Bill Gates, Airbus, Softbank back EarthNow plan to cover Earth with real-time video surveillance satellites

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Bill Gates backs $1bn plan to cover earth in video surveillance satellites
A satellite company planning to launch a $1bn (£700m) network of satellites to provide "live and unfiltered" coverage of the Earth has been backed by former Microsoft chief executive Bill Gates and Japanese tech giant Softbank.

The tech leaders are backing EarthNow, which plans to launch 500 satellites to cover Earth's atmosphere in video surveillance and provide live video feedback with only one second of delay.

The Washington-based satellite company has the backing of aerospace giant Airbus as well as billionaire Gates and Softbank, the Japanese conglomerate that has invested billions in tech companies from Uber to chipmaker Arm.
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Bill Gates backs a $1 billion plan to cover Earth in 'Big Brother' satellites capable of streaming 'live and unfiltered' HD footage of the planet
'We believe the ability to see and understand the Earth live and unfiltered will help all of us better appreciate and ultimately care for our one and only home.'

The company is based in Bellevue, Washington and was founded in 2017.

It plans to use an army of orbiting satellites will weigh around 500 pounds (225 kg) each that will have their cameras trained on Earth 24 hours a day.

It will onboard analysis of the imagery, though to what extent isn't clear.

There is also currently no clear timeline, price-tag or technical details about the project.

EarthNow's services will initially be aimed at 'high value enterprise and government customers.

However, the firm says it also expected to allow civilians to access the video from a smartphone or tablet.

'We are excited by the prospect of giving everyone a stunningly beautiful real-time window on your world from space,' Mr Hannigan said.
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https://earthnow.com/
With EarthNow you can:
  • Catch illegal fishing ships in the act
  • Watch hurricanes and typhoons as they evolve
  • Detect forest fires the moment they start
  • Watch volcanoes the instant they start to erupt
  • Assist the media in telling stories from around the world
  • Track large whales as they migrate
  • Help “smart cities” become more efficient
  • Assess the health of crops on demand
  • Observe conflict zones and respond immediately when crises arise
  • Instantly create “living” 3D models of a town or city, even in remote locations
  • See your home as the astronauts see it—a stunning blue marble in space
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EarthNow's details of what could be seen with their planned satellites suggest the satellite feed would have very good resolution when looking at Earth's terrain very close-up.

Depending on what resolution these satellites would be able to picture the ground with, I think there are clearly serious implications for people being stalked or targeted for harm, or for when thieves plotting to rob a house when someone isn't home, or for people who want to sunbathe nude in privacy in their backyard, as well as a great many other scenarios. Should a public-ability to view anywhere on Earth in real-time exist if it means would-be child abductors are able to monitor when children leave their homes or school and their routines and habits?

I wonder if the company EarthNow plans different levels of zoom and fidelity for governments and the public. Though, it would be concerning if governments and law enforcement suddenly had the easy and unregulated ability to monitor everyone without their consent, their knowing, and a warrant. And I also wonder whether EarthNow would censor sensitive locations, like military and testing sites, not just according to the US government's interests, but to all countries' governments' demands.

It's possible real-time footage wouldn't be available to the general public, or that feed from residential areas wouldn't be available. But there are still many ways this could be exploited.


Also, what's with Bill Gates' hard-on for maximum surveillance of everything? He wants everyone to have a vaccine tattoo and has a microchip design he wants people to have. He's like the plane dude who was paranoid of germs, except he's a software guy paranoid of not having everything under surveillance.
 
Bill Gates, the man that has spoken out in the open that we need to limit man to 500 million.. His vaccine he says will kill 700k but that's ok.. that's the price we got to pay.. also wants to track us all to control us! Forced vaccinations!

Yeah sign me up! Lol

I have heard he has been taking a beating on his social media pages.. but somehow dont care and just keeps the crap open for people to post anyways and dont respond.

Clearly knows best I bet and dont matter to him cause he has all the money and connections to roll it all out on all us "stupid people".

Been warned of his plans months ago.
 
So how long until the video largely becomes people making pictures of penises on their property that are shown from space?
And yeah all those "positive" things are great... assuming that they actual fix those problems. Is it going to largely be like all the NEST and other types of surveillance cameras people have on their homes "look at all this crimes we are picking up" and people are still stealing packages from porches, and breaking into cars.


I did click the link though, and at least for me, love the irony that it says "Video not available"
I question the feasibility of this though, yeah we can take still images from space that have decent resolution (without going into spy satellite costs), but live video that's also of that resolution? Yeah... that's a LOT of data to send.
 
SunnyD said:
Where do I sign up to sue?
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I don't think you have a legal case with current law and precedent.

The Supreme Court has ruled that there is no expectation of privacy in any place visible from a public space.

This was - of course - ruled on back in the day when technology didn't as easily allow for mass surveillance as it does today. The thought presumably being that Big Brother can't reasonably pay to have a guy with a camera follow every citizen or even a large number of citizens around all the time.

Technology has changed this calculation considerably, and it is probably time to pass new legislation better protecting the privacy of individuals. I'm not sure it can just happen in a lawsuit though. Not clear what legal grounds they would be on. What is really needed is for congress to pass a comprehensive overhaul of privacy law. Unfortunately, given how broken congress is, and the immensely monied businesses with lobbyists and an interest to see this never happen, that seems highly unlikely. :(
 
Anyone see Oblivian? That's the future.. well in a few's mind. Drones and the attempt to exterminate humanity. Were not essential.
 
Zarathustra[H] said:
I don't think you have a legal case with current law and precedent.

The Supreme Court has ruled that there is no expectation of privacy in any place visible from a public space.

This was - of course - ruled on back in the day when technology didn't as easily allow for mass surveillance as it does today. The thought presumably being that Big Brother can't reasonably pay to have a guy with a camera follow every citizen or even a large number of citizens around all the time.

Technology has changed this calculation considerably, and it is probably time to pass new legislation better protecting the privacy of individuals. I'm not sure it can just happen in a lawsuit though. Not clear what legal grounds they would be on. What is really needed is for congress to pass a comprehensive overhaul of privacy law. Unfortunately, given how broken congress is, and the immensely monied businesses with lobbyists and an interest to see this never happen, that seems highly unlikely. :(
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If they pass any laws it would be to take away more privacy nowadays.
 
eclypse said:
Bill Gates, the man that has spoken out in the open that we need to limit man to 500 million.. His vaccine he says will kill 700k but that's ok.. that's the price we got to pay.. also wants to track us all to control us! Forced vaccinations!

Yeah sign me up! Lol

I have heard he has been taking a beating on his social media pages.. but somehow dont care and just keeps the crap open for people to post anyways and dont respond.

Clearly knows best I bet and dont matter to him cause he has all the money and connections to roll it all out on all us "stupid people".

Been warned of his plans months ago.
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Not that I expect much here but:
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bill-gates-vaccinations-depopulation/

As further discussed in this piece, Gates later came to the conclusion that birth control was not the best approach to achieve the goal of slower population growth, instead realizing that — counterintuitively — a reduction in childhood mortality was the best way to limit population growth:
In society after society, he saw, when the mortality rate falls—specifically, below 10 deaths per 1,000 people—the birth rate follows, and population growth stabilizes. “It goes against common sense,” Gates says. Most parents don’t choose to have eight children because they want to have big families, it turns out, but because they know many of their children will die.
“If a mother and father know their child is going to live to adulthood, they start to naturally reduce their population size,” says Melinda.
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This is a point Gates has made repeatedly, and his views were clearly articulated in the 2009 Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Annual Letter:
A surprising but critical fact we learned was that reducing the number of deaths actually reduces population growth … Contrary to the Malthusian view that population will grow to the limit of however many kids can be fed, in fact parents choose to have enough kids to give them a high chance that several will survive to support them as they grow old. As the number of kids who survive to adulthood goes up, parents can achieve this goal without having as many children.
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sounds like a plot from a kingsman movie...

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I dont see what everyone is so upset about. The governments already have this, only it is kept to themselves. What difference does it make that ordinary people can now see what was only limited to government agencies before?

Do I want people to just be able to look up someone on a satellite at any time? No, but the government already can and does. So this is adding nothing. If you want something to change, then do something about it on the government side of things to remove it there and this would have to follow.
 
Actually Austria and Germany are now kicking themselves for not letting Streetview do its thing there. It's a hugely useful service. You know you can actually scout out places before going there. Not to mention the civil applications. How many billions it saves in my line of work as it spares us numerous trips to the field. Whenever I have to work in Austria or Germany not having streetview complicates things.

However that is static information that cannot be used to track anyone. I'd not trust anyone with a live feed of the entire earth, not even myself. No matter how useful it is. The malicious usage options are just too numerous and tempting.
 
Atheism was nothing but a faded dream of freedom.

The gods are back. And they will watch us and judge us.

Hell awaits.
 
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Actually Austria and Germany are now kicking themselves for not letting Streetview do its thing there. It's a hugely useful service. You know you can actually scout out places before going there. Not to mention the civil applications. How many billions it saves in my line of work as it spares us numerous trips to the field. Whenever I have to work in Austria or Germany not having streetview complicates things.

However that is static information that cannot be used to track anyone. I'd not trust anyone with a live feed of the entire earth, not even myself. No matter how useful it is. The malicious usage options are just too numerous and tempting.
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Agreed. There is a huge difference in Street View and this. Street View is a very useful tool, with very minimal privacy implications, especially after Google's blurring algorithms.

This - however - is full on big brother.

To be clear, I have no problem with individual people or businesses desiring security cameras... If they are linked together, submitted to a data base, which is monitored using AI and facial recognition, this is a huge problem. No one should posses that type of information.

This shit is a dictators wet dream
 
Dictator?
No, the one who can see all things on Earth is no dictator.

That man would be called God.
 
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Aegir said:
Atheism was nothing but a faded dream of freedom.

The gods are back. And they will watch us and judge us.

Hell awaits.
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Aegir said:
Dictator?
No, the one who can see all things on Earth is no dictator.

That man would be called God.
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gods or god? make up your mind and then take the preaching somewhere else. this is about gov spying.
 
pendragon1 said:
gods or god? make up your mind and then take the preaching somewhere else. this is about gov spying.
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Id say this is beyond govt spying. And there is some really evil spiritual crap happening that we cant begin to understand in the world. Stay tuned. Im not preaching but you feel it deep down I gaurantee, if youd just listen to your inner self.
 
pendragon1 said:
actually, he married the porn "star" right after.
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Is that story real though? There is only one way to find out...

Also, on topic, this may be a good thing. The gov can already do this, probably for a while, so nothing changes there.

But this might actually help citizens with gaining access to information previously only seen by the gov. I think it might be okay.
 
tangoseal said:
You do know snopes is a man his wife and a cat right? Im not kidding. They are paid for shills. Thier facts are about as real as the movie Bill and Teds Excellent Adventure.
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They posted the sources so...what's your point?
 
You know a person is scum when they donate large amounts of money to charities that aren't just tax fronts that funnel the money back to the donor. Humanitarian? More like person...bad..is.
 
sfsuphysics said:
I question the feasibility of this though, yeah we can take still images from space that have decent resolution (without going into spy satellite costs), but live video that's also of that resolution? Yeah... that's a LOT of data to send.
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it'll likely come down to the onboard compression. the technology in the last 10 years has gotten insanely good with orbital satellites that data transmission isn't an issue. satellite internet providers on the other hand want people to continue thinking it is.
 
tangoseal said:
You do know snopes is a man his wife and a cat right? Im not kidding. They are paid for shills. Thier facts are about as real as the movie Bill and Teds Excellent Adventure.
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Provide proof or stfu. Everything in that article is sourced and as much as people whine about Snopes being “paid for” it is conviently only when they’re disproving something the person vehemently wants to be true and no evidence is ever provided to back up the claim.
 
eclypse said:
Bill Gates, the man that has spoken out in the open that we need to limit man to 500 million.. His vaccine he says will kill 700k but that's ok.. that's the price we got to pay.. also wants to track us all to control us! Forced vaccinations!

Yeah sign me up! Lol

I have heard he has been taking a beating on his social media pages.. but somehow dont care and just keeps the crap open for people to post anyways and dont respond.

Clearly knows best I bet and dont matter to him cause he has all the money and connections to roll it all out on all us "stupid people".

Been warned of his plans months ago.
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Yeah, this is complete crazy talk.

Do you believe in chemtrails and the government putting chemicals in the water that turn frogs gay too?
 
Control under the guise of "security" and "understanding".
Dark cyberpunk future indeed... :borg:
 
Delicieuxz said:
Bill Gates backs $1bn plan to cover earth in video surveillance satellites


Bill Gates backs a $1 billion plan to cover Earth in 'Big Brother' satellites capable of streaming 'live and unfiltered' HD footage of the planet


https://earthnow.com/



EarthNow's details of what could be seen with their planned satellites suggest the satellite feed would have very good resolution when looking at Earth's terrain very close-up.

Depending on what resolution these satellites would be able to picture the ground with, I think there are clearly serious implications for people being stalked or targeted for harm, or for when thieves plotting to rob a house when someone isn't home, or for people who want to sunbathe nude in privacy in their backyard, as well as a great many other scenarios. Should a public-ability to view anywhere on Earth in real-time exist if it means would-be child abductors are able to monitor when children leave their homes or school and their routines and habits?

I wonder if the company EarthNow plans different levels of zoom and fidelity for governments and the public. Though, it would be concerning if governments and law enforcement suddenly had the easy and unregulated ability to monitor everyone without their consent, their knowing, and a warrant. And I also wonder whether EarthNow would censor sensitive locations, like military and testing sites, not just according to the US government's interests, but to all countries' governments' demands.

It's possible real-time footage wouldn't be available to the general public, or that feed from residential areas wouldn't be available. But there are still many ways this could be exploited.


Also, what's with Bill Gates' hard-on for maximum surveillance of everything? He wants everyone to have a vaccine tattoo and has a microchip design he wants people to have. He's like the plane dude who was paranoid of germs, except he's a software guy paranoid of not having everything under surveillance.
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So, if accurate as spelled out, this is alarming. You do realize you are citing a tabloid though, right?

I'm going to Google for some more reliable sources for this news.
 
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