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Ways biometric security can be spoofed

Remember when you were a kid and you tried to imagine what the world was going to look like in the far off, sci-fi sounding year of 2021? What did you imagine? Weekend holidays to the moon? Flying cars and jetpacks to take you around the elevated cities? Robot butlers? The end of all diseases? Star Trek-style replicators and holodecks?

Well, snap out of it, kid. This is what 2021 really looks like:
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© Corbett ReportSheeple lines up for the slaughter.
In case you didn't know, that's the handy-dandy contactless facial recognition gate from NEC. Yes, you don't have to worry about fiddling with your mask to allow your algorithmic overlord to scan your face and allow you entry to a building, terminal or security perimeter anymore! Thanks to the good folks at NEC, you can now maintain your social distancing and be electronically tracked and herded like the pliable tax cattle you are without even taking your mask off!

"But what about those poor souls living in third world nations?" I hear you asking. Never fear! Thanks to the non-profit Simprints Technology (in partnership with Gavi, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, USAid and other benevolent philanthropic institutions), there are contactless biometric scanners for them, too! Simprints' biometric solution allows governments to more effectively tag and track their human property, issue them an electronic brand, and make sure they get processed through the system all without having to come within six feet of another human being!

But there's just one little thing to consider in this headlong rush to get the entirety of the human species' biometric details entered into the computer matrix: biometric systems are notoriously buggy, hackable and open to spoofing. But why let a little identity theft get in the way of the New Biometric Normal, eh?

Still, for those who insist, here's a break down of just five of the ways that this biometric scanning technology can be hacked, gamed, spoofed or tricked.

Newspaper

'Those protests were dreadful': UK Home Secretary says she 'wouldn't kneel' for BLM, kicking off online slugfest

Priti Patel
© Reuters / Simon Dawson and Henry NichollsPriti Patel, seen alongside kneeling 'Black Lives Matter' protesters in London
Britain's Home Secretary Priti Patel is no fan of the 'Black Lives Matter' movement, and her latest anti-BLM declaration, in which she called the demonstrations "dreadful," has ignited a storm of controversy online.

Speaking to London-based radio station LBC on Friday, Patel told host Nick Ferrari that she wouldn't "take the knee" for the Black Lives Matter movement, as so many professional athletes, entertainers, and even politicians are wont to do.

"No I would not, I would not have at the time either. There are other ways in which people can express their opinions," Patel said. "Protesting in the way in which people did last summer was not the right way at all."

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Fireworks factory explosion kills at least 19 in Tamil Nadu, India

More than 30 firework factory workers were left injured in the explosion
More than 30 firework factory workers were left injured in the explosion
Several explosions at a private fireworks factory in southern India have killed at least 19 people and injured dozens more, authorities said Saturday.

The blast occurred on Friday afternoon at a factory in Tamil Nadu state's Virudhunagar district, approximately 520 kilometers (325 miles) south of Chennai.

Those injured were taken to a nearby hospital for treatment, police officer Raj Narayanan said, adding that 11 people died on the spot. Four workers later died of burn injuries in the hospital.

Local official R. Kannan told French news agency AFP that the death toll was likely to go up in the next few hours.

"So far 34 people have been injured and are undergoing treatment. Some of them are severely burnt," he said, adding that there were around 74 people in the factory at the time of the incident.


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Blast hits Iran-Afghanistan border as dozens of gas tanker trucks reportedly catch fire

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A gas tanker truck has exploded on the Iranian-Afghanistan border at a customs post in Herat Province .
A gas tanker truck has exploded on the Iranian-Afghanistan border at a customs post in Herat Province, Reuters reported citing a local official.

Tolo News earlier cited witnesses as saying that a massive fire erupted at the customs post which affected dozens of trucks.

Social media users have since shared videos allegedly depicting the conflagration.

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Coronavirus likely here to stay - EU health agency chief

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The coronavirus will probably continue to circulate long-term despite the roll-out of vaccines, the head of the EU's ECDC health agency told AFP on Friday, urging Europe to keep its restrictions in place for now.

"It seems more likely that it would stay" than disappear, Andrea Ammon, the head of the Stockholm-based European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, said in an interview.

"It seems very well adapted to humans. So we should be prepared that it will remain with us," she added.

Comment: As a sign of how politics and science are divorced from reality, we have some politicians and scientists pushing for 'zero Covid': Jonathan Sumption: 'Zero Covid is a mirage, the virus is here to stay and we all (even Sage scientists) need to learn to live with it'


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Linares, Spain: Riot police called in to suppress protest against police officers who assaulted father and 14-year-old daughter

Violent clashes between protestors and police in Jaén following Friday's incident where two off-duty police officers beat up a father and daughter
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© elespanol.comThe incident at the cafe, left, and the injured father, right
Following an incident on Friday afternoon (February 12), when videos were shared on social media of a father and his 14-year old daughter being brutally attacked by two off-duty National Police officers on the terrace of the La Galería cafeteria in Linares, Jaen on Friday, and the subsequent arrest of the two officers - one of them the deputy inspector of the police station of Linares - hundreds of residents of the town have taken to the streets today to protest.

Tensions were very high as the streets of the town in the vicinity of the police station filled with angry demonstrators, with Hernán Cortés street, where the police station is located, having to be cordoned off by police cars and riot police, due to the increasing numbers of people.

The crowd spilled over into the adjacent Bailen Street, where protestors clashed with police officers, with containers being overturned and set on fire, and people throwing stones and other objects at the police. Riscos Street is also cordoned off, and some locals have described the atmosphere in this area of Linares to Diariosur as being like a 'powder keg'.

Comment: Here's footage of the 'off-duty' police officers beating the father (and later the daughter, who attempts to stop the brutal assault). It's disturbing to watch, so please watch at your discretion:


According to this report, both father and daughter sustained serious facial injuries. The coppers involved have since been arrested - which is probably for their own good because the whole town reacted when they saw the above footage by seeking them out in order to give them a little justice of their own. Riot police have since been called in to scatter the protesters:




We can't yet establish what the original 'offense' was - what led the police to assault the father and daughter - but we would not be surprised to learn that it was 'lockdown-related'.

The situation isn't just a 'powder keg' in this small city in Spain; the situation is ripe for vigilante 'snapback' right across the West.


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'Avoidable deaths': Do Not Resuscitate orders issued AGAIN - People with learning disabilities targeted during second lockdown

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© Nathan Stirk/Getty Images'People with learning disabilities already get a raw deal from the health services.'
People with learning disabilities have been given do not resuscitate orders during the second wave of the pandemic, in spite of widespread condemnation of the practice last year and an urgent investigation by the care watchdog.

Mencap said it had received reports in January from people with learning disabilities that they had been told they would not be resuscitated if they were taken ill with Covid-19.

The Care Quality Commission said in December that inappropriate Do Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (DNACPR) notices had caused potentially avoidable deaths last year.


Comment: These orders were given at year ago, at the beginning of manufactured crisis, in March 2020 for people with critical conditions and then again in April 2020 for those with learning disabilities. With over a year to assess the real threat that of this harmless virus, that they're invoking them again is inexcusable.


Comment: One gets the impression that UK policy is pushing for Do Not Resuscitate orders to apply permanently for those with disabilities: Bear in mind hospitals aren't anymore 'overwhelmed' than previous years: NHS had 15% LESS patients this December compared to 2019 - Any crisis is due to budget cuts, staff shortages and excessive measures

Also check out SOTT radio's: NewsReal #34: Covid By Numbers




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Amazon sues NY attorney general to stop virus probe

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© AP Photo/Michel Spingler
Amazon is suing the attorney general of New York in a bid to stop her from suing the company over its coronavirus safety protocols and the firing of one of its outspoken workers.

In the lawsuit filed Friday in Brooklyn federal court, Amazon said Attorney General Letitia James overstepped her authority by trying to regulate coronavirus safety protocols at its warehouse in New York's Staten Island borough.

The company said James threatened to sue if Amazon didn't agree to her list of demands, including rehiring the worker, Christian Smalls, and paying him and another fired worker large sums of money.

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And then they came for Hercules: Facebook removes conservative actor Kevin Sorbo's account with 500,000 followers

Kevin Sorbo
© REUTERS/Kevork DjansezianActor Kevin Sorbo in Beverly Hills, California July 9, 2014.
Facebook has deleted the official account of actor Kevin Sorbo, marking the latest Big Tech takedown of a conservative. Sorbo, an avowed Donald Trump supporter, has been openly critical of Covid-19 restrictions.

Sorbo, who starred in 1990s television series 'Hercules: The Legendary Journeys', said on Twitter Friday that Facebook shut down his account, which had more than 500,000 followers.

It was not immediately clear why the tech giant took such drastic action against Sorbo, who has courted controversy for doubting the effectiveness of masks amid the Covid-19 pandemic, as well as for his unwavering support of ex-president Donald Trump after the Capitol riot.

Sorbo himself gave no explanation for the shutdown and provided a link to a new Facebook page.


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Retirement home removed door handles 'trapping' COVID-19 positive residents in rooms: whistleblower

white cliffe terrace retirement community toronto
Durham Regional Police are now investigating after a whistleblower at a Courtice retirement home says management removed the door handles on rooms of COVID-19 positive residents, "trapping" them in their suites for days in a bid to halt the spread of the deadly virus.

The employee, who wished to remain anonymous, tells CityNews that a manager at the White Cliffe Terrace Retirement Residence ordered maintenance staff to remove door handles on some fourth-floor assisted living suites last week.

The employee claims it was done to prevent COVID-19 positive residents from freely moving around the facility.

Comment: Why is it that a lockdown that is supposed to be in place to 'protect the elderly' seems to harm the elderly more than any other group?