Developments in Facial Recognition Eventually, it will work. You'll be able to wear a camera that will automatically recognize someone walking towards you, and a earpiece that will relay who that person is and maybe something about him. None of the technologies required to make this work are hard; it's just a matter of getting the error rate down low enough for it to be a useful system. And there have been a number of recent research results and news stories that illustrate what this new world might look like. The police want this sort of system. I already blogged about MORIS, an iris-scanning technology that several police forces in the U.S. are using. A small camera fitted to the glasses can capture 400 facial images per second and send them to a central computer database storing up to 13 million faces. In the future, this sort of thing won't be limited to the police. Of course, there are false positives -- as there are with any system like this. In Boston, someone erroneously had his driver's licence revoked:
Accuracy in Media Henry Kissinger on the Assembly of a New World Order - WSJ How to camouflage yourself from facial recognition technology The day when you’ll be able to hold up your phone and identify a stranger through a viewfinder is getting closer. Google’s Goggles, a mobile app for visual search, has a facial recognition version unreleased to the public, while Israeli startup Face.com’s technology can tag people’s faces in Facebook photos. Facebook even released a basic version of face detection last night, although it doesn’t have recognition. So in a world where technology chips away at our ability to remain anonymous, how does one reclaim some semblance of control? It turns out there’s actually a pretty simple way around the facial recognition technology available in the market today, according to Adam Harvey, a graduate student at NYU’s ITP (the same program that produced Foursquare chief executive Dennis Crowley and that Twitter’s location guru Raffi Krikorian taught at). “It breaks apart the gestalt of the face,” he said. Harvey says there a couple of projects that could stem from idea.
Zembla - Onderzoeksjournalistiek The War Nerd: Today is the 200th anniversary of the wimpy so-called burning of Washington By Gary Brecher On August 24, 2014 Editor’s note: This is a slightly edited version of an article first published by NSFWCORP (now part of Pando) as part of The War Nerd’s Guide to the War of 1812. Today is the 200th anniversary of the burning of the White House in 1814. People talk about how the British troops “burned Washington” after the Battle of Bladensburg left D. C. wide open, but really, Americans have no idea how easy we got off. The British took it very, very easy on us, just like they did in the Revolutionary War. The occupation of D. There, that tells you right there how easy we had it. After burning the house, British troops occupied the city and set fire to the White House, the Treasury building, and the temporary offices of the Senate and House (the Capitol wasn’t built yet). The other story everybody knows, or thinks they know, about the burning of D.C. is “Dolley Madison, the first lady, bravely rescuing that painting of George Washington from the flames.”
Statement from Jeremy Regarding His Plea Statement from Jeremy Regarding His Plea Today I pleaded guilty to one count of violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. This was a very difficult decision. I hope this statement will explain my reasoning. During the past 15 months I have been relatively quiet about the specifics of my case as I worked with my lawyers to review the discovery and figure out the best legal strategy. Now that I have pleaded guilty it is a relief to be able to say that I did work with Anonymous to hack Stratfor, among other websites. I have already spent 15 months in prison. I would like to thank all of my friends and supporters for their amazing and ongoing gestures of solidarity. Jeremy Hammond
Hullabaloo Anders Breivik's Closing Statement, Final Day (June 22, 2012) Front page of a Danish newspaper 5,107 words Translated and annotated by Andrew Hamilton Translator’s Note: The terrorism trial of Norwegian revolutionary nationalist Anders Behring Breivik, 33, began in Oslo District Court in Norway on April 16, 2012, and concluded on June 22, 2012, a month earlier than planned. On the second day of the trial the defendant read a statement to the court setting forth his rationale for the attacks. Breivik was accused of “destabilizing or destroying basic functions of society” and “creating serious fear in the population” by bombing a key government building in Oslo and conducting a shooting spree on the island of Utøya at a gathering of the Workers’ Youth League (AUF, Arbeidernes ungdomsfylking), the youth auxiliary of Norway’s Left-wing, anti-white Labor Party. Breivik freely admitted committing the offenses, but denied culpability on the grounds that he was acting out of “necessity” (nødrett). “For a long time before beginning, Breivik studied his notes.”
UniBeast: Install Mac OS X Lion Using an All-In-One Bootable USB Drive STEP 1: Purchase Mac OS X Lion The operating system is not free. There are two ways to purchase your copy of Mac OS X Lion. The simplest way is to download the Application from the Mac App Store. Alternately, the OS X Lion USB Thumb is available online at Apple.com or any Apple Store retail location. STEP 2: Create a Bootable USB Drive Using UniBeast Take a deep breath and take your time- this is pretty simple, but it's easy to miss things if you rush. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. The process will take about 10-15 minutes, depending on system and drive speed, but will show hours. STEP 3: Install Mac OS X Lion You're almost done! 1. 2. 3. You may have to type extra command line flags to reach the installer. 4. If updating an existing Snow Leopard install, skip 5-14. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 17. 18. 19. 1. If your drive doesn't boot on its own, and you get an error referencing boot0, fix it using the methods listed here.
Sputnik International When You Don’t Own Yourself In the short time that Social Roulette was active, 393 people pulled the trigger. Given the 1 in 6 odds, approximately 65 people should have had their accounts deleted. In fact, all 393 people survived. One side of Social Roulette is about discomfort with social networks, or ambivalence about digital identity. A few weeks ago, on April 20th, I saw Friend Fracker , a piece from Harper Reed and Rafael Lozano-Hemmer developed during Rhizome’s 7 on 7 conference. In 2009 the Web 2.0 Suicide Machine and Seuppukoo gave you the chance to delete all your social network activity and your account. Deleting an account is one thing, but playing games with it is another. I started researching the process of Facebook profile deletion, but was dismayed to discover how difficult the process was. This made me feel like my information was hardly mine to delete by hand, much less in an automated way. In keeping with the spirit of the game itself, the quote, testimonials, and screenshot were all fabricated.
The Anti-Media - Very pleased to announce that Libertas Bella News has acquired The Anti-Media (TAM), which came about after reading this from their editor-in-chief: Drawn to activism after discovering the Ron Paul revolution, we (TAM) came of age in the post-9/11 era and we felt we had good reason to push back against the ever-encroaching political system that has heavily indebted us and increasingly infringed upon on our rights whilst expanding its reach and power….Our goal: Awaken people from their passive subservience to big government and corporatism. And this on their Patreon page: We’re guessing they don’t like the fact that we (TAM) highlight and expose corruption wherever we see it, be it in the government or from corporations. TAM is a brand deeply aligned with our own values and worldview: One which runs counter to the sycophantic state power narratives of traditional media outlets.