Database Your Face: Drones to Employ Facial Recognition, Ending Anonymity
image source Nicholas West Activist Post In a matter of just a few years, we have gone from drones in American skies being a conspiracy…
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Senate Panel Approves Even More Stringent Biometric Measures
Permission = Freedom? Eric Blair Activist Post “The secret in propaganda is that when you demonize, you dehumanize,” says James Forsher, a film historian. “When…
House Judiciary Committee drone hearing: one step closer to legislation restricting drone use
Chris Calabrese of the ACLU delivers his testimony Madison Ruppert Activist Post The House Committee on the Judiciary held a hearing yesterday examining the privacy…
The United Nations’ Cult of Happiness and the New World Economy
Julie Beal Activist Post Extra! Extra! Read all about it! A simple cure for political activism has been found! Forget your worries, because all you…
EPIC files lawsuit against FBI to obtain documents about massive biometric identification database
image credit: Tomer Arazy/Flickr Madison Ruppert Activist Post As I reported in 2011, the FBI is involved in collecting and storing the biometric identifiers of…
Creating a Surveillance and DNA Database for Every American . . . From the Cradle to the Grave
image source Brandon Turbeville Activist Post Coming in combination with such recent announcements as the open desire of agencies like DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects…
Will Americans Soon Not Be Able To Buy, Sell Or Get A Job Without A Global ID Card?
Michael Snyder Activist Post A plan being pushed in Congress right now by senators from both major political parties would force all Americans to get…
SkyCop: the creepy technology that could place your city under pervasive surveillance
Image credit: SkyCop website Madison Ruppert Activist Post Memphis, Tennessee-based ESI Companies, Inc. is behind a quite creepy technology platform they call SkyCop, capable of…
Panetta: U.S. has to maintain open-ended drone war to prevent a terror attack on America
Chris Devers/Flickr Madison Ruppert, Contributor Activist Post According to United States Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, the U.S. must indefinitely extend the drone war against…
Glasgow to become UK’s first ‘smart city,’ will include facial recognition-enabled surveillance cameras
Madison Ruppert, Contributor Activist Post Glasgow, Scotland is slated to become the first “smart city” in the United Kingdom after receiving a £24 million grant…
Now is the Time to Stop Smart Guns
Julie Beal, Contributor Activist Post Sometimes it feels like I’m talking to a brick wall – last week, I raised the alarm on the growth…
Japanese researchers develop goggles to thwart facial recognition technology
screen shot from NII press release Madison Ruppert, Contributor Activist Post An associate professor at Japan’s National Institute of Informatics (NII) has developed new technology…
Demand a Plan to Stop Smart Guns
Julie Beal, Contributor Activist Post Could Obama pass an Executive Order to introduce the large-scale manufacture of smart guns? If so, the claim will be…
Rapid DNA: Coming Soon to a Police Department or Immigration Office Near You
Jennifer Lynch EFF In the amount of time it takes to get lunch, the government can now collect your DNA and extract a profile that…