The State against Anonymity
This article was originally published by Ryan Turnipseed at The Mises Institute. In the last century, states have had great control over channels of media….
Surveillance
Study Reveals “growing numbers of parents and high school students are worried about technologies that monitor students’ online activities”
By B.N. Frank How technology is used in American schools is not the same for all students. For many years already, tech experts (aka “Silicon…
Canada Post Caught Spying on Canadians, Recording Who Sends You Mail
By The Counter Signal Canada Post has been caught for allegedly breaking the law by collecting personal information from the outsides of envelopes and packages,…
Flawed Investigations, Camera Limitations Plague Mexico City’s Surveillance System
By Bianca Gonzalez In the last decade, Mexico City has installed the largest video surveillance system in the Americas, altering the way criminal investigations are…
A Nation of Snitches: DHS Is Grooming Americans to Report on Each Other
By John W. Whitehead and Nisha Whitehead “There were relatively few secret police, and most were just processing the information coming in. I had found…
UN Cybercrime Treaty Talks End Without Consensus on Scope And Deep Divides About Surveillance Powers
By Karen Gullo As the latest negotiating session on the proposed UN Cybercrime Treaty wrapped up in New York earlier this month, one thing was…
Smart Cities: They’re NOT “Just a Crazy Conspiracy Theory”
By Marie Hawthorne After the fires in Maui, a local resident nicknamed Auntie complained that Lahaina was slated to become a “satellite city.” Residents posted…
U.S. Spy Agencies to Launch “Smart Clothing” Under Guise of “Better Health Monitoring”
By Suzanne Budick, Ph.D. (CHD) The U.S. Intelligence Community (IC) recently launched an effort to make computerized clothing a reality — a move critics say could…
SOCOM To Deploy Argus AI To Scour Social Media For Disinformation, Misinformation And Malinformation
By Sundance Annnd… Here we go. If you have not read the background {Go Deep}, you will not have the appropriate context to absorb the…
Facial Recognition-equipped Robot Dog to Prowl US Sporting Venue
By Masha Borak A robot security dog equipped with cameras and facial recognition is about to prowl a sporting venue in the United States. Mercedes-Benz…
Don’t Look Up! “Orwellian” AI Traffic Cameras Raise Privacy Concerns
By Matthew Lysiak Existing traffic cameras set up across America to find speeding and red light scofflaws are being replaced by smarter, artificial intelligence-fueled versions…
Police Dept Will Send Drones to Investigate Outdoor Parties When Neighbors Complain
By B.N. Frank Not everybody likes drones. They’re loud. They’re privacy invasive. In addition to their potential for crashing, they can create other dangerous situations. …
We the Targeted: How the Government Weaponizes Surveillance to Silence Its Critics
By John W. Whitehead and Nisha Whitehead “Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one…
The A.I. Surveillance Tool DHS Uses to Detect “Sentiment and Emotion”
By Joseph Cox Customs and Border Protection (CBP), part of the Department of Homeland Security, has bought millions of dollars worth of software from a…