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Intelligence agencies investigate ransomware: CIA tools can fake cyberattack origins, blame Russia or China

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US intelligence agencies are tasked with investigating the recent ransomware and supply chain attacks. Will white hats lead the way,...

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In-Q-Tel partners with AI-human translation company Lilt

Tim Hinchliffe3 years ago

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The CIA's investment arm In-Q-Tel partners with AI-human translation company Lilt to offer US government agencies a high-quality solution for enterprise...

Business Technology

CIA venture arm In-Q-Tel invests in VR, AR intelligence, collaboration platform

Tim Hinchliffe3 years ago

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In-Q-Tel (IQT), the venture arm of the CIA, makes a strategic investment in Immersive Wisdom, whose VR, AR, and MR...

Technology

Intelligence community can’t keep up with FOIA requests: IG report

Tim Hinchliffe4 years ago

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The US Intelligence Community (IC), including the CIA, FBI, NSA, and others cannot keep up with the amount of Freedom...

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‘450 Amazon employees tell Bezos to kick Palantir off AWS’

Tim Hinchliffe4 years ago

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Over 450 Amazon employees sign a letter to Jeff Bezos and other executives demanding that Palantir be removed from Amazon...

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Privacy woes aside, Google Home Hub launches 1 day after Facebook’s Portal

Tim Hinchliffe4 years ago

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Technology is not evil, nor is it good. It is simply a tool. Facebook Portal is a tool, and now...

Technology

Facebook’s Portal born out of Pentagon-inspired Building 8

Tim Hinchliffe4 years ago

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Facebook has a new hardware product called Portal, a video sharing device which has Amazon's voice assistant Alexa built-in, and...

Business Technology

United Airlines partners with scandal-ridden, CIA-backed Palantir for data initiatives

Tim Hinchliffe4 years ago

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United Airlines becomes the first US airline to partner with Palantir, a scandal-ridden company co-founded by Peter Thiel with the...

Technology

Molar Mic company wins DoD multimillion dollar contract

Tim Hinchliffe4 years ago

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With previous funding from In-Q-Tel, the company behind the Molar Mic dental radio for military pilots, Sonitus Technologies, is awarded a...

Technology

AI, Machine Learning open new possibilities into JFK assassination research

Tim Hinchliffe4 years ago

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Just as the US government released a new batch of declassified documents last month regarding the JFK assassination, Microsoft began...

Technology

Why does Israeli spy agency Mossad invest in startups via Libertad Ventures?

Tim Hinchliffe4 years ago

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The Mossad spy agency of Israel is expected to make another open call to invest in startups through its VC...

Technology

The better angels of tech making progress in the face controversy and cynicism

Ben Allen5 years ago

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The policies of the tech community are obviously not with out controversy, but here are five ways that the community is...

Technology

From Waterboarding to Watermarking: CIA Implants MS Docs to Track Whistleblowers

Tim Hinchliffe5 years ago

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The CIA is using a beacon that watermarks Microsoft Word documents to track whistleblowers, journalists, informants, and other targets of...

Technology

MI5, CIA used Samsung Smart TVs to secretly listen-in on conversations: WikiLeaks

Tim Hinchliffe5 years ago

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WikiLeaks reveals that both British and American intelligence agencies used an implant on Samsung TVs to secretly listen-in on user...

Technology

Ballmer’s USAFacts, black budget projects, and tracking unofficial govt spending

Tim Hinchliffe5 years ago

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Former Microsoft CEO and current LA Clippers owner Steve Ballmer unveils USAFacts to report on government spending, drawing data exclusively from...

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CIA Developed Marble Framework to Cover its Tracks, Capable of Faking Russian Hacking

Tim Hinchliffe5 years ago

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The CIA developed an anti-forensic framework to cover its tracks that could make it seem like cyberattacks came from other...

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Is Google’s hesitance on WikiLeaks’ cybersecurity offer due to a technicality or actual CIA involvement?

Tim Hinchliffe5 years ago

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WikiLeaks' offer to help tech companies strengthen their cybersecurity vulnerabilities is pushed aside by Google in what is construed as a possible...

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CIA releases nearly 1 million declassified documents from 1940s – 1990s online

Tim Hinchliffe5 years ago

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The CIA releases the largest collection of its declassified records online, but the documents go no further than the 1990s. If...

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CIA-backed Pokemon GO a no-go in China due to security threat

Tim Hinchliffe5 years ago

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China's state censor says it will not license Pokemon GO until it has a chance to evaluate the security risks...

Technology

CIA ‘Siren Servers’ can predict social uprisings 3-5 days in advance

Tim Hinchliffe6 years ago

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The CIA claims to be able to predict social unrest days before it happens thanks to powerful super computers dubbed...

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We explore how our brains, psychology, and society are impacted by the ever-evolving technology that surrounds us. If you want to be better prepared for the new information age, have a healthier relationship with technology, and get more out of life using top technology and psychology hacks, this is the podcast for you! Every other Friday we bring you interviews with leading experts in the fields of technology and psychology combined, with past guest speakers such as New York Times journalists, MIT Professors, and C-suite executives of top tech companies.

You may have heard of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh and his followers, commonly known as Rajneeshees or sannyasins, from the incredibly popular Netflix documentary “Wild, Wild Country.”

Well in today’s episode we speak with a former follower of the Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh cult to get a better understanding of how this society functioned, what it was like to live in normal society as a member of the cult, and what it was like on the famous Oregon ranch.

With our guest, Annie (who has asked to remain anonymous but showed her mala that she wore during her time as a Rajneshee to prove her affiliation with the cult), we find out how she first find out about Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh and the Rajneeshees, and what inspired her to join their cult, where she goes into great detail about how she found them when she was 16 at an Alcoholics Anonymous event.

She also shares why life as a Rajneeshee was difficult off the ranch in normal society, as society often treated them with a mixture of suspicion, curiosity, and fear. In fact, she was fired from all of her jobs due to her membership in the cult, but she also explains how she saw this as a positive, “a trial by fire” as she claims.

Annie also goes into detail about what it was like visiting the ranch in 1983, when, she believes, much of the footage used in the documentary was filmed. She talks about the important role meditation played in being a Rajneeshee and what a normal day was like on the ranch.

She also shares her thoughts on how accurate the documentary was, how close she came to meeting Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, and finally, how she left the cult in the end.

Overall, Annie explains why she doesn’t see the following as a religion or cult, but instead as a community and how this community had such an overall, lasting positive experience in her life.