Drone As First Responder Programs Are Swarming Across the United States
By Beryl Lipton Law enforcement wants more drones, and we’ll probably see many more of them overhead as police departments seek to implement a popular…
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Clearview facial recognition searches double, database reaches 50B images
By Chris Burt The number of facial recognition searches performed with Clearview AI by law enforcement officials has doubled over the past year, reaching 2…
Android 15 integrates biometric security across the board
By Abhishek Jadhav In the latest Android 15 Beta 3 release, significant progress has been made in the area of biometric authentication. In addition to…
The World of Social Credit Just Got Much Closer
This article was originally published by Rhoda Wilson at The Daily Exposé. In England, it has been announced that in the future cat owners will be…
New ALPR Vulnerabilities Prove Mass Surveillance Is a Public Safety Threat
By Dave Maas and Cooper Quintin Government officials across the U.S. frequently promote the supposed, and often anecdotal, public safety benefits of automated license plate…
California law wants marketplaces to collect digital ID data from high-volume sellers
By Joel R. McConvey Democratic lawmakers in the golden state are fast-tracking a bill that would force online marketplaces to start collecting identity data such…
Five Eyes biometric data sharing increases by over 100X with little transparency
By Chris Burt A network for sharing biometrics, demographics and other data about visitors, migrants and other travelers has ballooned in scope and amount of…
The UN Cybercrime Draft Convention is a Blank Check for Unchecked Surveillance Abuses
By Katitza Rodriguez This is the first post in a series highlighting the problems and flaws in the proposed UN Cybercrime Convention. Check out our…
Privacy advocates push back against Meta’s data usage for AI development
By Abigail Opiah Meta has notified millions of European users about upcoming changes to its privacy policy, set to take effect on June 26, 2024….
Car Makers Shouldn’t Be Selling Our Driving History to Data Brokers and Insurance Companies
By Catalina Sanchez You accelerated multiple times on your way to Yosemite for the weekend. You braked when driving to a doctor appointment. If your…
Malfunctioning Facial Recognition Technology May Put Innocent Individuals at Risk
By Belle Carter — Natural News Government entities, including seven law enforcement agencies in the Department of Homeland Security and Department of Justice, have instituted the…
From Banks to Big Brother: The Rise of Financial Surveillance
By Michael Boldin Think you have financial privacy? Think again. Since Nixon, the US has increasingly turned banks and the entire financial industry into a…
The Growing Move Away From Screen Time
By Neenah Payne When Steve Jobs introduction of the iPhone in 2007, it was pure magic and immediately changed our lives in myriad ways! Wired…
Privacy International Warns That Biometrics at Sports Stadiums Infringe on Human Rights
By Chris Burt The use of facial recognition at sports stadiums and arenas represents a threat to people’s rights to privacy and to participate in…