Surveillance State: 60% of Americans Think Government Tracks Their Data
By Sophia Naughton Do you ever get that nagging feeling that someone’s watching you? You talk about buying new shoes and the next thing you…
Privacy
Company Wants to Install Data Collection Centers in Locations that Would Benefit from Free Wasted Data Collection Center Heat
By B.N. Frank Collecting data on people of all ages and often without their full knowledge and/or consent has become commonly referred to as “Surveillance…
NYC Supermarket “Collects Biometric” Data On Shoppers
By Tyler Durden A grocery store located in Manhattan’s Upper West Side uses facial and voice recognition technology to combat a surge in shoplifting, reported Patch…
State Invests in VR Pilot Program to Train Staff Despite Health, Safety, and Privacy Risks
By B.N. Frank It wasn’t that long ago that virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and mixed reality (MR) systems were NOT being utilized for…
Mexican Lawmakers Grant Interior Ministry Control Over Biometric Data, Spark Controversy
By Larisa Redins The Chamber of Deputies approved the General Law for the Operation of Civil Registries, granting the Ministry of the Interior control over…
FBI Admits to Buying Location Data on Americans Without Obtaining Warrants “for a specific national security pilot project”
By B.N. Frank Collecting data on people of all ages and often without their full knowledge and/or consent has become commonly referred to as “Surveillance…
Secretive “Wearable Camera” Startup With Ex-Apple Execs Secures $100 Million, Partners With OpenAI
By Tyler Durden WSJ reports that a new investment round of $100 million has been secured by a secretive startup called Humane Inc., founded by ex-Apple…
Critics on $3.5M ShotSpotter Contract: “it’s a tool on Black, Latino, and poor communities”; Money Should Be Used for Other Resources
By B.N. Frank ShotSpotter gunshot detection technology is expensive. It’s also notorious for its inaccuracies, privacy violations, and safety issues. At least one report has…
Age Verification Mandates Would Undermine Anonymity Online
By Jason Kelley and Adam Schwartz Age verification systems are surveillance systems. Mandatory age verification, and with it, mandatory identity verification, is the wrong approach…
Cops Listening To 911 Calls In Real-Time And Geofencing Without A Warrant: A Deadly Combination
By Joe Cadillic According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the Brookhaven Police Department has joined an ever-expanding list of police departments letting police officers listen to…
The Right to Be Let Alone: When the Government Wants to Know All Your Business
By John W. Whitehead and Nisha Whitehead “Experience teaches us to be most on our guard to protect liberty when the government’s purposes are beneficent.”—Supreme…
Now They Can Actually Use WiFi “To See People Through Walls”
By Michael Snyder If you truly wanted complete and total privacy, you would need to give up nearly all of the technology that you are…
It’s Been an Ugly Six Months for Identity Theft and Data Breaches
By Jim Nash A look back at U.S. security debacles in 2022, combined with a “major incident” this year, is doing nothing to make Americans…
Pet Tech Apps “leave users’ personal data easily accessible, and their devices open to cyberattacks”
By B.N. Frank Decades of research has determined that exposure to electromagnetic fields (EMF) including wireless radiation is biologically harmful. Exposure affects animals as well. …