Trump’s Border Wall Approved By House Panel, Includes Drones, DNA Collection, Biometric Scans
By Derrick Broze Trump’s border wall moved one step closer to becoming reality, but will Americans be forced to give up privacy in the name of security?…
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Department of Homeland Security is Collecting Social Media Data on All Immigrants
By Derrick Broze The Department of Homeland Security has made public a rule which calls for collecting social media info on immigrants. A new report…
Homeland Security Faces Lawsuit Over Warrantless Searches at Border
By Derrick Broze The Department of Homeland Security faces a federal class action lawsuit for violating the rights of people crossing the U.S. border by searching…
New Graphene Electronic Tattoo for Tracking Internet of Things and Biometric IDs
By Nicholas West New biometric tracking methods seem to be rolled out by the day for policing, travel, banking, medical applications, and beyond. February of…
4 Truly Important Items For Your Post-Election List Of Things To Protest
By Dylan Charles Supporters of Clinton in the painfully long 2016 presidential campaign warned us before the vote that if Trump lost the election, his…
Tennessee Town Now Has the Ability to Track Drivers Through Their License Plates
By Mike Maharrey A small-town Tennessee police department recently deployed an automatic license plate reader (ALPR) system that allows officers to collect and store data…
Police: Parking in Newport Beach, CA Makes You Part of a Criminal Investigation
By Mike Maharrey If you park your car in Newport Beach, police will likely scan your license plate with an automated license plate reader (ALPR)….
Fail: New York Assembly Committee Guts Bill to Limit Automatic License Plate Readers
By Shane Trejo A bill introduced in the New York Assembly to put strict limitations on the use of automated license plate reader systems (ALPRs)…
The FBI Wants to Keep the National Biometric Database a Secret
By Derrick Broze The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is attempting to suppress information about a massive database which contains fingerprints, palm prints, iris, voice,…
Scary Grid: Baby Monitor Hacked to Play ‘Eerie Music,’ Tell Parent ‘You Are Being Watched’
By Melissa Dykes The smart grid is getting dumber all the time. A family from southwestern Ontario would likely agree after someone hacked their baby…
First Robot-Run Hotel Opens in Japan to Save Money on Paying Human Staff
By Melissa Dykes In the coming “smart” future run by artificial intelligence, it has been predicted that robots will begin taking over most of the…
Google Patents Creepy New Toys That Spy on Your Kids, Control Smart Devices in Your Home
By Melissa Dykes Just when you think Google (read: our real-life Skynet) can’t get any creepier, they go and aspire. Now the megacorporation has patented…
Signed into Law: Florida Bill Expands Limits on Drone Surveillance
Source By Michael Maharrey Florida Gov. Rick Scott signed signed a bill into law yesterday that takes a second step against mass surveillance, expanding current…
The Coming ”Brain Chip”
By Brandon Turbeville Interestingly, a 2007 clip from NBC News has, for some reason, been making the rounds on the Internet once again as if…