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Rights groups slam Raytheon secret software that tracks social media and ‘predicts’ people’s future behavior
A video obtained by the Guardian reveals how an “extreme-scale analytics” system created by Raytheon, the world’s fifth largest defence contractor, can gather vast amounts of information about people from websites including Facebook, Twitter and Foursquare. Raytheon says it has not sold the software – named Riot, or Rapid Information…
McCain applauds Raytheon’s ‘wonderful missiles’
Sen. John McCain seems to love all things military. At a debate this weekend, the Arizona senator went so far as to declare that missiles produced by one defense contractor were “wonderful.” “What I would do is to give our small businesses a tax break,” McCain explained. “I would tell…
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