Now in Effect: Utah Law Expands Limits on Drone Surveillance
By Michael Maharrey SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (May 4, 2022) – Today, a Utah law that expands state limits on government drone surveillance went into…
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India Orders VPN Providers to Collect Data on Users
By Ken Macon India’s cybersecurity agency, the Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), will require government organizations, corporations, service providers, data centers, and intermediaries to report…
Houston Tyranny: Businesses Must Install Surveillance Cams At Own Expense, Cops To View Footage Without Warrant
Tough on crime or just lawless tyrants? The Houston city council has gone completely 1984 by forcing businesses to spend their own money to install…
AI Used to Tap Massive Amounts of Smart Meter Data
Technocracy has sought to control energy since the 1930s. Smart Meters were rolled out in 2008 with the promise that they would never be used…
ICE Sued for Immigrant Tracking App that “has the capability of surveilling not only the subject but also bystanders”
By B.N. Frank This is not the first time there has been American opposition to tracking illegal immigrants and/or asylum seekers via smart technology. In…
Another State Considering a Consumer Data Protections Bill
By B.N. Frank Americans are becoming more concerned about all the personal data that is being collected on them – and their kids – and…
Adults and Children Continuously Targeted for Data Extraction, Surveillance and Censorship
By Steven Maxwell It isn’t an exaggeration to say that not a single day goes by without a new data exploit, hack, breach, leak, or…
Michigan School Under Fire After Student Leaks “McCarthyist” Questionnaire
By Tyler Durden A Michigan school system is under fire after a student posted a photograph of a questionnaire which asked deeply personal questions –…
60% of Largest U.S. Companies Use Some Sort of Employee Tracking Surveillance
By B.N. Frank Businesses collecting data on customers for the purpose of marketing additional products and services to them as well as selling their data…
Fusion Centers Facilitate Spying on Everybody
By Michael Boldin Fusion centers were sold to the public as state-federal partnerships to go after “the terrorists.” But to keep their budgets flowing, they’ve…
The FBI Boosts Its Social Media Surveillance Technology
By Didi Rankovic Both US law enforcement and Babel Street CEO Jeffrey Chapman seem to like to keep it in the family: Chapman is a…
“A Non-Starter” — Critics Slam Amtrak Request for DHS Watchlist Screening of Passengers
By Brett Wilkins Civil liberties defenders sounded the alarm Wednesday after Amtrak asked the Transportation Safety Administration to start screening passengers against the U.S. Department…
Google Fights Dragnet Warrant for Users’ Search Histories Overseas While Continuing to Give Data to Police in the U.S.
By Naomi Gilens, Jennifer Lynch, and Veridiana Alimonti Google is fighting back against a Brazilian court order to turn over data on all users who…
Boston Police Use Asset Forfeiture Funds to Secretly Purchase Stingray Spy Device
By Michael Maharrey Civil asset forfeiture is a pernicious policy in its own right. It is nothing more than legalized, institutionalized, government-sanctioned theft. Forfeiture laws…