Watchdog Cries Foul over Scotland Police Biometrics-sharing Pilot Storing Data in US
By Jim Nash A Police Scotland biometric evidence-sharing pilot project has been accused of being not just needlessly risky but of being criminal by Scotland’s…
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Government Agencies Exploit Data Brokers as End-Around to Legal Restrictions
By Mitch Nemeth Data is sometimes referred to as today’s most valuable commodity. Given the technologically focused world around us, data is generated with almost…
“IKE” Smart City Kiosks Are Recording Houstonians
By The Conscious Resistance In 2022, the City of Houston partnered with IKE Smart City for digital billboards which provide useful information to Houstonians and…
Smart Streetlights Still Under Scrutiny
By B.N. Frank Earlier this year, U.S. Transportation Secretary, Pete Buttigieg announced hundreds of millions more in funding for “Smart City” projects. Nevertheless, American concerns…
ICE, CBP, Secret Service All Illegally Used Smartphone Location Data
By Joseph Cox In a bombshell report, an oversight body for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) found that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Customs…
GAO Report Shows the Government Uses Face Recognition with No Accountability, Transparency, or Training
By Beryl Lipton and Matthew Guariglia Federal agents are using face recognition software without training, policies, or oversight, according to the Government Accountability Office (GAO)….
The State of Chihuahua Is Building a 20-Story Tower in Ciudad Juarez to Surveil 13 Cities–and Texas Will Also Be Watching
By Dave Maass and Veridiana Alimonti EFF Special Advisor Paul Tepper and EFF intern Michael Rubio contributed research to this report. Chihuahua state officials and…
Cities Should Act NOW to Ban Predictive Policing…and Stop Using ShotSpotter, Too
By Matthew Guariglia and Jason Kelley Sound Thinking, the company behind ShotSpotter—an acoustic gunshot detection technology that is rife with problems—is reportedly buying Geolitica, the…
Food Delivery Robots Are Feeding Camera Footage to the LAPD, Internal Emails Show
By Jason Koebler A food delivery robot company that delivers for Uber Eats in Los Angeles provided video filmed by one of its robots to…
New York Bans Facial Recognition Technology in Schools
By Michael Maharrey ALBANY, N.Y. (Sept. 28, 2023) – Yesterday, New York State Education Department Commissioner Betty A. Rosa issued an order prohibiting schools in…
How the “Surveillance AI Pipeline” Literally Objectifies Human Beings
By Emanuel Maiberg The vast majority of computer vision research leads to technology that surveils human beings, a new preprint study that analyzed more than…
CIA Building Own ChatGPT-style AI Bot In Shadow Of China’s Advances
By Tyler Durden The US Central Intelligence Agency’s Open-Source Enterprise division will soon roll out with a ChatGPT-like large language model (LLM), which is to…
The Multi-national Push to Ban Facial Recognition in Public Spaces
By Bianca Gonzalez As businesses and governments in the U.S. and across the globe implement facial recognition surveillance in public spaces, privacy advocates are pushing…
The SEC Is Spying On All Your Trades, Linking Them To Your SSN And Sharing The Data With 3,000 Agencies
By Mike Shedlock The SEC is now tracking your stock trades by your Social Security Number, and it shares the data with 3,000 outside agencies….