Court Allows Police to Use License Plate Scanners to Track ALL Drivers, Even Innocent Ones
By The Rutherford Institute In a blow to privacy that extends the government’s authority to create a web of surveillance, the Virginia Supreme Court has…
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New Telegram Bot Violates Female Privacy Making Deep Fake Nudes From Regular Photos
By Aaron Kesel A deep fake bot found on the Telegram messenger app has victimized seemingly hundreds of thousands of women by making normal photos…
Walmart’s Redesigned Airport-style Stores Will Track Everyone
By MassPrivateI What have corporations learned from the post 9/11 era? Apparently a lot. Since 9/11, airports in the U.S. and across the globe have…
Court Records Show Google Gives Keyword Searches of Innocent People to Cops
By Matt Agorist Everyone reading this knows that there are few things on the internet more revealing than their internet search data. It is for…
Latin American Governments Must Commit to Surveillance Transparency
By Katitza Rodriguez and Veridiana Alimonti This post is the second in a series about our new State of Communications Privacy Laws report, a set…
Hospitals And VA Clinics Use “XECAN” Facial Recognition And Palm Scanners To Track Patients
By MassPrivateI Massachusetts area hospitals and VA clinics have begun installing XECAN facial recognition cameras to identify and track patients. According to XECAN, they have been providing…
Research Reveals Virtual Reality (VR) Can Profile Your Personality AND Create Serious Health Problems
By B.N. Frank Virtual Reality (VR) can cause balance issues, behavioral changes, cognitive problems, eye problems (soreness, vision changes), headaches, and more. 2018 research revealed…
How UK “Track-And-Trace” Data From Restaurants Is Being Harvested And Sold
By 21st Century Wire This latest revelation will no doubt be an embarrassment to what is already looking like a haphazard biosurveillance operation being run…
That Little Green Dot: Your iPhone Camera Is Spying On You
By Tyler Durden Apple has rolled out with a new privacy protection feature on its iPhone, specifically with the new iOS 14 update, which many…
LEAKED: Email Addresses and Phone Numbers for 100,000+ Gamers
By B.N. Frank If you follow the news at all it seems like accidental data leaks and personal information being compromised by devices and software…
Orders from the Top: The EU’s Timetable for Dismantling End-to-End Encryption
By Danny O’Brien The last few months have seen a steady stream of proposals, encouraged by the advocacy of the FBI and Department of Justice, to…
Come Back with a Warrant for my Virtual House
By Kurt Opsahl Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality in your home can involve the creation of an intimate portrait of your private life. The VR/AR headsets…
Judge Upends Vallejo, California’s Use of Stingray Surveillance
By Matthew Guariglia Cops in Vallejo have put their controversial cell-phone surveillance tool back in the box, after a judge released a tentative ruling (which…
The Police Are Requesting Data from People’s Smart Speakers at an Alarming Rate
By Robert Wheeler Remember all those conspiracy theorists and Luddites who told you they didn’t want Echo or Alexa devices in their home because those…