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Thousands of workers listening to Alexa chats

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Amazon reportedly has thousands of workers listening to Alexa chats Amazon reportedly has thousands of workers around the world listening to people’s private exchanges in recordings captured on Echo devices after the wake word is detected https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-04-10/is-anyone-listening-to-you-on-alexa-a-global-team-reviews-audio https://www.digitaltrends.com/home/what-is-amazons-alexa-and-what-can-it-do/ https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=201602230 Alexa … Continue reading →

Canadian 2019 federal government budget and 5G (revised)

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Revised: November 24, 2019: version 2.0 Edited: November 28, 2019: version 2.1 https://www.budget.gc.ca/2019/docs/plan/toc-tdm-en.html PDF: https://www.budget.gc.ca/2019/docs/plan/budget-2019-en.pdf Investing in the Middle Class: BUDGET 2019 Tabled in the House of Commons by the Honourable William Francis Morneau, P.C., M.P. Minister of Finance March … Continue reading →

Power & Reality Journal – Issue 6

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Power & Reality Journal – Issue 4

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OpenMedia warns about (now signed) TPP’s threat to Internet freedoms

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Trans-Pacific Partnership countries announce agreement reached, posing serious threat to global Internet users By OpenMedia | 5 October 2015 Largest and most secretive agreement in the world’s history covers 40% of global trade and contains provisions to censor the Internet … Continue reading →

TPP (now signed Oct 5) believed to be a threat to Internet freedom

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Hundreds of Tech Companies to Congress: TPP and Fast Track Harms Digital Innovation and Users’ Rights By Maira Sutton, eff.org | 20 May 2015 In a joint letter to Congress released today, more than 250 technology companies and user rights … Continue reading →

U.S. Congressional Research Service report on TPP

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Congressional Research Service (US): The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement | 12 December 2011 This 2011 report discusses many areas relating to government that are likely to be covered in the TPP based on what has been happening with related Pacific trade … Continue reading →

TPP: extreme IP provisions, including “data exclusivity” for medical research

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U.S. Trade Position Protecting High Drug Prices Blasted By U.N. Agencies www.huffington, Zach Carter | 1 June 2012 A report issued by the U.N. Development Program and the anti-AIDS UNAIDS detailed a host of drug financing policies and intellectual property … Continue reading →

US Congressman Issa questions Obama on TPP, leaked IP text

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Darrell Issa Questions Obama On Trans-Pacific Partnership, Leaks Key Text Of Trade Deal www.huffingtonpost.com, Zach Carter | 16 May 2012 . . . Issa [U.S. Congressman] published the entire intellectual property (IP) chapter of the Trans-Pacific agreement as drafted by … Continue reading →