San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors Grants Police More Surveillance Powers
By Matthew Guariglia In a 4-7 vote, San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors passed a 15-month pilot program granting the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) more…
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Spawn Of DARPA: ARPA-H Is Fast Track To Digital Dictatorship
Biden intends to appoint Dr. Reenee Wegrzyn, a former scientist with DARPA, as the inaugural director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H)….
Brazil to Test Biometric Database for “Election Integrity”
By Ken Macon Some of the voting machines that will be part of the integrity test in Brazil ahead of the general elections will feature…
It’s “Unreasonable” for Banks to Share Your Financial Info With the Government, 8 in 10 Americans Say
By Emily Ekins What if your bank shared what you spent your money on with the federal government? By law, banks and other financial institutions…
Could the EARN IT Act Destroy Encrypted Messaging?
By Marie Hawthorne On January 31, 2022, the EARN IT Act was introduced to Congress. This bill is still under review by Congress, but considering…
Facebook Spied On Private Messages Of “Conservative Right-Wing Individuals”, Then Reported To FBI For Domestic Terrorism
By Tyler Durden According to DOJ whistleblowers, Facebook has been spying on Americans’ private messages and reporting them to the FBI if they express ‘anti-government…
New Facial Recognition Research Reveals More “really stark” Racial Disparities; Professor Recommends Pausing Its Use
By B.N. Frank Facial recognition technology can be biased, make errors, and it’s privacy invasive (see 1, 2, 3, 4, 5). Opposition to its use…
Utility Smart Meters Could Eventually Be Used “to control your individual energy use”
By B.N. Frank Opposition to hazardous and privacy invasive utility “Smart” Meters – (electric, gas, and water) – is worldwide for numerous reasons including fires…
The Right to Be Left Alone
By Andrew P. Napolitano The Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees the right to privacy. Like other amendments in the Bill of Rights, it…
Controversial Smart Thermostats “helped the country to consume 1.4% less energy on space heating and cooling” in 2021
By B.N. Frank Earlier this summer, research revealed that smart thermostats could be damaging local power grids. Most would agree that’s not a good thing…
Surveillance State Revealed: A Guided Tour of How Cops Can Browse Your Location Data
By Will Greenberg In Part 1 of our series on Fog Data Science, we saw how when you give some apps permission to view your…
DHS Wants to Continue its “disinformation” Work, Flag “falsehoods” to Social Media Platforms
By Tom Parker “The Department must be able to address the disinformation threat streams that can undermine the security of our homeland.” The Department of…
Over-the-Horizon Drones Line Up But Privacy Is Not In Sight
By Andrés Arrieta The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will soon rule on Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) drones, which are capable of flying while…
How To Use Technology, And Not Be Used By It
By Simon Black, Sovereign Man Amazon’s Ring video doorbells likely form the largest private surveillance network the world has ever known. Millions of Americans allow…