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NSA Surveillance, Killer Drones, and Your Cell Phone

This article was posted on 02/12/2014

How the NSA uses SIM cards to mistakenly kill civilians

The president’s opinion

Despite the operator’s claims, the Obama administration insists that terrorists are killed with high precision. The president iterated during his speech at the National Defense University last May that a high degree of certainty is employed when target selection, ““by narrowly targeting our action against those who want to kill us and not the people they hide among, we are choosing the course of action least likely to result in the loss of innocent life.” Yet the increased reliance on phone tracking is contrary to this claim

Former drone operator’s testimony echoes information in leaked NSA documents

When speaking about his former colleague, the JSOC operator says “people get hung up that there’s a targeted list of people, it’s really like we’re targeting a cell phone. We’re not going after people — we’re going after their phones, in the hopes that the person on the other end of that missile is the bad guy.” His testimony of JSOC mission policies echo information revealed in the NSA documents leaked by Edward Snowden along with the criticism made by former drone sensor operator with the U.S. Air Force, Brandon Bryant.

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So the next time you’re at a stop light, riding a bus, at the mall, and someone near you is using a cell phone (or pad), just hope that person, even if innocent, isn’t using a phone targeted by the NSA.

‘Terminator’ on hold? Debate to stop killer robots takes global stage

Featured image: The Armed Robotic Vehicle (ARV) at the FCS National Mall Display 11 June 2008. CREDIT: U.S.Army. SOURCE: Wikipedia Commons (Public Domain)

From NBC News Nidhi Subbaraman 4 hours ago (10/21/13)

A proposal to pause the development of “killer robot” technology is seeing a surge of interest from robotics researchers as well as the representatives of key nations at the United Nations this month.

At a UN General Assembly First Committee on Disarmament and International Security side event Monday, mission delegates from Egypt, France, and Switzerland voiced an interest in regulating “killer robots” — completely autonomous weapon systems — in warfare. They are some of the first international voices backing ideas that the Human Rights Watch and Campaign to Stop Killer Robots have been championing for about a year. . . . Read Complete Report

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Dig A LITTLE DEEPER ~ THEI Archive “Killer Robots”

 

Do unto others: Intelligent machines and killer robots

Featured Image: Actroid-DER, developed by KOKORO Inc for customer service, appeared in the 2005 Expo Aichi Japan. The robot responds to commands in Japanese, Chinese, Korean, and English. CREDIT: Gnsin SOURCE: Wikipedia Commons (This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license).

By hPlus Magazine  Lochlan Bloom.  June 3, 2013

The recent U.N call for a moratorium on the development of remotely controlled weapon systems has raised some interesting issues and debate. While the tone of the announcement by U.N Special Rapporteur, Christof Heyns, rather dryly refers to LARs or lethal autonomous robots the story was then picked up by numerous news sites with headlines pitting killer robots against the U.N.

The subject of intelligent machines and what they mean for humanity is open to much interpretation but the majority of opinion often seems to suggest a rather dysoptian future. From serious academic papers – War in the age of intelligent machines to widespread blockbuster entertainment –Terminator Salvation – the picture painted is not too rosy. While there are some commentators that suggest machines will be our wise, helpful companions, using their superior brain power simply to ease our lives, this is not the default position. . . . Read Complete Report

Yes to Robotics! No to Killer Robots!

Featured Image: ASIMO  is a humanoid robot created by Honda. Standing at 130 centimeters and weighing 54 kilograms, the robot resembles a small astronaut wearing a backpack and can walk on two feet in a manner resembling human locomotion at up to 6 km/h. ASIMO was created at Honda’s Research & Development Wako Fundamental Technical Research Center in Japan. CREDIT: Gnsin at Expo 2005, in Japan. SOURCE: Wikipedia Commons (Public Domain).

From NooTrix

Most TED talks if not all are thought provoking. The one given by moral philosopher Peter Singer on effective altruism (see Video 1) at TED 2013 Longbeach (CA) is no exception. This talk is actually a call for action. We don’t need to be billionaires to help others around the world. We can either offer part of our time or our money. However, this emotion-driven reaction can be leveraged by using our brains to figure out the most effective way to use resources we have at hand.

What’s the connection with robotics? The answer to this question lies in another question: What can roboticists, do to change the world for the better? As a matter of fact, there are already people that use robots in projects that positively impacts our society or our planet. . . . Read Complete Report w/videos

 

Oklahoma Killer Tornado: Nexrad Weather Control ~ Tornado Creation 101 (Video Report)

Featured Image: One of several tornadoes observed by the enVORTEX 99 team on May 3,1999 in central Oklahoma. SOURCE: Wikipedia Commons. (Public Domain).

Why would the Controllers want to create such a monstrous killer storm?

Check the timing.  The truth about this administration is catching up with them. If the Obama administration ever needed a break from media and citizen eyeballin’ it certainly would be right now even more than with the other suspected controlled storms we have covered (See link after video) . . . EDITOR

From youtube uploaded by WeatherWar101

Published on May 22, 2013

Nano Skies Movie: Chemtrails Revealed (HD) http://ow.ly/fO55Z

Go A LITTLE DEEPER: THEI Archive, “Weather Control”

Call to boycott killer robots (w/ video)

Photo: Military robots are making war more likely by lowering the threshold of conflict. Image source: International Committee for Robot Arms Control

from Phys.org

August 21, 2012

(Phys.org) — Engineers should stop working on killer robots and kick the habit of military funding, a leading Australian applied ethicist has said.

In a paper published in IEEE Technology and Society Magazine, Monash University philosopher Dr Robert Sparrow, called on engineers to boycott work on military robots such as the controversial ‘Predator’ drone from the United States. “It is clear that military organisations fund a significant amount of, and perhaps even most of, robotics research today,” Dr Sparrow said. . . . Read Complete Report

from youtube

RETRO: Military channel . Robots

Uploaded by  on Oct 4, 2008

This video shows the advancement of the United States Army. Its is a show of intellegance and technique