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Smartphone apps: Is your privacy protected?
Smartphone apps can do more than provide you with entertainment, information or useful services -- they can also invade your privacy. Apps can trace your Web habits, look into your contact list, make phone calls without your knowledge, track your location, examine your files and more. They can also automatically send information such as location data to mobile ad networks. In addition, apps can gather the phone number and the unique ID number of each type of phone: the Unique Device Identifier (UDID) on the iPhone, the International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) number on the BlackBerry, and (depending on the make) the IMEI or the Mobile Equipment Identifier (MEID) on an Android phone. It's not as if you weren't warned. But do you actually pay attention to what's gathered? In this article, we'll detail the kind of privacy threats you face when using mobile apps, offer advice on ways you can protect yourself, and take a look at possible legislation that may -- or may not -- help.
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Repressive desublimation
Repressive desublimation is a term first coined by philosopher and sociologist Herbert Marcuse in his 1964 work One-Dimensional Man, that refers to the way in which, in advanced industrial society (capitalism), "the progress of technological rationality is liquidating the oppositional and transcending elements in the “higher culture.”[1] In other words, where art was previously a way to represent "that which is" from "that which is not,"[2] capitalist society causes the "flattening out"[3] of art into a commodity incorporated into society itself. As Marcuse put it in 'One-Dimensional Man, "The music of the soul is also the music of salesmanship." By offering instantaneous, rather than mediated gratifications,[4] repressive desublimation was considered by Marcuse to remove the energies otherwise available for a social critique; and thus to function as a conservative force under the guise of liberation. Origins and influence[edit] Subsequent developments[edit] Criticism[edit] See also[edit]
How Goldman Sachs And Its Henchmen Are Starving The World
For today I had intended to write another installment on what happens when the Republicans get their way and the so called “free market” is left to regulate itself. Then, a picture on Facebook caught my attention (the picture to the left) and it reminded me of a much more immediate problem. I was planning to discuss the South Seas Company founded in England in 1711. I'll come back to it in a later article. Lest you be deluded into thinking that there are some behaviors so despicable that even bankers won’t engage in them to make a buck lets take a look at food speculation. Before we do that, however, we need to understand just a little about commodities markets. Commodities markets first appeared in the United States in the 19th century and are rooted in trading agricultural products, wheat, soy, corn and some livestock. A forward contract is an agreement between two parties to exchange at some fixed future date a given quantity of a commodity for a price defined today. References:
Aporia
Aporia (Ancient Greek: ἀπορία: "impasse, difficulty of passing, lack of resources, puzzlement") denotes in philosophy a philosophical puzzle or state of puzzlement and in rhetoric a rhetorically useful expression of doubt. Definitions[edit] Definitions of the term aporia have varied throughout history. In George Puttenham’s The Arte of English Poesie (1589) aporia is “the Doubtful, [so] called...because often we will seem to caste perils, and make doubts of things when by a plaine manner of speech we might affirm or deny [them].” More modern sources, perhaps because they come after the advent of post-structuralism, have chosen to omit the rhetorical usage of the term. Etymology[edit] The separation of aporia into its two morphemes a- and poros (‘without’ and ‘passage’) reveals the word’s rich etymological background as well as its connection to Platonic mythology. Ultimately, aporia cannot be separated from this etymological and cultural history. Philosophy[edit] 1. Rhetoric[edit]
Corporatism Is Not Capitalism: 7 Things About The Monolithic Predator Corporations That Dominate Our Economy That Every American Should Know
Right now, there is a lot of talk about the evils of “capitalism”. But it is not really accurate to say that we live in a capitalist system. Rather, what we have in the United States today, and what most of the world is living under, is much more accurately described as “corporatism”. Under corporatism, most wealth and power is concentrated in the hands of giant corporations and big government is used as a tool by these corporations to consolidate wealth and power even further. In a corporatist system, the wealth and power of individuals and small businesses is dwarfed by the overwhelming dominance of the corporations. Eventually, the corporations end up owning almost everything and they end up dominating nearly every aspect of society. The following is the definition of “corporatism” from the Merriam-Webster dictionary…. Corporatism is actually not too different from socialism or communism. But our founding fathers never intended for us to have a collectivist system. Well, keep reading.
Develops Ultra-sensitive Human-detecting Sensor Technology Capable of Detecting Minute Movements, including Human Breathing
Targets security and monitoring applications TOKYO, October 9, 2012 -- OKI (TOKYO: 6703) recently developed a human-detecting sensor technology capable of distinguishing between large movements (for example, a person walking about a room) to minute movements like breathing. This technology can detect even the minute movements of otherwise motionless persons, making it suitable for use in various applications, including advance warnings of health problems. OKI is currently seeking to apply this technology to areas ranging from security to the monitoring of elderly or people requiring long-term care. Comparative example with existing technology: A daily life situation Detection when a person enters an empty room and sits in a chair: Identifies changes in behavior. Use of pyroelectric infrared human-sensing sensors(*1) continues to grow for a wide range of applications involving the detection of humans in fields from security to monitoring and energy conservation. Typical applications Glossary
