Hilarious Video Shows Man Call NSA in Attempt to Recover Deleted Email

An Iranian filmmaker, Bahram Sadeghi, uploaded a video Thursday of himself calling the National Security Agency (NSA) hotline in a sarcastic attempt to retrieve an email he told the operator he accidentally deleted.

“A couple of days ago I received an email and by mistake I deleted it, the email… permanently,” Sadeghi can be seen explaining to an NSA employee over the phone.




An Iranian filmmaker, Bahram Sadeghi, uploaded a video Thursday of himself calling the National Security Agency (NSA) hotline in a sarcastic attempt to retrieve an email he told the operator he accidentally deleted.

“A couple of days ago I received an email and by mistake I deleted it, the email… permanently,” Sadeghi can be seen explaining to an NSA employee over the phone.

The filmmaker then explains to the operator assisting him that he went to a computer store to recover the supposed email, but they were unable to do so. According to him, they suggested he call the NSA.

“This is something we wouldn’t actually be able to help you with,” replies the NSA employee.

Sadeghi then informs the unidentified employee that he is Iranian and suggests as a result he may be monitored more heavily by the NSA.

While the NSA said they were unable to help Sadeghi, they can be heard asking him for his personal contact information in the roughly five minute video.

The video had a little over 74,000 views at the time of publication.

Hilarious Video Shows Man Call NSA in Attempt to Recover Deleted Email

An Iranian filmmaker, Bahram Sadeghi, uploaded a video Thursday of himself calling the National Security Agency (NSA) hotline in a sarcastic attempt to retrieve an email he told the operator he accidentally deleted.

“A couple of days ago I received an email and by mistake I deleted it, the email… permanently,” Sadeghi can be seen explaining to an NSA employee over the phone.




An Iranian filmmaker, Bahram Sadeghi, uploaded a video Thursday of himself calling the National Security Agency (NSA) hotline in a sarcastic attempt to retrieve an email he told the operator he accidentally deleted.

“A couple of days ago I received an email and by mistake I deleted it, the email… permanently,” Sadeghi can be seen explaining to an NSA employee over the phone.

The filmmaker then explains to the operator assisting him that he went to a computer store to recover the supposed email, but they were unable to do so. According to him, they suggested he call the NSA.

“This is something we wouldn’t actually be able to help you with,” replies the NSA employee.

Sadeghi then informs the unidentified employee that he is Iranian and suggests as a result he may be monitored more heavily by the NSA.

While the NSA said they were unable to help Sadeghi, they can be heard asking him for his personal contact information in the roughly five minute video.

The video had a little over 74,000 views at the time of publication.

CIA Heart-Attack Gun Can Make Your Murder Look Real

In 1975 this formerly secret CIA weapon was declassified. The information about this weapon comes from U.S. Senate testimony in 1975 relating to rogue activities of the CIA. This video shows actual Congressional testimony explaining how the Heart Attack Gun works. The Heart Attack Gun shoots a small poison dart that is made of ice. The poison causes a heart attack. Then the dart melts and the poison denatures so there is nothing that shows up in autopsy.




The dart can penetrate clothing and leave only a tiny red dot on the skin. The victim may feel as if bitten by a mosquito, or might not feel anything. Andrew Breitbart announced at CPAC 02-10-2012 that he would soon be releasing information that would bring Obama down. On March 1, 2012, Breitbart collapsed while walking in Brentwood. He died of a "heart attack" at the age of 43 years old. The toxicology report showed "No prescription or illicit drugs were detected."
Our government now keeps lists of people who have been marked for death. Predator Drones are carrying out killings all over the world. 30,000 new Predator Drones have been purchased. Feds have recently bought nearly 15 million rounds of hollow point ammo.
Watch the full Federal Ministry of Murder Playlist on this channel:

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=...


Has your government ordered your death yet?

Is the United States still a government of law? Nothing in the Constitution or laws gives the president the right to kill any human being. Those accused of crimes are innocent until proven guilty. Only a jury can find the accused guilty. Only a judge can impose a sentence. Obama has no authority to order the death of any American no matter where he is, and no matter what allegation is made against him.
If we allow the president to order any person's death without any due process we have accepted tyranny.

"We were just obeying orders" was the common excuse at Nuremberg.
How did that work? Here is a video to help us remember:
Nazi Leaders Executed At Nuremberg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jjvd2...

Terrorism provides the EXCUSE FOR TYRANNY. DHS just bought 450 million rounds hollow point ammo, illegal to use in military. The only possible use is domestic, against Americans.
Read the article "FEDS ARMING FOR WAR WITH WHO?"
http://targetfreedom.com/american-con...

The American government will be putting 30,000 Predator drones the in skies above us.
Watch the rest of youtube channel johnperna2.
See the "help wanted" ad for hiring concentration camp guards.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0gvW...

"Freedom or Slavery?"
"Militarization of Our Police"

Thomas Jefferson said:
"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance."

I add to this:
"The battle for freedom is never won, and is never lost.
The battle for freedom always continues.
It is never too late, and it is never soon enough, to defend freedom.
No matter how enslaved we are, we always have hope.
No matter how free we are we are never safe.
NOTHING EVER LIMITS THE GOVERNMENT, EXCEPT THE PEOPLE.
Any generation that fails to defend freedom will lose it.
The next generation will have to shed blood to gain it back" John Perna

The defense of liberty is a lifetime project.
When the defense of liberty becomes a crime, tyranny is already in force. At that point, failure to defend liberty makes slavery at certainty. John Perna


Regardless of the vote fraud, and the dirty tricks at conventions, the cause of liberty will persist until victory. After victory the defense of liberty will continue.

Watch the rest of the videos on this channel to make this a clear.
johnperna2's channel:
http://www.youtube.com/user/johnperna...

CIA Heart-Attack Gun Can Make Your Murder Look Real

In 1975 this formerly secret CIA weapon was declassified. The information about this weapon comes from U.S. Senate testimony in 1975 relating to rogue activities of the CIA. This video shows actual Congressional testimony explaining how the Heart Attack Gun works. The Heart Attack Gun shoots a small poison dart that is made of ice. The poison causes a heart attack. Then the dart melts and the poison denatures so there is nothing that shows up in autopsy.




The dart can penetrate clothing and leave only a tiny red dot on the skin. The victim may feel as if bitten by a mosquito, or might not feel anything. Andrew Breitbart announced at CPAC 02-10-2012 that he would soon be releasing information that would bring Obama down. On March 1, 2012, Breitbart collapsed while walking in Brentwood. He died of a "heart attack" at the age of 43 years old. The toxicology report showed "No prescription or illicit drugs were detected."
Our government now keeps lists of people who have been marked for death. Predator Drones are carrying out killings all over the world. 30,000 new Predator Drones have been purchased. Feds have recently bought nearly 15 million rounds of hollow point ammo.
Watch the full Federal Ministry of Murder Playlist on this channel:

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=...


Has your government ordered your death yet?

Is the United States still a government of law? Nothing in the Constitution or laws gives the president the right to kill any human being. Those accused of crimes are innocent until proven guilty. Only a jury can find the accused guilty. Only a judge can impose a sentence. Obama has no authority to order the death of any American no matter where he is, and no matter what allegation is made against him.
If we allow the president to order any person's death without any due process we have accepted tyranny.

"We were just obeying orders" was the common excuse at Nuremberg.
How did that work? Here is a video to help us remember:
Nazi Leaders Executed At Nuremberg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jjvd2...

Terrorism provides the EXCUSE FOR TYRANNY. DHS just bought 450 million rounds hollow point ammo, illegal to use in military. The only possible use is domestic, against Americans.
Read the article "FEDS ARMING FOR WAR WITH WHO?"
http://targetfreedom.com/american-con...

The American government will be putting 30,000 Predator drones the in skies above us.
Watch the rest of youtube channel johnperna2.
See the "help wanted" ad for hiring concentration camp guards.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0gvW...

"Freedom or Slavery?"
"Militarization of Our Police"

Thomas Jefferson said:
"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance."

I add to this:
"The battle for freedom is never won, and is never lost.
The battle for freedom always continues.
It is never too late, and it is never soon enough, to defend freedom.
No matter how enslaved we are, we always have hope.
No matter how free we are we are never safe.
NOTHING EVER LIMITS THE GOVERNMENT, EXCEPT THE PEOPLE.
Any generation that fails to defend freedom will lose it.
The next generation will have to shed blood to gain it back" John Perna

The defense of liberty is a lifetime project.
When the defense of liberty becomes a crime, tyranny is already in force. At that point, failure to defend liberty makes slavery at certainty. John Perna


Regardless of the vote fraud, and the dirty tricks at conventions, the cause of liberty will persist until victory. After victory the defense of liberty will continue.

Watch the rest of the videos on this channel to make this a clear.
johnperna2's channel:
http://www.youtube.com/user/johnperna...

Is Windows 8 a Trojan horse for the NSA? The German Government thinks so

The German Government is now deeply suspicious that the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) technology built into a growing number of Windows 8 PCs and tablets is creating a gigantic back door for NSA surveillance, leaked documents have suggested.

Documents from the German Ministry of Economic Affairs obtained by German title Zeit Online uncover the alleged unease of officials at the direction of version 2.0 of the standard being developed under the auspices of the multi-vendor Trusted Computing Group (TCG).

TPM has been marketed as a security and Digital Rights Management (DRM) technology since its appearance in 2006, but version 2.0 would embed a chip on every PC that has complete control over which programs can and can’t run, a setting that can’t be over-ridden under Windows 8. The chip is also where the cryptographic data is stored for Windows BitLocker and it enables remote administration.

Windows 8 security going forward will be founded on TPM 2.0 and the ability to access or break it would be of huge value to any intelligence service.

During TCG meetings, German officials appear to have expressed concern about the potential for abuse but were “rebuffed,” Zeit claims. The documents also refer to the NSA having representation at the meetings and the statement “the NSA agrees” in the context of leaving the technology in its current (presumably unreformed) state.

The full context of this reference is not clear from the Zeit article but the implication is disturbing; the NSA thinks that TPM 2.0 does not offer a barrier to its operations.

German officials, including members of the Federal Office for Information Security (Bundesamt für Sicherheit or BSI) concluded that "the use of trusted Computing technique in this form ... is unacceptable for the federal administration and the operators of critical infrastructure," and would represent a “loss of full sovereignty over information technology."

A second document expresses the belief that TPM 2.0 under Windows 8 is no longer usable while Windows 7 “be operated safely until 2020,” after which alternatives will need to be sourced.
Is the story overblown Teutonic paranoia or a valid concern about the growing power of state surveillance? Until recently, the presumption might have been to the former but the Snowden affair changed the dimensions of the debate.

The NSA has if not the capability then certainly the ambition to eavesdrop on every communication event on the Internet, and the willingness of large US firm to go along with that, or not, has generated huge controversy. Meanwhile, allegations that Microsoft has co-operated with the NSA to bypass the encryption used in some of its services are a matter of public record.

For cost reasons, TPM is rarely built into consumer PCs although the advent of Windows 8 is supposed to extend version 2.0 to all PCs over time. Newer devices such as Windows 8 tablets and some phones are likely to have a TPM although getting precise data on this is not easy. Linux supports Intel’s TPM 1.0, although unlike 2.0 this can be loaded and unloaded from the endpoint.
Ironically, an expert quoted in the Zeit article goes on to worry that the Chinese Government as well as the NSA might be able to access data through TPM 2.0; many TPM chips are manufactured in the country.

After years of low-level discussion among security experts, worries over surveillance backdoors have suddenly become a mainstream topic. Last month an Australian report claimed that intelligence services in the ‘five eyes’ alliance (the US, UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand) had refused to use PCs made by Chinese-founded Lenovo over concerns about “backdoor hardware and firmware vulnerabilities.”

Source http://news.techworld.com/security/3465259/is-windows-8-a-trojan-horse-for-the-nsa-the-german-government-thinks-so/

Is Windows 8 a Trojan horse for the NSA? The German Government thinks so

The German Government is now deeply suspicious that the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) technology built into a growing number of Windows 8 PCs and tablets is creating a gigantic back door for NSA surveillance, leaked documents have suggested.

Documents from the German Ministry of Economic Affairs obtained by German title Zeit Online uncover the alleged unease of officials at the direction of version 2.0 of the standard being developed under the auspices of the multi-vendor Trusted Computing Group (TCG).

TPM has been marketed as a security and Digital Rights Management (DRM) technology since its appearance in 2006, but version 2.0 would embed a chip on every PC that has complete control over which programs can and can’t run, a setting that can’t be over-ridden under Windows 8. The chip is also where the cryptographic data is stored for Windows BitLocker and it enables remote administration.

Windows 8 security going forward will be founded on TPM 2.0 and the ability to access or break it would be of huge value to any intelligence service.

During TCG meetings, German officials appear to have expressed concern about the potential for abuse but were “rebuffed,” Zeit claims. The documents also refer to the NSA having representation at the meetings and the statement “the NSA agrees” in the context of leaving the technology in its current (presumably unreformed) state.

The full context of this reference is not clear from the Zeit article but the implication is disturbing; the NSA thinks that TPM 2.0 does not offer a barrier to its operations.

German officials, including members of the Federal Office for Information Security (Bundesamt für Sicherheit or BSI) concluded that "the use of trusted Computing technique in this form ... is unacceptable for the federal administration and the operators of critical infrastructure," and would represent a “loss of full sovereignty over information technology."

A second document expresses the belief that TPM 2.0 under Windows 8 is no longer usable while Windows 7 “be operated safely until 2020,” after which alternatives will need to be sourced.
Is the story overblown Teutonic paranoia or a valid concern about the growing power of state surveillance? Until recently, the presumption might have been to the former but the Snowden affair changed the dimensions of the debate.

The NSA has if not the capability then certainly the ambition to eavesdrop on every communication event on the Internet, and the willingness of large US firm to go along with that, or not, has generated huge controversy. Meanwhile, allegations that Microsoft has co-operated with the NSA to bypass the encryption used in some of its services are a matter of public record.

For cost reasons, TPM is rarely built into consumer PCs although the advent of Windows 8 is supposed to extend version 2.0 to all PCs over time. Newer devices such as Windows 8 tablets and some phones are likely to have a TPM although getting precise data on this is not easy. Linux supports Intel’s TPM 1.0, although unlike 2.0 this can be loaded and unloaded from the endpoint.
Ironically, an expert quoted in the Zeit article goes on to worry that the Chinese Government as well as the NSA might be able to access data through TPM 2.0; many TPM chips are manufactured in the country.

After years of low-level discussion among security experts, worries over surveillance backdoors have suddenly become a mainstream topic. Last month an Australian report claimed that intelligence services in the ‘five eyes’ alliance (the US, UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand) had refused to use PCs made by Chinese-founded Lenovo over concerns about “backdoor hardware and firmware vulnerabilities.”

Source http://news.techworld.com/security/3465259/is-windows-8-a-trojan-horse-for-the-nsa-the-german-government-thinks-so/

Forget REAL ID — The Global Smart-ID is Coming!

By Julie Beal
Activist Post

August 14, 2013
One ID number for each person, to signify all that they are. This is the full personal profile containing anything relevant for identification purposes. It means all our private details being managed by a corporation, in the cloud.

If you want to sign up to the online identity ecosystem, you can already do so through Google or Yahoo!, or by registering with the Identity Ecosystem Steering Group (IDESG).[1]
And if you don’t want anything to do with it, it’ll be tough, if not impossible, to get by in the future, because you’ll have to use your global ID to access all government services and healthcare services, to drive a car, and, once cash is gone, to pay for anything. Given the atmosphere of mistrust engendered by the system, and the constant fear of terrorism, over time it’s likely you’d need to ‘validate your identity’ to get insurance, to get a job, and to access buildings.



In America, the Kantara Initiative (previously the Liberty Alliance) has been working with the Obama Administration to establish this global ID management system, and will soon be rolling it out nationwide, as a way to minimise fraudulent use of electronic health records (EHRs). The system is nearly up and running (trials have already begun), meaning anyone who wants to access healthcare in the US will have to produce their smart-ID first. Most of the time you’ll be required to provide three-factor authentication, which means something you KNOW (the one and only password), something you HAVE (the smart card/phone), and something you ARE (your biometrics).

Dig deep into your memories, and see if you remember the NSTIC? The National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace was first announced by Obama in 2011, and is somewhat mis-named, since it intends to operate on a global scale. For online identity verification to work, it needs to be operable across borders, just like the Internet. Each country is developing their own version of the same package, but using the same standards, such as by aligning with the Open Identity Exchange (OIX). In the UK, for instance, the plan to make all government services online only is well under way, and having an online ID will be the only way to interact with the State. Universal Credit is soon to be rolled out, and all claimants will have to use their online ID in order to claim, and receive, benefits.[2] 



In America, most of the opposition to the control of identity is focused on ‘REAL ID’. It has unfortunately kept activists distracted from the NSTIC. Following the REAL ID Act of 2005, only thirteen states have fully complied, leaving some politicians up in arms that the Obama Administration seems to be doing little to help the implementation of REAL ID to combat terrorism. Perhaps they’re not aware that the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators were one of five pilot projects awarded a total of $9 million by the US government to kick off the NSTIC in September last year; the other winners were Daon, Criterion Systems, Resilient Networks and Internet2.

Daon is the first pilot to go live – by providing identity management for pilots!!! Or rather, airport executives. Daon’s team, which includes the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP), PayPal, Purdue University and the the American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE), was awarded $1.8 million for the NSTIC initiative. They plan to “demonstrate how consumers–specifically senior citizens–can benefit from a digitally connected, consumer friendly identity ecosystem.” AARP is busy drumming up support (e.g. for the Common Access Card), while Daon has created a system where airport executives can validate their identity using their smartphone.



It’s worth noting that Daon has been perfecting the art of biometric identity management since 1999, with its software being used globally. According to Wikipedia,

Daon is a member of the Federation for Identity and Cross-Credentialing Systems, Inc. (FIXs) and has an executive serving as the elected chair of the BioAPI Consortium and as head of the U.S. delegation to ISO/IEC JTC1 SC37 (subcommittee on biometrics). Daon is also a member of the Biometrics Consortium. 

In 2006, Daon and the American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE) entered into a joint venture to create the Security Biometric Clearing Network (SBCN) to provide services for biometric identity management, including enrollment, background checking, secure biometric and biographic information storage and card issuance.

So it’s taken seven years for them to get the system operational – enrollment began in March.

Participating AAAE members are using credentials based on patented IdentityX® risk-based, multi-factor, mobile authentication technology to access restricted, member-only areas of the association’s website. They will use their smartphones or tablets to verify their identity, leveraging privacy-enhancing methods, each time they access the website sections that house sensitive data. The identity management services are hosted in the cloud by TrustX™, a Daon affiliate. 

This is the first relying party participating in a NSTIC pilot to go live and represents a major milestone for the program. In addition to piloting the use of strong authentication credentials, Daon’s pilot also focuses on the movement of relying party partners to external identity providers and trust frameworks as well as cross-sector credential interoperability. Following AAAE, other partners scheduled to go live include AARP, PayPal, Purdue University and a major bank. (Source)

Daon also provides the software for India’s Unique ID (UID), the world’s largest identity program, and have now brought IdentityX® to the market, for businesses and individuals to use as an identity authentication platform, for use on the user’s mobile phone or tablet. Biometrics and geo-location via GPS are required to authenticate high-risk transactions, such as payment. (Source)
The main way the NSTIC will be initialised, it would seem, will be as part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), which mandates the use of electronic health/medical records, and is set to take effect in 2014. To make sure all organisations are prepared for this, the Obama Administration has provided subsidies to cover the cost of converting paper records into an electronic format, which, “has fueled something of an explosion in companies developing and providing online personal health records (PHR) services and systems to patients and doctors alike.” (Source)
A number of incentives have also been provided to ensure compliance:

To encourage medical practices to implement EMR technology, the federal government has created an incentive program: Professionals able to meet specific federal requirements for EMR are eligible to receive up to $44,000 through the Medicare Electronic Health Records Incentive Program. Additionally, professionals providing service in an area deemed a Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) may be eligible for extra incentives above and beyond the initial $44,000. 

The incentives for institutions go even further with base payments for eligible institutions beginning at $2 million. … To ensure that institutions are making appropriate use of new electronic medical records technology (and the funding that goes along with it), several meaningful use requirements have been established. These include structured formats for areas such as medical billing, patient records and employee communication.(Source)

PHRs are said to increase patient safety, especially in emergency situations, because all of your personal medical data is readily to available, which could help guide treatment action. However, if you didn’t actually have your smart card/phone with you, how could you validate your identity? Would you be denied treatment?
It is also being claimed that the sharing of medical information among providers would reduce the costs of health care and insurance, because fewer tests and admin would be required, and there would be fewer errors. Nonetheless, when errors are made, they could be far more serious.

Robert Anthony from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) provided an update on the Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program as of March 2013: 

· 77 percent of eligible hospitals have received an EHR incentive payment 

· Over 245,000 Medicare and Medicaid Eligible Providers (EP) have received an EHR incentive payment 

· 192,126 EPs and 2,874 hospitals have successfully attested under the program

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is liaising with the NSTIC teams to achieve interoperability between departments and agencies; the Health Information Technology Standards Committee (HITSC) Workplan includes “standards to support image exchange and genomic data in EHRs”. (Source)
Jeremy Grant, leader for the NSTIC, said last year, “in addition to the participants already listed for the five pilots NIST will soon announce the addition of at least one major bank, a mobile telecom provider and one or two ‘Internet titans.’” (Source)t
In the meantime, the $1.6 million awarded to the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA) has led to the second NSTIC pilot, in Virginia. The AAMVA, together with the Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles, Biometric Signature ID, CA Technologies, Microsoft and AT&T to catalyse the NSTIC, has led to a roll-out of Identity Management (IdM) in Virginia, as part of the Cross Sector Digital Identity Initiative (CSDII):

When it comes to state services, a typical resident has some identity attributes with the Department of Revenue, some with the Department of Motor Vehicles and still others with various agencies such as the Department of Natural Resources. Moreover, if the resident uses Medicaid there’s attribute information stored there as well. For the past few years, there’s been discussion around consolidating the different state identity silos into one. The Commonwealth of Virginia is taking the first steps with a pilot program between the Department of Motor Vehicles and the Department of Medical Assistance Services. Virginia is creating the Commonwealth Authentication System that will verify a Medicaid recipient’s identity using data from the Department of Motor Vehicles, explains Dave Burhop, deputy commissioner and CIO with the Virginia DMV. In the future this system could be used by other state agencies to verify identification information as well. The impetus for the system was the Affordable Care Act, which will see 240,000 more Virginia residents using Medicaid, Burhop says … 

… The system will provide identity-vetting information for administrators and it will also provide citizen-facing functionality, says Mike Farnsworth, project manager for the Commonwealth Authentication System with the Virginia DMV. Instead of having to fill out and deliver or fax paper forms, the new system enables online enrollment. The individual will open an account that will take them through enrollment in the Commonwealth Authentication System, says Burhop. The system will vet the individual using the driver license data to confirm identity. He is now able to apply for Medicaid benefits.” (Source)

This, then, is the second pilot to ‘go live’, and the most interesting thing about this particular project is the type of biometric it is using. Whilst fingerprints and photos can be easily mis-used, even after their ‘owner’ has died, the method developed by BioSig-ID validates a person’s identity in real-time. It is already being used by the education system to prevent cheating. To prove their identity, the user signs their name, and password, and the way they do this is uniquely individual to them, thereby validating their identity based on their behavior; it proves they are alive and (probably!) in control of the procedure and/or device. The final part of the procedure involves selecting secretly chosen pictures. I’m not sure how all this would work if the user were drunk, or under duress (such as being about to die!). Full authentication also requires proof of having the device used to store your credentials, so if your phone or smart card were stolen, you would be prevented from accessing healthcare, or making payments.

Dynamic biometrics like BioSig-ID™ allow an infinite number of different secret biometric samples (codes, images, and numbers) generated by the same individual. Revocation is instant and replacement is only a re-enrollment. If your fingerprint gets hacked it is gone forever. With BioSig-ID™ you can always change your drawing and clicking behaviour…….. There is no need for any special equipment or hardware, just a mouse, stylus or touchpad. Our Click-ID feature replaces tokens, smart cards, images, IP addresses, device reputation or other biometrics that require hardware and can augment PINS and passwords. An audit trail log is created for compliance and security. (my italics) (Source)

The Smart Card Alliance has been very involved with plans to use their technology as part of the digitization of health care, and a host of other ID applications, including biometrics. They have been pushing smart cards for many years, and have published several white papers. The Alliance, and especially Gemalto, have also provided consultation to the White House, so it seems likely their products will be used initially. (Whilst some people are either too poor, or unwilling, to buy a smart phone.) However, what it all seems to come down to is the secure element which can be used to cryptographically store all ID credentials, including biometrics, on one tiny ‘computer’ that can be either built-in, or inserted into, a phone. There have been a number of attempts, by the likes of Google and Microsoft, to achieve ‘consumer lock-in’, but a secure element allows the user to take it out of their phone and put it in another one (like you do with a SIM or micro-SD). The identity details on it can still be updated when necessary.

Now, anyone with an Android or Blackberry phone can use the CredenSE NFC microSD, released by DeviceFidelity, Inc., which is, “the world’s first NFC secure element solution that is open and accessible to any service provider globally”.

The CredenSE portfolio leverages DeviceFidelity’s patented technology that allows for clean integration of NFC microSD products into phones that already have NFC technology built-in such as the Samsung Galaxy S4. In this case, the NFC microSD provides an additional Secure Element for NFC phones that is not dependent or controlled by one particular party, thereby enabling all types of institutions such as banks, transit operators, system integrators, but also enterprise and security tokens providers to deploy directly to their consumers. ……CredenSE is the world’s first commercial NFC product with on board active signal amplification chip, industry leading Secure Element and miniature antenna, making it the only Secure Element microSD that can host mobile wallet applications on both NFC and non-NFC phones. (Source)

All of these measures are intended to make us safe online. But what about those of us who do not wish to have an online identity profile at all? If you can’t access basic services without handing your details over to a private corporation, you’re left with little, or no, choice. These private corporations include those who have helped the NSA pry into our lives for no good reason whatsoever, and they will only be helping the NSA even more by aggregating our information when they become Identity Providers.

There is a fortune to be made by marketers from the data collected in this way – and it is also fundamental to population simulations which are said to predict disease and unrest, and are therefore ‘necessary’ for policy formation. In other words, the data from our identity profiles gives a very clear picture of the global population, helping the Corporate State make predictions, and perfect their social engineering techniques. It is the Corporate State that holds the best computing power that money can buy, giving them the permanent edge in the cyber battlefield. No matter how secure we’re told identity management is, the NSA will always be able to gain access to our purely electronic lives.
Community cash is what we need. Local organic food and local councils with no link to Agenda 21 or the global Corporate State. Real news and real privacy.
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Notes:

[1] A delegate from the Electronic Frontier Foundation is part of the Identity Ecosystem Steering Group, along with the government and some big corporations. http://www.idecosystem.org/group/leadership
[2] The UK is developing an online Identity Assurance model and has recently published guidance on authentication for businesseshttp://www.out-law.com/en/articles/2013/june/new-guidance-issued-on-identity-proofing-and-verification/. The best place to find out about the advances in IdM in the UK is the blog at DMossEsq. http://www.dmossesq.com/2012/09/midata-loneliest-initiative-in_10.html#uds-search-results
This article first appeared at Get Mind Smart

Julie Beal is a UK-based independent researcher who has been studying the globalist agenda for more than 20 years. Please visit her website, Get Mind Smart, for a wide range of information about Agenda 21, Communitarianism, Ethics, Bioscience, and much more.

Source:  http://intellihub.com/2013/08/14/forget-real-id-the-global-smart-id-is-coming/

Forget REAL ID — The Global Smart-ID is Coming!

By Julie Beal
Activist Post

August 14, 2013
One ID number for each person, to signify all that they are. This is the full personal profile containing anything relevant for identification purposes. It means all our private details being managed by a corporation, in the cloud.

If you want to sign up to the online identity ecosystem, you can already do so through Google or Yahoo!, or by registering with the Identity Ecosystem Steering Group (IDESG).[1]
And if you don’t want anything to do with it, it’ll be tough, if not impossible, to get by in the future, because you’ll have to use your global ID to access all government services and healthcare services, to drive a car, and, once cash is gone, to pay for anything. Given the atmosphere of mistrust engendered by the system, and the constant fear of terrorism, over time it’s likely you’d need to ‘validate your identity’ to get insurance, to get a job, and to access buildings.



In America, the Kantara Initiative (previously the Liberty Alliance) has been working with the Obama Administration to establish this global ID management system, and will soon be rolling it out nationwide, as a way to minimise fraudulent use of electronic health records (EHRs). The system is nearly up and running (trials have already begun), meaning anyone who wants to access healthcare in the US will have to produce their smart-ID first. Most of the time you’ll be required to provide three-factor authentication, which means something you KNOW (the one and only password), something you HAVE (the smart card/phone), and something you ARE (your biometrics).

Dig deep into your memories, and see if you remember the NSTIC? The National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace was first announced by Obama in 2011, and is somewhat mis-named, since it intends to operate on a global scale. For online identity verification to work, it needs to be operable across borders, just like the Internet. Each country is developing their own version of the same package, but using the same standards, such as by aligning with the Open Identity Exchange (OIX). In the UK, for instance, the plan to make all government services online only is well under way, and having an online ID will be the only way to interact with the State. Universal Credit is soon to be rolled out, and all claimants will have to use their online ID in order to claim, and receive, benefits.[2] 



In America, most of the opposition to the control of identity is focused on ‘REAL ID’. It has unfortunately kept activists distracted from the NSTIC. Following the REAL ID Act of 2005, only thirteen states have fully complied, leaving some politicians up in arms that the Obama Administration seems to be doing little to help the implementation of REAL ID to combat terrorism. Perhaps they’re not aware that the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators were one of five pilot projects awarded a total of $9 million by the US government to kick off the NSTIC in September last year; the other winners were Daon, Criterion Systems, Resilient Networks and Internet2.

Daon is the first pilot to go live – by providing identity management for pilots!!! Or rather, airport executives. Daon’s team, which includes the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP), PayPal, Purdue University and the the American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE), was awarded $1.8 million for the NSTIC initiative. They plan to “demonstrate how consumers–specifically senior citizens–can benefit from a digitally connected, consumer friendly identity ecosystem.” AARP is busy drumming up support (e.g. for the Common Access Card), while Daon has created a system where airport executives can validate their identity using their smartphone.



It’s worth noting that Daon has been perfecting the art of biometric identity management since 1999, with its software being used globally. According to Wikipedia,

Daon is a member of the Federation for Identity and Cross-Credentialing Systems, Inc. (FIXs) and has an executive serving as the elected chair of the BioAPI Consortium and as head of the U.S. delegation to ISO/IEC JTC1 SC37 (subcommittee on biometrics). Daon is also a member of the Biometrics Consortium. 

In 2006, Daon and the American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE) entered into a joint venture to create the Security Biometric Clearing Network (SBCN) to provide services for biometric identity management, including enrollment, background checking, secure biometric and biographic information storage and card issuance.

So it’s taken seven years for them to get the system operational – enrollment began in March.

Participating AAAE members are using credentials based on patented IdentityX® risk-based, multi-factor, mobile authentication technology to access restricted, member-only areas of the association’s website. They will use their smartphones or tablets to verify their identity, leveraging privacy-enhancing methods, each time they access the website sections that house sensitive data. The identity management services are hosted in the cloud by TrustX™, a Daon affiliate. 

This is the first relying party participating in a NSTIC pilot to go live and represents a major milestone for the program. In addition to piloting the use of strong authentication credentials, Daon’s pilot also focuses on the movement of relying party partners to external identity providers and trust frameworks as well as cross-sector credential interoperability. Following AAAE, other partners scheduled to go live include AARP, PayPal, Purdue University and a major bank. (Source)

Daon also provides the software for India’s Unique ID (UID), the world’s largest identity program, and have now brought IdentityX® to the market, for businesses and individuals to use as an identity authentication platform, for use on the user’s mobile phone or tablet. Biometrics and geo-location via GPS are required to authenticate high-risk transactions, such as payment. (Source)
The main way the NSTIC will be initialised, it would seem, will be as part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), which mandates the use of electronic health/medical records, and is set to take effect in 2014. To make sure all organisations are prepared for this, the Obama Administration has provided subsidies to cover the cost of converting paper records into an electronic format, which, “has fueled something of an explosion in companies developing and providing online personal health records (PHR) services and systems to patients and doctors alike.” (Source)
A number of incentives have also been provided to ensure compliance:

To encourage medical practices to implement EMR technology, the federal government has created an incentive program: Professionals able to meet specific federal requirements for EMR are eligible to receive up to $44,000 through the Medicare Electronic Health Records Incentive Program. Additionally, professionals providing service in an area deemed a Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) may be eligible for extra incentives above and beyond the initial $44,000. 

The incentives for institutions go even further with base payments for eligible institutions beginning at $2 million. … To ensure that institutions are making appropriate use of new electronic medical records technology (and the funding that goes along with it), several meaningful use requirements have been established. These include structured formats for areas such as medical billing, patient records and employee communication.(Source)

PHRs are said to increase patient safety, especially in emergency situations, because all of your personal medical data is readily to available, which could help guide treatment action. However, if you didn’t actually have your smart card/phone with you, how could you validate your identity? Would you be denied treatment?
It is also being claimed that the sharing of medical information among providers would reduce the costs of health care and insurance, because fewer tests and admin would be required, and there would be fewer errors. Nonetheless, when errors are made, they could be far more serious.

Robert Anthony from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) provided an update on the Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program as of March 2013: 

· 77 percent of eligible hospitals have received an EHR incentive payment 

· Over 245,000 Medicare and Medicaid Eligible Providers (EP) have received an EHR incentive payment 

· 192,126 EPs and 2,874 hospitals have successfully attested under the program

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is liaising with the NSTIC teams to achieve interoperability between departments and agencies; the Health Information Technology Standards Committee (HITSC) Workplan includes “standards to support image exchange and genomic data in EHRs”. (Source)
Jeremy Grant, leader for the NSTIC, said last year, “in addition to the participants already listed for the five pilots NIST will soon announce the addition of at least one major bank, a mobile telecom provider and one or two ‘Internet titans.’” (Source)t
In the meantime, the $1.6 million awarded to the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA) has led to the second NSTIC pilot, in Virginia. The AAMVA, together with the Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles, Biometric Signature ID, CA Technologies, Microsoft and AT&T to catalyse the NSTIC, has led to a roll-out of Identity Management (IdM) in Virginia, as part of the Cross Sector Digital Identity Initiative (CSDII):

When it comes to state services, a typical resident has some identity attributes with the Department of Revenue, some with the Department of Motor Vehicles and still others with various agencies such as the Department of Natural Resources. Moreover, if the resident uses Medicaid there’s attribute information stored there as well. For the past few years, there’s been discussion around consolidating the different state identity silos into one. The Commonwealth of Virginia is taking the first steps with a pilot program between the Department of Motor Vehicles and the Department of Medical Assistance Services. Virginia is creating the Commonwealth Authentication System that will verify a Medicaid recipient’s identity using data from the Department of Motor Vehicles, explains Dave Burhop, deputy commissioner and CIO with the Virginia DMV. In the future this system could be used by other state agencies to verify identification information as well. The impetus for the system was the Affordable Care Act, which will see 240,000 more Virginia residents using Medicaid, Burhop says … 

… The system will provide identity-vetting information for administrators and it will also provide citizen-facing functionality, says Mike Farnsworth, project manager for the Commonwealth Authentication System with the Virginia DMV. Instead of having to fill out and deliver or fax paper forms, the new system enables online enrollment. The individual will open an account that will take them through enrollment in the Commonwealth Authentication System, says Burhop. The system will vet the individual using the driver license data to confirm identity. He is now able to apply for Medicaid benefits.” (Source)

This, then, is the second pilot to ‘go live’, and the most interesting thing about this particular project is the type of biometric it is using. Whilst fingerprints and photos can be easily mis-used, even after their ‘owner’ has died, the method developed by BioSig-ID validates a person’s identity in real-time. It is already being used by the education system to prevent cheating. To prove their identity, the user signs their name, and password, and the way they do this is uniquely individual to them, thereby validating their identity based on their behavior; it proves they are alive and (probably!) in control of the procedure and/or device. The final part of the procedure involves selecting secretly chosen pictures. I’m not sure how all this would work if the user were drunk, or under duress (such as being about to die!). Full authentication also requires proof of having the device used to store your credentials, so if your phone or smart card were stolen, you would be prevented from accessing healthcare, or making payments.

Dynamic biometrics like BioSig-ID™ allow an infinite number of different secret biometric samples (codes, images, and numbers) generated by the same individual. Revocation is instant and replacement is only a re-enrollment. If your fingerprint gets hacked it is gone forever. With BioSig-ID™ you can always change your drawing and clicking behaviour…….. There is no need for any special equipment or hardware, just a mouse, stylus or touchpad. Our Click-ID feature replaces tokens, smart cards, images, IP addresses, device reputation or other biometrics that require hardware and can augment PINS and passwords. An audit trail log is created for compliance and security. (my italics) (Source)

The Smart Card Alliance has been very involved with plans to use their technology as part of the digitization of health care, and a host of other ID applications, including biometrics. They have been pushing smart cards for many years, and have published several white papers. The Alliance, and especially Gemalto, have also provided consultation to the White House, so it seems likely their products will be used initially. (Whilst some people are either too poor, or unwilling, to buy a smart phone.) However, what it all seems to come down to is the secure element which can be used to cryptographically store all ID credentials, including biometrics, on one tiny ‘computer’ that can be either built-in, or inserted into, a phone. There have been a number of attempts, by the likes of Google and Microsoft, to achieve ‘consumer lock-in’, but a secure element allows the user to take it out of their phone and put it in another one (like you do with a SIM or micro-SD). The identity details on it can still be updated when necessary.

Now, anyone with an Android or Blackberry phone can use the CredenSE NFC microSD, released by DeviceFidelity, Inc., which is, “the world’s first NFC secure element solution that is open and accessible to any service provider globally”.

The CredenSE portfolio leverages DeviceFidelity’s patented technology that allows for clean integration of NFC microSD products into phones that already have NFC technology built-in such as the Samsung Galaxy S4. In this case, the NFC microSD provides an additional Secure Element for NFC phones that is not dependent or controlled by one particular party, thereby enabling all types of institutions such as banks, transit operators, system integrators, but also enterprise and security tokens providers to deploy directly to their consumers. ……CredenSE is the world’s first commercial NFC product with on board active signal amplification chip, industry leading Secure Element and miniature antenna, making it the only Secure Element microSD that can host mobile wallet applications on both NFC and non-NFC phones. (Source)

All of these measures are intended to make us safe online. But what about those of us who do not wish to have an online identity profile at all? If you can’t access basic services without handing your details over to a private corporation, you’re left with little, or no, choice. These private corporations include those who have helped the NSA pry into our lives for no good reason whatsoever, and they will only be helping the NSA even more by aggregating our information when they become Identity Providers.

There is a fortune to be made by marketers from the data collected in this way – and it is also fundamental to population simulations which are said to predict disease and unrest, and are therefore ‘necessary’ for policy formation. In other words, the data from our identity profiles gives a very clear picture of the global population, helping the Corporate State make predictions, and perfect their social engineering techniques. It is the Corporate State that holds the best computing power that money can buy, giving them the permanent edge in the cyber battlefield. No matter how secure we’re told identity management is, the NSA will always be able to gain access to our purely electronic lives.
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Notes:

[1] A delegate from the Electronic Frontier Foundation is part of the Identity Ecosystem Steering Group, along with the government and some big corporations. http://www.idecosystem.org/group/leadership
[2] The UK is developing an online Identity Assurance model and has recently published guidance on authentication for businesseshttp://www.out-law.com/en/articles/2013/june/new-guidance-issued-on-identity-proofing-and-verification/. The best place to find out about the advances in IdM in the UK is the blog at DMossEsq. http://www.dmossesq.com/2012/09/midata-loneliest-initiative-in_10.html#uds-search-results
This article first appeared at Get Mind Smart

Julie Beal is a UK-based independent researcher who has been studying the globalist agenda for more than 20 years. Please visit her website, Get Mind Smart, for a wide range of information about Agenda 21, Communitarianism, Ethics, Bioscience, and much more.

Source:  http://intellihub.com/2013/08/14/forget-real-id-the-global-smart-id-is-coming/

WARNING!!!! If you take photos with your cell phone

“Warning” If you, your kids or grand kids take pics from your phone—WATCH THIS!
This is truly alarming – please take the time to watch. At the end they’ll tell you how to set your phone so you don’t run this risk!

PLEASE PASS THIS INFO TO ANYONE YOU KNOW WHO TAKES PICTURES WITH THEIR CELL OR SMART PHONE AND POSTS THEM ONLINE.

I want everyone of you to watch this and then be sure to share with all your family and friends.
It’s REALLY important info, about what your posting things on your cell phones can do TO YOU!!!
Too much technology out there these days so beware………..

PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO WATCH THIS VIDEO, AND TAKE THE RECOMMENDED PRECAUTIONS.

If you have children or grandchildren you NEED to watch this. I had no idea this could happen from taking pictures on the blackberry or cell phone. It’s scary.

WARNING!!!! If you take photos with your cell phone

“Warning” If you, your kids or grand kids take pics from your phone—WATCH THIS!
This is truly alarming – please take the time to watch. At the end they’ll tell you how to set your phone so you don’t run this risk!

PLEASE PASS THIS INFO TO ANYONE YOU KNOW WHO TAKES PICTURES WITH THEIR CELL OR SMART PHONE AND POSTS THEM ONLINE.

I want everyone of you to watch this and then be sure to share with all your family and friends.
It’s REALLY important info, about what your posting things on your cell phones can do TO YOU!!!
Too much technology out there these days so beware………..

PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO WATCH THIS VIDEO, AND TAKE THE RECOMMENDED PRECAUTIONS.

If you have children or grandchildren you NEED to watch this. I had no idea this could happen from taking pictures on the blackberry or cell phone. It’s scary.

RFID Chip Now Being Issued In Hanna, Wyoming As Part Of New “Obamacare” Plan

Here We Can See The Size And Shape Of The Exciting New RFID Chip. The “Obamacare” RFID chips are currently being given a test run on the proud and patriotic citizens of Hanna, Wyoming.

Over the last two weeks a special piece of legislation has been passed making it mandatory for anyone who receives welfare, or any other form of government assistance to be implanted with these new identification chips.

Even select government employees and officials have been ordered to receive the new sub-dermal device, which is typically implanted in the fatty tissue of the individual’s buttock.

 Police officers, military, even garbage men will all be required to have the RFID chip by the end of next month or face termination from their jobs.

During the beta testing stage of this amazing new technological development, many news outlets have remained silent waiting to see how the trial pans out before reporting on the subject. National Report, always on the cutting edge, sent me on location to Hanna, Wyoming to speak with some of the towns folk and gather their opinions and experiences regarding their newly acquired RFID chips.
Tammy Josephine Laurence, a single mother of three who is currently accepting housing assistance got her chip implanted just hours before we had a chance to sit down and speak with her. She had the following to say:

Preliminary Sketches Of What Later Came To Be Known As The RFID Chip

“Well, they said I better do this, or they was gonna cut the welfare. I’m a full time single mother. I got three young kids that need me at all hours and ain’t no man to help. I didn’t have no choice…”
When asked if the procedure was invasive she informed us that it was “a little like giving blood” and that she felt “tired after getting the implant” which apparently is a common but benign side effect.
I also spoke with Hanna, Wyoming’s Mayor Ted Howell, whose full support of the RFID chip made it mandatory for the citizens of his small community. Leading by example he was the first recipient of the RFID chip , having it implanted publicly at a recent town hall meeting. “This is change for a better, safer America” he said while undergoing the ten minute procedure. “With this scientific advancement, the terrorists do not stand a chance… USA will prevail…”

The ordinance has had some opposition, however, as several of the local churches have spoke out against the chips with protests. These fringe apocalyptic churches believe Obama to be the anti-Christ and claim the RFID chip is the Mark Of The Beast written about in their Book Of Revelations. They site the RFID chip’s supposed serial number of 131618 as corresponding with Revelations 13:16-18. Of course, rural superstitions ultimately have no sway when it comes to the progressive new America and their scripture laden outcries have largely been ignored.

This journalist embraces the new change, and even got her very own RFID chip before heading back to the National Report’s home offices. The surgery was quick, simple and more or less painless. I can barely tell I’ve been implanted at all. A sacrifice I’ve gladly made for my country’s national security and hope you will too.

Jane M. Agni

Jane Agni is a freelance writer residing in the rain-soaked city of Portland, Oregon. She has written for such fine websites as "The B*tch Opinion" and "A Bleeder's Blog."
Her book entitled "The States Of Shame: Living As A Liberated Womyn In America" appeared on Oprah's Book Club and quickly went bestseller shortly thereafter. She's currently at work on the follow up tentatively named "Sisters Of Shame: The Why In Womyn" .
Jane Agni maintains on-call status for the National Report, giving her unique perspective on the latest world events, as well as writing part-time for Sin-Eater Productions under the nom-de-plume "Miss. Agni".

View all posts by Jane M. Agni →

RFID Chip Now Being Issued In Hanna, Wyoming As Part Of New “Obamacare” Plan

Here We Can See The Size And Shape Of The Exciting New RFID Chip. The “Obamacare” RFID chips are currently being given a test run on the proud and patriotic citizens of Hanna, Wyoming.

Over the last two weeks a special piece of legislation has been passed making it mandatory for anyone who receives welfare, or any other form of government assistance to be implanted with these new identification chips.

Even select government employees and officials have been ordered to receive the new sub-dermal device, which is typically implanted in the fatty tissue of the individual’s buttock.

 Police officers, military, even garbage men will all be required to have the RFID chip by the end of next month or face termination from their jobs.

During the beta testing stage of this amazing new technological development, many news outlets have remained silent waiting to see how the trial pans out before reporting on the subject. National Report, always on the cutting edge, sent me on location to Hanna, Wyoming to speak with some of the towns folk and gather their opinions and experiences regarding their newly acquired RFID chips.
Tammy Josephine Laurence, a single mother of three who is currently accepting housing assistance got her chip implanted just hours before we had a chance to sit down and speak with her. She had the following to say:

Preliminary Sketches Of What Later Came To Be Known As The RFID Chip

“Well, they said I better do this, or they was gonna cut the welfare. I’m a full time single mother. I got three young kids that need me at all hours and ain’t no man to help. I didn’t have no choice…”
When asked if the procedure was invasive she informed us that it was “a little like giving blood” and that she felt “tired after getting the implant” which apparently is a common but benign side effect.
I also spoke with Hanna, Wyoming’s Mayor Ted Howell, whose full support of the RFID chip made it mandatory for the citizens of his small community. Leading by example he was the first recipient of the RFID chip , having it implanted publicly at a recent town hall meeting. “This is change for a better, safer America” he said while undergoing the ten minute procedure. “With this scientific advancement, the terrorists do not stand a chance… USA will prevail…”

The ordinance has had some opposition, however, as several of the local churches have spoke out against the chips with protests. These fringe apocalyptic churches believe Obama to be the anti-Christ and claim the RFID chip is the Mark Of The Beast written about in their Book Of Revelations. They site the RFID chip’s supposed serial number of 131618 as corresponding with Revelations 13:16-18. Of course, rural superstitions ultimately have no sway when it comes to the progressive new America and their scripture laden outcries have largely been ignored.

This journalist embraces the new change, and even got her very own RFID chip before heading back to the National Report’s home offices. The surgery was quick, simple and more or less painless. I can barely tell I’ve been implanted at all. A sacrifice I’ve gladly made for my country’s national security and hope you will too.

Jane M. Agni

Jane Agni is a freelance writer residing in the rain-soaked city of Portland, Oregon. She has written for such fine websites as "The B*tch Opinion" and "A Bleeder's Blog."
Her book entitled "The States Of Shame: Living As A Liberated Womyn In America" appeared on Oprah's Book Club and quickly went bestseller shortly thereafter. She's currently at work on the follow up tentatively named "Sisters Of Shame: The Why In Womyn" .
Jane Agni maintains on-call status for the National Report, giving her unique perspective on the latest world events, as well as writing part-time for Sin-Eater Productions under the nom-de-plume "Miss. Agni".

View all posts by Jane M. Agni →

Woman Sues State - Kaye Believes Biometric License Data Is Start of Biblical ‘Mark of the Beast’

Kaye Beach, a resident of Norman, Oklahoma, no longer has a valid driver’s license. The choice to give it up, she maintains, was a forced sacrifice she made to protect and maintain religious views.

See, Beach is convinced that the photo and information (biometric) that is collected for state licenses is the beginning of the “mark of the beast,” a sign of the Antichrist that is mentioned in the Bible’s Book of Revelation (it is commonly referred to as “666″).

While at first she ignored her concerns surrounding the information that was being collected, she eventually doubled down and, in 2011, she was unable to get a license after refusing to take a photo, give a finger print and take other steps to solidify the renewal.

For the past two years, she has been engaged in legal action, claiming that the process and the mandated data collection violate her religious rights.

Kaye Beach (Photo Credit: KFOR-TV)

“My license came up for renewal in 2011 and I literally sat there and said, ‘I can’t do it,’” Beach told KFOR-TV. “The bottom line for me as a Christian was that I believe that the Bible clearly warns us against being enrolled in a global system of identification and financial control that ties to our bodies.”

At the center of the debate is biometric photography, which eHow describes as an identification card or passport that is “embedded with electronic chips that store information about the passport holder, including their digitally mapped face.” Clearly, this storage of information is seen as immensely troubling to Beach and her supporters.

KFOR-TV has more about her story:

Beach believes that the information that is being collected will eventually lead to a situation in which identity theft runs rampant. Additionally — and on a more personal note — she also contends that licenses and identity cards will inevitably turn into electronic chips or tattoos. These elements, of course, would contain personal information that is now reserved for and held within identification cards

Constitutionally, she believes that her religious views have been impeded upon and that the the government is violating her right not to undergo unreasonable search and seizure. A group called the Constitutional Alliance, a non-profit organization, is supporting her legal battle. She is also represented by the Rutherford Institute, a civil rights legal firm that provides representation free-of-charge.

In 2011, the latter organization wrote the following in announcing the case (the complaint can be read here and a recent motion for a summary judgment can be viewed here):

The Rutherford Institute has come to the defense of an Oklahoma woman who has been denied accommodation of her sincerely held religious objection to having a high-resolution biometric photograph used on her driver’s license. In filing suit against the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety (DPS), Rutherford Institute attorneys contend that the state’s demand for a biometric photograph as a condition of being licensed to drive violates Kaye Beach’s rights under the Oklahoma Religious Freedom Act and the provisions of the Oklahoma Constitution forbidding unreasonable searches and seizures.

John W. Whitehead, founder and president of Rutherford Institute, spoke out at the time, noting that, in the end, it doesn’t matter if the license requirements are truly the “mark of the beast” or just an act taken by “Big Brother.” Either way, he maintained that the outcome is exactly the same — “ultimate control by the government.”

“As Kaye Beach’s case makes clear, failing to have a biometric card can render you a non-person for all intents and purposes, with your ability to work, travel, buy, sell, access health care, and so on jeopardized,” he continued.

The case certainly raises questions about whether biometric imagery should be mandated — and whether there should be religious exemptions for those who oppose it. However some would argue that in an era of terror, these images, which offer authorities important information, are a national security necessity (we’ve covered these issues in the past).

Featured Image Credit: KFOR-TV 

Source of article:  http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/07/17/woman-believes-biometric-license-data-is-start-of-biblical-mark-of-the-beast-and-shes-suing-over-it/

Woman Sues State - Kaye Believes Biometric License Data Is Start of Biblical ‘Mark of the Beast’

Kaye Beach, a resident of Norman, Oklahoma, no longer has a valid driver’s license. The choice to give it up, she maintains, was a forced sacrifice she made to protect and maintain religious views.

See, Beach is convinced that the photo and information (biometric) that is collected for state licenses is the beginning of the “mark of the beast,” a sign of the Antichrist that is mentioned in the Bible’s Book of Revelation (it is commonly referred to as “666″).

While at first she ignored her concerns surrounding the information that was being collected, she eventually doubled down and, in 2011, she was unable to get a license after refusing to take a photo, give a finger print and take other steps to solidify the renewal.

For the past two years, she has been engaged in legal action, claiming that the process and the mandated data collection violate her religious rights.

Kaye Beach (Photo Credit: KFOR-TV)

“My license came up for renewal in 2011 and I literally sat there and said, ‘I can’t do it,’” Beach told KFOR-TV. “The bottom line for me as a Christian was that I believe that the Bible clearly warns us against being enrolled in a global system of identification and financial control that ties to our bodies.”

At the center of the debate is biometric photography, which eHow describes as an identification card or passport that is “embedded with electronic chips that store information about the passport holder, including their digitally mapped face.” Clearly, this storage of information is seen as immensely troubling to Beach and her supporters.

KFOR-TV has more about her story:

Beach believes that the information that is being collected will eventually lead to a situation in which identity theft runs rampant. Additionally — and on a more personal note — she also contends that licenses and identity cards will inevitably turn into electronic chips or tattoos. These elements, of course, would contain personal information that is now reserved for and held within identification cards

Constitutionally, she believes that her religious views have been impeded upon and that the the government is violating her right not to undergo unreasonable search and seizure. A group called the Constitutional Alliance, a non-profit organization, is supporting her legal battle. She is also represented by the Rutherford Institute, a civil rights legal firm that provides representation free-of-charge.

In 2011, the latter organization wrote the following in announcing the case (the complaint can be read here and a recent motion for a summary judgment can be viewed here):

The Rutherford Institute has come to the defense of an Oklahoma woman who has been denied accommodation of her sincerely held religious objection to having a high-resolution biometric photograph used on her driver’s license. In filing suit against the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety (DPS), Rutherford Institute attorneys contend that the state’s demand for a biometric photograph as a condition of being licensed to drive violates Kaye Beach’s rights under the Oklahoma Religious Freedom Act and the provisions of the Oklahoma Constitution forbidding unreasonable searches and seizures.

John W. Whitehead, founder and president of Rutherford Institute, spoke out at the time, noting that, in the end, it doesn’t matter if the license requirements are truly the “mark of the beast” or just an act taken by “Big Brother.” Either way, he maintained that the outcome is exactly the same — “ultimate control by the government.”

“As Kaye Beach’s case makes clear, failing to have a biometric card can render you a non-person for all intents and purposes, with your ability to work, travel, buy, sell, access health care, and so on jeopardized,” he continued.

The case certainly raises questions about whether biometric imagery should be mandated — and whether there should be religious exemptions for those who oppose it. However some would argue that in an era of terror, these images, which offer authorities important information, are a national security necessity (we’ve covered these issues in the past).

Featured Image Credit: KFOR-TV 

Source of article:  http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/07/17/woman-believes-biometric-license-data-is-start-of-biblical-mark-of-the-beast-and-shes-suing-over-it/

“Electronic Tattoo” to Track Your Medical Information; a prelude to ‘Mark of the Beast’ ?

It sounds like something out of George Orwell’s book 1984, yet scientists have touted it as a major advancement in the field of medicine. Have you heard of the ‘electronic tattoo’ fully equipped with the ability to track patients’ vital signs and report the findings to researchers? The technology is known as an epidermal electronic system (EES), and was developed by an international team of researchers from the United States, China and Singapore.

When it comes to microchips, implants, or electronic tattoos—it all sounds a little too futuristic, like these “advances” may be paving the way for government tracking of citizens, or worse. But some industries are promoting these high-tech ideas as major advancements in their field. The medical field is just one place these ideas are gaining a foothold.

According to the International Business Times, hospitals and doctors’ offices may one day soon outfit their patients with temporary electronic tattoos. These little skin-patches are said to carry a wealth of information in a tiny space and can reportedly help reduce medical errors while improving care.

“Our goal was to develop an electronic technology that could integrate with the skin in a way that is mechanically and physiologically invisible to the user,” says John Rogers with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. So, invisible electronic tattoos are good?

“It’s a technology that blurs the distinction between electronics and biology,” says Rogers in characterizing the patches that allow researchers to track vital signs and more.

The devices are small and “nearly weightless”. They are thinner than a human hair and attach to the body using water rather than an adhesive. In that regard, they are very much like temporary tattoos. But unlike the bubblegum tattoos, these have electronic components.

Researchers believe they will one day be used in hospitals worldwide. And given the fact that even our animals are implanted with a microchip, the researchers may be right. It isn’t as difficult it seems to convince the people what’s ‘right’ for them.

Rather than hooking someone up to a wide range of wires and adhesives, the small patches will give medical professionals all of the vital information they need. In addition, the researchers are working on variations that are voice activated, allowing wearers to operate a voice-activated video game with more than 90-percent accuracy.

This aspect could lead you to wonder, if they are able to be voice operated by the wearer, couldn’t they be voice-operated by another controller?

“Electronic Tattoo” to Track Your Medical Information; a prelude to ‘Mark of the Beast’ ?

It sounds like something out of George Orwell’s book 1984, yet scientists have touted it as a major advancement in the field of medicine. Have you heard of the ‘electronic tattoo’ fully equipped with the ability to track patients’ vital signs and report the findings to researchers? The technology is known as an epidermal electronic system (EES), and was developed by an international team of researchers from the United States, China and Singapore.

When it comes to microchips, implants, or electronic tattoos—it all sounds a little too futuristic, like these “advances” may be paving the way for government tracking of citizens, or worse. But some industries are promoting these high-tech ideas as major advancements in their field. The medical field is just one place these ideas are gaining a foothold.

According to the International Business Times, hospitals and doctors’ offices may one day soon outfit their patients with temporary electronic tattoos. These little skin-patches are said to carry a wealth of information in a tiny space and can reportedly help reduce medical errors while improving care.

“Our goal was to develop an electronic technology that could integrate with the skin in a way that is mechanically and physiologically invisible to the user,” says John Rogers with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. So, invisible electronic tattoos are good?

“It’s a technology that blurs the distinction between electronics and biology,” says Rogers in characterizing the patches that allow researchers to track vital signs and more.

The devices are small and “nearly weightless”. They are thinner than a human hair and attach to the body using water rather than an adhesive. In that regard, they are very much like temporary tattoos. But unlike the bubblegum tattoos, these have electronic components.

Researchers believe they will one day be used in hospitals worldwide. And given the fact that even our animals are implanted with a microchip, the researchers may be right. It isn’t as difficult it seems to convince the people what’s ‘right’ for them.

Rather than hooking someone up to a wide range of wires and adhesives, the small patches will give medical professionals all of the vital information they need. In addition, the researchers are working on variations that are voice activated, allowing wearers to operate a voice-activated video game with more than 90-percent accuracy.

This aspect could lead you to wonder, if they are able to be voice operated by the wearer, couldn’t they be voice-operated by another controller?