Amazon defends using footage of suspected thieves in Ring ads
Ring says its sponsored posts are intended to help keep neighborhood’s safe.
On Jun 7, 2019 by Mikael Thalen
College students unknowingly photographed as part of secret face recognition project
Images of over 1,700 people captured as part of government-funded program.
On May 28, 2019 by Mikael Thalen
Amazon is trying to solve pushback on facial recognition software with a web form
The discovery comes amid heightened scrutiny of the surveillance method.
On May 23, 2019 by Mikael Thalen
San Francisco becomes first U.S. city to ban facial recognition
‘We can have good security without a security state and we can have good policing without a police state.’
On May 15, 2019 by Mikael Thalen
Facebook’s new general counsel helped craft the ‘Patriot Act’
The hire was announced on Monday.
On Apr 23, 2019 by Andrew Wyrich
Report: Your phone’s location data can be purchased on the black market
Bounty hunters can easily track devices.
On Jan 8, 2019 by Mikael Thalen
Lawsuit unearths hundreds of Kavanaugh emails on government surveillance
The Electronic Privacy Information Center filed suit for the documents in September.
On Oct 13, 2018 by Ellen Ioanes
Report: NYPD helped IBM secretly develop technology that identifies people by skin color
The NYPD has stopped using the technology.
On Sep 6, 2018 by Christina Bonnington
Can law enforcement be trusted with facial recognition technology?
Facial recognition is everywhere now. What can people do?
On Aug 6, 2018 by Ben Dickson
Walmart could soon be spying on employees and customers at its checkout lines
This feels … intrusive.
On Jul 12, 2018 by Monica Riese
Report: The NSA has secret spy hubs in major U.S. cities
Atlanta, Chicago, Seattle, and San Francisco all house NSA spy hubs.
On Jun 25, 2018 by Christina Bonnington
ICE just signed a $2.4 million contract with this shady real-time surveillance firm
An ICE spokesperson confirmed the contract with PenLink.
On Jun 12, 2018 by Christina Bonnington
Officials report suspicious phone surveillance devices near White House
IMSI catcher technology tracks calls and messages.
On Jun 1, 2018 by David Gilmour
The ‘FBI agent watching me’ meme is about accepting mass surveillance
Do we actually like the idea of being watched?
On Apr 26, 2018 by Kathryn Watson
Report: U.K. police secretly deploy cellphone data extraction technologies
Privacy International is demanding an independent review.
On Mar 27, 2018 by David Gilmour
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