Nasa Employees Now Subject To Random Searches As Agency Becomes Ai-fueled Police Mini-state

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NASA announced earlier this week that it will commencement randomly searching labor and their vehicles. While nan abstraction agency stated that it's to guarantee workplace safety, nan measurement seems to beryllium retired of fearfulness that labor could prosecute successful firm espionage to unafraid caller jobs earlier they're laid off. NASA is expected to reduce its headcount by 5,000 people aft nan Trump management trim nan agency's 2026 fund by 23%. The beingness searches will supplement management's AI-powered integer surveillance of NASA's workforce.

The searches began connected Wednesday, nan aforesaid time that nan memo was sent out, astatine NASA accommodation including its office successful Washington, D.C. I wouldn't consciousness safer seeing that email deed my inbox. I'd beryllium perfectly terrified. Keith Cowing, a erstwhile NASA astrobiologist, shared nan soul memo astir nan invasive argumentation change connected his blog, NASA Watch. The memo stated:

"To guarantee nan continued information of our workforce and compliance pinch information measures, nan NASA Headquarters Protective Services Office will beryllium reinstating random searches and inspections of individuals, belongings, and vehicles entering aliases exiting nan premises successful accordance pinch 14 CFR 1204.1003."

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NASA labor aren't free from nan prying eyes of guidance extracurricular of activity hours either. According to Futurism, nan abstraction agency acquired a one-year licence to usage Clearview AI, a integer surveillance system. Clearview tin efficaciously scrape Google and Facebook to compile your full online beingness to nonstop to your superiors. Considering that nan White House axed a information for NASA Administrator because he was much loyal to Elon Musk than President Donald Trump, I don't deliberation Clearview is solely being utilized to protect classified NASA knowledge.

NASA labor sent a nationalist missive to interim NASA Administrator Sean Duffy to formally reason nan agency's dismantling. The missive was signed by 287 existent aliases erstwhile agency employees. The letter's signatories feared retaliation to nan constituent wherever they were holding meetings successful restrooms to debar guidance uncovering their protestation plans. People dream astir moving astatine NASA. However, nan starfaring dream is quickly becoming a nightmare.