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This is only a tiny bit of the iceberg…The beast is here.

The New American Digest Posted on October 3, 2026 by DTSeptember 30, 2026

suggested by Joe

This is only the tip of the iceberg.  Total Control of everything you do.  The beast system is here.
From Insiderpaper.com


The next generation of wireless technology, 6G, may do far more than deliver faster internet speeds. Researchers say the future standard could also function like a radar system, capable of detecting people through walls and even monitoring breathing patterns and heartbeats, German site Heute reported.

The technology is based on Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC), a concept that allows the same antennas used for wireless communication to simultaneously sense and analyze their surroundings. Instead of serving only as data transmitters, future smartphones, base stations, and other connected devices could measure distances, movement, and speed by analyzing reflected radio waves.

According to researchers, ISAC could enable devices to identify the presence of people behind walls and monitor vital signs such as breathing and heart rate without requiring additional sensors. Combined with machine learning, the system could also distinguish individuals by their walking patterns and infer gestures or facial characteristics.

Privacy watchdogs sound the alarm
Germany’s Conference of Independent Data Protection Authorities approved a position paper in June 2026 warning that the technology could introduce unprecedented privacy risks. Officials argue that the level of surveillance enabled by ISAC is comparable to an invisible form of video monitoring but with significantly broader capabilities.

One of the biggest concerns is that radio sensing could collect information from anyone within range—even people who are not carrying a mobile phone. Unlike traditional surveillance systems, individuals would have little practical way to know when they are being scanned or provide meaningful consent. Privacy regulators say this makes compliance with existing data protection laws particularly challenging...

Germany has invested roughly €700 million in 6G research and development, with commercial deployment expected around 2030.

DT:
The technology to do many of these things - and more - has existed for a number of years now. Even back in the 70s, the ability to listen to you inside from outside has existed. "Invisibility", sight through walls, sight around corners ... traditional camouflage is pretty much useless if someone is dedicated to finding you.

"future smartphones, base stations, and other connected devices could measure distances, movement, and speed by analyzing reflected radio waves." Future??? And I wouldn't bother with "radio" waves (define "radio waves, eh?) I can order all that capability through Amazon today. I can buy a 40W Class4 laser for a under $300. 0.5W is considered dangerous. I can buy a laser range finder for under $50. If one has the skills, one can obtain and build a relatively cheap phase-array radar with two ranges: 3km and 20km; the plans are readily available and open-source. And the GPS function on your phone already measures distances, movement, and speed.

Electronic circuits are now measured in nano-meters. A modern electronic process is 2 nm; a small human hair is 20 micrometers - 10,000x larger. Medical work is 1 million times larger: millimeters - you wouldn't even know that shot you received planted something inside you - like "chipping" a pet.
Imagine what "they" can do with larger budgets, facilities, and a skilled workforce ...

Laws??? Who cares about "laws"? Laws are one more weapon to use against you one way or another.

You only have two layers of "protection", neither under your control: 1) you aren't important enough for your actions to force them to reveal techniques (read the history of Coventry in WWII), 2) they don't care about you.
Until they do.

Carry on ...

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Gerard Van der Leun
12/26/45 - 1/27/23

“This is the day which the Lord hath made, let us rejoice and be glad in it”
Psalm 118:24


Gerard's Last Post
(posthumous): Feb 4, 2023
"So Long. See You All a Little Further Down the Road"

When my body won’t hold me anymore
And it finally lets me free
Where will I go?
Will the trade winds take me south through Georgia grain?
Or tropical rain?
Or snow from the heavens?
Will I join with the ocean blue?
Or run into a savior true?
And shake hands laughing
And walk through the night, straight to the light
Holding the love I’ve known in my life
And no hard feelings

Avett Brothers - No Hard Feelings

The following was posted along with the announcement of Gerard's passing.
Leonard Cohen - Going Home

For a 2005 interview with Gerard


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