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<\/p>\nMany would argue that we are already living in a dystopian society, but if those that are currently in power get their way, our world will soon look far more dystopian than it does now.<\/p>\n
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Over the past few years, we have seen an unprecedented explosion of new technologies. Some of these technologies appear to have the potential to make life better, but others would give those in positions of power the ability to watch us, track us, monitor us and control us like never before. If you are not concerned about what we are now witnessing, that is probably because you haven\u2019t been paying attention.<\/p>\n
I have a number of examples that I want to share with you in this article, but I really struggled with how to organize them. Ultimately, I decided to order them from the least creepy to the creepiest.<\/p>\n
Let\u2019s start with palm scanning<\/a>.<\/p>\n Palm scanners are being deployed at Whole Foods stores all over the country (U.S.), and once you are enrolled in the system you can literally pay for your groceries by just using your hand:<\/p>\n \u201cThe palm-recognition system works by linking a user\u2019s payment information with their unique palm print. If you\u2019re an Amazon Prime member, you can also link it with your Prime account \u2014 no need to fumble in the Amazon app looking for your in-store code any longer. At Whole Foods, you just hover your palm over the reader once you\u2019re ready to pay and the system will find your Prime account, apply any discounts, and charge the credit card you enrolled with<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n A Business Insider<\/em> journalist decided to give the system a try, and she described what she had to do in order to enrol:<\/p>\n \u201cI followed the instructions on the device, first scanning my right palm, then my left, which was optional.<\/em><\/p>\n The scanner then prompted me to enter my phone number. Amazon sent me a text with a link to a page asking me to verify my card details with the last four digits of my credit card number and the card\u2019s expiry date. And that was it \u2014 it took me to my Amazon One home page, where I can see my linked phone number, Amazon account, and payment method<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n That is definitely creepy, but the facial recognition systems<\/a> that are now being deployed all over the globe are even creepier.<\/p>\n During the G20 meetings that took place in Brazil, everyone that attended was forced \u201cto pass a biometric validation process by scanning their faces using Serpro\u2019s stand devices<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cSerpro, a Brazilian government data processing agency, is providing a facial recognition system that was used to facilitate the accreditation and validation of delegates to a ministerial meeting of the G20.<\/em><\/p>\n During the meeting, which took place on February 21 and 22, attendees were made to pass a biometric validation process by scanning their faces using Serpro\u2019s stand devices, according to a post on the G20 website. Brazil currently holds the G20 presidency, which runs till the end of this year.<\/em><\/p>\n Serpro\u2019s system meets the same standard as the biometric authentication equipment deployed in some of Brazil\u2019s airports to enable secure and seamless passenger checks without the need for the physical presentation of documents, according to the G20 announcement<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n You may be thinking that since you aren\u2019t a high ranking government official you don\u2019t have anything to worry about. But it is important to understand that they are setting a precedent. If they can start getting this technology in place, it will inevitably be adopted by more and more institutions. And then someday you may wake up and find that you can\u2019t get a job, open a bank account or buy groceries without having your face scanned. What will you do then?<\/p>\n We are also reaching a point where many people will soon be running around with technology strapped to their faces virtually all the time.<\/p>\n The Apple Vision Pro<\/a> has been making lots of headlines recently, and Apple is openly telling us that the goal is to \u201caugment reality<\/em>\u201d on a continual basis.<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of pressure on the new Apple Vision Pro, Apple\u2019s long-awaited entry into the world of computers you wear on your face. Apple claims that the Vision Pro, which starts at $3,499, is the beginning of something called \u2018spatial computing,\u2019 which basically boils down to running apps all around you. And the company\u2019s ads for it do not hedge that pressure even a little: they show people wearing the Vision Pro all the time. At work! Doing laundry! Playing with their kids! The ambition is enormous: to layer apps and information over the real world \u2014 to augment reality<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n To me, having a computer strapped to my face doesn\u2019t seem very appealing. So I am not sure how much this will catch on.<\/p>\n But in the future people may actually have computer chips or even entire computers inside their heads<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cElon Musk says Neuralink\u2019s first human trial participant can control a computer mouse with their brain, nearly one month after having the company\u2019s chip implanted. But details remain sparse, and other companies working on brain-computer interfaces appear to have so far cleared more technological hurdles than Neuralink.<\/em><\/p>\n \u2018Progress is good, patient seems to have made a full recovery and is able to control the mouse, move the mouse around the screen just by thinking,\u2019 Musk, who owns the controversial brain chip startup, said in a conversation in an X Spaces event.<\/em><\/p>\n \u2018We\u2019re trying to get as many button presses as possible from thinking, so that\u2019s what we\u2019re currently working on is \u2014 can we get left mouse, right mouse, mouse down, mouse up,\u2019 he said, \u2018which is kind of needed if you want to click and drag something, you need mouse down and to hold on mouse down\u2019.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n Many companies out there are working on brain chips. These are the early days, and they will inevitably become a lot more sophisticated. But no matter how they try to spin this new technology, I am never allowing anyone to put a chip in my head, and you shouldn\u2019t either.<\/p>\n Of course the elite may not even need to put a chip into your head to control you, because consciousness reading technology is becoming extremely advanced.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/bizz2-e1709658724776.jpg\")
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