As the networking of humans and machines shows to have incredible promise towards improving overall health and well being for generations to come, the Internet of Bodies (IoB) also runs the risk of enabling a global surveillance state, the likes of which the world has never seen.<\/p>\n
\nThe Internet of Bodies \u201cmight trigger breakthroughs in medical knowledge [\u2026]\u00a0Or it might enable a surveillance state of unprecedented intrusion and consequence\u201d \u2014 RAND Corporation report<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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Following the launch of its \u201cgreat reset\u201d agenda, the World Economic Forum (WEF) made a push for the global adoption of the IoB, which risks enabling an authoritarian surveillance apparatus that can manipulate human behavior to achieve its desired outcomes.<\/p>\n
According to a recent RAND corporation report<\/a>, the IoB \u201cmight trigger breakthroughs in medical knowledge [\u2026]\u00a0Or it might enable a surveillance state of unprecedented intrusion and consequence.\u201d<\/p>\n
The IoB ecosystem is part of the Fourth Industrial Revolution that the World Economic Forum (WEF)<\/strong> wishes to harness for its \u201cgreat reset\u201d agenda<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
Conceived over five years ago<\/a> and launched in June, 2020,<\/a> the so-called great reset agenda<\/a>promises to give us a \u201cbetter world\u201d of more sustainability and equity if we agree to \u201crevamp all aspects of our societies and economies, from education to social contracts and working conditions.\u201d<\/p>\n
Such radical changes would require a complete shift in our thinking and behavior, and what better way to modify our behavior than to monitor every move we make through a connected network of digital tracking devices?<\/p>\n
According to RAND,\u00a0\u201cGreater connectivity and the widespread packaging of IoB in smartphones and appliances\u2014some of which might collect data unbeknownst to the user<\/strong><\/em>\u2014will increase digital tracking of users across a range of behaviors.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\u201cIncreased IoB adoption might also increase global geopolitical risks, because surveillance states can use IoB data to enforce authoritarian regimes\u201d \u2014 RAND Corporation report<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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Knowing that the Internet of Bodies can be used to control human behavior while gaining access to the most sensitive health, financial, and behavioral data of every person on the planet, the Davos elite \u201curges\u00a0stakeholders from across sectors, industries and geographies to work together to mitigate the risks in order to fully unleash the potential of the IoB<\/strong><\/em>,\u201d according to a WEF\u00a0report from July, 2020<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter the Internet of Things, which transformed the way we live, travel and work by connecting everyday objects to the Internet, it\u2019s now time for the Internet of Bodies<\/strong><\/em>,\u201d wrote Xiao Liu<\/a>,\u00a0Fellow at the WEF\u2019s Center for the Fourth Industrial Revolution.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis means collecting our physical data via devices that can be implanted, swallowed or simply worn, generating huge amounts of health-related information.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nIf you think that the idea behind contact tracing apps is just for tracking people infected by viruses, think again<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n
But while having \u201caccess to huge torrents of live-streaming biometric data might trigger breakthroughs in medical knowledge or behavioral understanding,\u201d the RAND Corporation warns that the IoB could also \u201cenable a surveillance state of unprecedented intrusion and consequence.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to RAND, \u201cIncreased IoB adoption might also increase global geopolitical risks, because surveillance states can use IoB data to enforce authoritarian regimes<\/strong><\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n
For example, this is the same ecosystem that is allowing the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to collect DNA data from its Uyghur population<\/a>, so the authoritarian regime can further spy on, imprison, and sterilize an entire ethnic minority, among other horrible atrocities<\/a>.<\/p>\n
But if you want to see how the IoB fits into a great reset, like the one the WEF is touting, look no further than China\u2019s social credit system that \u201cuses enormous amounts of aggregated data, including health records, on individuals to determine their trustworthiness and to incentivize desired behaviors<\/strong><\/em>,\u201d according to RAND.<\/p>\n
A population that knows it is being watched will change its behavior<\/a> to conform to the norms, and its citizens will police themselves.<\/p>\n
Thus, the IoB is a tool that can serve multiple purposes \u2014 it can revolutionize healthcare for the benefit of all; it can be used to monitor, track, and prevent global crises before they manifest, and it can be turned into an apparatus for manipulating human behavior in order to achieve the desired outcomes of the global elite.<\/p>\n
Contact tracing is also a tool for complete social control, keeping tabs on a nation\u2019s so-called deplorable or undesirable citizens.<\/p>\n
Think social justice policing via contact tracing \u2014\u00a0not just through mobile phones, but tracking chips implanted in the human body.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Today, the WEF is fully behind the use of the IoB, and actively supports digital health passports (CovidPass<\/a>) and contract tracing apps (CommonPass<\/a>).<\/p>\n
If you think that the idea behind contact tracing apps is just for tracking people infected by viruses, think again.<\/p>\n
The same technology was used by the CCP to develop an app that literally alerts citizens with a warning when they come within 500 meters of someone who is in debt, according to the\u00a0WEF \u201cGlobal Risks Report 2019<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe app has created what\u2019s essentially a map of \u2018deadbeat debtors,\u2019 according to Chinese state media<\/strong><\/em>, and shows you the debtor\u2019s exact location, though it\u2019s unclear if the displayed information includes a name or photo.\u201d<\/p>\n
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So, while the WEF urges greater IoB use and contact tracing, the technology is not just for tracking the spread of a virus.<\/p>\n
Contact tracing is also a tool for complete social control that keeps tabs on a nation\u2019s so-called deplorable or undesirable citizens.<\/p>\n
Think social justice<\/a> policing via contact tracing \u2014 not just through mobile phones, but tracking chips implanted in the human body.<\/p>\n
\u201cWidespread IoB use might increase the risk of physical harm, espionage, and exploitation of data by adversaries\u201d \u2014 RAND Corporation report<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Internet of Bodies Risks, RAND Corporation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n The RAND report also warned that \u201cwidespread IoB use might increase the risk of physical harm, espionage, and exploitation of data by adversaries.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou no longer need to be MI6 and issued a Walther PPK in order to assassinate someone; you just need to gain access to their medical devices\u201d \u2014 Richard Staynings, Cylera<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Indeed, if state-sponsored hackers or criminal organizations were to gain access to a medical device used by a high-profile target, the hackers could simply switch it off and assassinate their target.<\/p>\n
As Richard Staynings, Chief Security Strategist at Cylera, once told The Sociable<\/em><\/a>,\u00a0\u201cYou no longer need to be MI6 and issued a Walther PPK in order to assassinate someone; you just need to gain access to the medical devices that are keeping that individual alive.\u201d<\/p>\n
On top of the geopolitical risks, the RAND report warned that the IoB could also \u201cincrease health outcome disparities, where only people with financial means have access to any of these benefits.\u201d<\/p>\n
However, this seems an unlikely scenario because the WEF doesn\u2019t like to see one nation gain too much power. It prefers balance. It wants every country to follow the rules. It wants a technocratic Utopia.<\/p>\n
\u201cAuthoritarianism is easier in a world of total visibility and traceability, while democracy may turn out to be more difficult\u201d \u2014 WEF report<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
As such, the WEF would like to see the IoB regulated uniformly across the globe, and the Davos elite routinely call for its ethical governance, but that doesn\u2019t mean the surveillance would go away.<\/p>\n
Not at all.<\/p>\n
It just means that everybody would be spied on equally after having consented to the Draconian measures dressed-up as serving the greater good.<\/p>\n
At its heart, the IoB is dependent upon collecting tons of biometric data, which will \u201callow new forms of social control,\u201d according to the WEF Global Risks 2019 report.<\/p>\n
The WEF concluded two years ago that \u201cauthoritarianism is easier in a world of total visibility and traceability, while democracy may turn out to be more difficult.\u201d<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nNow, the WEF wants to exploit the Fourth Industrial Revolution under the great reset agenda, and it has massive support from the media<\/a>, world leaders<\/a>, and captains of industry alike.<\/p>\n
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