First we had ankle bracelets for criminals, so probation officers could track them. It made news whenever the bracelets were found cut off.
Then we began selling ski tags for kids and youth whose parents or caregivers wanted to know their whereabouts on the ski hill. This began being offered by nearby ski hills a year ago in my area.
Now we’re apparently testing “virtual fencing” for cattle, programmable from a laptop, again loaded with GPS so that each cow is accounted for, minus bulls and calves who apparently can’t wear these things (due to size? They’re huge! Or is it another reason?). The program that operates these things uses wireless technology to communicate, and can be adjusted on the fly by the person at the laptop or tablet!
There has been concern voiced over the past few years, that such technology could be used to enforce 15 min city zoning, and there’s rumours such tech could be put into vehicles to halt them in their tracks if they try to leave a designated zone. (This is already being done by a local escooter company) Cameras in the UK are now regularly being torn down because they are being used to track faces and license plates, particularly in the Oxford area where they are trying to implement a 15 min city there. Check out this article on the dangers of connected cars and thermostats.
Apple’s Airtag is a way for people to track their devices and luggage, and now a joint program with Air Canada and others is using the technology to help travellers better understand where their luggage is and share that info with airlines to hopefully get their luggage back! Apple is making a way for users to “securely” share data from their “find my” data, with third party receivers such as Air Canada.
Test it on criminals. Offer it as a safety feature for parents and their kids on the ski hill. Test it on animals (geo fencing has already been used for smaller animals, supposedly with great success). . . Make sure shopping carts are hampered and easier to reclaim. Real Canadian Superstore has their carts affixed with a Geo-fenced device that hobbles one wheel if taken out of the approved use zone. In my area, we’ve had to get them to unhobble two carts over the past number of months – 2024. Make it sound like a necessary thing for fleet owners to not only know where their vehicles are at all times, but create zones they are supposed to operate in. Oxford’s experiment and others out there are already saying such tech needs to be installed so they can penalize anyone driving outside these zones. This is why their cameras are so hated out there! There’s every reason to believe it will one day circle back around to the general population in whichever form was deemed by the string pullers to work the best.
All I can say for this technological prison method, is to refuse adoption of it no matter which stage it’s at in your area. Don’t use it for your pets, your kids, your luggage, your phone, your laptop, or yourself, for ANY REASON!
The reasons given are always for your safety, your kids’ safety, your pets’ safety, being able to track your luggage, your phone or laptop if a thief gets them, etc. They want to hook you on the conveniences and “peace of mind”, hoping you won’t catch on that your peace of mind is not what they’re talking about. Tracking you and your stuff is important to them, to build the digital prison they want to trap you in! Refusal to cooperate is action number ONE!
Action number two: Whereever you are now aware that cameras have gone up, try to plan trips where cameras have not been installed. Where I live this is also getting difficult as they now have cameras at practically every intersection, and with the advent of wildfire cameras, and soon for our area, noise cameras, they will not merely be tracking faces and license plates, but also heat signatures and conversations! While I know their end goal is limiting your movement, the limiting you want right now is to avoid city centres and areas with high camera proliferation if you can. Streets fitted with purple LED’s must also be avoided if possible.
Do your business with small, nearby outlets instead of the larger places you’re more accustomed to.
Action number three: If you can, move out of the city. While some say this is useless to avoid tracking, it will reduce how often you show up on tracking logs because intersections in more rural areas are generally farther apart. You may still have to contend with “wildfire” and noise cameras, but as of yet, those are not clustered together the way they are in city centres and shopping districts.
Action number four: If there is a reasonably anonymous way to complain to government officials about the rise in surveillance and tracking technology, USE IT! If you live in a conservative-held area, your complaint may fall on more receptive ears than if you live in liberal-held areas, but be mindful you stay off identifiable rolls if at all possible.
Otherwise, simply DO NOT COMPLY! If enough people at all walks of life refuse to comply, they have to either set back their plans, pause their plans, or halt them and wait for a time when more people have been conned into compliance.
