AI Cameras Took Over One Small American Town — Now They’re Everywhere
By Joseph Cox Spread across four computer monitors arranged in a grid, a blue and green interface shows the location of more than 50 different…
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Big Brother Unchained: UK Govt To Abolish Biometrics & Surveillance Safeguards As It Embraces Facial Recognition
By Nick Corbishley “The lack of attention being paid to [public safeguards] at such a crucial time is shocking, and destruction of the surveillance camera code…
More Researchers Issue “a dire warning of security and privacy concerns lurking within smart homes”
By B.N. Frank Over the years, numerous experts have warned about privacy and cybersecurity risks with all “smart” (see 1, 2, 3, 4), wireless, artificial…
Five Ways Your Privacy Is Under Attack – And How To Protect It
By Derrick Broze “There’s a way to look at digital communications in the past. I can’t go into detail of how that’s done or what’s…
Travel Industry Adoption of Facial Recognition Grows
By Joel R. McConvey Travelers are likely to be among the first to experience the mass worldwide commercial deployment of facial recognition, with a steady…
Fighting the Surveillance State Begins with the Individual
By Joseph Lawrence It’s a well-known fact at this point that in the United States and most of the so-called free countries that there is…
“Police State” Dinesh D’Souza’s Film: Oct 23, 25, 27
By Neenah Payne Police State will be shown in 900 US theaters on October 23 and 25. The $20 tickets are sold ONLY at PoliceStateFilm.net….
Safety, Privacy Professionals Caution Against Facial Recognition in US Schools
By Chris Burt As facial recognition deployments and restrictions proliferate among American schools, observers are calling for sober evaluation of claims made by biometrics vendors….
Town Repeatedly Surveilled Man’s Yard With Drone Without a Warrant
By Jason Koebler The Michigan Supreme Court heard a case Wednesday that will determine if it was legal under the Fourth Amendment for a local…
Adtech Surveillance and Government Surveillance are Often the Same Surveillance
By Matthew Guariglia In the absence of comprehensive federal privacy legislation in the United States, the targeted advertising industry, fueled by personal information harvested from…
The Post-Cold War Origins of the Surveillance State
By Andrew Lowenthal Just a few months ago I visited Israel for the first time in 40 years. I stayed in a distant aunt’s apartment,…
The State Against Anonymity
By Ryan Turnipseed In the last century, states have had great control over channels of media. In most of the West, lobbying groups and cartels…
Organizations Weigh-In on Surveilling Kids at U.S. Schools, Now a $3.1B Industry, and Its Adverse Effects on “especially those who are the most vulnerable”
By B.N. Frank Most would agree that it’s important to keep kids safe at school; however, a growing number of parents and organizations have been…
Dozens More Victims Join Class Action Lawsuit against Apple AirTags, “one of the most dangerous and frightening technologies employed by stalkers”
By B.N. Frank Just a few months ago, Apple warned that their AirTag tracking devices should never be used to track children or pets because…