CBDCs, Digital IDs, Social Credit Scores
In the 1980s, Australians fought hard against a similar national ID program, what has changed since then?
With the passing of the government’s Digital ID bills, Australians will have to become used to the digital equivalent—so what does that say about present-day Australia?
A few things have surprised me over the last few years, not the least the way the famous Aussie spirit of insubordination has been subsumed into a goody-two-shoes compliance with whatever capricious orders the authorities made.
I can’t imagine our forebears accepting lockdowns and forced vaccinations, and I certainly couldn’t see them accepting an identity card linking not just government accounts but private sector ones as well.
While the first proposition is an assertion based on a gut feeling, the second is very much based on fact.
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Read MoreThe Biden White House on Tuesday announced a new 50-country partnership to “combat future pandemics” by identifying and responding to infectious disease outbreaks, journalist Kim Iversen reported on a recent episode of “The Kim Iversen Show.”
The administration released a 64-page document detailing the program, which it said aims to strengthen “global health security” and “prevent, detect and effectively respond to biological threats wherever they emerge.”
“We know exactly what that means,” Iversen said. “They’re going to be hunting down Disease X, which is what the [World Economic Forum] called it during their Davos meeting, where they’re like, ‘We’ve got to be prepared for Disease X, because Disease X is going to get us all.’”
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Read Morewoman brought a 68-year-old man in a wheelchair into a bank branch and tried to get him to sign for a loan, but he had been dead for hours, Brazilian police said on Wednesday.
Erika Vieira Nunes wheeled the cadaver into the bank in a Rio suburb on Tuesday and told the teller the man wanted a loan for 17,000 reais ($3,250), security camera video showed.
She held a pen and moved his hand forward to no response.
“Uncle, are you listening? You need to sign,” she said, according to the security video, suggesting she sign for him.
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Read MoreChristian Leuprecht sits with Anne Gaviola to discuss a new internal report from Canada’s financial crimes watchdog finding that most banking and real estate companies it audited last year are not following the countries anti-money laundering laws.
April 15, 2024
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Read MorePlans are being finalized to send the draft regulation on Jamaica’s digital ID program to the country’s parliament for examination and possible endorsement.
In the next few weeks, members of the House of Representatives will receive the proposed legislation on the National Identification System (NIDS), according to remarks by a government minister on Radio Jamaica.
The government had last year pledged to factor in proposals from the public regarding the draft text.
Senator Dr. Dana Morris Dixon, minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, with
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Read MoreA class action lawsuit filed in Illinois claims retail giant Target collects and stores customers’ biometric data, such as facial scans and fingerprints, without obtaining proper consent in violation of the state’s Biometric Information Privacy Act.
Retail giant Target illegally collected and stored customers’ biometric data, including face and fingerprint scans, according to an Illinois woman who filed a class action lawsuit against the Minnesota-based company on behalf of herself and other customers.
Arnetta Dean alleges Target violated Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) by collecting customers’ data without obtaining written consent or sharing data retention and destruction policies.
The lawsuit, filed on March 11 in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, also claims the company did not provide the necessary disclosures or allow customers to opt out of the data collection practices.
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Read MoreThe World Economic Forum (WEF) is pushing for digital ID technology to be used as a tool to enforce global vaccination compliance.
The WEF is pushing for the “digital identity” system to include support for users to prove their “vaccination status.”
As the digital ID will be required to use certain services, members of the general public could be denied access based on their vaccine history.
Specifically, the WEF wants people to prove that they’ve received certain vaccines before they can access the so-called metaverse.
The metaverse is an emerging virtual reality version of the Internet where people can “live,” work, buy items, “meet with friends,” and access social media.
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Read MoreNew child safety bills spark concerns over potential federal push for sweeping digital IDs.
Bipartisan legislative efforts are underway in the US House of Representatives to adopt new versions of two laws originally drawn up to deal with the safety of youth online.
But the fear is that the bills introduced now – H.R.7891, the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), and H.R. 7890, the Children and Teens Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) 2.0 – will facilitate implementation of a future sweeping age verification and digital ID push.
These concerns are raised because KOSA is directing the secretary of commerce, together with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to conduct a study “evaluating the most technologically feasible methods and options for developing systems to verify age at the device or operating system level.”
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Read MoreDavid Rogers Webb is a former hedge fund manager and author of The Great Taking. David states in his book that there is a global elite implementing a system to take everything from everyone. David emphasizes that this agenda is particularly evident in property rights and ownership of securities.
The Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) was changed in all states in 1994 and property rights were redefined. People no longer have property rights, but instead have an appearance of a property right.
Webb said that said that bankering elites are working to create conditions so dire that people will have no alternative or parallel system and will be forced to accept central bank digital currency (CBDC). Ultimately there is no place to hide from the destruction of property rights and economic ruin. It must simply be stopped. The UCC codes must be restored on a state level.
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Read MoreBangladesh aims to be a “Smart” nation by 2041 as the country goes through a drastic transformation founded on digital identity and innovation. Bangladesh, a technologically backward country, has made a remarkable journey towards mass digitization. Bangladesh established the foundation for its digital transformation between 2009 to 2021. Among its advances, the initiation of Union Digital Centers (UDC) and the development of the national e-Government Master Plan and biometric national ID card in 2016 are intended to catapult development in the country, while collaborations with global tech leaders like Oracle and Samsung underline the rising significance Bangladesh places on its virtual sphere. Despite the improvements, obstacles persist, such as digital service quality, internet security, and the need for greater computer literacy, highlighting the complexities of Bangladesh’s transition.
Research published in the International Journal of Qualitative Research late last year examines Bangladesh’s transition to a Smart Bangladesh. It investigates the existing technical landscape, government initiatives, and societal integration to find barriers to this move. Key findings include Bangladesh’s paradigm shift from digital to smart, challenges in implementation, and the need for stakehold
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