RED FLAG Gun Laws: Connecticut Man’s Firearms Seized Because His SON Shared a Meme on Facebook
By Cat Ellis Due to the recent mass shootings, there is a major push for so-called “red flag” gun laws at both the state and federal…
Privacy
Facial Recognition: 10 Reasons You Should Be Worried About The Technology
By Birgit Schippers, Queen’s University Belfast Facial recognition technology is spreading fast. Already widespread in China, software that identifies people by comparing images of their…
Cherish Your Privacy? New Anti-Surveillance Clothes Trick Cameras by Making You Look Like a Car
By B.N. Frank The rise of “Surveillance Capitalism” by businesses and other entities has made it so that we’re all being subjected to data collection…
Spying on You Is a Team Sport
By Chris Mishevski Most people know that the NSA spies on Americans thanks to the revelations by Edward Snowden and other whistleblowers. But the NSA…
Trump Wants to Permanently Bring Back Deactivated NSA Program Exposed by Snowden
By Jake Johnson Civil liberties groups and privacy advocates raised alarm Thursday after the Trump administration called on Congress to reauthorize an NSA mass surveillance…
Silicon Valley Wants To Read Your Mind – Here’s Why You Should Be Worried
By Garfield Benjamin, Solent University Not content with monitoring almost everything you do online, Facebook now wants to read your mind as well. The social…
Victory! California Supreme Court Blocks Sweeping Search Condition of Minors’ Electronic Devices and Social Media Accounts
By Jamie Williams The California Supreme Court just rejected the government’s attempt to require a youth probationer, as a condition of release, to submit to…
Facebook Paid Contractors Like Amazon And Apple To Listen To Your Conversations — Code Named PRISM
By Aaron Kesel In another Facebook scandal of the year, the company has been accused of paying hundreds of outside contractors to transcribe clips of…
Soon Doctors Will Screen Everyone For Drugs
By MassPrivateI Imagine in the not-too-distant future your job, college ID, drivers license, passport, gun permit, health insurance etc., will depend on you passing a…
Amazon’s Facial Recognition Technology Can Now Detect Fear in People: Claim
By Jessica Corbett Privacy advocates are responding with alarm to Amazon’s claim this week that the controversial cloud-based facial recognition system the company markets to law enforcement…
U.S. Customs Continues to “Modernize” Its System to Include Biometrics For All Passengers
By Nicholas West One aspect often lost in the immigration debate is the rollout of government solutions that are set to restrict the freedom of…
Amazon’s Treasure Trucks Sell Discounted Ring Doorbells Across The US And UK
By MassPrivateI Leave it to Amazon to create circus sideshow trucks, sorry I meant “Treasure Trucks” to promote neighborhood spying. Last year, Slick Deals announced that Amazon’s…
Victory! Lawsuit May Proceed Against Facebook’s Biometric Surveillance
By Adam Schwartz Biometric surveillance by companies against consumers is a growing menace to our privacy, freedom of expression, and civil rights. Fortunately, a federal…
Amazon Continues Helping Police By Teaching Them How To Bypass A Warrant
By Aaron Kesel Activist Post has previously reported that Ring was running entrapment fake package operations with several police departments across the U.S., including coaching…