Walmart Has An Incredibly Creepy Cart Patent To Monitor Your Biometric Data
By Aaron Kesel Walmart has a totally creepy idea to monitor your biometric data, pulse, and location from the sensors on a shopping cart handle,…
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Police Facial Recognition Body Cams Can Be Edited By Law Enforcement
By MassPrivateI Soon nowhere will be safe from Big Brother’s prying eyes. Imagine walking down Main St., and seeing officer friendly approaching you. As the…
Chicago Should Reject a Proposal for Private-Sector Face Surveillance
By Shahid Buttar A proposed amendment to the Chicago municipal code would allow businesses to use face surveillance systems that could invade biometric and location…
Schools Pushing For Police-Grade Surveillance Technology To “Protect” Students
By Aaron Kesel After the most recent school shooting in Parkland, Florida, schools across the U.S. are installing police-grade surveillance “gunshot-detection systems,” metal detectors and…
Creating National Biometric System for Patient Matching Will Threaten Privacy and Security
By Activist Post ST. PAUL, Minn.—The Pew Research Center last week released a new public opinion report on “patient matching,” a term which is simply…
TSA Facial Recognition Experiment Receives 85% Accuracy Rate
By Aaron Kesel The TSA is using facial recognition technology with a “biometric confirmation” rate of 85% for testing purposes at airports. U.S. Customs and…
Digital Strip Searches Coming to an Airport Near You – #NewWorldNextWeek
By corbettreport Welcome back to New World Next Week – the video series from Corbett Report and Media Monarchy that covers some of the most…
Lifting the Cloak of Secrecy From NYPD Surveillance Technology
By Nathan Sheard For too long, the New York Police Department has secretly deployed cutting-edge spy tech, without notice to the public. Many of these…
Feds Force Child Porn Suspect To Unlock Smartphone With His Face
By Aaron Kesel According to a new report by Forbes, for the first time in the U.S. and possibly the world, law enforcement have accessed…
Military and U.S. Law Enforcement Establishing Joint Communication Network for Biometric Databases
By Nicholas West Does anyone remember that it used to be considered a conspiracy theory to warn people about biometric databases? Well, now that it…
The Rise Of Facial Recognition Technology Is Now Inevitable
By Aaron Kesel The rise of facial recognition technology is inevitable and, as a result, the death of one’s privacy is sure to come with…
Will NIH’s 1 Million Person DNA Database Of Immigrant Children, Prisoners And Adults Be A Law Enforcement Goldmine?
By MassPrivateI If you thought sending your DNA to for-profit DNA companies was a bad idea, boy do I have bad news for you. The…
Wendy’s Sued For Violating Illinois Law Against Biometrics
By Aaron Kesel A class-action lawsuit was filed in Illinois against a fast food restaurant chain of the Wendy’s franchise. The suit accuses the company…
First U.S. Airport “Biometric Terminal” Set For Rollout This Year
By Nicholas West Biometric identification at U.S. airports has quietly been rolling out at various locations around the country. In some cases, it has been…