Ireland Shows How Police can Ignore Biometric Privacy Concerns and Promises
By Jim Nash Those who see face surveillance by law enforcement as a danger to civil rights keep hoping that their warnings will stir the…
Crime
Draft UN Cybercrime Treaty Could Make Security Research a Crime, Leading 124 Experts to Call on UN Delegates to Fix Flawed Provisions that Weaken Everyone’s Security
By Karen Gullo Security researchers’ work discovering and reporting vulnerabilities in software, firmware, networks, and devices protects people, businesses and governments around the world from…
Audio Cloning can Take Over a Phone Call in Real Time Without the Speakers Knowing
By Joel McConvey Generative AI could be listening to your phone calls and hijacking them with fake biometric audio for fraud or manipulation purposes, according…
New Scandal, Same Story
By Ramesh Thakur The UK has been consumed by a scandal involving the use of faulty accounting software, Horizon from Fujitsu, used by the Post…
San Francisco Police’s Live Surveillance Yields Almost 200 Hours of Spying — Including of Music Festivals
By Saira Hussain and Matthew Guariglia A new report reveals that in just three months, from July 1 to September 30, 2023, the San Francisco…
Another Fast & Furious Scandal? Mexico Demands Answers As Cartels Acquire US-Military Grade Weapons
By Tyler Durden Mexico is furious and demands an investigation into how belt-fed machine guns, rocket launchers, and grenades are ending up in the hands…
Mask-Wearing German Judge Acquits CJ Hopkins In ‘Nazi-Promoting Tweets’ Case
By Tyler Durden Six months after renowned American author and satirist CJ Hopkins was first charged (and found guilty and sentenced) for daring to dissent…
Drug Lords are Destroying Ecuador
Op-Ed by Emily Thompson The infiltration of Mexican drug cartels into local criminal gangs in Ecuador is causing severe harm to the country. It has…
Victory! Ring Announces It Will No Longer Facilitate Police Requests for Footage from Users
By Matthew Guariglia Amazon’s Ring has announced that it will no longer facilitate police’s warrantless requests for footage from Ring users. This is a victory…
Latest False Arrest Involving Facial Recognition in US Sure to Fuel Backlash
By Chris Burt Another arrest in the United States that relied on facial recognition has resulted in a horror story of misidentification and a lawsuit….
US Lawmakers Attack Categories of Deepfake but Miss Everyday Fraud
By Jim Nash A pair of U.S. House of Representative members have introduced a bill intended to restrict unauthorized fraudulent digital replicas of people. The…
Criminality in the White House: The Rise of the Political Psychopath
By John W. Whitehead and Nisha Whitehead “When the President does it, that means that it is not illegal.”—Richard Nixon Many years ago, a newspaper…
LAPD Plans to Include Private Cameras in 10K-strong Surveillance Network
By Bianca Gonzalez The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) intends to develop a new surveillance center that will give police centralized access to live security…
UK Police Have Been Secretly Using Passport Database for Facial Recognition for 3 Years
By Masha Borak Police in the UK have been using the country’s passport holder database to conduct facial recognition searches without public disclosure, a new…