FBI, DEA Deployment of AI Raises Privacy, Civil Rights Concerns
By Anthony Kimery A required audit of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) efforts to integrate AI such as biometric…
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Concerns over the Security of Electronic Personal Health Information Intensifies
By Anthony Kimery On Friday, an attorney for Ascension Health, a major U.S. hospital operator, wrote to Maine’s attorney general to tell him the electronic…
Federal Government Watchdog Warns the DHS Surveils Americans Without a Warrant Using More Than 20 Technologies
By Derrick Broze A federal watchdog has released a report detailing how federal law enforcement agencies are using more than 20 types of surveillance technologies…
The Hijacking of Bitcoin
By Neenah Payne Roger Ver is widely known as “Bitcoin Jesus” for his early promotion of the cryptocurrency. In 1999, at age 19 while in…
Digital Identity Wallets Come Online in Nations Working to 2026 EUDI Wallet Deadline
By Joel R. McConvey Wallets are on the EU’s mind, as use cases in identity verification, ticketing and payments grow. Under eIDAS 2.0, EU nations…
‘Big Brother’ Isn’t Just Watching — He’s Changing How Your Brain Works
By StudyFinds Every time you walk down a city street, electronic eyes are watching. From security systems to traffic cameras, surveillance is ubiquitous in modern…
Still Flawed and Lacking Safeguards, UN Cybercrime Treaty Goes Before the UN General Assembly, then States for Adoption
By Karen Gullo Most UN Member States, including the U.S., are expected to support adoption of the flawed UN Cybercrime Treaty when it’s scheduled to…
The Fight for Economic Freedom and the Lessons of Roger Ver
Op-Ed by Neil ‘Liberty’ Radimaker The system thrives on coercion, fear, and the risk of choice. At its core, this structure relies on convincing you…
You’d Better Watch Out: The Surveillance State Is Making a List, and You’re On It
By John W. Whitehead and Nisha Whitehead He sees you when you’re sleeping He knows when you’re awake He knows when you’ve been bad or…
DEA Pays Airline Staff to Target Innocent Travelers
By Edward Hasbrouck In response to a scathing report by its Office of the Inspector General (OIG), the US Department of Justice has directed the…
Meet the Spyware Companies Preparing to Unleash Their Tech During Trump’s 2nd Term
By Derrick Broze A small but growing number of private companies selling digital tools to hack smartphones and messaging apps, like WhatsApp and Signal, are…
Five Ways You Might Already Encounter AI in Cities (and not realise it)
By Noortje Marres, University of Warwick You’d probably notice if the car that cut you off or pulled up beside you at a light didn’t…
DHS Preps to Migrate 300M Latent Fingerprint Biometric Records to the Cloud
By Chris Burt The U.S. Department of Homeland Security wants to set up a cloud-based latent fingerprint biometric examination capability within its Automated Biometric Identification…
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…