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Under HIPAA, "de-identified" health data is exempt from privacy protections which allows Oracle to buy, sell, and use millions of patient records for Al training without consent. Patient data is vulnerable because researchers have shown LLMs can re-identify Americans with 99.8% accuracy

Posted 19th Mar 2026r/antiai

Although HIPAA was designed to protect medical privacy, a loophole allows companies like Oracle to use, sell, and train Al on de-identified patient records. Researchers have shown LLMs can be used to correctly re-identify 99.8% of Americans

Posted 19th Mar 2026r/ObscurePatentDangers

Every Citizen Under Surveillance, Coming to a City Near You — The Domain Awareness System (DAS) is a controversial AI-enhanced surveillance infrastructure developed through a public-private partnership between the New York City Police Department (NYPD) and Microsoft

Posted 18th Mar 2026r/FactForge

Do No Harm (Terms and Conditions May Apply) [23:45]

Posted 18th Mar 2026r/mealtimevideos

Does ARPA-H increase inequalities in American healthcare? The American Medical Association has expressed concerns that health data collected by insurers via wearables could be used to penalize individuals through higher premiums and coverage denials if they do not meet specific benchmarks

Posted 18th Mar 2026r/ObscurePatentDangers

A report by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) highlights security and privacy risks associated with 6G Integrated Sensing and Communications (ISAC). People without devices could be sensed and profiled, affecting millions in public spaces

Posted 16th Mar 2026r/Futurism

While motion-sensing radar technologies like Google Soli and 6G Integrated Sensing and Communications (ISAC) are marketed as more private than cameras — they introduce unique privacy, surveillance, and data-sharing concerns by tracking biometrics and gestures without consent

Posted 16th Mar 2026r/FactForge

A pair of US lawmakers are calling for an investigation into how easily spies can steal information based on devices’ electromagnetic and acoustic leaks

Posted 12th Mar 2026r/ObscurePatentDangers

You should know Vineland City Council President Paul Spinelli crashed out when asked about possible financial ties, interrupting a citizen’s public comment about the data center, then threatened to waste taxpayer funds on a lawsuit against private citizens he knows he can’t win

Posted 25th Feb 2026r/newjersey

Are there any Gen Z working on 6G? What are your thoughts on turning the telecommunications grid into a radar and the psychological implications of mass surveillance?

Posted 24th Feb 2026r/GenZ

Remember when Batman turned everyone's phone into a sonar camera in The Dark Knight? Every 6G base station, relay, and reflective intelligent surface (RIS) will be a passive radar capable of imaging and tracking individuals within its coverage area without any cooperation from the target.

Posted 22nd Feb 2026r/ObscurePatentDangers

Ethics on the last mile toward cybernetic organism — “The absence of regulatory and legal principles designed to protect humans and the environment from negative impact and non-rational use of new technologies threatens the natural human essence”

Posted 22nd Feb 2026r/FactForge

Researchers at Wilfrid Laurier University in Ontario, Canada have built a helmet that measures light emissions from cancerous brain cells to diagnose the disease in its earliest stages

Posted 21st Feb 2026r/STEW_ScTecEngWorld

Biophysicist Dr. Nirosha Murugan discusses how microtubules respond to magnetic & electric fields, suggesting they're more than structural components. Cells emit biophotons, ultra-weak light tied to metabolism, which may carry information for processes like immune response and neural communication.

Posted 21st Feb 2026r/FactForge

Data brokers are companies that collect people’s personal data, assign it to specific profiles, then sell it on. In 2022, Vice reporters paid a broker $160 for a dataset that contained location data from Planned Parenthood branches.

Posted 11th Feb 2026r/FactForge

With integrated sensing and communications (ISAC), 6G is advertised to enable mass facial recognition which would allow for the simultaneous identification of everyone in a room

Posted 10th Feb 2026r/ObscurePatentDangers

Apple’s acquisition of the startup Q.ai has sparked questions regarding “silent speech” technology which tracks subtle facial muscle movements. Unlike a spoken command, facial micro-movements can be involuntary, potentially leading to accidental or unintended data collection.

Posted 9th Feb 2026r/STEW_ScTecEngWorld

Right to Repair — How an IT security specialist with multiple sclerosis cracked the paywall of her wheelchair

Posted 9th Feb 2026r/ObscurePatentDangers

Data centers will consume an estimated 70% of memory chips made in 2026. Prices for memory increased by 50% in the last quarter of 2025 and are projected to increase another 40% to 50% by the end of the first quarter of 2026, according to Counterpoint Research

Posted 9th Feb 2026r/FactForge

Although cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in pregnant women, a 2022 survey found that less than 30% of cardiologists reported formal training in managing heart conditions in pregnancy

Posted 9th Feb 2026r/STEW_ScTecEngWorld

Pre-production plastic pellets, commonly known as nurdles, are lentil sided plastic pellets (smaller than 5 mm or 0.20 in) used in the plastics industry for the manufacture of plastic products. Nurdles cause environmental damage where they are spilled into rivers and oceans.

Posted 9th Feb 2026r/FactForge

6G technology will use potentially harmful “laser beams” to create the ultra-fast mobile internet, an expert has warned. It can download a film in seconds but you don’t want it ‘pointing at your head’

Posted 9th Feb 2026r/FactForge

The telecommunications industry has almost complete control of the Federal Communications Commission… There's a revolving door between the membership of the FCC and high-level people within the telecom industry that's been going on for a couple of decades now.

Posted 9th Feb 2026r/ObscurePatentDangers

“From the One Big Beautiful Bill to Oracle and Palantir’s role in tracking biological data, I show how healthcare tech may be weaponized for control, not care.” [19:18]

Posted 31st Jan 2026r/mealtimevideos

2015 EPIC Semiconductors — “Smart Dust play music in your head”

Posted 30th Jan 2026r/transhumanism

“The Explainer EPIC Semiconductors Smart Dust”

Posted 30th Jan 2026r/STEW_ScTecEngWorld

The Internet of Nano Things (IoNT) connects microscopic, nanoscale devices to the internet, enabling real-time data collection at the molecular or cellular level. In-body networked nanosensors can monitor health in real-time, detect diseases, or manage drug delivery

Posted 30th Jan 2026r/ObscurePatentDangers

Vineland town hall on DataOne/Nebius/Microsoft data center, residents voice concerns : "We don't know this guy"

Posted 24th Jan 2026r/newjersey

In 2019, an outbreak of swine flu reportedly killed half of China’s pig population, causing the price of pork to skyrocket. Reports suggest criminal gangs used drones to drop items infected with the flu on healthy pigs

Posted 10th Jan 2026r/ObscurePatentDangers

When Should We Worry About AI Being Used to Design a Pathogen?

Posted 10th Jan 2026r/ObscurePatentDangers

The Atlanta Police Department (APD) claimed it wasn't involved in immigration enforcement, but records from late 2025 showed APD investigators used thousands of Flock Safety cameras, including those on private property, to track migrants on at least 15 occasions, contradicting their public statement

Posted 10th Jan 2026r/UnderReportedNews

Atlanta is the most surveilled city in the United States with an estimated 124 surveillance cameras per 1,000 people. Connect Atlanta integrates city-owned cameras with private business and residential feeds. Worldwide, only cities in China have more cameras per capita

Posted 10th Jan 2026r/FactForge

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