Tag: privacy

Send This To Your Superintendent and School Board

November 11, 2024

by Ann Marie Banfield

Parents need to ask their Superintendent and School Board what they plan to do with this information:

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Bank of Canada Drops Plan for a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC)

September 25, 2024

by Steve MacDonald

A centrally controlled digital currency is a red flag to anyone devoted to privacy and individual liberty. ‘Grok friend Aaron Day ran for president as a platform to warn people about CBDC and the threat it represents to liberty. Once your money can be monitored, controlled, and censored by the government, that ties into social … Read more

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SEL is Draining Tax Dollars from the Merrimack School Budget

March 23, 2024

by Ann Marie Banfield

Social and Emotional Learning is the latest fad in public education. SEL is considered Tier 1 in a three-tiered mental health framework for students attending public schools. Money for this initiative came through a federal grant several years ago, but as those funds dried up guess who is left to fund these initiatives? The local taxpayers.

“Apple’s Journal App Probably Isn’t a Privacy Nightmare” – But the Tech Certainly Is!

March 8, 2024

by Op-Ed

Your iPhone, Android, Tablet, Car, smart TV, or any other “Smart” device has huge vulnerabilities. Your phone is not the place to store private information, and if you think you are not being tracked by your phone, tablet, smartwatch, or even your car, you are sadly mistaken. Shutting off features does nothing but limit them to hackers and governments.

Deteriorating … Mental Health, Privacy, and Parental Consent in Public Schools

February 29, 2024

by Ann Marie Banfield

As schools begin the shift to providing mental health services, parents need to be aware of some big problems that have been uncovered. Personally identifiable mental health information on students has already been shared, but schools are still failing to acquire informed parental consent for their child’s mental health assessments and services.

New Hampshire’s Covered Bridges and the Expanding Surveillance State

February 18, 2024

by Steve MacDonald

There are only 60 covered bridges left in the State of New Hampshire. I can’t say how many we used to have or what happened to them, but someone has proposed creating a loophole in the state’s existing prohibitions against video surveillance. Why? ”

Night Cap: Are we still the “Live Free or Die State”?

February 13, 2024

by Op-Ed

We are slipping, folks. Most of us have been proud to live in the state with this distinctive motto. But, is that all it was meant to be…a motto? Let’s talk about this.

Are Driver’s Licenses Being Scanned Illegally in New Hampshire?

December 22, 2023

by Op-Ed

Since writing the first article, Are Convenience Stores Violating Your Privacy, I have been gathering more information and find the Driver License Scanning issue to be quite the bottomless rabbit hole.

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Night Cap: DNA Kits and Associated Privacy Risks Posed by Police & Hackers

December 15, 2023

by Op-Ed

In advance of a holiday season that could see record numbers of ancestry kits given as gifts, The Rutherford Institute is cautioning the public about the significant privacy risks associated with corporations, government agencies, and hackers possibly gaining access to one’s familial DNA.

Smartphone Apps that Make Pictures of Clothed Girls Naked vs. Boys in Girls Locker Rooms …

December 10, 2023

by Auntie Vaquser

Artificial Intelligence apps have begun to proliferate across the internet that allow you to take pictures of clothed girls and women with a smartphone and make them nude. Victims feel humiliated, and the potential for abuse is enormous, but I’m sensing a disturbance in the transgender force.

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Parents in Every School District Are Losing Parental Consent Over Their Children

December 6, 2023

by Op-Ed

Parents in every School district are losing parental consent over their children. School Boards are revising changes to the EHAB and JLCF policies, which deal with DATA GOVERNANCE SECURITY and WELLNESS, respectively.

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Separate Tech and State

December 4, 2023

by Op-Ed

Some libertarians dismiss concerns over social media companies’ suppression of news and opinions that contradict select agendas by pointing out that these platforms are private companies, not part of the government. There are two problems with this argument.

The TikTok Tussle of Concerns and Legislation

December 1, 2023

by Op-Ed

Currently, the TikTok ban debate is swirling through the USA and raising concerns about national security and parental frets. Like vigilant conductors, the concerned moms lead the chorus against TikTok’s potential negative influence on their children.

But Is It Unconstitutional in New Hampshire?

November 12, 2023

by Steve MacDonald

A Federal judge just threw out a handful of class action lawsuits against automakers. No, it wasn’t about vehicle safety. No one was physically harmed. Their information was collected without their knowledge. Texts and calls placed through vehicle hands-free systems are being harvested and stored.

Are Convenience Stores Violating Your Privacy?

November 9, 2023

by Op-Ed

If you shop at convenience stores, you may have noticed that checking for proof of age during tobacco & alcohol purchases has quietly moved from viewing the customer’s driver’s license to electronically scanning our licenses. I first noticed this at Circle K stores and then found the same practice in others.

Barry O is Back to Attack Your Free Speech and Your Privacy

June 21, 2023

by Steve MacDonald

Everyone everywhere, from the Feds to the World Health Organization to Persian cat-stroking supervillains like Klaus Schwab and Bill Gates, has it in for us, from our right to free speech, to travel, to informed consent, and even privacy.

Privacy vs. Security

April 8, 2023

by Amil Imani

Since well before we eagerly leaped into the world of high technology, we gave very little thought to the possibility that someday we would find ourselves at a perilous fork in the road as a society, culture, and country.

On Redefining Currency

March 14, 2023

by Steve MacDonald

Kristi Noem was on Tucker Carlson with a warning. There’s been a lot of chatter about virtual money, digital dollars, the end of cash, and all of that, so states are looking at legislation to update the banking rules.

I’m Agreeing With NH Senator Cindy Rosenwald (D-Nashua)?? Why, Yes I Am

February 3, 2023February 3, 2023

by Skip

Again, if you believe that our Constitution is our most foundational Law (and our Social Contract – see what I did there SJWs?), this is actually needed. Landrigan has the story.