US President
Barack Obama (AFP Photo/Jewel Samad - think IN pictures @1WORLDCommunity)
Ct1Mahani | SitiWanMahani - Ia
mungkin bukan jenis pengiktirafan yang mahu diterima, tetapi Presiden Barack
Obama telah dianugerahkan PolitiFact itu “Lie Of the Year” untuk tahun 2013 .
Hadiah
terkenal, diedarkan setiap tahun oleh fakta memeriksa laman web PolitiFact,
telah diberikan kepada Obama kerana kenyataan beliau mendakwa bahawa Amerika
akan dapat mengekalkan insurans kesihatan mereka di bawah Akta Penjagaan Mampu
jika mereka suka rancangan mereka.
“Jika
anda mahu pelan penjagaan kesihatan anda, anda boleh menyimpannya,” kata Obama
beberapa kali selama ini. Tidak lama selepas notis pembatalan mula tiba dalam
peti mel Amerika jatuh ini - lebih daripada 4 juta orang telah melihat liputan
mereka dibatalkan pada ketika ini, sebahagian besarnya disebabkan oleh hakikat
bahawa liputan mereka tidak mencapai keperluan minimum ACA - Obama menafikan
bahawa janji berke-naan dibuat, berkata dia sebenarnya bermakna bahawa rancangan
boleh disimpan hanya jika mereka tidak berubah sejak-undang penjagaan kesihatan
telah diluluskan.
Penjelasan
Obama tidak lulus mengumpul, bagaimanapun, terutama kerana dia telah ditangkap rakaman
pada video berjanji bahawa pelan penjagaan kesihatan akan tinggal di tempat
sekurang-kurangnya 2 dozen. Menghadapi serangan balas awam, Obama memohon maaf
dan mengumumkan rancangan satu tahun untuk membolehkan syarikat insurans
menyimpan menjual rancangan sedia ada kira-kira yang hendak dibatalkan.
‘Lie
of the Year’ prize goes to Obama
It’s
probably not the kind of recognition he wanted to receive, but President Barack
Obama has been awarded PolitiFact’s “Lie of the Year” for 2013.
The
infamous prize, handed out annually by the fact-checking website PolitiFact,
was given to Obama because of his statements claiming that Americans would be
able to keep their health insurance under the Affordable Care Act if they liked
their plan.
“If
you like your health care plan, you can keep it,” Obama said on numerous
occasions over the years. Soon after cancellation notices began arriving in
American mailboxes this fall – more than four million people have seen their
coverage cancelled at this point, largely due to the fact that their coverage
did not reach the ACA’s minimum requirements – Obama denied that such a promise
was made, saying he actually meant that plans could be kept only if they hadn’t
changed since the health care law was passed.
Obama’s
explanation didn’t pass muster, however, especially since he’d been captured on
video promising that health care plans would stay in place at least two dozen
times. Facing public backlash, Obama apologized and unveiled a one-year plan to
allow insurers keep selling existing plans that are about to be cancelled.
“Kita
tidak seperti yang jelasnya seperti yang kita perlukan menjadi, dari segi
perubahan yang berlaku, dan saya mahu melakukannya semua kita boleh untuk
memastikan bahawa orang-orang yang mendapati diri mereka dalam kedudukan yang
baik,” kata Obama dalam November wawancara dengan NBC News. “Saya minta maaf
bahawa mereka men-dapati diri mereka dalam situasi ini, berdasarkan jaminan
mereka dapat dari saya.”
Sejak
janjinya yang dianggap palsu, penilaian kelulusan presiden telah menurun secara
mendadak. Larry Sabato daripada Pusat Politik di University of Virginia
memberitahu PolitiFact kredibiliti Obama boleh dipulihkan dari masa ke masa
dengan pelaksanaan undang-undang, tetapi dia menghadapi cabaran yang ketara.
“Satu
siri presiden dibangunkan jurang kredibiliti, kerana orang tidak mempercayai
apa yang mereka katakan lagi,” katanya. “Apabila anda kehilangan kepercayaan
sebahagian besar daripada orang awam Amerika, bagaimana anda hendak mendapatkannya
balik? “
Sekali
lagi, ACA dikuasai usaha fakta memeriksa PolitiFact ini. Ini adalah kali yang ke-4
dalam tempoh 5 tahun yang lalu bahawa petikan yang berkaitan dengan
undang-undang yang telah memenangi Pembohong Terbaik, dan keputusan Poll
Pembaca laman web itu adalah tidak terkecuali. 59 % peratus bersetuju bahawa
kenyataan Obama merangkul hadiah utama, tetapi 3 pelari-atas seterusnya adalah
dari lawan undang-undang.
Di
tempat yang ke-2 adalah Senator Ted Cruz (R- Texas) untuk kenyataan beliau
bahawa Kongres adalah dikecualikan daripada ACA. Kongres Michele Bachmann
(R-Minn) telah menduduki tempat yang ke-3 bagi dakwaan beliau bahawa IRS akan
menjaga “pangkalan data Negara” rahsia penjagaan kesihatan Amerika’, dan
pengulas konservatif Ann Coulter mengambil yang ke-4 untuk menegaskan bahawa
tiada doktor US-terlatih akan menerima ObamaCare.
Secara
keseluruhan, 7 daripada 10 pembohongan yang dipilih oleh pembaca PolitiFact ini
berkaitan dengan ACA.
“We
weren't as clear as we needed to be, in terms of the changes that were taking
place, and I want to do everything we can to make sure that people are finding
themselves in a good position," Obama said in a November interview with
NBC News. "I am sorry that they are finding themselves in this situation,
based on assurances they got from me.”
Since
his promise was deemed false, the president’s approval ratings have declined
sharply. Larry Sabato of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia
told PolitiFact that Obama’s credibility can be restored over time with
effective implementation of the law, but that he faces a significant challenge.
“A
whole series of presidents developed credibility gaps, because people didn’t
trust what they were saying anymore,” he said. “Once you lose the trust of a
substantial part of the American public, how do you get it back?”
Once
again, the ACA dominated PolitiFact’s fact-checking efforts. This is the fourth
time in the past five years that a quote related to the law has won Lie of the
Year, and the website’s Reader’s Poll results were no exception. Fifty-nine
percent agreed that Obama’s statement took the top prize, but the next three
runner-ups were from the law's opponents.
In
second place was Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) for his statement that Congress was
exempt from the ACA. Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) came in third
place for her allegation that the IRS would keep “a national database” of
Americans’ health care secrets, and conservative commentator Ann Coulter took
fourth for asserting that no U.S.-trained doctor would accept Obamacare.
Overall,
seven out of the 10 lies selected by PolitiFact’s readers were related to the
ACA.
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NSA mempunyai KEUPAYAAN Untuk Memecahkan
Kod perbualan telefon, teks . . .
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Ct1Mahani - NSA mudah memecah teknologi privasi dipopularkan oleh perkhidmatan penyulitan di seluruh DUNIA, bermakna agensi perisikan boleh menggulingkan taktik jami-nan itu dan menapis melalui berbilion-bilion teks swasta dan panggilan yang disebarkan setiap hari.
Pemerhati telah lama mengetahui bahawa pegawai-pegawai tentera dan penguat-kuasaan undang-undang mampu hacking ke dalam telefon bimbit suspek, namun laporan dari Washington Post berdasarkan dokumen yang diberikan oleh pemberi maklumat Edward Snowden menunjukkan bahawa kuasa NSA mungkin sebenarnya lebih luas kerana global risikan isyarat, atau SIGINTs, teknik itu yang mengambil kerja.
NSA has ability to decode phone conversations, texts
The NSA easily breaks the privacy technology popularized by encryption services throughout the world, meaning the intelligence agency can subvert such security tactics and sift through the billions of private texts and calls that are transmitted each day.
Observers have long known that military and law enforcement officials are capable of hacking into a suspect’s mobile phone, yet a report from the Washington Post based on documents provided by whistleblower Edward Snowden indicate that the NSA’s power may in fact be more expansive because of the global signals intelligence, or SIGINTs, techniques it employs.
Ada
SESEORANG yang sedang memerhati saya: Sensor Kamera diletakkan di Manekin
runcit . . .
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Snyder (think IN pictures @1WORLDCommunity)
Ct1Mahani | SitiWanMahani - Beberapa
kedai-kedai yang pelanggan berduyun-duyun semasa musim cuti sedang
mempertimbangkan mengamalkan teknologi baru yang menggunakan sensor kamera
diimplan di mata yang manekin kedai untuk memantau aktiviti pelanggan di kedai2,
dengan menggunakan data yang meningkatkan jualannya.
Peruncit
mengatakan patung plastik yang sentiasa ada biasanya digunakan untuk model
pakaian akan dipasang dengan sensor gerakan yang mencetuskan teknologi
pengenalan muka adalah apabila pembeli berdekatan. Kamera akan memerhatikan
tingkah laku yang gemar membeli-belah, menyatakan sama ada individu yang
memungut produk yang segera suka untuk daftar atau jika orang itu seolah-olah
tidak pasti tentang membuat pembelian.
Sistem
itu, yang dikenali sebagai ‘Shopperception,’ telah digubal di kedai-kedai
Walmart, dan pemaju Alfonso Perez berkata lebih rantaian mungkin akan mengikutinya.
“Kami
telah berkembang dalam cara di mana kami mahu produk kami disesuaikan dengan
keinginan kami,” Perez memberitahu CBS New York. “Jenama dan peruncit
menggunakan maklumat ini untuk belajar tentang kita, untuk belajar tentang apa
yang kita sukai.”
Pemaju
Shopperception menegaskan bahawa ia akan menjadi bodoh untuk mengatakan produk
melintasi garisan, memetik peningkatan bilangan kamera pengawasan yang
memerhatikan pembeli di seluruh kedai2, keluar ke tempat letak kereta, dan
pada kebanyakan perniagaan lain.
“Kami
tidak menyimpan apa-apa maklumat mengenai sesiapa pun,” kata Perez. “Kami memproses
maklumat masa sebenar.”
Beberapa
pembeli dipersoalkan oleh CBS berkata hanya pemikiran teknik seperti itu berasa
seperti pelanggaran, dan bahawa mereka akan mempertimbangkan untuk menukar
tabiat membeli-belah utk mengelakkan “invasive” dan teknologi “menyeramkan”. Joel
Reidenberg, seorang profesor teknologi di Universiti Princeton yang telah
bersama - menulis 2 buah buku mengenai undang-undang privasi antarabangsa,
berkata cara kedai menjalankan sendiri boleh menunjukkan perasaan sebenar
mereka pada ‘Shopperception’.
“Jika
peruncit tidak bersedia untuk menjadi telus dengan apa yang mereka lakukan,
cara mereka mengumpul maklumat, bagaimana mereka menggunakan maklumat itu, ia
berkata mereka tahu pelanggan mereka akan kecewa dengannya,” katanya.
Sama
dengan perdebatan yang telah diadakan tahun lepas apabila pembuat manekin Itali
diperkenalkan ‘EyeSee,’ garis angka dilengkapi dengan kamera di mata bertujuan
untuk menangkap pencuri dalam akta ini. Pemaju belakang EyeSee berkata syarikat
itu hanya menjual sebilangan kecil mannequins dan mereka kebanyakannya
diperintahkan oleh kedai-kedai mewah bertujuan untuk melindungi barangan mahal.
Peguambela berkata teknologi itu adalah perlu kerana mannequins mempunyai
melihat lebih dekat pada pembeli dan cenderung untuk menarik perhatian mereka,
tidak seperti kamera terapung di atas.
Seperti
kamera pengesan pergerakan, prospek anti-mencuri kamera juga telah menim-bulkan
kening pelanggan. Christopher Mesnooh, rakan kongsi di firma undang-undang Field
Fisher Waterhouse di Paris, memberitahu Bloomberg tahun lepas bahawa keadaan
adalah kurang jelas berbanding dengan pengawasan internet.
“Jika
anda pergi di Facebook, sebelum anda memulakan proses pendaftaran, anda boleh
melihat apa maklumat yang mereka akan mengumpul dan apa yang mereka akan
lakukan dengan ianya,” katanya pada tahun lepas. “Jika anda berjalan ke dalam
kedai2, yang mana pilihan ?”
SOMEBODY’s
Watching me: Camera sensors to be
placed in retail Mannequins . . .
A
number of stores that customers flock to during the holiday season are
considering adopting a new technology which uses camera sensors implanted in a
store mannequin’s eyes to monitor a customer’s activity in the shop, using that
data to beef up sales.
Retailers
say the ubiquitous plastic dummies typically used to model clothes would be
fitted with motion sensors that trigger facial recognition technology when a
shopper is nearby. The cameras will then observe the shopper’s behavior, noting
whether that individual picks up a product right away and heads for the
register or if that person seems unsure about making the purchase.
The
system, known as ‘Shopperception,’ has already been enacted at Walmart stores,
and developer Alfonso Perez says more chains will likely follow suit.
“We
have evolved in the way in which we want our products tailored to our liking,”
Perez told CBS New York. “The brands and retailers are using this information
to learn about us, to learn about what we like.”
Shopperception
developers asserted that it would be silly to say the product crosses the line,
citing the growing number of surveillance cameras that keep an eye on shoppers
throughout stores, out into the parking lot, and at most other businesses.
“We
don’t store any information about anybody,” Perez said. “We process the
information real-time.”
A
number of shoppers questioned by CBS said just the thought of such a technique
feels like a violation, and that they would consider changing shopping habits
to avoid the “invasive” and “creepy” technology.
Joel
Reidenberg, a professor of technology at Princeton University who has
co-written three books on international privacy law, said the way stores
conduct themselves could point to their true feelings on Shopperception.
“If
the retailer is unwilling to be transparent with what they’re doing, the way
they’re collecting information, how they’re using that information, it says
they know their customers will be upset by it,” he said.
A
similar debate was held last year when an Italian mannequin maker introduced
‘EyeSee,’ a line of figures equipped with cameras in the eyes meant to catch
shoplifters in the act. The developer behind EyeSee said the company only sold
a small number of mannequins and they were mostly ordered by luxury stores
aiming to protect expensive merchandise. Advocates said the technology is
necessary because mannequins have a closer look at shoppers and tend to attract
their attention, unlike the cameras floating above.
As
with the motion detector cameras, the prospect of anti-stealing cameras has
also raised customers’ eyebrows. Christopher Mesnooh, a partner at the law firm
Field Fisher Waterhouse in Paris, told Bloomberg last year that the situation
is less clear than with internet surveillance.
“If
you go on Facebook, before you start the registration process, you can see
exactly what information they are going to collect and what they’re going to do
with it,” he said last year. “If you’re walking into a store, where’s the
choice?”
