Facebook Banking on a Cashless Society
Brandon Turbeville Activist Post As if the current methods of evaporating privacy and pushing a world toward the Cashless Society were not moving fast enough,…
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New laser-based molecular scanner will tell the government everything about you from 164 ft away
Madison Ruppert, Contributor Activist Post As ludicrously farfetched as the headline sounds, there is in fact a new laser-based scanner built by Genia Photonics –…
14 Incredibly Creepy Surveillance Technologies That Big Brother Will Be Using To Spy On You
Michael Snyder, Contributor Activist Post Most of us don’t think much about it, but the truth is that people are being watched, tracked and monitored…
IARPA: US Government Spies on Us Through Vimeo and YouTube
Susanne Posel, Contributor Activist Post Igor Curcio heads a team of researchers at the Nokia Research Center and has developed complicated algorithms that can take clips…
Congress rethinking their approval of expanding domestic drone usage?
Madison Ruppert, Contributor Activist Post It appears that some members of Congress are beginning to see the glaring error in their move to pass the…
New Intelligent Biometric Security Program Can Adapt to Human Behavior
image source Brandon Turbeville Activist Post It has recently been announced by Homeland Security News Wire that researchers at the Biometric Technologies Laboratory at the…
Biometric National IDs and Passports: A False Sense of Security
Katitza Rodriguez EFF People tend to think that digital copies of our biological features, stored in a government-run database, are problems of a dystopian future….
Japan Proposes Next Phase of Centralized Surveillance
Brandon Turbeville Activist Post Although moving slower in some areas than others, there is little doubt that the plan to number, track, and trace every…
Border Control Measures Using License Plate Tracking Halted by Activists in Utah (Updated)
image credit: ACLU Joe Wright Activist Post The War on Drugs has been threatening the fundamental rights of ordinary Americans, and greatly impinging upon states…
Anti-surveillance App Developer Targeted at Border by Department of Homeland Security
Cryptocat developer, Nadim Kobeissi image source Brandon Turbeville Activist Post In yet another example of the ever growing reach of the American Homeland Security state,…
The U.S. military is operating drones domestically and sharing data with law enforcement
Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Brian Ferguson Madison Ruppert, Contributor Activist Post As many are now well aware, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is pushing for…
Facial Recognition Goes Trendy with SceneTap’s Biometric Barhopping App
image credit: SceneTap Nicholas West Activist Post Do you want to tap into your local scene? Are you a tourist looking for some action-packed nightlife?…
DNA Goes Digital with New Biometric Tracking App
image credit: Digital DNA from Applied DNA Sciences Brandon Turbeville Activist Post If you needed one more example of how DNA will soon cease to…
DHS Considers Collecting DNA From Kids; DEA and US Marshals Already Do
Jennifer Lynch EFF Documents just released by US Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) in response to one of EFF’s Freedom of Information Act requests show…