many computer security specialists as a ray of hope amid the recent cascade of data thefts, attacks, disruptions and scandals, including break-ins at Citibank, Sony, Lockheed Martin, RSA Security and elsewhere. It allows users to communicate via the Internet with high confidence that the identity of the person or organization they are communicating with is not being spoofed or forged.

Internet engineers like Mr. Kaminsky want to counteract three major deficiencies in today’s Internet. There is no mechanism for ensuring trust, the quality of software is uneven, and it is difficult to track down bad actors.

One reason for these flaws is that from the 1960s through the 1980s the engineers who designed the network’s underlying technology were concerned about reliable, rather than secure, communications. That is starting to change with the introduction of Secure DNS by governments and other organizations.

The event in Singapore capped a process that began more than a year ago and is expected to be complete after 300 so-called top-level domains have been digitally signed, around the end of the year. Before the Singapore event, 70 countries had adopted the technology, and 14 more were added as part of the event. While large countries are generally doing the technical work to include their own domains in the system, the consortium of Internet security specialists is helping smaller countries and organizations with the process.

The United States government was initially divided over the technology. The Department of Homeland Security included the .gov domain early in 2009, while the Department of Commerce initially resisted including the .us domain because some large Internet corporations opposed the deployment of the technology, which is incompatible with some older security protocols.

Internet security specialists said the new security protocol would initially affect Web traffic and e-mail. Most users should be mostly protected by the end of the year, but the effectiveness for a user depends on the participation of the government, Internet providers and organizations and businesses visited online. Eventually the system is expected to have a broad effect on all kinds of communications, including voice calls that travel over the Internet, known as voice-over-Internet protocol.

“In the very long term it will be voice-over-I.P. that will benefit the most,” said Bill Woodcock, research director at the Packet Clearing House, a group based in Berkeley, Calif., that is assisting Icann, the Internet governance organization, in deploying Secure DNS.

Secure DNS makes it possible to make phone calls over the Internet secure from eavesdropping and other kinds of snooping, he said.

Security specialists are hopeful that the new Secure DNS system will enable a global authentication scheme that will be more impenetrable and less expensive than an earlier system of commercial digital certificates that proved vulnerable in a series of prominent compromises.

The first notable case of a compromise of the digital certificates — electronic documents that establish a user’s credentials in business or other transactions on the Web — occurred a decade ago when VeriSign, a prominent vendor of the certificates, mistakenly issued two of them to a person who falsely claimed to represent Microsoft.

Last year, the authors of the Stuxnet computer worm that was used to attack the Iranian uranium processing facility at Natanz were able to steal authentic digital certificates from Taiwanese technology companies. The certificates were used to help the worm evade digital defenses intended to block malware.

In March, Comodo, a firm that markets digital certificates, said it had been attacked by a hacker based in Iran who was trying to use the stolen documents to masquerade as companies like Google, Microsoft, Skype and Yahoo.

“At some point the trust gets diluted, and it’s just not as good as it used to be,” said Rick Lamb, the manager of Icann’s Secure DNS program.

The deployment of Secure DNS will significantly lower the cost of adding a layer of security, making it more likely that services built on the technology will be widely available, according to computer network security specialists. It will also potentially serve as a foundation technology for an ambitious United States government effort begun this spring to create a system to ensure “trusted identities” in cyberspace.

Bill Gates wants to vaccinate 90 percent of the world

NaturalNews.com
May 22, 2011

The infamous Bill Gates is on a crusade to vaccinate the entire world. In a recent speech, the Microsoft guru-turned-humanitarian put pressure on the governments of the world to “prevent four million deaths by 2015, [and] … ten million deaths” by 2020. He believes this will happen by vaccinating at least 90 percent of the world’s population.

Gates has been an outspoken proponent of vaccinations for years. His organization, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, is constantly promoting vaccines anywhere and everywhere it can. The group’s website, in fact, says one of its goals is to vaccinate every single child on the planet, claiming that vaccines are “one of the most effective health interventions ever developed” (http://www.gatesfoundation.org/vacc…).

Among his many speeches, however, Gates has given conflicting information concerning the agenda behind his vaccination push. In his most recent speech, he claims vaccines will save lives. But in a speech he gave at a TED conference last year, Gates clearly stated that vaccines and health care were part of an equation to reduce the world’s population by 15 percent (http://www.naturalnews.com/029911_v…).

“The world today has 6.8 billion people … that’s headed up to about nine billion,” he said to his audience. “Now if we do a really great job on new vaccines, health care, reproductive health services, we could lower that by perhaps ten or 15 percent.”

You can watch the actual clip of Gates saying this at the following link:

http://www.naturalnews.tv/v.asp?v=A…

So which is it? Do vaccines help to save lives or end lives? When considering that vaccines are loaded with toxic adjuvants and chemical preservatives, many of which are known to cause serious health problems, sterility, and even death, the latter conclusion makes a lot more sense (http://www.naturalnews.com/031820_v…).

Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/032475_Bill_Gates_vaccines.html#ixzz1N7ocphlN

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