<center><i>··· Welcome.. ···</i></center><p/>Yet another one of these non-attractive posts that connect the propaganda dots for Your reading pleasure.. Keep Yourself entertained with  the latest plans to enslave us ALL!!<p/>Ohh such happy joy!!<p/><hr/><p/><center><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8b7qHTEgQE" target="_blank"><i>How to Have the Best YouTube Channel Evurrr!</i><p/><img src="https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmRfVn8nv37t7iHdApfpf3HsG4nK4YSr7bz1iJT7qEignU/Screenshot_2019-08-17_09-24-08.png" /></a><p/>(Click on titles or images to read at source, or don't, Your choice)<p/>···</center><p/><hr/><p/>ITPro<br/><a href="https://www.itpro.co.uk/acquisition/34150/why-hpe-has-swallowed-mapr-s-assets" target="_blank">Why HPE has swallowed MapR’s assets<p/><center><img src="https://cdn2.itpro.co.uk/sites/itpro/files/styles/article_main_wide_image/public/2019/07/shutterstock_1005619948.jpg" /></center></a><p/><blockquote><p>News broke overnight that HPE has made yet another acquisition – <a href="https://www.itpro.co.uk/acquisition/33671/why-did-hpe-buy-cray" target="_blank">its second this year</a> – in the form of MapR's assets (but not, it seems, MapR itself).</p></blockquote><p/><center>·</center><p/>msn<br/><a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/health-news/women-get-alzheimers-way-more-than-men%E2%80%94and-stress-could-help-explain-why/ar-AAFqzZG" target="_blank">Women get Alzheimer’s way more than men—and stress could help explain why<p/><center><img src="https://img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AAFqDkV.img" /></center></a><p/><blockquote><p>Scientists already know that almost twice as many women as men get Alzheimer's disease, the illness studied by study author Cynthia Munro, a psychiatry professor at Johns Hopkins University. What they don't know is why.</p></blockquote><p/><center>·</center><p/>GlobalResearch<br/><a href="https://www.globalresearch.ca/pesticides-cocktail-toxicity/5686153" target="_blank">Sick to the Stomach: Pesticides and the Cocktail of Toxicity<p/><center><img src="https://www.globalresearch.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Bayer-e1464705299575-1024x628.jpg" /></center></a><p/><blockquote><p>However, Mason implies this is little more than PR and provides a brief and disturbing history of the company and claims that Bayer has never been transparent in its life.</p></blockquote><p/><center>·</center><p/>msn<br/><a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/the-leaks-that-threaten-the-clean-image-of-natural-gas/ar-AAFwVJO" target="_blank">The Leaks That Threaten the Clean Image of Natural Gas<p/><center><img src="https://img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AAFx9FX.img" /></center></a><p/><blockquote><p>But growing public concern over leaks and intentional releases of gas and its primary component, methane, threaten to derail the dominance of gas in the <b>new</b> energy <b>world order</b>.</p></blockquote><p/><center>·</center><p/>CloudPro<br/><a href="https://www.cloudpro.co.uk/cloud-essentials/public-cloud/8193/microsoft-slammed-over-changes-to-cloud-licensing" target="_blank">Microsoft slammed over changes to cloud licensing<p/><center><img src="https://cdn2.cloudpro.co.uk/sites/cloudprod7/files/styles/thumbnail_large_620x350/public/2019/08/vendorlockin_shutterstock_1152688358.jpg" /></center></a><p/><blockquote><p>Google Cloud's president, Robert Enslin, posted a tweet that suggested Microsoft was harking back to its old ways.</p><p/><p><i>"Shelf-ware. Complex pricing. And now vendor lock-in. Microsoft is taking its greatest hits from the '90s to the cloud,"</i> he wrote.</p></blockquote><p/><center>·</center><p/>ChannelPro<br/><a href="https://www.channelpro.co.uk/news/11456/intel-reveals-new-branding-strategy-for-next-gen-laptops" target="_blank">Intel reveals new branding strategy for next-gen laptops<p/><center><img src="https://cdn2.channelpro.co.uk/sites/channelpro/files/styles/article_main_wide_image/public/2019/08/intelengmobperf_logo.png" /></center></a><p/><blockquote><p>Designed to draw customers to the laptops that meet the program's target specification and key experience indicators (KEI), the identifier can be found for the first time with the Dell XPS 13 2-in-1 laptop - one of the initial systems verified through Project <b>Athena</b>.</p></blockquote><p/><center>·</center><p/>The Hacker News<br/><a href="https://thehackernews.com/2019/08/dslr-camera-hacking.html" target="_blank">Canon DSLR Cameras Can Be Hacked With Ransomware Remotely<p/><center><img src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sOOAZ24NmmA/XVEg5g2jdpI/AAAAAAAA0sg/-D-oLv3DVsYCcFaQdPYTY7S30Zx8LSIvQCLcBGAs/s728-e100/dslr-camera-hacking-software.png" /></center></a><p/><blockquote><p><i>"This can be easily achieved by first sniffing the network and then faking the AP to have the same name as the one the camera automatically attempts to connect. Once the attacker is within the same LAN as the camera, he can initiate the exploit,"</i> Itkin explains.</p></blockquote><p/><center>·</center><p/>The Hacker News<br/><a href="https://thehackernews.com/2019/08/windows-driver-vulnerability.html" target="_blank">Over 40 Drivers Could Let Hackers Install Persistent Backdoor On Windows PCs<p/><center><img src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2AK51qBrQT0/XU_8rBfNjTI/AAAAAAAA0sY/uFaaxxEEbSUVLa5LQ_gyHfFk9Ve7c6wIgCLcBGAs/s728-e100/windows-driver-privilege-escalation-vulnerability.png" /></center></a><p/><blockquote><p>If you own a device, or a hardware component, manufactured by ASUS, Toshiba, Intel, NVIDIA, Huawei, or other 15 other vendors listed below, you're probably screwed.</p><p/><p>A team of security researchers has discovered high-risk security vulnerabilities in more than 40 drivers from at least 20 different vendors that could allow attackers to gain most privileged permission on the system and hide malware in a way that remains undetected over time, sometimes for years.</p></blockquote><p/><center>·</center><p/>naked security by SOPHOS<br/><a href="https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2019/08/12/apple-will-hand-out-unlocked-iphones-to-vetted-researchers/" target="_blank">Apple will hand out unlocked iPhones to vetted researchers<p/><center><img src="https://sophosnews.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/shutterstock_252203737.jpg" /></center></a><p/><blockquote><p>Apple’s only handing out a limited amount of the iPhones, and only to qualified researchers.</p></blockquote><p/><center>·</center><p/>NDTV - Gadgets360°<br/><a href="https://gadgets.ndtv.com/mobiles/news/apple-airdrop-wi-fi-password-sharing-vulnerability-iphone-phone-number-2079505" target="_blank">Apple's AirDrop, Wi-Fi Password Sharing Features Could Leak Your Phone Number: Report<p/><center><img src="https://i.gadgets360cdn.com/large/airdrop_gadgets_360_1562764090487.JPG" /></center></a><p/><blockquote><p>The report <a href="https://hexway.io/blog/apple-bleee/" target="_blank">published</a> by cyber-security firm Hexway claims that simply turning on Bluetooth enables attackers to access information about the phone status, battery information, Wi-Fi status, buffer availability, and OS version among other information. The loophole is claimed not to exist only on iPhone units, but also on MacBook, Apple Watch, and AirPods units. All this data is allegedly sent in Bluetooth Low Energy packets.</p></blockquote><p/><center>·</center><p/>iMore<br/><a href="https://www.imore.com/yes-of-course-people-are-being-declined-apple-card" target="_blank">Yes, of course people are being declined for the Apple Card...<p/><center><img src="https://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/large/public/field/image/2019/05/apple-card-sign-up-on-iphone.jpg" /></center></a><p/><blockquote><p>Again, this isn't out of the ordinary. People get declined for credit cards all the time. It's literally how the credit card industry works. Maybe you already owe too much on another card or are already stretched too thin financially — that's the reason Apparitionog was given. Simply put, not everyone is going to get approved for the Apple Card.</p></blockquote><p/><center>·</center><p/>ITPro<br/><a href="https://www.itpro.co.uk/security/34177/unfortunately-compromising-business-email-accounts-is-much-easier-than-you-might" target="_blank">Unfortunately, compromising business email accounts is much easier than you might imagine<p/><center><img src="https://cdn1.itpro.co.uk/sites/itpro/files/styles/article_main_wide_image/public/2019/08/zombie_shutterstock_454095508.jpg" /></center></a><p/><blockquote><p>I could go on, but I won't for once. You get the picture – it's one of forever playing catch-up with the threat actors. Nothing has really changed. Sure, the platform vendors are more dynamic in their security postures, but now developers need to catch up.</p></blockquote><p/><center>·</center><p/>VICE - Motherboard<br/><a href="https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/mbmj74/senator-ron-wyden-urges-att-tmobile-verizon-sprint-limit-customer-data" target="_blank">Senator Wyden to AT&T and T-Mobile: You Don’t Need to Store So Much Customer Data<p/><center><img src="https://video-images.vice.com/articles/5d4c7fb0dfde5000081af9d4/lede/1565294964034-ron-wyden.jpeg" /></center></a><p/><blockquote><p>The letter comes a day before Wyden is scheduled to give a talk at the annual Def Con hacking conference entitled <a href="https://www.defcon.org/html/defcon-27/dc-27-speakers.html#Wyden" target="_blank">Can You Track Me Now? Why The Phone Companies Are Such A Privacy Disaster</a>.</p></blockquote><p/><center>·</center><p/>International Politics and Society<br/><a href="https://www.ips-journal.eu/regions/global/article/show/western-double-standards-3654/" target="_blank"> Western (double) standards <p/><center><img src="https://www.ips-journal.eu/fileadmin/_processed_/c/7/csm_Reuters_China_Africa_labour_12084319e2.jpg" /></center></a><p/><blockquote><p>Criticising Chinese production standards would be more convincing if the same noble demands were met by the West itself</p></blockquote><p/>So, if everyone is wrong, why does nobody want to change!?<p/><center>·</center><p/>GlobalResearch<br/><a href="https://www.globalresearch.ca/world-uniting-international-law-against-us-empire/5686144" target="_blank">The World Is Uniting for International Law, Against US Empire<p/><center><img src="https://www.globalresearch.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/embassy-protection-collective-venezuela-us-400x209.jpg" /></center></a><p/><blockquote><p>All of the countries listed above and many more have stated their opposition to the escalation of the US economic war against Venezuela. Venezuela, along with Iran, has become a prime target of US regime change, and both are uniting the world in opposition to US bullying behaviour, which is hastening the demise of US domination. Popular social movements are growing against US unilateralism and violations of international law.</p></blockquote><p/>Not pro or against US, still this has been predicted to happen quite a while ago.. And the next step is a "world unification" in the "New World Order"..<p/><center>·</center><p/>CloudPro<br/><a href="https://www.cloudpro.co.uk/it-infrastructure/8187/smart-cities-building-the-metropolis-of-the-future" target="_blank">Smart cities: building the metropolis of the future<p/><center><img src="https://cdn2.cloudpro.co.uk/sites/cloudprod7/files/styles/thumbnail_large_620x350/public/2019/08/smart_cities_1.jpg" /></center></a><p/><blockquote><p>Cities of the world are buckling. The UN estimates 55% of the planet’s 7 billion people live in urban areas and it’s believed a million people join this list on a daily basis. Infrastructure is feeling the strain, there’s unrest, congestion is polluting our lungs and crime is prevalent. What’s more, if this rise continues as expected, cities will be home to some 6.1 billion people by 2050. Something has to give.</p></blockquote><p/>Just go to the country side, and you'll find that the only places crowded are the cities, to where they pushed everyone into, with all the BS lies brought to you by the so called 'Industrial Revolution', plus there are definitely not 7 Billion people alive at the moment, at most 5 Billion, research the natality and mortality rates, You'll find that population stopped growing quite a few Years ago..<p/><center>·</center><p/>GlobalResearch<br/><a href="https://www.globalresearch.ca/syria-warns-us-turkey-safe-zone-deal-plot-expansionist-ambitions/5686124" target="_blank">Syria Warns US-Turkey “Safe Zone” Deal Is a Plot for “Expansionist Ambitions”<p/><center><img src="https://www.globalresearch.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/USA-Turkey.jpg" /></center></a><p/><blockquote><p>Under the guise of protecting its borders against aggression from YPG/SDF, Turkey is reviving it’s “Ottoman Sultanate” plans</p></blockquote><p/><center>·</center><p/>ITPro<br/><a href="https://www.itpro.co.uk/two-factor-authentication-2fa/33812/what-is-strong-customer-authentication-sca" target="_blank">What is strong customer authentication (SCA)?<p/><center><img src="https://cdn1.itpro.co.uk/sites/itpro/files/styles/article_main_wide_image/public/2019/06/onlinepayment_shutterstock_291627674.jpg" /></center></a><p/><blockquote><p>The aim is to reduce the number of fraudulent payments by forcing the use of a second authentication factor on qualifying payments, specifically something that a customer has access to, such as a PIN number or <b>biometric data</b>.</p></blockquote><p/>Will anyone learn, ever?!?<p/><center>·</center><p/>ITPro<br/><a href="https://www.itpro.co.uk/pdf-software/29855/why-it-s-time-to-take-your-documents-digital" target="_blank">Why it’s time to take your documents digital<p/><center><img src="https://cdn2.itpro.co.uk/sites/itpro/files/styles/article_main_wide_image/public/2017/10/bigstock-business-woman-prepare-documen-154786019.jpg" /></center></a><p/><blockquote><p>Companies that use PDF documents are also in the best position when it comes to providing proof of communication. <b>Most email providers store a copy of all sent messages and attachments</b>, so that it can be legally proved which document was sent to which address and when.</p></blockquote><p/><center>·</center><p/>ITPro<br/><a href="https://www.itpro.co.uk/data-breaches/34206/massive-biometric-data-breach-found-in-system-used-by-banks-and-met-police" target="_blank">Massive biometric data breach found in system used by banks and Met police<p/><center><img src="https://cdn1.itpro.co.uk/sites/itpro/files/styles/article_main_wide_image/public/2019/05/biometric_shutterstock_608453894.jpg" /></center></a><p/><blockquote><p>The <a href="https://www.itpro.co.uk/security/29705/what-are-biometrics" target="_blank">biometric</a> data, unencrypted passwords, and personal data of over one million people have been discovered sitting on a publicly accessible database belonging to a company that serves the likes of the UK Metropolitan Police and banking groups.</p></blockquote><p/><center>·</center><p/>naked security by SOPHOS<br/><a href="https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2019/08/13/hacked-devices-can-be-turned-into-acoustic-weapons/" target="_blank">Hacked devices can be turned into acoustic weapons<p/><center><img src="https://sophosnews.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/shutterstock_1407383441-compressor.jpg" /></center></a><p/><blockquote><p>It’s bad enough that our devices can listen to us, whether it’s to use <a href="https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2017/01/13/tor-users-at-risk-of-being-unmasked-by-ultrasound-tracking/" target="_blank">ultrasound to track us</a> (even if we’re on an anonymous network) or whether it’s voice assistants picking up on our private conversations (including with <a href="https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2019/07/30/listening-in-humans-hear-the-private-info-siri-accidentally-records/" target="_blank">human contractors listening in</a>).</p></blockquote><p/>..mind control man, mind control..<center>·</center><p/>The Hacker News<br/><a href="https://thehackernews.com/2019/08/bluetooth-knob-vulnerability.html" target="_blank">New Bluetooth Vulnerability Lets Attackers Spy On Encrypted Connections<p/><center><img src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wnBrI-2Ie0U/XVQ36TsI7FI/AAAAAAAA0us/qQTkS_8EiNsMWeiVt1frsJhDRDXPvXVMgCLcBGAs/s728-e100/bluetooth-spying-vulnerability.jpg" /></center></a><p/><blockquote><p>Referred to as the Key Negotiation of Bluetooth (KNOB) attack, the vulnerability could allow remote attackers in close proximity to targeted devices to intercept, monitor, or manipulate encrypted Bluetooth traffic between two paired devices.</p></blockquote><p/><center>·</center><p/>The Hacker News<br/><a href="https://thehackernews.com/2019/08/ctfmon-windows-vulnerabilities.html" target="_blank">Google Discloses 20-Year-Old Unpatched Flaw Affecting All Versions of Windows<p/><center><img src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-m5TKta4BeZw/XVLhqCoK1aI/AAAAAAAA0tk/Un_1vLm_YacWd1IkRGNYzRXqG4IguJ8pQCLcBGAs/s728-e100/ctfmon-windows-vulnerabilities.png" /></center></a><p/><blockquote><p>Update — With this month's patch Tuesday updates, Microsoft has finally addressed this vulnerability, tracked as <a href="https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-1162" target="_blank">CVE-2019-1162</a>, by correcting how the Windows operating system handles calls to Advanced Local Procedure Call (ALPC).</p></blockquote><p/><center>·</center><p/>moz://a<br/><a href="https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/campaigns/how-opt-out-human-review-your-voice-assistant-recordings" target="_blank">How to opt out of human review of your voice assistant recordings<p/><center><img src="https://assets.mofoprod.net/network/images/VA-nolink2x-100_K2YRSjp.original.jpg" /></center></a><p/><blockquote><p>If you have a voice assistant in your home or on your phone, have you ever been concerned that someone from the company could listen to your voice recordings?</p></blockquote><p/><center>·</center><p/><b>DARK</b>Reading<br/><a href="https://www.darkreading.com/endpoint/fbi-plans-to-monitor-social-media-may-spark-privacy-issues/d/d-id/1335499" target="_blank">FBI Plans to Monitor Social Media May Spark Privacy Issues<p/><center><img src="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/audio/video/2013/6/6/1370553948414/Prism-001.jpg?width=605&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=6f55cb59b2bf3839dcd9ecfc3cd60205" /></center></a><p/><blockquote><p>A new initiative to pull data from social media platforms may clash with policies prohibiting the use of information for mass surveillance.</p></blockquote><p/>They've been doing for a while now.. "old tools"..<p/><center>·</center><p/>Project Veritas<br/><a href="https://www.projectveritas.com/2019/08/14/google-machine-learning-fairness-whistleblower-goes-public-says-burden-lifted-off-of-my-soul/" target="_blank">Google “Machine Learning Fairness” Whistleblower Goes Public, says: “burden lifted off of my soul”<p/><center><img src="https://www.projectveritas.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/gz-police.png" /></center></a><p/><blockquote><p><i>“they got inside the gate, the police, and they started banging on my door… And so the police decided that they were going to call in additional forces. They called in the FBI, they called in the SWAT team. And they called in a bomb squad.”</i></p><p/><p><i>“[T]his is a large way in which [Google tries to] intimidate their employees that go rogue on the company…”</i></p></blockquote><p/><center>·</center><p/>CloudPro<br/><a href="https://www.cloudpro.co.uk/it-infrastructure/security/8195/amazon-claims-aws-rekognition-can-now-detect-fear" target="_blank">Amazon claims AWS Rekognition can now detect fear<p/><center><img src="https://cdn1.cloudpro.co.uk/sites/cloudprod7/files/styles/thumbnail_large_620x350/public/2019/08/fearshutterstock_1084664258.jpg" /></center></a><p/><blockquote><p>Amazon Web Services has revealed an update to its facial recognition software, Rekognition, that can detect a person's fear.</p><p/><p>This update was announced on Monday along with improvements to accuracy and functionality of its facial analysis feature that can identify gender, emotions and age range.</p></blockquote><p/><center>·</center><p/>naked <b>security</b> by SOPHOS<br/><a href="https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2019/08/14/4-despicables-jailed-for-running-hidden-worldwide-child-abuse-forums/" target="_blank">4 ‘despicables’ jailed for running hidden worldwide child abuse forums<p/><center><img src="http://giphygifs.s3.amazonaws.com/media/hEIuLmpW9DmGA/giphy.gif" /></center></a><p/><blockquote><p>This case is just the latest of a long string of reminders that in spite of the anonymity provided by the dark web’s clever encryption, you can still be tracked down. There have been many criminals who have thought pretty highly of their own skills at covering their tracks, including putting faith in the Tor network to keep them anonymous… yet still left tracks that investigators followed to their computers.</p></blockquote><p/>..if You use <a href="https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140401/17422126773/yes-federal-agents-can-identify-anonymous-tor-users-because-most-people-dont-know-how-to-be-anonymous.shtml" target="_blank">TOR</a>, You might wanna know that it was funded through the Office of Naval Research and DARPA.(click on TOR link)..<p/><a href="https://geti2p.net/en/" target="_blank">i2p</a> on the other hand wasn't..<p/><center>·</center><p/>moz://a<br/><a href="https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/blog/reading-list-what-can-you-trust-internet" target="_blank">READING LIST: What Can You Trust On The Internet?<p/><center><img src="https://assets.mofoprod.net/network/images/blog-image-youtube-01.original.jpg" /></center></a><p/><blockquote><p>Whether we realize it or not, we’re all being manipulated on the internet. There are ways to tackle this problem -- companies can do a better job creating algorithms that don’t manipulate people for profit. And internet users can educate themselves so they are better able to recognize and avoid online manipulation.</p><p/><p>Here is a reading list to help you start to understand the problem of online manipulation.</p></blockquote><p/><center>·</center><p/><p/><hr/><p/>Previous "dots" can be found <a href="https://steemit.com/newslink/@cyberspacegod/connecting-dots-or-propaganda-you-decide-07" >here</a> if You want to follow the white rabbit down the hole..<p/><hr/><p/><center><i>❤ You all,<br/>In Lak'ech Ala K'in</i></center><p/><hr/><p/>Images edited with GIMP · GNU Image Manipulation Program software<p/><a href="https://smartsteem.com?r=cyberspacegod" target="_blank"><img src="https://smartsteem.com/static/smartsteem_banner.gif" /></a><br/><a href="https://steemit.com/basicincome/@steembasicincome/steem-basic-income-a-complete-overview" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src ="https://steemitimages.com/DQmYyGi4HvKXuvQJ7sWPQHH5W33ThfAE74dpsJgMJ6n8UiZ/SBI%20Promo%20Banner%20PNG.png"></a>