{"id":96200,"date":"2025-07-29T07:00:31","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T15:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/?p=96200"},"modified":"2025-07-27T02:36:29","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T10:36:29","slug":"apples-bee-is-not-a-restaurant-but-a-total-surveillance-device","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/prophecy\/apples-bee-is-not-a-restaurant-but-a-total-surveillance-device\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple&#8217;s Bee is not a restaurant, but a total surveillance device"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/applebee.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-96201\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/applebee-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/applebee-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/applebee-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/applebee-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>Bee product ad<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/cogiwriter.htm\">COGwriter<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here is something related to a potentially totalitarian surveillance tool:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Amazon is moving to acquire Bee, a startup focused on voice-driven wearable technology, signaling a broader push into AI-powered personal devices.<\/p>\n<p>Bee manufactures a lightweight bracelet and an Apple Watch app designed to capture and process audio from the surrounding environment. The device listens continuously unless the user manually mutes it. Its primary function is to help users manage tasks by turning spoken cues into reminders and lists.<\/p>\n<p>The company promotes its vision by stating, \u201cWe believe everyone should have access to a personal, ambient intelligence that feels less like a tool and more like a trusted companion. One that helps you reflect, remember, and move through the world more freely.\u201d &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The growth of always-on AI wearables brings with it significant concerns around surveillance and data usage. The way companies manage recordings, train AI models, and store personal information varies widely.<\/p>\n<p>Bee\u2019s current policies attempt to draw a line around user privacy. The startup claims users can delete their data at any time. It also says that audio recordings are not saved or used for training purposes. However, the app does retain insights the AI gathers about individual users to maintain functionality as a digital assistant. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Unlike traditional electronics that require deliberate input, AI wearables operate in the background. They listen for context, interpret conversations, and adapt to user behavior in real time. While marketed as tools for productivity and personalization, this passive functionality introduces substantial privacy risks. When devices are always listening, they gather far more than intended, from background chatter to private conversations, creating data trails that users may not be fully aware of.\u00a0 07\/24\/25 <a href=\"https:\/\/reclaimthenet.org\/amazon-acquires-bee-ai-wearable-startup-for-voice-powered-personal-devices\">https:\/\/reclaimthenet.org\/amazon-acquires-bee-ai-wearable-startup-for-voice-powered-personal-devices<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>So, yes, now the user gives consent and supposedly can delete content.<\/p>\n<p>I say supposedly because governments, including that of the USA, have a history of accessing information that was supposed to be private.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, items like the Bee wearable can very well end up being used by governments.<\/p>\n<p>While many have decent intentions with their digital plans, Satan has a plan. The Apostle Paul warned:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. (Ephesians 6:12)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Satan\u2019s plan is pushing totalitarian controls.<\/p>\n<p>Back in 2012, I wrote:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The ability to control buying and selling, etc. would be vastly aided by modern technology. (Thiel B.\u00a0<a title=\"Permanent Link to Writer claims cell phone is \u201cmark of the beast\u201d\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/prophecy\/writer-claims-cell-phone-is-mark-of-the-beast\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Writer claims cell phone is \u201cmark of the beast.\u201d<\/a>\u00a0COGwriter, April 11, 2012)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div>\n<p>Consider that faster development of knowledge was also prophesied in the Bible to occur during the time of the end:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span class=\"verse-number\">4<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"verse-4\">\u201cBut you, Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book until the time of the end; many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0(Daniel 12:4)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>What is called \u2018artificial intelligence,\u2019 along with technologies like 5G (and even 10g)\u00a0 is consistent with that prophecy. Not all increased knowledge is good as humans often do bad things with knowledge\u2013the Bible warns that the godless will become \u201cinventors of evil things\u201d in Romans 1:30, and we have seen that.<\/p>\n<p>While commandment breaking is a mark of the Beast (see also\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/TenCommandments.pdf\">The Ten Commandments: The Decalogue, Christianity, and the Beast<\/a>), we see several physical marks associated with digital technology.<\/p>\n<p>Bible prophecy shows that a militaristic European dictator will arise and his supporters will apparently use digital tech. Mobile telephones, artificial intelligence, and other technologies may well be utilized.<\/p>\n<p>Notice what is coming with the European dictator Beast of the Sea and his Beast of the Earth Antichrist \u2018partner\u2019:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<div class=\"scripture verse-padding\" lang=\"en\">\n<div id=\"v-1\" class=\"verse font-helvetica\"><span class=\"verse-number\"><strong>1<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"verse-1\">Then I stood on the sand of the sea. And I saw a beast rising up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and on his horns ten crowns, and on his heads a blasphemous name.<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"v-2\" class=\"verse font-helvetica\"><span class=\"verse-number\"><strong>2<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"verse-2\">Now the beast which I saw was like a leopard, his feet were like the feet of a bear, and his mouth like the mouth of a lion. The dragon gave him his power, his throne, and great authority.<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"v-3\" class=\"verse font-helvetica\"><span class=\"verse-number\"><strong>3<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"verse-3\">And I saw one of his heads as if it had been mortally wounded, and his deadly wound was healed. And all the world marveled and followed the beast.<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"v-4\" class=\"verse font-helvetica\"><span class=\"verse-number\"><strong>4<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"verse-4\">So they worshiped the dragon who gave authority to the beast; and they worshiped the beast, saying, \u201cWho is like the beast? Who is able to make war with him?\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"v-5\" class=\"verse font-helvetica\"><span class=\"verse-number\"><strong>5<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"verse-5\">And he was given a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies, and he was given authority to continue for forty-two months.<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"v-6\" class=\"verse font-helvetica\"><span class=\"verse-number\"><strong>6<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"verse-6\">Then he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme His name, His tabernacle, and those who dwell in heaven.<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"v-7\" class=\"verse font-helvetica\"><span class=\"verse-number\"><strong>7<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"verse-7\">It was granted to him to make war with the saints and to overcome them. And authority was given him over every tribe, tongue, and nation.<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"v-8\" class=\"verse font-helvetica\"><span class=\"verse-number\"><strong>8<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"verse-8\">All who dwell on the earth will worship him, whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"v-9\" class=\"verse font-helvetica\"><span class=\"verse-number\"><strong>9<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"verse-9\">If anyone has an ear, let him hear.<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"v-10\" class=\"verse font-helvetica\"><span class=\"verse-number\"><strong>10<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"verse-10\">He who leads into captivity shall go into captivity; he who kills with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"v-11\" class=\"verse font-helvetica\"><span class=\"verse-number\"><strong>11<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"verse-11\">Then I saw another beast coming up out of the earth, and he had two horns like a lamb and spoke like a dragon.<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"v-12\" class=\"verse font-helvetica\"><span class=\"verse-number\"><strong>12<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"verse-12\">And he exercises all the authority of the first beast in his presence, and causes the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"v-13\" class=\"verse font-helvetica\"><span class=\"verse-number\"><strong>13<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"verse-13\">He performs great signs, so that he even makes fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men.<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"v-14\" class=\"verse font-helvetica\"><span class=\"verse-number\"><strong>14<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"verse-14\">And he deceives those who dwell on the earth by those signs which he was granted to do in the sight of the beast, telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the beast who was wounded by the sword and lived.<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"v-15\" class=\"verse font-helvetica\"><span class=\"verse-number\"><strong>15<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"verse-15\">He was granted power to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak and cause as many as would not worship the image of the beast to be killed.<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"v-16\" class=\"verse font-helvetica\"><span class=\"verse-number\"><strong>16<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"verse-16\">He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads,<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"v-17\" class=\"verse font-helvetica\"><span class=\"verse-number\"><strong>17<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"verse-17\">and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"v-18\" class=\"verse font-helvetica\"><span class=\"verse-number\"><strong>18<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"verse-18\">Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man: His number is 666.<\/span>\u00a0(Revelation 13:1-18)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong><em>Notice carefully part of verse 16\u2013\u201c<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<strong><em>He causes all \u2026 to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads,<\/em><\/strong>\u2014<strong><em> the MARK OF THE BEAST WILL INCLUDE SOME TYPE OF A WEARABLE! An implanted chip is a type of wearable.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The ability to control buying and selling, forced worship, etc. will be vastly aided surveillance by modern technology. The type of control that was written about in Revelation 13 was not possible over 1900 years ago when Revelation was written\u2013but in the 21st century it is.<\/p>\n<p>While cell phones, Bee, and wearable health trackers are not the mark of the Beast, they and related technologies are making it easier for the Beast to gain control once he rises up.<\/p>\n<p>Related to mobile phones and 666, we put together the following video:\u00a0<a id=\"video-title\" class=\"yt-simple-endpoint style-scope ytd-grid-video-renderer\" title=\"Mark of the Cell Phone\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RCsIjYGuer8\" aria-label=\"Mark of the Cell Phone 14 minutes, 52 seconds\">Mark of the Cell Phone?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The mark of the beast will include some type of wearable.<\/p>\n<p>We also the following video:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div id=\"contents\" class=\"style-scope ytd-shelf-renderer\">\n<div id=\"scroll-outer-container\" class=\"style-scope yt-horizontal-list-renderer\">\n<div id=\"scroll-container\" class=\"style-scope yt-horizontal-list-renderer\">\n<div id=\"items\" class=\"style-scope yt-horizontal-list-renderer\">\n<div id=\"dismissible\" class=\"style-scope ytd-grid-video-renderer\">\n<p><a class=\"yt-simple-endpoint inline-block style-scope ytd-thumbnail\" tabindex=\"-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EFZ2qsN1o5M\" rel=\"null\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"yt-core-image yt-core-image--fill-parent-height yt-core-image--fill-parent-width yt-core-image--content-mode-scale-aspect-fill yt-core-image--loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/EFZ2qsN1o5M\/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwE2CPYBEIoBSFXyq4qpAygIARUAAIhCGAFwAcABBvABAfgB_gmAAtAFigIMCAAQARhSIGUoYzAP&amp;rs=AOn4CLBboNhPadRc-KV_Jl8MYLNty0klXQ\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"overlays\" class=\"style-scope ytd-thumbnail\">\n<div class=\"thumbnail-overlay-badge-shape style-scope ytd-thumbnail-overlay-time-status-renderer\">\n<div class=\"badge-shape-wiz__text\">14:51<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"details\" class=\"style-scope ytd-grid-video-renderer\">\n<div id=\"text-metadata\" class=\"style-scope ytd-grid-video-renderer\">\n<div id=\"meta\" class=\"style-scope ytd-grid-video-renderer\">\n<h3 class=\"style-scope ytd-grid-video-renderer\"><a id=\"video-title\" class=\"yt-simple-endpoint style-scope ytd-grid-video-renderer\" title=\"Wearables and the Mark of the Beast\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EFZ2qsN1o5M\" aria-label=\"Wearables and the Mark of the Beast 14 minutes, 51 seconds\">Wearables and the Mark of the Beast<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Will your wristwatch tell on you? Is your cell phone watching you? Does your computer track your every move? What about Alexa? Is she really that friendly? What, if anything, do any of these devices have to do with the Mark of the Beast? Are certain devices bringing liberty or being a prelude to 666 type totalitarian controls? Are steps toward digitalization taking place in Europe? What about in the United States? Will technological devices ultimately aid the Beast in forcing all, both rich and poor, slave and free, to accept the Mark of the Beast or go hungry? Will your cell phone be queried to determine whether or not you can sell your house, or buy a car? Have you ever even considered the possibility that the \u2018Mark of the Beast\u2019 include be something you wear? Well consider it! As we get closer and closer to the time of the end and the beginning f the Great Tribulation Dr. Thiel shines the light of Biblical prophecy on these questions. There will be no shadow of turning with the full light of the word of God shining on the Beast.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Here is a link to our video:\u00a0<a id=\"video-title\" class=\"yt-simple-endpoint style-scope ytd-grid-video-renderer\" title=\"Wearables and the Mark of the Beast\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EFZ2qsN1o5M\" aria-label=\"Wearables and the Mark of the Beast 14 minutes, 51 seconds\">Wearables and the Mark of the Beast<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Modern technologies are already setting the world up for the coming European Beast to use \u2018666\u2019 controls.<\/p>\n<p>If you see this, hopefully you have taken steps to be a true Philadelphian Christian in these end times.<\/p>\n<p><em>Some items of related interest include the following:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/mark-of-antichrist.htm\">The Mark of Antichrist<\/a>\u00a0What is the mark of Antichrist? What have various ones claimed? Here is a link to a related sermon\u00a0<a dir=\"ltr\" title=\"What is the 'Mark of Antichrist'?\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ABf8U4d83d0&amp;list=UUOuL5Q2Xi9HZqU6GivhxveQ\" data-sessionlink=\"ei=hT1WVPfhO4ey-APvt4HQAw&amp;feature=c4-overview&amp;ved=CAsQvxs\">What is the \u2018Mark of Antichrist\u2019?<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/mark-of-the-beast.htm\">Mark of the Beast<\/a>\u00a0What is the mark of the Beast? Who is the Beast? What have various ones claimed the mark is?\u00a0<a dir=\"ltr\" title=\"What is the 'Mark of the Beast'?\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=y6mgM5S9eD0&amp;list=UUOuL5Q2Xi9HZqU6GivhxveQ\" aria-label=\"Watch video: What is the 'Mark of the Beast'?\" data-sessionlink=\"ei=vrBiVM-sKIf6qQXXvYCoDA&amp;feature=c4-overview&amp;ved=CA0Qvxs\">What is the \u2018Mark of the Beast\u2019?<br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/europa.htm\">Europa, the Beast, and Revelation<\/a>\u00a0Where did Europe get its name? What might Europe have to do with the Book of Revelation? What about \u201cthe Beast\u201d? Is an emerging European power \u201cthe daughter of Babylon\u201d? What is ahead for Europe? Here is are links to related videos:\u00a0<a id=\"video-title320\" title=\"European history and the Bible\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CG_RDo4TeRQ\" aria-label=\"European history and the Bible by ContinuingCoG 23 views 2 hours ago 1 hour, 10 minutes\">European history and the Bible<\/a>,\u00a0<a id=\"video-title320\" title=\"Europe In Prophecy\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UncScOU_U44\" aria-label=\"Europe In Prophecy by ContinuingCoG 1 view 1 hour, 10 minutes\">Europe In Prophecy<\/a>,\u00a0<a id=\"video-title320\" title=\"The End of European Babylon\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JXb8RSoWKkg\" aria-label=\"The End of European Babylon by ContinuingCoG No views 1 hour, 14 minutes\">The End of European Babylon<\/a>, and\u00a0<a title=\"Can You Prove that the Beast to Come is European?\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-ZOCVZMXHSU\" data-sessionlink=\"ei=u2oWUZXyBcaDhgG7z4CoCA&amp;feature=plcp\">Can You Prove that the Beast to Come is European?<\/a>\u00a0Here is a link to a related sermon in the Spanish language:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/kFdHdtne1es\">El Fin de la Babilonia Europea<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/europe-king-was-is-not.htm\">The European Union and the Seven Kings of Revelation 17<\/a>\u00a0Could the European Union be the sixth king that now is, but is not? Here is a link to the related sermon video:\u00a0<a id=\"video-title330\" title=\"European Union &amp; 7 Kings of Revelation 17:10\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tz83h4Pw8_o\" aria-label=\"European Union &amp; 7 Kings of Revelation 17:10 by ContinuingCoG No views 1 hour, 13 minutes\">European Union &amp; 7 Kings of Revelation 17:10<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bee product ad COGwriter Here is something related to a potentially totalitarian surveillance tool: Amazon is moving to acquire Bee, a startup focused on voice-driven wearable technology, signaling a broader push into AI-powered personal devices. Bee manufactures a lightweight bracelet and an Apple Watch app designed to capture and process audio from the surrounding environment. 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