While Censoring Voices, Facebook Let Big Tech Companies Read & Delete Private Messages
By Mac Slavo While in the middle of a full-blown censorship scandal and other issues, Facebook has been caught allowing Big Tech companies the ability…
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Facebook Bug Exposed Millions of Users’ Private Photos, Here’s How to See if You Were Affected
By Matt Agorist On Friday, the tech giant Facebook announced yet another security bug in which the platform allowed third parties access to a user’s…
The EFF Gift Guide: What Technology Is Creeping Us Out
By Hayley Tsukayama EFF doesn’t endorse products. But as Internet-connected products proliferate, ads for them bombard holiday shoppers with promises of a more streamlined life….
Facebook Fails: Sought Patents To Predict Where You Are Going, Fact Checkers Losing Trust, Alternative Media Targeted
By Aaron Kesel Three creepy Facebook patent applications describe using your historical location data — and others’ — to determine where users will go next…
Hertz’s Airport Facial Recognition Program Uses Customer Loyalty Rewards To Change Public Opinion
By MassPrivateI Americans no longer have to worry about the TSA (DHS) using facial recognition to spy on you and your family. Because private corporations…
Five Things NOT To Gift To A Loved One This Holiday Season If You Have A Heart Or A Brain (Or A Soul)
By Patricia Burke If you or you loved one have a heart and a brain, including your dog, cat, gerbil, mouse, gecko, or parrot, there…
China Is Data Mining Directly From The Brains Of Workers
By Meadow Clark China is deploying emotional surveillance technology that mines data from the minds of its citizens. Essentially, they’re data mining by reading their…
TSA’s Roadmap for Airport Surveillance Moves in a Dangerous Direction
By India McKinney The Transportation Security Administration has set out an alarming vision of pervasive biometric surveillance at airports, which cuts against the right to…
In the New Fight for Online Privacy and Security, Australia Falls: What Happens Next?
By Danny O’Brien With indecent speed, and after the barest nod to debate, the Australian Parliament has now passed the Assistance and Access Act, unopposed…
Sacramento County Welfare Division Terminates Automated License Plate Reader Program
By Dave Maass The Sacramento County’s Department of Human Assistance (DHA) is terminating its invasive automated license plate reader (ALPR) program, following an EFF investigation…
Amazon Releases Update And Improves Facial Rekognition Software As We Enter The Point Of No Return For Biometrics
By Aaron Kesel Amazon has released an update to its controversial Amazon Rekogntion software which “improves the ability to detect more faces, increases the accuracy…
Surveillance Cameras Equipped With Thermal Imaging Allow Police To Identify People By Their Gender, Body Size And Skin Color
By MassPrivateI BriefCam’s “Transforming Video into Actionable Intelligence” allows law enforcement and retailers to secretly identify people by their gender, body size, color, direction, speed…
Authorities Are Using A “Mysterious New Tool” That Can Unlock Virtually Any Cellphone
By Michael Snyder Your cellphone is a gold mine of information about where you have been, who you have been talking to, and what you…
Your Medical Devices Are Not Keeping Your Health Data to Themselves
By Derek Kravitz and Marshall Allen CPAP units, heart monitors, blood glucose meters and lifestyle apps generate information that can be used in ways patients…