The Government Is Testing Mass Surveillance on the Border Before Turning It on Americans
By Jack Herrera Border Patrol’s electronic eyes will spot you long before you spot them. If you walk along the United States border in remote…
Privacy
Four and Counting: Berkeley Passes Facial Recognition Ban
By Michael Maharrey BERKELEY, Calif. (Oct. 16. 2019) – Yesterday, the Berkeley City Council unanimously passed a ban on law enforcement use of facial recognition…
911 Dispatchers To Monitor 30+ Million CCTV Cameras In Real-Time
By MassPrivateI 911 dispatchers are about to join the ranks of District Attorneys (DA) using CCTV cameras to monitor the public. The district attorney for Pennsylvania’s…
The FBI And NSA Caught Spying On American Citizens ILLEGALLY AGAIN!
By Jason Bermas The news isn’t necessarily that they got caught; it’s that even a secret court has told them that it’s illegal. The fact…
China’s Global Reach: Surveillance and Censorship Beyond the Great Firewall
By Danny O’Brien Those outside the People’s Republic of China (PRC) are accustomed to thinking of the Internet censorship practices of the Chinese state as…
The “Safe Drivers Act” Is A Real-Time National Driver Surveillance Program
By MassPrivateI A new Senate bill would create a real-time national driver surveillance program that would allow law enforcement to know anything and everything about…
Twitter “Unintentionally” Used Your Phone Number for Targeted Advertising
By Gennie Gebhart and Jacob Hoffman-Andrews Stop us if you’ve heard this before: you give a tech company your personal information in order to use…
Signed as Law: California Bans Facial Recognition on Police Body Cameras
By Michael Maharrey Yesterday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law that bans police from using facial recognition and biometric scanners with body-worn…
Carnegie Foundation: Chinese A.I. Tech Dominating The Globe
By Daniel Taylor A September, 2019 report from the Carnegie Foundation found that Chinese artificial intelligence surveillance systems are rapidly overtaking the planet. Chinese companies…
News from The Constitution-Free Zone: Border Patrol Using Biometrics for “Citizenship Checks” in Maine
By Joe Wright For a number of years now, I have been chronicling the ever-widening use of “The Constitution-Free Zone” by Border Patrol agents in…
FBI Use Of Foreign-Surveillance Tool Violated Privacy Rights: FISA Court
By Tyler Durden The FBI’s use of electronic surveillance tools violated the constitutional privacy rights of Americans whose communications were swept up in a controversial…
House Resolution Submitted for the Recognition of October 7-11 as “Smart Cities Week” Despite Increasing U.S. Opposition and 5G Lawsuits
By B.N. Frank According to an article published last August in Smart Cities Dive, 66% of Americans don’t want to live in “Smart Cities.” The…
Forget Facial Recognition: DHS’ New Database, HART, Also Uses Scars, Tattoos, and Your VOICE to ID You. And Amazon Is Storing All the Data.
By Daisy Luther These days, you can’t really go anywhere without encountering cameras. Going into a store? Chances are there are security cameras. Getting money…
Chinese Citizens Will Be Required To Scan Their Faces To Use The Internet
By Aaron Kesel The Chinese government continues its Orwellian practices with the announcement that citizens will have to use facial recognition technology to access the…