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The Pentagon Can Now Identify People By Measuring Their HeartBeats | Digital Trends

July 1, 2019July 1, 2019 mdbincbi

As if facial recognition and digital fingerprinting weren’t scary enough, the Pentagon has reportedly developed a method for remotely identifying and tracking people through their heartbeat. Heartbeats are as unique and distinctive as fingerprints, but are distinct in that they can be read from a distance. And it’s this that the Pentagon is taking advantage of, according to a report in the MIT Technology Review. Developed to identify combatants in war zones, the idea is to listen in to those unique cardiac signatures using an infrared laser. Unlike other identification methods like…

TSA PreCheck vs. Global Entry vs. CLEAR: Cost And Benefits Of Each | CNET

June 14, 2019June 14, 2019 mdbincbi

Standing in a long line at the airport is no way to start a vacation. And it is certainly no way for frequent business travelers to fly. You’ve likely heard of various programs that promise to get you through airport security faster, and you’ve probably endeavored to look into them when you found yourself making painfully slow progress through a TSA checkpoint. Perhaps you’re reading these words while standing in an airport security line right now! Read full story here: TSA PreCheck vs. Global Entry vs. CLEAR: Cost And Benefits…

Amazon’s Helping Police Build A Surveillance Network With Ring Doorbells | CNET

June 6, 2019June 6, 2019 mdbincbi

If you’re walking in Bloomfield, New Jersey, there’s a good chance you’re being recorded. But it’s not a corporate office or warehouse security camera capturing the footage — it’s likely a Ring doorbell made by Amazon. While residential neighborhoods aren’t usually lined with security cameras, the smart doorbell’s popularity has essentially created private surveillance networks powered by Amazon and promoted by police departments. Read full story here: Amazon’s Helping Police Build A Surveillance Network With Ring Doorbells | CNET

DHS Gave Border Agents Free Rein Over Thousands Of Warrantless Device Searches | CNET

May 1, 2019May 1, 2019 mdbincbi

Border agents conducted more than 33,000 device searches in 2018. Court records show they were allowed to share what they found with other government agencies. Police are required to get a warrant to search through your devices, but the Department of Homeland Security’s border patrol agents haven’t been following those rules, documents show. The American Civil Liberties Union and the Electronic Frontier Foundation filed evidence in court on Tuesday detailing testimony and documents on how the DHS has allowed its agents to search through people’s phones and laptops without a…

Report Reveals Worsening US Air Pollution, Emissions Concerns | Electrek

April 25, 2019April 25, 2019 mdbincbi

A new report shows air pollution is getting worse in the US, and the current EPA’s efforts to weaken emissions regulations on cars and power plants are seen as a major threat to improving the state of affairs. The American Lung Association released its 20th annual “State of the Air” report, which focuses on the years 2015-2017. In these years, “more cities had high days of ozone and short-term particle pollution compared to 2014-2016.” Many cities also suffered from increased levels of year-round particle pollution. Read full story here: Report Reveals…

Canadian Dollar Hits 4-week Low As Investors See End To Bank Of Canada’s Hiking Bias | The Globe and Mail

April 24, 2019April 24, 2019 mdbincbi

The Canadian dollar weakened to a nearly four-week low against its U.S. counterpart on Tuesday as the greenback climbed broadly and investors bet that the Bank of Canada would forgo language pointing to further interest rate hikes. Canada’s central bank is expected to hold its benchmark interest rate steady at 1.75 per cent on Wednesday and for the rest of this year, with calls for the next hike in early 2020 resting on a knife’s edge, a Reuters poll showed. Read full story here: Canadian Dollar Hits 4-week Low As…

New Registrations For Electric Vehicles Doubled In US Since Last Year | TechCrunch

April 17, 2019April 17, 2019 mdbincbi

There were 208,000 new registrations for electric vehicles in the U.S. last year, more than double the number filed in 2017, IHS said Monday. That growth in EVs was heavily concentrated in California, as well as nine other states that have adopted the Zero Emission Vehicle program. California was the first to launch the ZEV program‚ a state regulation that requires automakers to sell electric cars and trucks there. Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island and Vermont are also ZEV states. Read full story here:New…

DEA Says AT&T Still Provides Access To Billions Of Phone Records | TechCrunch

March 29, 2019March 29, 2019 mdbincbi

A program that allows drug agents to obtain a pool of billions of call records from AT&T is “still active,” according to a watchdog report. The report, published Thursday by the Justice Department inspector general, confirmed the program — named in the report only as Project C — continues to provide access to “billions” of domestic and international call records to Drug Enforcement Administration agents. The program allows agents to pull information about the callers and when and where a call was made from the telecoms provider operating the program…

Petition Calls For U.S. To Sell Montana To Canada For $1 trillion To Reduce National Debt | CTV News

February 22, 2019February 22, 2019 mdbincbi

It already borders three Canadian provinces and has a diverse terrain of Rocky Mountains and Great Plains that mirror those in Alberta and Saskatchewan. After the U.S. national debt soared to more than $22 trillion earlier this month, a man named Ian Hammond launched a petition on Change.org last week to sell Montana to Canada for $1 trillion to reduce the national debt. Red full story here: Petition Calls For U.S. To Sell Montana To Canada For $1 trillion To Reduce National Debt | CTV News