‘Internet of Things’ an Absolute Goldmine for Big Brother, Admits Top US Spy


‘Internet of Things’ an Absolute Goldmine for Big Brother, Admits Top US Spy
DNI James Clappers acknowledges that intelligence services might use web-connected home devices for identification, surveillance, monitoring, location tracking, and targeting for recruitment.

February 9, 2016 at 08:46PM
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LG confirms Always ON feature for LG G5, still teasing us

LG took to Facebook to tease a new feature found on the highly-anticipated LG G5 which will be announced at Mobile World Congress on February 21. LG posted a GIF on the site showing only a rough outline of the LG G5 showing off its Always ON screen.

The caption says “Never go asleep while others do. LG G5, Always ON.”

It’s not clear whether this screen would be literally Always ON. However, if LG feels it must mention it, then perhaps it would be different than other phone makers’ implementations of a screen that displays notifications while on stand-by.

Other phones like the Moto X, and newer Nexus devices have their own solutions for peeking at notifications while the phone is asleep. It’s only peeking though, these screens do not stay on permanently, they might only pulsate briefly and then go back to sleep.

LG could be implying that the LG G5’s screen would never turn off. While this might be a new feature that we haven’t seen before. It’s way too minor a detail to convince the market to buy the LG G5.

We’ll have to wait and see what LG brings to the table at Mobile World Congress later this month.

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Leaked photos show potential new design for next Moto phone

The latest leak on the now Lenovo-ified Moto brand shows off some photos of what could be the next Moto devices, namely the Moto X and Moto G. They’re blurry and low quality, but we can see that there’s a significant departure from the stylings of previous Motorola phones. Google’s roadmap ended with the Moto X Force, so now we may see something new and interesting.

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Although the devices don’t look completely different from the previous generation, there are some major changes. It looks like some of them will be made out of metal, with the classic Moto dimple in the rear looking like the Nexus fingerprint readers. The other device shown is a similar curved phone as the current Moto X and Moto G.

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While we won’t know if these photos are real for a long time, it’s an interesting peek into what the brand may be up to. The metal device sure looks good, so let’s hope we’ll see something similar later this year. What are your thoughts on Moto’s departure from its current design language? Leave a comment!

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