NYC Expands Use Of Drones To Respond To Crimes
The genie is out of the bottle, granting wishes to the Technocrats of the world. Like a “Person of Interest” episode, drones can use high-resolution…
Privacy
What Will The Future Bring For ID Demands?
By Edward Hasbrouck There are elections today in the USA. But we don’t need to know their outcome to predict many of the issues that…
The Human Toll of ALPR Errors
This post was written by Gowri Nayar, an EFF legal intern. Imagine driving to get your nails done with your family and all of a…
Police Crack Down On Street Takeovers With High-Tech Surveillance As 4th Amendment Battles Loom
Authored by Beige Luciano-Adams via The Epoch Times (emphasis ZeroHedge) LOS ANGELES—As police across California crack down on illegal street racing, takeovers, and sideshows, technology…
No Matter What the Bank Says, It’s YOUR Money, YOUR Data, and YOUR Choice
By Cory Doctorow The Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (CFPB) has just finalized a rule that makes it easy and safe for you to figure out…
How Many U.S. Persons Does Section 702 Spy On? The ODNI Needs to Come Clean.
By Matthew Guariglia EFF has joined with 23 other organizations including the ACLU, Restore the Fourth, the Brennan Center for Justice, Access Now, and the…
23andMe Reportedly Faces Bankruptcy — What Will Happen to Everyone’s DNA Samples?
By Megan Prictor, The University of Melbourne Since it was founded nearly two decades ago, 23andMe has grown into one of the largest biotechnology companies…
National Public Data Files For Bankruptcy Months After Data Breach Involving 3 Billion People Reported
By Tyler Durden Data brokerage National Public Data has filed for bankruptcy months after admitting that “hundreds of millions” of people were affected in one of…
PimEyes Says Meta Glasses Integration Could Have ‘Irreversible Consequences’
By Masha Borak Two Harvard students made headlines after converting Meta’s smart glasses into a device that automatically captures people’s faces with facial recognition and…
Klaus Schwab Announces ‘Collaboration for the Intelligent Age’ will be Theme of Next WEF Meeting in Davos
By Tim Hinchliffe, The Sociable World Economic Forum (WEF) founder Klaus Schwab announces that the theme for next year’s Annual Meeting in Davos will be…
Digital ID: The Foundation for Technocracy
By Ryan Cristián Today the Independent Media Alliance brings you a panel on the rise of the digital ID, and how it is a foundational…
A Closer Look at Durov, Telegram and Encryption – Video #145
By Makia Freeman The case of Telegram CEO Pavel Durov connects to lots of topics, including geopolitics, the WEF Young Global Leader program and encryption….
Telegram Backtracks, Will Provide Govts With User Data in Wake of Founder’s Arrest
By Chris Menahan, Information Liberation Telegram announced on Monday that they will hand over users’ IP addresses and phone numbers in response to “valid legal…
Technocrat Larry Ellison: Omnipresent AI Cameras Will Ensure Good Behavior
Should you take an arch-technocrat at his word? I think so. Larry Ellison is the founder and former chairman of Oracle, the third-largest software company…