Oct 23
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Law enforcement agencies across the United States are scrambling to secure funding for new cellphone-tracking…
Oct 15
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A group of Democratic lawmakers on Thursday urged the government’s privacy and civil liberties watchdog to launch an…
Sep 9
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It’s not exactly a secret that Donald Trump’s race-baiting, fascistic administration has turned a blind eye to…
Aug 31
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The FBI warned in a November 2019 bulletin that smart video doorbells, such as Amazon’s Ring or Google’s Nest Hello…
Aug 26
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Data analytics company Palantir—the firm co-founded by venture capitalist Peter Thiel most notorious for its work…
Aug 14
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In a pairing that has all the makings of a privacy and/or human rights nightmare waiting to happen, the dystopian…
Aug 14
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Donald Trump—who once demanded that former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden be executed for…
Aug 5
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Nearly a dozen civil liberties organizations have accused Congressman Adam Schiff and other Democratic leaders of…
Jul 28
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Rite Aid used face recognition to scan the faces of every single customer who walked into hundreds of its stores in…
Jul 15
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An abundance of reporting has confirmed that you’re not paranoid, Minority Report was nonfiction, and face paint…
Jul 9
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AI intelligence analysis startup Dataminr monitored nationwide protests against the death of Minneapolis man George…
Jul 6
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Dystopian, U.S.-based face recognition firm Clearview AI has suspended its contract with the Royal Canadian Mounted…
Jun 29
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During a public meeting on Monday, Detroit Police Chief James Craig estimated the facial recognition technology used…
Jun 24
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A trio of Republican senators have introduced a bill that would force tech firms to engineer backdoors into their…
Jun 22
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A U.S. Army soldier has been charged with plotting an attack on his own unit in coordination with the Order of Nine…
Jun 20
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The neighborhood social networking platform Nextdoor dropped its “Forward to Police” feature this week, a widely…
Jun 19
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Apparently, the government was watching. The New York Times reports that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)…
Jun 18
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FBI agents used online evidence including an Etsy shop and profiles on LinkedIn and fashion website Poshmark to…
Jun 17
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Last Friday night, thousands defied New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and Governor Andrew Cuomo’s curfew order and…
Jun 15
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We know that the cops surveil us at protests, which is why you generally should be cautious about posting crowd…