A screenshot every 500 milliseconds, matched against a database, sold to the highest bidder. Inside the surveillance system you paid for and turned on yourself.
We are being watched everywhere now and if they really want access to your data etc... https://www.fcc.gov/calea
I used to work for this outfit https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-rcmp-surveilled-thousands-of-innocent-canadians-for-a-decade/ lets just say the guy operating that device, honesty is not his best policy as they promote them after they mess up go figure. Meanwhile the rest of us trying to live an honest living with integrity that question it all are thrown out of the canoe paddle to the head.
I suspect Google has most of the world mapped out by now etc... and, I suspect most of this is true from this guy that has seen under the hood https://www.wired.com/2014/08/edward-snowden/
Then comes china etc... funny though, I worked with a guy that installed many cameras and tweaked video analytics in china it was an american firm at first I'm sure its all made in china now technology. Its amazing what technology they have now, I heard years ahead of us.
Not too many cameras but lots of humans in key areas. It definitely prints a lot of money https://www.bcb.gov.br/en/financialstability/drex_en and you will need a CPF number to buy large ticket items or to import stuff (but there are work arounds) https://brasiltax.com/blog/en-cpf-number-brazil/ Most monetary transactions monitored. Many still live in fear as most houses have barb wired fences and apartments have it as well plus security to the max. Fear does that I guess, puts people on the edge and walls go up. Nice enough people though everyone says 'hi' but horrible drivers don't dare bike on the roads they will run you down, but luckily they have bike paths everywhere... nice. Lots of made in china products, but many locals hate china for many used to work in the clothing industry impossible to compete against china which has cheap labor and subsidizes big time. (much like the USA https://www.visualcapitalist.com/which-u-s-companies-receive-the-most-government-subsidies/ trillions dumped into the economy now esp in AI and MAG7 etc...) Which country doesn't print money, sell bonds and subsidize its large corporations. Should we trust them? what are they seeking?
I guess the question is - what is being done with all this data. I use cash and I don't have a cell phone so if you want to follow me go for it, it will cost you a fortune :)
Credit cards the norm now I suspect they know more about you than you do you. Credit so easy to get at now, any fool can spend merely give them a credit card instant addict formed https://www.neurotrackerx.com/post/shopping-makes-feel-high
Anyhow, what is all this data used for is the question. I just wish they would go catch the real criminals out there like rogue politicians, white collar criminals (stockmarket/casino https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-Q9AOp2FW8 housing/construction https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2IaJwkqgPk ) and espionage etc... all of which costs us tax payers billions per year. Especially now that lies, deceit and deception becomes the norm. Will anyone go to jail/prison this time around (ponzi and pyramid schemes)? probably not.
I surely hope AI becomes useful one day and all this data captured is used in a useful way as well. Catch the big criminals there are enough of them out there. Stop sending us shtty advertising stuff. I delete most of it anyway. They are wasting their time, as I don't shop till I drop. Buy by logic not emotion.
My brother, This content is great. Please keep it up. You are hitting on so much of what we used to talk about back in the day at Google. Would love to catch up some time.
We are being watched everywhere now and if they really want access to your data etc... https://www.fcc.gov/calea
I used to work for this outfit https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-rcmp-surveilled-thousands-of-innocent-canadians-for-a-decade/ lets just say the guy operating that device, honesty is not his best policy as they promote them after they mess up go figure. Meanwhile the rest of us trying to live an honest living with integrity that question it all are thrown out of the canoe paddle to the head.
Integrity what! https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2011/12/the-biology-of-right-and-wrong guess they were born in a barn?
Those that used a cell phone like this case https://www.vice.com/en/article/how-the-fbi-hacked-el-chapos-encrypted-phone-network/ . https://qz.com/594817/blackberrys-end-to-end-security-didnt-do-el-chapo-any-favors are just stupid. That was the end of blackberry but it was king for its time https://www.zdnet.com/article/blackberry-a-postmortem-of-the-former-smartphone-king/ . https://www.vice.com/en/article/rcmp-blackberry-project-clemenza-global-encryption-key-canada/ I was there during those days as they laughed - "we have the encryption keys" leaked...
(other https://www.occrp.org/en/project/the-crime-messenger/how-a-canadian-companys-encrypted-phones-ended-up-in-the-hands-of-criminals-around-the-world )
And, its only going to get worse as the current admin dumps trillions into the economy for world domination https://www.visualcapitalist.com/largest-defense-budgets-in-the-world/ . https://dsm.forecastinternational.com/2026/04/28/inside-the-pentagons-historic-1-5-trillion-fy27-budget-request/
https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/09/president-trump-tech-leaders-unite-american-ai-dominance/ . https://www.intereconomics.eu/contents/year/2025/number/2/article/big-tech-and-the-us-digital-military-industrial-complex.html
I suspect Google has most of the world mapped out by now etc... and, I suspect most of this is true from this guy that has seen under the hood https://www.wired.com/2014/08/edward-snowden/
Then comes china etc... funny though, I worked with a guy that installed many cameras and tweaked video analytics in china it was an american firm at first I'm sure its all made in china now technology. Its amazing what technology they have now, I heard years ahead of us.
With a dictator at the helm what to expect as fear is in the air for more power/control https://www.jurist.org/commentary/2019/01/fear-a-dictators-tool/ (much like many other countries https://bigthink.com/neuropsych/dictator-psychology/ those are your serial killers and mass murders etc.. https://psychcentral.com/blog/the-ties-between-crime-and-malignant-narcissism#1 )
I was in a BRICS country, a very socialistic country https://thenationaldesk.com/news/americas-news-now/president-donald-trump-to-host-brazils-lula-for-talks-on-brazilian-goods-tariffs-organized-crime-oval-office-meeting-rare-earth-deposits-minerals that just came out of civil war not so long ago https://www.cafehistoria.com.br/military-dictatorship-in-brazil-a-history/ Incredible what a civil war will do to a country as they don't trust the government, police nor military. In fact they trust the organized crime gangs more than they do the government. A bad state to be in... how to regain trust and integrity. Once that is lost it hard to get it back.
Not too many cameras but lots of humans in key areas. It definitely prints a lot of money https://www.bcb.gov.br/en/financialstability/drex_en and you will need a CPF number to buy large ticket items or to import stuff (but there are work arounds) https://brasiltax.com/blog/en-cpf-number-brazil/ Most monetary transactions monitored. Many still live in fear as most houses have barb wired fences and apartments have it as well plus security to the max. Fear does that I guess, puts people on the edge and walls go up. Nice enough people though everyone says 'hi' but horrible drivers don't dare bike on the roads they will run you down, but luckily they have bike paths everywhere... nice. Lots of made in china products, but many locals hate china for many used to work in the clothing industry impossible to compete against china which has cheap labor and subsidizes big time. (much like the USA https://www.visualcapitalist.com/which-u-s-companies-receive-the-most-government-subsidies/ trillions dumped into the economy now esp in AI and MAG7 etc...) Which country doesn't print money, sell bonds and subsidize its large corporations. Should we trust them? what are they seeking?
I guess the question is - what is being done with all this data. I use cash and I don't have a cell phone so if you want to follow me go for it, it will cost you a fortune :)
Credit cards the norm now I suspect they know more about you than you do you. Credit so easy to get at now, any fool can spend merely give them a credit card instant addict formed https://www.neurotrackerx.com/post/shopping-makes-feel-high
I suspect white collar crime and espionage is huge now especially in america https://www.dni.gov/index.php/ncsc-what-we-do/ncsc-threat-assessments-mission/ncsc-economic-espionage
It sure would be nice to catch that, we had a spy in the office
http://www.harpercollins.ca/9781554684502/nest-of-spies page 131 To Tran was my boss when I worked big defense. Then he went to AT&T labs...
Sure would be nice if audits could be done automagically https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/using-ai-machine-learning-algorithms-continuous-rameez-ali/ that would be useful and usable AI. Worthwhile spinning up all those massive data centers https://www.techpolicy.press/the-public-is-getting-fed-up-with-data-centers-politicians-need-to-take-notice/ will we decentralize soon? https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/neural-mesh-networks-unleashing-power-decentralized-ai-ripla-pgcert-parme/ so risky and vulnerable plus the load with large data centers better be some ROI/value to it all. Useful and usable AI.
And, AI monitoring economies too https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/path-fully-autonomous-economies-andre-drpde/ oh how politicians would hate that, catching rogue players...
Anyhow, what is all this data used for is the question. I just wish they would go catch the real criminals out there like rogue politicians, white collar criminals (stockmarket/casino https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-Q9AOp2FW8 housing/construction https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2IaJwkqgPk ) and espionage etc... all of which costs us tax payers billions per year. Especially now that lies, deceit and deception becomes the norm. Will anyone go to jail/prison this time around (ponzi and pyramid schemes)? probably not.
I used to work for https://www.investopedia.com/terms/w/worldcom.asp during https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/dotcon/ . https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/wallstreet/ I surely wish someone was spying on them then a big red sign would pop up - get out now! would we even listen though? https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/aug/03/denialism-what-drives-people-to-reject-the-truth as money blinds we fools.
I surely hope AI becomes useful one day and all this data captured is used in a useful way as well. Catch the big criminals there are enough of them out there. Stop sending us shtty advertising stuff. I delete most of it anyway. They are wasting their time, as I don't shop till I drop. Buy by logic not emotion.
Side note, I really, really miss my Blackberry with a full keyboard and no camera. 😭
My brother, This content is great. Please keep it up. You are hitting on so much of what we used to talk about back in the day at Google. Would love to catch up some time.
It already is