App Warning: With One Photo, Strangers Can Find Your Information
By Mac Slavo An app called Clearview allows the user to snap a photo of anyone. Once that’s done, the person who took your picture…
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The European Union May Ban Facial Recognition For 5-Year Review Of Tech
By Aaron Kesel The European Union is considering banning facial recognition technology which has raised massive privacy concerns over the years since its inception, risking…
New Privacy Law in Mozambique Threatens Freedom of Expression, Activists Say
By Dércio Tsandzana and Liam Anderson New amendments to the Mozambican Penal Code introduced to protect privacy could threaten freedom of expression, activists say. The…
Rentable Facial Recognition Robots That Can Detect Emotion Coming To A Conference Near You
By MassPrivateI Conference goers now have to be wary that robots will identify them everywhere they go. Corporations can now rent Chinese-made CloudMinds robots that…
Seven and Counting: Cambridge, Massachusetts Passes Facial Recognition Ban
By Michael Maharrey Last Monday night, the Cambridge City Council passed a measure banning facial recognition technology in the city. The growing movement to prohibit…
Amazon Admits Employees Have Secretly Watched Ring Camera Customers
By Joe Wolverton, II In a letter to U.S. senators, tech behemoth Amazon admits that it has fired employees discovered to have been spying on…
Top Apps Invade User Privacy By Collecting and Sharing Personal Data, New Report Finds
By Christoph Schmon A new year often starts with good resolutions. Some resolve to change a certain habit, others resolve to abandon an undesired trait….
How Much Have Americans Been Spied On By The Gov’t Since 2001? Sharyl Attkisson Provides The Ugly Truth
By B.N. Frank We’ve all heard about at least some of this before. Thanks to Full Measure for producing this new segment reminding us about…
DHS Secretary: Allowing People To Get Regular Drivers Licenses “Puts People At Risk”
By MassPrivateI A few weeks ago, DHS took absurdity to a whole new level in New Jersey. DHS told residents that allowing people an alternative…
Researchers Reveal 11 New 5G Vulnerabilities
By B.N. Frank Opposition to 5G is worldwide and for many reasons in addition to biological and environmental risks (see 1, 2). Lawsuits have been…
Interview: Michael Maharrey on Facial Recognition Pushback
By Corbett Report Extras Today Michael Maharrey of the Tenth Amendment Center joins us to discuss the recent legislative successes that have helped to push…
US Government Kicks Off Controversial DNA Collection Program
By Derrick Broze On January 3, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) released a Privacy Impact Assessment detailing plans to…
America Is The 4th Worst Abuser Of Biometric Privacy Rights In The World
By MassPrivateI Does anyone really believe America is still the land of the free? Since 9/11, DHS, the FBI, the CIA, and countless other alphabet…
New Cambridge Analytica Leaks Reveal Psychological Manipulation of Global Population
By Derrick Broze On New Year’s Day 2020, Twitter account @HindsightFiles began posting documents from data firm Cambridge Analytica (CA) which expose the extensive infrastructure…