Tag: Big Data

TikTok Accesses American Data: Casey Fleming Breaks Down the Threat

TikTok secretly accesses American data, despite denying it to the public, according to audio obtained by Buzzfeed. Now, questions arise over data safety and China’s subversion of U.S. society, as well as the national security threat of TikTok and other intrusive apps from China. Where do we go from here? I have Casey Fleming, CEO…


Chinese Coffee Machines Could Be Spying on You; Victims in Restaurant Beating Silent in China

The conditions of the victims of the Tangshan beating has sparked public speculation. No family members have come forward, and authorities and the media are covering it up. Some claim three have died from injuries. What is behind this brutal violence? We break down new updates on the gang attack on female patrons at a restaurant….


Find Out and Fix What Big Data Says About You

I thought I knew all about the information that consumer reporting agencies were collecting on me. Then I discovered The Work Number—a database that reports every paycheck I’ve received from my company, with net and gross amounts, going back to my hire date six years ago. Another consumer reporting agency shows the results of a…


In China, ‘Health Codes’ Developed During the Pandemic Are Now Used to Monitor the Public

Hangzhou, the capital city of Zhejiang Province, was the first Chinese city to introduce a “health code” system. Originally, the health codes were green, yellow, and red zones; but since the end of January, orange was added to indicate that the code holder resides in a pandemic prevention zone. In addition, use of the health…


In China, ‘Health Codes’ Developed During the Pandemic Are Now Used to Monitor the Public: Experts

Hangzhou, the capital city of Zhejiang Province, was the first Chinese city to introduce a “health code” system. Originally, the health codes were green, yellow, and red zones; but since the end of January, orange was added to indicate that the code holder resides in a pandemic prevention zone. In addition, use of the health…


Privacy Committee to Study Health Agency’s Mobile Data Collection Program

The House committee responsible for overseeing privacy issues unanimously voted Thursday to conduct a study of the federal health agency’s mobility analysis program, which relies on data obtained from cellphones. At the onset of the special meeting of the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy, and Ethics, Conservative MP and critic for ethics John…


China Reveals AI News Anchor, Almost Indistinguishable from a Real Human

“Hello everyone, I am the artificial intelligence news anchor on National Business Daily. I am the virtual twin of the original host. I have been running—reporting the news—undetected for 70 days now,” the AI news anchor N Xiaohei revealed itself to its television viewers on Dec. 20, 2021, after 1700 hours of a continuous live…


Gov’t Can’t Be Trusted With Cellphone Tracking Amid Pandemic: Former Ontario Privacy Commissioner

Ontario’s former privacy commissioner is sounding the alarm about the government’s tracking of cellphone data to inform policy, after it was revealed last week that a federal agency has been analyzing the movements of Canadians since the onset of the pandemic. “It concerns me enormously that this would enable the government to collect more and…


Tesla and CCP Battling for Control of Users’ Big Data

News Analysis U.S. electric vehicle giant Tesla Inc., which has had great strides in the Chinese market, is under mounting data scrutiny from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) despite its engagement with regulators. Tesla founder Elon Musk on Nov. 2 posted on Twitter a poem titled “Humankind,” followed by a 4-line original quote from an ancient poem…


China Coins Tech Term in Escalating Its Digital Surveillance of COVID-19 Close Contacts

Chinese authorities are using a new term for their combined approach of restricting citizens’ movement through tech surveillance and pandemic lockdowns. Analysts have expressed concern over the new tactics, which single out individuals for being a “companion in space and time” with a COVID-19 patient. The Public Security Bureau of Chengdu City in southwestern China’s…