By B.N. Frank It’s overwhelming to think about how much we are all being watched and tracked. This happens often without our knowledge or consent. …
By Derrick Broze In June the U.S. Government Accountability Office released a report detailing the widespread use of facial recognition technology, including law enforcement using…
By John W. Whitehead “If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—for ever.”— George Orwell, 1984 Tread cautiously:…
By Matthew Guariglia Between the increasing capabilities of local and state police, the creep of federal law enforcement into domestic policing, the use of aerial…
By B.N. Frank Illinois has a state law that protects residents’ biometric information. Six years ago a federal lawsuit was filed against Facebook for violating…
EFF Legal Intern Haley Amster contributed to this post. Over the past year, the use of online proctoring apps has skyrocketed. But while companies have…
By Aden Tate Yet another consequence of 2020 was the growth of public surveillance (aka Big Brother state) disguised under the umbrella of COVID. When…
By B.N. Frank It’s amusing as well as alarming when industry folks go to great lengths to depict “Smart Homes” as something desirable now and…
Technocrats invent because they can, not because there is a demonstrated need. Lip reading will take the same trajectory as facial recognition as it is…
By Julie Beal “The work that had been done over the years on formulations, RNA modifications and other techniques was paying off just in time for the…
By Jesse Smith The push to get everyone to take a COVID-19 injection may be the greatest social engineering project the world has ever witnessed….
By John W. Whitehead “It is just when people are all engaged in snooping on themselves and one another that they become anesthetized to the…
By James Wright, Alan Turing Institute Digital video surveillance systems can’t just identify who someone is. They can also work out how someone is feeling…
By Jeremy Lofredo In recent years, calls for radical prison reform and a solution to the U.S.’ opioid crisis have come to permeate national politics…