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FROM INJURY TO ACTION: A LABOR DAY REMEMBRANCE (PART III)

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted October 10, 2018 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

 

In parts one (DigBoston, ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, As We Are magazine, Belden Electronics, Campaign on Contingent Work, charlatan, chiropractic, chiropractor, Column, Health, IBM, injury, Jason Pramas, labor, labor day, Manpower, Medical Center Hospital of Vermont, medicine, NAFFE, National Alliance for Fair Employment, National Writers Union, New Liberation News Service, NLNS, North American Alliance for Fair Employment, Northeast Action, NWU, OCMEA, Organizing Committee for a Massachusetts Employees Association, Project on Contingent Work, quack, safety, science, temp, UAW, union, United Auto Workers

FROM INJURY TO ACTION: A LABOR DAY REMEMBRANCE (PART II)

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted October 3, 2018 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

Photo by ekamelev. CC0 Public Domain.

In part one (DigBoston, ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Belden Electronics, charlatan, chiropractic, chiropractor, Column, Health, IBM, injury, Jason Pramas, labor, labor day, Manpower, Medical Center Hospital of Vermont, medicine, quack, safety, science, temp, union

FROM INJURY TO ACTION: A LABOR DAY REMEMBRANCE (PART I)

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted September 5, 2018 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

 

 

Every once and a while, I move slightly differently than usual. Maybe I shift position too fast. Maybe I pick up something a bit too heavy. Maybe I’m sitting askew for just a bit too long. Whatever the cause, one second I’m fine… and the next, my old ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Belden Electronics, Column, Health, IBM, injury, Jason Pramas, labor, labor day, Manpower, safety, temp, union, Vermont

AU CONTRAIRE GRANDE FRERE: MASS OFFICIALS SAY THERE’S NO THREAT AT HOME FOLLOWING PARIS ATTACKS, YET PUT FORCES ON INCREASED ALERT ANYWAY

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted November 16, 2015 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

It’s never easy criticizing vigilant Big Brother while the crime scene is still bloody.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: ACLU, Beacon Hill, biometrics, Boston Marathon Bombing, Boston Trolling, BPD, Charlie Baker, civil liberties, Deval Patrick, facial recognition, FBI, france, fusion centers, IBM, ISIS, legislature, Massachusetts, Paris, Paris attacks, security, surveillance, terrorism, war profiteering, William Evans

BOSTON TROLLING (PART 3)

Written by DIG STAFF Posted October 9, 2014 Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction

BY CHRIS FARAONE, KENNETH LIPP & JONATHAN RILEY

For this third installment of our Boston Trolling series ...  read more

Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction Tagged With: ACLU, AIsight, Beacon Hill, Behavioral Recognition Systems, biometrics, boston calling, BRS Labs, Commonwealth, DigBoston, Eric Holder, Face Capture, Fourth Amendment, FTG technologies, IBM, lobbying, Massachusetts, massachusetts state house, Minuteman Security, Person of Interest, pre-crime, Privacy Coalition, smart surveillance, SSE, surveillance, video cameras, VidSys, Ways & Means

BOSTON TROLLING (PART 2)

Written by DIG STAFF Posted October 9, 2014 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

Smarter city or city under surveillance?

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: ACLU, Alex Marthews, beta pilot, Bill Oates, boston calling, Boston Innovation, Boston Marathon, Boston Transportation Department, BPD, BRIC, civil liberties, Commonwealth Fusion Center, Department of Innovation and Technology, Digital Fourth, facial recognition, Fourth Amendment, IBM, intelligent video analytics, IVA, marathon bombing, Mass Emergency Management Agency, Mass Highway, Massachusetts, Massachusetts State Police, MassPort, Mayor Menino, MBTA, Smart Cities, Smart Surveillance System, SSS, surveillance

BOSTON TROLLING (PART I)

Written by DIG STAFF Posted October 9, 2014 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

You partied hard at Boston Calling and there's facial recognition data to prove it

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: ACLU, Alex Marthews, beta pilot, boston calling, Boston Innovation, Boston Marathon, BPD, BRIC, civil liberties, Commonwealth Fusion Center, Department of Innovation and Technology, Digital Fourth, facial recognition, Fourth Amendment, IBM, intelligent video analytics, IVA, marathon bombing, Mayor Menino, Smart Cities, Smart Surveillance System, SSS, surveillance

BOSTON TROLLING (THE COMPLETE SERIES)

Written by DIG STAFF Posted September 9, 2014 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

“They’re asserting a general police power to capture anybody’s image and process it for law enforcement purposes just in case they later turn out to be guilty of something. That’s not OK.”

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: 2004 Democratic National Convention, ACLU, Alex Marthews, Big Brother, Bill Oates, Bill Owens, Boston, boston calling, Boston Globe, Boston Marathon Bombing, Boston Police, BPD, Cambridge, Chris Faraone, City Hall, Cognos, COPLINK, Department of Innovation and Technology, Department of Transportation, DiMasi, DNC, DoIT, Ed Davis, Face Capture, FBI, IBM, innovation, Joanthan Riley, Joe Pesatro, JTTF, Kade Crockford, Kate Norton, Kenneth Lipp, Marty Walsh, Massachusetts, MBTA, Minority Report, MIT, MIVIS, MONUM, OCPF, Person of Interest, pre-crime, Smart Cities, South Boston, surveillance, Tom Menino

BOSTON TROLLING (PART I): YOU PARTIED HARD AT BOSTON CALLING AND THERE’S FACIAL RECOGNITION DATA TO PROVE IT

Written by VARIOUS AUTHORS Posted August 7, 2014 Filed Under: FEATURES

Boston Calling attendees didn’t know they were all unwitting test subjects for a sophisticated new event monitoring platform. We’re not talking about old school black and white surveillance cameras. More like technology that analyzes every passerby for height, clothing, and skin color.

Filed Under: FEATURES Tagged With: ACLU, Alex Matthews, beta pilot, boston calling, Boston Innovation, Boston Marathon, BPD, BRIC, civil liberties, Commonwealth Fusuon Center, Digital Fourth, facial recognition, Fourth Amendment, IBM, intelligent video analytics, IVA, marathon bombing, Mayor Menino, Smart Cities, Smart Surveillance System, SSS, surveillance

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