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5G and the IoT
- Green Paper: Fostering the Advancement of the Internet of ThingsUS Dept. of Commerce | National Telecommunications and Information Administration | Jan. 12, 2017
- NYC Guidelines for the Internet of ThingsNYC joined by 20 other cities
- Be Careful What You Wish For: 5G and the HilltownsJonathan Mirin | Feb. 9th, 2017
The Internet of Things Poses Human Health Risks: Scientists Question the Safety of Untested 5G Technology at International ConferenceMarch 9th, 2017 | Military News- 5G Next Gen MobileGeorge Slefo |
- Handcuffing Cities to Help Telecom GiantsSusan Crawford | Mar. 29, 2017 | Contributor to @backchnnl; prof @Harvard_Law
- How upgrading humans will become the next billion-dollar industryApril 9, 2017
- The Whole POINT of the Internet of Things Is So Big Brother Can Spy On YouMarch 15, 2017
- Now You Can Give Oral Intercourse Lengthy-Distance By Licking Your CellphoneMarch 9th, 2017
- ALIBABA’S JACK MA: ‘In the next 30 years, the world will see much more pain than happiness’Rob Price | April 24, 2017
- Public health is littered with examples where economic interests trumped scientific adviceOct. 29th, 2017 | Devra Davis | The Hill
- Cities are getting smarter—and much easier to hackMar. 16th, year? | Phillip Tracy | The Daily Dot
- Philips Lighting, Empowering Cities – A responsive city for improved city servicesNov. 10th, 2016 | Phillips Lighting
- The Dark Side of IoT and WiFiNov. 4th, 2017 | William Greenwood | The Tech News
- 5G phone network: Expert concerned by lack of understanding of potential health effectsAug. 18th, 2017 | Isobel Roe | ABC News
- New 5G Cell Towers and Smart Meters to Increase Microwave Radiation – Invade PrivacyNov. 11th, 2017 | John P. Thomas | Health Impact News
- Switzerland: Obstacles to the Introduction of 5GLucie Monnat | Dec. 6th, 2017 | Towards Better Health
- Wireless FCC’s plan to toss net neutrality is a win for 5G: analystNov. 22nd, 2017 | Monica Alleven | Fierce Wireless
- PRODUCT LIABILITY Attorney ArticleSept. 12th, 2016 | Wilson Elsner
- 3GPP declares first 5G NR spec completeDec. 20th, 2017 | Monica Alleven | Fierce Wireless
- Scientists for Wired Technology | Website
- Upgrade to 5G Costs $200 Billion a Year, May Not Be Worth ItOlga Kharif and Scott Moritz | Dec. 18th, 2017 | Bloomberg Technology
- The Impact of the Smart Home Revolution on Product Liability and Fire Cause DeterminationsWilsonElser Product Liability Attorney
- 5G wireless pits cities against telecoms and their friends in the FCC Local governments and residents fight to retain control over millions of new small cellsMar. 2nd, 2018 | Alan Holmes | Center for Public Integrity
- Planetary Emergency | The Earth Needs Your Help NowArthur Firstenberg | Cellular Phone Task Force
- According to Cisco, There are 3 Reasons Why Almost 75% of Internet of Things (IoT) Projects Fail. So Why Are Taxpayer Dollars Still Being Spent to Connect Everything to It?BN Frank | May 9th, 2018
- The ‘Race to 5G’ Is Just Mindless Marketing BullshitKarl Bode | May 4th, 2018 | Motherboard
- With 5G Still in the Works, 6G Is Already Taking ShapeApril 19th, 2018 | Sascha Segan | PC
- Health ALERT: Samsung 5G home router wins FCC approvalJune 24th, 2018 | Lori Alton | Natural Health 365
- Health ALERT: Samsung 5G home router wins FCC approval.June 24th, 2018 | Lori Alton | Natural Health 365
- Health ALERT: Samsung 5G home router wins FCC approval*June 24th, 2018 | Lori Alton | Natural Health 365
- The 5G Mass Experiment | Big Promises, Unknown RisksInvestigate Europe
- Executive Order on Maintaining American Leadership in Artificial IntelligenceFeb. 11th, 2019 | The White House
- The 5G mass experiment Website of Investigate EuropeBig promises, unknown risks January 13th, 2019
- Guest Blog from Dr. Don Maisch, Australia: ‘Are community concerns over the 5G network rollout based on unfounded anxiety or valid evidence?’April 2019 | Don Maisch PhD
- Everything You Need to Know About 5G Millimeter waves, massive MIMO, full duplex, beamforming, and small cells are just a few of the technologies that could enable ultrafast 5G networksBy Amy Nordrum, Kristen Clark and IEEE Spectrum Staff
- 5G ExposedWebsite out of the UK
- Comment Filed by: GUARDS (Global Union Against Radiation Deployment from Space)Before the Federal Communications Commission | Sept. 28, 2016
- From: The Berkshire-Litchfield Environmental Council (BLEC)To: Thomas Wheeler, Chairman, FCC | July 12, 2016
- Tech TalkTelecomWireless Millimeter Waves Travel More Than 10 Kilometers in Rural Virginia 5G ExperimentIEEE Spectrum | Amy Nordrum | Nov. 6, 2016 |
- Startup Says Beaming Millimeter Waves Over the Air Will Make It a Star in Ultra-Fast Wireless BroadbandIEEE Spectrum | Amy Nordrum | Dec. 2, 2016 |
- Tech TalkTelecomWireless Startup Says Beaming Millimeter Waves Over the Air Will Make It a Star in Ultra-Fast Wireless BroadbandIEEE Spectrum | Amy Nordrum | Dec. 2, 2016
- A Game Plan for IoTGiving every toy and entertainment product its own digital life
- 5G Vision: 100 Billion connections, 1 ms Latency, and 10 Gbps ThroughputHUAWEI's visions of 5G
- Everything You Should Know About 5G | YouTube
- The Hype Surrounding 5GK.T. Weaver, SkyVision Solutions | Sept. 24, 2016
- The Hype Surrounding 5G and Connecting "Everything" WirelesslyK.T. Weaver, SkyVision Solutions | Sept. 24
- Cisco CEO Pegs Internet of Things as $19 Trillion MarketBloomberg Technology | by Olga Kharif | Jan. 2014
- Smart drugs: Where IoT meets healthcare, a market snapshotSiliconAngle | By Cynthia Kuzela | June 2015
- 10 Billion Items Of Connected Clothing: The Internet Of Things Just Became A Lot More FashionableForbes | By Rachel Arthur | April 2016
- Smart toothbrushes the latest Internet of Things battlegroundSFGATE | By Benny Evangelista | June 2016
- 9 cool things lights can do thanks to the internet of thingsLux | By Robert Bain | June 2015
- Smart Mattresses with "Infidelity Detection Systems: The Internet of Things & the LawThe Frey Law Firm | By Attorney Ron Frey | April 2016
- Samsung's fridge of the future will let you check spoilage from your phoneThe Verge | By Russell Brandom | Jan 2016
- The Internet Of Wild Things: Introducing The First Smart VibratorReadWrite | By Lauren Orsini | Aug 2013
- Worldwide Augmented Reality (AR) Market Analysis 2016-2022Sys-Con Media | PR Newswire | Oct. 2016
- The Future of Wireless: A Vision for U.S. Leadership in a 5G WorldPrepared Remarks of FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler | June 20, 2016
The Internet of Things Poses Human Health Risks: Scientists Question the Safety of Untested 5G Technology at International Conference
3GPP declares first 5G NR spec complete
Scientists for Wired Technology | Website
Upgrade to 5G Costs $200 Billion a Year, May Not Be Worth It
The Impact of the Smart Home Revolution on Product Liability and Fire Cause Determinations
Planetary Emergency | The Earth Needs Your Help Now
The ‘Race to 5G’ Is Just Mindless Marketing Bullshit
With 5G Still in the Works, 6G Is Already Taking Shape
The 5G Mass Experiment | Big Promises, Unknown Risks
Executive Order on Maintaining American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence
The 5G mass experiment Website of Investigate Europe
Guest Blog from Dr. Don Maisch, Australia: ‘Are community concerns over the 5G network rollout based on unfounded anxiety or valid evidence?’
Everything You Need to Know About 5G Millimeter waves, massive MIMO, full duplex, beamforming, and small cells are just a few of the technologies that could enable ultrafast 5G networks
5G ExposedConflict Minerals
- Conflict-Free in the CongoJennie Spector | Jan. 2017 | Volume 8 | Issue 1 | Page 39-41 |
- Blood Minerals About To Get Bloodier? What will happen in the Eastern Congo when the Conflict Minerals Rule is suspended? Lee Fang | Makheru Speaks |
- Booker, Brown, Durbin to SEC: “No Legal Basis” for Halting Bipartisan Conflict Minerals RuleConflict Minerals Rule Helps Stem Tide of Illicit Mineral Extraction | April 26th, 2017
- Comments to the SEC Submitted by 12 Organizations from AfricaSouth African Resource Watch | 2017
- Tackling Child Labor in the Minerals Supply Chain OECD tool on child labor step in the right directionMay 3rd, 2017 | Juliane Kippenberg Associate Director, Children's Rights Division
- REGULATION (EU) 2017/821 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCILMay 19th, 2017 | Official Journal of the European Union
- Is child labor the price for e-cars?Aug. 23rd, 2017 | Deutsche Welle | Market Express |
- Mining for conflict minerals is driving gorillas to extinctionThe Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International
- Descending into conflict: tech minerals finance warJuly 25th, 2017 | Richard Brown | Raconteur
- 5.4 Million Dead in Conflict Mineral Wars to Put an iPhone in Your HandsJuly 2017 | Abby Martin | Conscious Life
- An ugly truth behind ‘ethical consumerism’April 19th, 2018 | Laura Kasinov | Washington Post
- Blood in the Mobile | Full documentary
- Stand With Congo | WebsiteHuman Rights Movement for Transparency in the Congo
- CONFLICT MINERALSGlobal Witness |
- Child labor: Children reveal horror of working in minesJune 12, 2013
- Congo rape victims face slavery in gold and mineral minesSept. 2, 2011
- World Without GenocideMitchell Hamline School of Law
- Children as young as seven mining cobalt used in Smart Phones, says Amnesty
- Congo: Blood, gold and mobile phones - videoSept. 2, 2011
- Dr. Omekongo Dibinga - Turn Your Cell Phone Into A MicrophonePublished 2016 | Stand with Congo
- Conflict Minerals, Rebels and Child Soldiers in CongoMay 22nd, 2012
- Most Companies in the Dark on Conflict MineralsBloomberg | Emily Chasan | July 28, 2016
- European Union Passes Conflict Minerals LegislationJay Saling | June 16, 2016
- Apple, Samsung and Sony face child labour claimsBBC | Jane Wakefield | Jan. 19, 2016
- THE COBALT PIPELINE | Video and articleWashington Post | Todd C. Frankel | Sept. 30, 2016
- DR Congo: Cursed by its natural wealthBBC News Magazine | Oct. 9, 2013 |
- THE CONGO REPORT Slavery in Conflict MineralsFree the Slaves Report from 2011
- Shining a light on the use of conflict mineralsThe Guardian | July 2012 |
- Sexual violence and conflict minerals: international demand fuels cycleThe Guardian | June 18, 2014
An ugly truth behind ‘ethical consumerism’Health
- Physicians for Safe Technology | Website Digital Technology and Public Health
- Understanding EMFs | For Engineers and Physicists
- REPORT from the SCIENCE & WIRELESS 2016 prepared for the Pandora Foundation and for the KompetenzinitiativeDariusz Leszczynski, PhD, DSc (biochemistry)
- WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION Setting the standard for a wireless w WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION Setting the standard for a wireless world of harm a call for action and accountability by Olga Sheean | January 30, 2017
- 5G | Human Skin as Arrays of Helical Antennas in the Millimeter and Submillimeter Wave RangeMarch, 2008 | Human Skin as Arrays of Helical Antennas in the Millimeter and Submillimeter Wave RangeYuri Feldman,Alexander Puzenko, Paul Ben Ishai, Andreas Caduff,1and Aharon J. Agranat,Department of Applied Physics | The Hebrew University of Jerusal
- 5G | Circular polarization induced by the three-dimensional chiral structure of human sweat ductsApril 25, 2014 | Itai Hayut, Paul Ben Ishai, Aharon J. Agranat, and Yuri Feldman
- A 5G WIRELESS FUTURE WILL IT GIVE US A SMART NATION OR CONTRIBUTE TO AN UNHEALTHY ONE?Dr. Cindy Russell | The Bulletin | Jan./Feb. 2017
- Dr. Lennart Hardell Wireless Radiation and Children's Health IcelandPublished on Mar 14, 2017
- IRRADIATED
- World Health Organization: setting the standard for a wireless world of harmBy Olga Sheean | Jan. 30th, 2017
- 5G And The IOT: Scientific Overview Of Human Health RisksEnvironmental Health Trust
- EMF Community | Website
- Allison Main | Website
- Current research studies on RF by Igor YakymenkoDepartment of Biochemistry and Ecological Control | National University for Food Technologies | Kiev
- How Big Wireless Made Us Think That Cell Phones Are Safe: A Special InvestigationMar. 29th, 2018 | Mark Hertsgaard and Mark Dowie | The Nation
- RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION (RFR) AS A PROMOTER/ENABLER OF ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTSRonald N. Kostoff | April 2018
- Leszczynski presentations in Australia, May 20185G Millimeter-Waves Health and Environment | We Assume Safety...But Have No Idea What Will Happen
- 5G: Great risk for EU, U.S. and International Health! Compelling Evidence for Eight Distinct Types of Great Harm Caused by Electromagnetic Field (EMF) Exposures and the Mechanism that Causes Them.Martin L. Pall, PhD Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry and Basic Medical Sciences | 2018
- Cell Tower Health EffectsApril 30th, Electromagnetic Radiation Safety
- Website Wi-Cancer.infoExtremely informative website on wireless and health
- Health Implicaons of Long-term Exposure to Electrosmog Karl HechtA Brochure Series of the Competence Initiative for the Protection of Humanity, the Environment and Democracy | Prof. Dr. med. Karl Hecht et al
- International Perspective on Health Effects of Low Intensity Non-Ionizing RadiationJuly 23rd, 2018 | Joel Moskowitz presents Belpomme D, Hardell, L, Belyaev I, Burgio E, Carpenter DO. Thermal and non-thermal health effects of low intensity non-ionizing radiation: An international perspective.
- Radiation Causes Cancer in Rats. What About Humans? An update on the science and how big telecoms emit a deadly smog of radiationOct. 9th, 2018 | Richard Maxwell and Toby Miller | Psychology Today
- Electromagnetic Radiation Safety | WebsiteWebsite on health effects from RF
- Yoda: 5G EMF Risk – Great Harm – Letter by Martin L. Pall, PhDApril 17th, 2019 | Martin Pall
- Planetary electromagnetic pollution: it is time to assess its impactPriyanka Bandara and David O Carpenter
- Website EMF South AfricaMobile and Cell Masts - Be Informed of the Effects
- Oceania Radiofrequency Scientific Advisory Association Data Base
- Oceania Radiofrequency Scientific Advisory Association Inc. ( ORSAA )
- THE BIOINITIATIVE REPORT 2012A Rationale for Biologically-based Public Exposure Standards for Electromagnetic Fields (ELF and RF)
- New Review of Cell Tower Science by B. B. Levitt and H. LaiMay 11, 2010 |
- Dangers of WiFi Episode 1: Discovering the Dangers5 part video series | Cecilia Doucette | Nov. 19, 2016
- National Geographic | Welcome to Electrotown | ExplorerNov. 30, 2016
- The EMR Policy InstituteAdvancing Sound Electromagnetic Radiation Public Policy
- Inaccurate official assessment of radiofrequency safety by the Advisory Group on Non-ionising RadiationCorresponding author: Sarah J. Starkey | Oct. 16, 2016
- A New Paradigm in EMF ScienceJeromy Johnson | Copyright © 2016 Tau Beta Pi
- Oscillatorium | Website
- We Are the Evidence
- Letter To The FCC From Dr. Yael Stein MD In Opposition To 5G Spectrum FrontiersDr. Yael Stein MD | Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem | July 9, 2016
- EMF Safety NetworkReduce EMF and RF (wireless) to protect children, communities, and nature
- Dr. Magda Havas, PhD
- Louis C.K. Hates Cell Phones
- Dr. Havas's Academic Website
- Oxidative mechanisms of biological activity of low-intensity radiofrequency radiationPubMed NCBI |Yakymenko I, Tsybulin O, Sidorik E, Henshel D, Kyrylenko O, Kyrylenko S.
- Study 5G frequencies | Microwave exposure affecting reproductive system in male ratsNCBI Pub Med | Kesari KK, Besari J.
- Study 5G | Permeability changes of cationic liposomes loaded with carbonic anhydrase induced by millimeter waves radiationPub Med NCBI | Sept. 21,2012 | Di Donato L1, Cataldo M, Stano P, Massa R, Ramundo-Orlando A.
- 5G frequencies | Impact of low intensity millimetre waves on cell functionsP.H. Siegel and V. Pikov | Dec. 2010
- 5G | Current State and Implications of Research on Biological Effects of Millimeter Waves: A Review of LiteratureAndrei G. Pakhomov, Yahya Akyel, Olga N. Pakhomova, Bruce E. Stuck, and Michael R. Murphy
- 5G |Nonthermal Effects of Extremely High-Frequency Microwaves on Chromatin Conformation in Cells in vitro—Dependence on Physical, Physiological, and Genetic FactorsIgor Y. Belyaev, Victor S. Shcheglov, Eugene D. Alipov, and Vadim D. Ushakov
- 5G | Protein Changes in Macrophages Induced by Plasma From Rats Exposed to 35 GHz Millimeter WavesProtein Changes in Macrophages Induced by Plasma From Rats Exposed to 35 GHz Millimeter Waves | Roza K. Sypniewska, Nancy J. Millenbaugh, Johnathan L. Kiel, Robert V. Blystone, Heather N. Ringham, Patrick A. Mason, and Frank A. Witzmann
- Is 5G Cellular Technology Harmful to Our Health?Joel M. Moskowitz, Ph.D. | August 17, 2016
- Health Implica ons of Long-term Exposure to ElectrosmogKarl Hecht |A Brochure Series of the Competence Ini a ve for the Protec on of Humanity, the Environment and Democracy e.V.
- International Appeal: Scientists call for Protection from Non-ionizing Electromagnetic Field ExposureMay 11, 2015 | 221 Scientists appeal to the UN, World Health Organization,
- International Scientist Appeal on Electromagnetic Fields, Martin Blank, PhD SpokespersonVideo clip on behalf of the International Scientist Appeal
- Research Repository for Understanding EMFsMany resources to sift through on EMF health concerns
- The Dangers of WiFiCece Doucette and Keith Marciniak | 5 part video series
- Health Implications of Long-term Exposure to ElectrosmogKarl Hecht | A Brochure Series of the Competence Initiative for the Protection of Humanity, the Environment and Democracy | Brochure 6
- The Health Argument against Cell phones and Cell TowersRonald M. Powell Ph.D. Nov. 18, 2016
- Environmental Health Trust WebsiteThe Environmental Health Trust carries out cutting edge research to understand and reduce environmental health risks.
- Documents on Wireless Technology and Health by Ronald M. Powell, Ph.D.Aug. 11, 2016
- Electromagnetic Radiation SafetyBlog - Joel M. Moskowitz, Ph.D. Director Center for Family and Community Health School of Public Health University of California, Berkeley
- Microwave News“Meticulously researched and thoroughly documented.” Time Magazine
- PowerwatchUK website
- Study 5G | Acute ocular injuries caused by 60-Ghz millimeter-wave exposurePub Med NCBI | Kojima M1, Hanazawa M, Yamashiro Y, Sasaki H, Watanabe S, Taki M, Suzuki Y, Hirata A, Kamimura Y, Sasaki K.
- Study 5G | Fifty-gigahertz microwave exposure effect of radiations on rat brain.Kesari KK1, Behari J.| School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi | Dec. 17, 2008
- Study 5G | Electromagnetic millimeter wave induced hypoalgesia: frequency dependence and involvement of endogenous opioidsPub Med NCBI | May 29, 2008 |Radzievsky AA1, Gordiienko OV, Alekseev S, Szabo I, Cowan A, Ziskin MC.
- Parents for Safe TechnologyLove for our children and respect for their future
- Global Union Against Radiation Deployment from Space (GUARDS)
- BioInitiative 2012BioInitiative Report: A Rationale for Biologically-based Public Exposure Standards for Electromagnetic Fields (ELF and RF)
- EM-Radiation Research Trust
- Electronic Silent SpringFacing the Dangers and Creating Safe Limits
- Smart Grid Awareness
- Cellphones And Cancer: Is The Risk Real?Investigative Report By WTHR On The National Toxicology Program Cell Phone Radiation Study
- Ronald Melnick PhD Responds To The British Columbia’s Provincial Health Officer Review Of The National Toxicology Program’s Partial Findings On Cell Phones And CancerEnvironmental Health Trust |
- EUROPAEM EMF Guideline 2016 for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of EMF-related health problems and illnessesIgor Belyaev, Amy Dean, Horst Eger, Gerhard Hubmann, Reinhold Jandrisovits, Markus Kern, Michael Kundi, Hanns Moshammer, Piero Lercher, Kurt Müller, Gerd Oberfeld*, Peter Ohnsorge, Peter Pelzmann, Claus Scheingraber and Roby Thill
- Environmental RefugeesDr. Yael Stein, MD |Electrohypersensitive individuals in the digital world - a disabled population, deprived of home, work and basic rights
- How we kill ourself - RadiationUploaded Apr. 13, 2016
- American Academy of Pediatrics Issues New Recommendations to "Reduce Exposure to Cell Phones"ReleaseWire | Sept. 26, 2016 | Environmental Health Trust
- Center for Safer Wireless
Physicians for Safe Technology | Website
Current research studies on RF by Igor Yakymenko
How Big Wireless Made Us Think That Cell Phones Are Safe: A Special Investigation
RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION (RFR) AS A PROMOTER/ENABLER OF ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS
Leszczynski presentations in Australia, May 2018
5G: Great risk for EU, U.S. and International Health! Compelling Evidence for Eight Distinct Types of Great Harm Caused by Electromagnetic Field (EMF) Exposures and the Mechanism that Causes Them.
Cell Tower Health Effects
Website Wi-Cancer.info
Health Implicaons of Long-term Exposure to Electrosmog Karl Hecht
International Perspective on Health Effects of Low Intensity Non-Ionizing Radiation
Radiation Causes Cancer in Rats. What About Humans? An update on the science and how big telecoms emit a deadly smog of radiation
Electromagnetic Radiation Safety | Website
Yoda: 5G EMF Risk – Great Harm – Letter by Martin L. Pall, PhD
Planetary electromagnetic pollution: it is time to assess its impactPrivacy
- Is Facebook's Facial-Scanning Technology Invading Your Privacy Rights? A court case threatens the social network with multibillion-dollar claims.Joel Rosenblatt | Oct. 26, 2016
- Schneier on Security | Website and Blog
- Berkmann Klein Center for Internet & Society at HarvardPrivacy Series
- Bruce Schneier on Security and Privacy on the World-sized Web
- The Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society | Video series49 videos | Last updated, Mar. 23, 2016
- Electronic Frontier FoundationDefending your rights in the digital world
- Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC)"Privacy is a fundamental right"
- Internet of Things; Privacy and Security in a Connected WorldFTC Staff Report | Jan. 2015
- Evgeny Morozov - What is technological sovereigntyZündfunk Netzkongress 2016
- Click Here to Kill Everyone | With the Internet of Things, we’re building a world-size robot. How are we going to control it?Bruce Schneier | NY Magazine | Jan. 27, 2017
- Privacy in Our Digital Lives: Protecting Individuals and Promoting InnovationJanuary, 2017
- New computers could delete thoughts without your knowledge, experts warnIan Johnston | 26 April 2017
- Otonomo raises $25M to help automakers make money from connected carsDarrell Etherington | April 7, 2017
- The Electronic Frontier Foundation | Website
- The Universal Declaration of Human Rights"No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home, or correspondence.”
- Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) | Website
- Universal Declaration of Human RightsPrivacy International | No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home, or correspondence.
- IT’S TOO COMPLICATED: HOW THE INTERNET UPENDS KATZ, SMITH, AND ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE LAWSteven M. Bellovin, Matt Blaze, Susan Landau, & Stephanie K. Pell| Harvard Journal of Law & Technology
- Phones Move – and So Should the LawSusan Landau | Aug. 16th, 2017 | Lawfare
- Internet of Things (IoT)Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC)
- First Digital Pill Approved to Worries About Biomedical ‘Big Brother’Nov. 13th, 2017 | Pam Belluk | The NY Times
- Why Silicon Valley wants you to text and driveNov. 30th, 2017 | Jack Barkenbus | The Conversation
- Welcome to the neighbourhood. Have you read the terms of service?Mathew Braga | Jan. 18th, 2018 | CBC News
- GDPR Portal | Websitewebsite is a resource to educate the public about the main elements of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
- Are You Really the Product? The history of a dangerous idea.April 27th, 2018 | William Oremus | The Slate
- Victory! Supreme Court Says Fourth Amendment Applies to Cell Phone TrackingJune 22nd, 2018 | Andrew Crocker and Jennifer Lynch | Electronic Frontier Foundation
- Inside China’s Dystopian Dreams: A.I., Shame and Lots of CamerasJuly 8th, 2018 | Paul Mozur | NY Times
- The Wiretap RoomsJune 25th, 2018 | Ryan Gallagher, Henrik Moltke |The Intercept
- Protecting data-driven cyberspace from exploitation (Analysis/opinion)July 9th, 2018 | Joshua Sinai | Washington Times
- he Smart Enough City: Putting Technology in Its Place to Reclaim Our Urban Future (Book)April 2019 | Ben Green, Jascha Franklin-Hodge (Foreword by)
- Alarmed by Admiral's data grab? Wait until insurers can see the contents of your fridgeThe Guardian | Nov. 2, 2016
- Corporate surveillance, digital tracking, big data & privacyDec. 29, 2016 | Wolfie Christi | 33th Chaos Communication Congress
- Networks of Control A Report on Corporate Surveillance, Digital Tracking, Big Data & PrivacyWolfie Christl and Sarah Spiekermann
- Internet of things: the greatest mass surveillance infrastructure ever?The Guardian | July 15, 2015 | Does the expanding network of connected devices herald a brave new compact for our digital lives – or the end of politics?
- The government just admitted it will use smart home devices for spyingThe Guardian | Trevor Tim | Feb. 9th, 2016
- Data populists must seize our information – for the benefit of us allThe Guardian | Evgeny Morozov | Dec. 3, 2016 |
- Data populists must seize our information – for the benefit of us all.The Guardian | Evgeny Morozov | Dec. 3, 2016 |
- US intelligence chief: we might use the internet of things to spy on youThe Guardian | James Clapper, US director of national intelligence. ‘In the future, intelligence services might use the internet of things for identification, surveillance, monitoring, location tracking, and targeting for recruitment’, says James Clapper, US director of national intelligence. Photograph: Alex Brandon/AP Spencer Ackerman and Sam Thielman | Feb. 9, 2016 |
- The internet of things - the next big challenge to our privacyThe Guardian | Jat Singh and Julia Powles | July 28, 2014 |
- How can privacy survive in the era of the internet of things?The Guardian | April 7, 2015 | Danny Bradbury
- Consumer organisations across the EU take action against flawed internet-connected toysBEUC, the European Consumer Organization | June 12, 2016
- Internet-Connected Toys Are Spying on Kids, Threatening Their Privacy and SecurityJosh Golin, Jeff Chester | Dec. 6, 2016
- Parents Across America - Our Children @Risk
- Class action filed against ‘smart’ dildo for tracking customers intimate movementsSept. 14, 2016
- The Human OSRoboticsRobot Sensors & Actuators Mood-Detecting Sensor Could Help Machines Respond to EmotionsCharles O. Choi | Sept. 20, 2016
- Why you may have good reason to worry about all those smart devicesWashington Post | Larry Downes | Dec. 6, 2016
- FTC Report on Internet of Things Urges Companies to Adopt Best Practices to Address Consumer Privacy and Security RisksJan. 27, 2015 | Report Recognizes Rapid Growth of Connected Devices Offers Societal Benefits, But Also Risks That Could Undermine Consumer Confidence
- Any computer connected to the Internet can be hacked by the US government without a warrantPrivacy International says the ruling will have 'astounding implications for privacy and security'
- Data Is a Toxic Asset, So Why Not Throw It Out?Bruce Schneller | Mar. 1, 2016
- The Eternal Value of PrivacyBruce Schneller | Wired | May 2006
- Don't Panic. Making Progress on the "Going Dark" DebateBerkman Center for Internet and Society | Harvard Univ. | Feb. 1, 2016
- PF Nov 2016 - The Internet of Things vs. Personal Privacy - Con PositionResolved: On balance, the benefits of the Internet of Things outweigh the harms of decreased personal privacy.
- The Privacy Wars are about to Get a Whole Lot WorseLocus Online Perspectives | Cory Doctorow | Sept. 4, 2016
Welcome to the neighbourhood. Have you read the terms of service?
GDPR Portal | Website
Are You Really the Product? The history of a dangerous idea.
Inside China’s Dystopian Dreams: A.I., Shame and Lots of Cameras
The Wiretap Rooms
Protecting data-driven cyberspace from exploitation (Analysis/opinion)
he Smart Enough City: Putting Technology in Its Place to Reclaim Our Urban Future (Book)Cybersecurity
- Schneier on Security -- Website and Blog
- Internet of Things: Privacy and Security in a Connected WorldFTC Staff Report | Jan. 2015
- This Teen Hacked 150,000 Printers to Show How the Internet of Things Is ShitCHRISTOPHER MOYER
- Internet of Things security: What happens when every device is smart and you don't even know it?Danny Palmer | Mar. 20th. 2017 | When IoT devices are everywhere, the security headaches just get worse. Danny Palmer
- Researchers Uncover Ongoing Attacks Against IoT DevicesIlia Kolochenko | CEO High-Tech Bridge
- Back to Home Smart Cities? Not until those cyber weaknesses get sortedMay 4th, 2017 | Ellie Burns | Computer Business Review
- This 11 year old stuns experts by turning smart toys into weaponsMay 17th, 2017 | By AFP | The Indian Express
- Can the heart be hacked? Experts find 8,000 security flaws in pacemaker softwareMay 28th, 2017 | RT Question More
- FBI: 8 tips to secure IoT medical devices, wearables from cyberattackersOct. 23rd, 2017 | Jessica Kim Cohen | Health IT and CIO Review
- Why is no one raising a hand to regulate the internet of things?Derek B. Johnson | Mar. 16th, 2018 | FCW
- Targeting power grid is too easy, Energy Department saysMay 14th, 2018 | John Siciliano | Washington Examiner
- Top 5 cybersecurity facts, figures and statistics for 2018Jan. 23, 2018 | Steve Morgan | Cyber Security Business Report
- Cybercrime Damages $6 Trillion By 2021Oct. 16th, 2017 | Steve Morgan | Cyber Security Ventures
- Global Cost of Cybercrime Exceeded $600 Billion in 2017, Report EstimatesFeb. 23rd, 2018 | David Bisson | Security Intelligence
- Cloud computing: Why a major cyber-attack could be as costly as a hurricaneJan. 17th, 2018 | Danny Palmer | ZDNet
- Tweet RSS Feed Share There will be big cyber attacks in 2018, predicts expert
- Russian Hackers Reach U.S. Utility Control Rooms, Homeland Security Officials SayJuly 23rd, 2018 | Rebecca Smith | Wall Street Journal
- Thermostats, locks and lights: digital tools of domestic abuseJune 30th, 2018 | Nellie Bowles | SF Gate
- Internet Hacking Is About to Get Much Worse We can no longer leave online security to the market.Oct. 11th, 2018 | Bruce Schneier | NY Times OpEd
- House passes SMART IoT ActNov. 29th, 2018 | Matt Leonard | FCW
- Prepare Now for Next-Generation Cyber ThreatsApril 2nd, 2019 | Steve Durbin | CFO
- 300+ Terrifying Cybercrime and Cybersecurity Statistics & Trends [2019 EDITION]May 13th, 2019 (Updated) | Andra Zaharia | Comparitech
- On Smart Cities, Smart Energy, And Dumb SecurityDec. 30, 2016
- Your WiFi-connected thermostat can take down the whole Internet. We need new regulations.Washington Post | Bruce Schneider | Nov. 3, 2016 | The government has to get involved in the “Internet of Things."
- We Need to Save the Internet from the Internet of ThingsMotherboard | Written by Bruce Schneier | Oct. 2016
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- Firefighters Do Not Want Cell Towers On Their Schools Because of the "Hazardous" Radiation: Compare it to CigarettesMonday, April 4, 2016
- Safe Schools for Prince George's CountyParents, Neighbors, and Students Against Cell Towers on School Property | Prince Georges County
- 25 Reasons Cell Towers Have No Business On or Near School Property by The Maryland Coalition To Halt Cell Towers at Schools
- Report on Possible Impacts of Communication Towers on Wildlife Including Birds & BeesExpert Group to study the possible impacts of communication towers on Wildlife including Birds and Bees
- Cell Towers and HealthHow does living near a cellular antenna (a base station) affect health? | Katie Singer
- Suggestions from Elizabeth Kelley Public health advocate On Preventing Deployment of Cellular AntennasAn excerpt from An Electronic Silent Spring | Katie Singer
- Cell Tower Fires and Collapsing TowersThe first list is from SafeSchoolSPG.org, the second from David Stupin and the third from Walter Cooper.
- Recommendations for Safer Cell Tower Installations in the County CodeDr. David Stupin, PhD, and Katie Singer, Consultant
- Cell tower siting on Minneapolis Public School PropertyEMR Policy Institute | Dec. 10, 2013 |
- How we prevented a new cell tower in Eugene, OregonPosted on October 21, 2015 by Katie Singer | from the Friends of Amazon Creek
- Stop Ugly Cell Towers in Our NeighborhoodWebsite dedicated to preserving the aesthetic beauty of Palos Verdes
- Testimony of Albert M. Manville, II, Ph.D., C.W. B., and Principal, Wildlife & Habitat Conservation Solutions, LLCOn behalf of Friends of Amazon Creek, Before the City of Eugene City Planning Department....| May 6, 2015
- Information On Cell Tower Leasing And Development From Industry ExpertsCell Tower Zoning and Permitting
- Team Gaithersburg websiteExample of one community organizing to oppose cell towers
- The Center for Municipal Solutions
Sample Documents & Tips
- COMMENTS OF SUE PRESENT WT Docket No. 16-421 re: STREAMLINING DEPLOYMENT OF SMALL CELL INFRASTRUCTURE; MOBILITIE, LLC PETITION FOR DECLARATORY RULINGSue Present | Jan. 17th, 2017
- Citizen's Explanation of Cell TowersGoogle slides
- Sample Letter to City Council Requesting Consultant
- Why cell phone towers are being installed 30 feet from your homeAaron Rosenzweig September 6, 2016
Selected Studies on Cell Towers and Health
- Mobile Tower Shutdown: Setting A Precedent?April 13, 2017
- New Review of Cell Tower Science by B. B. Levitt & H. LaiMay 11, 2010
- The Health Argument against Cell Phones and Cell Towers.Ronald M. Powell Ph.D. | Nov. 18, 2016
- How does long term exposure to base stations and mobile phones affect human hormone profiles?Clinical Biochemistry | Jan. 2012 | Emad F. Eskander, , Selim F. Estefan, Ahmed A. Abd-Rabou
- Changes of Clinically Important Neurotransmitters under the Influence of Modulated RF FieldsA Long-term Study under Real-life Conditions |Klaus Buchner and Horst Eger
History of Cell Towers Exceeding FCC Limits
- Wall Street Journal: “One in 10 cell/grid towers violate RF radiation rules”October 4, 2014 | Take Back Your Power
Selected Studies on Cell Towers and the Environment
- Impact of radiofrequency radiation on DNA damage and antioxidants in peripheral blood lymphocytes of humans residing in the vicinity of mobile phone base stationsAug. 2017 | https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/Zothansiama et al
- Wireless Devices and WildlifeThe effects of EMR from wireless devices on wildlife Excerpts and Resources from An Electronic Silent Spring
- Oceania Radiofrequency Scientific Advisory Association Inc. (ORSAA)
- Oceania Radiofrequency Scientific Advisory Association Data Base.
- TOWERS, TURBINES, POWER LINES, AND BUILDINGS—STEPS BEING TAKEN BY THE U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE TO AVOID OR MINIMIZE TAKE OF MIGRATORY BIRDS AT THESE STRUCTURESALBERT M. MANVILLE | Division of Migratory Bird Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- Review: Weak radiofrequency radiation exposure from mobile phone radiation on plantsNCBI PubMed | Sept. 20, 2016
- Radiofrequency radiation injures trees around mobile phone base stationsScience of the Total Environment | Aug. 2016
- Trees in Bamberg and Hallstadt in the radiation field of 65 mobile phone base stations Examples from a documentation about 700 trees (2006-2016)2016 |