Targeting ala Mexicana (Looks Alot Like Targeting in the US)
By Juana Oscura Last week, a largely unreported demonstration took place in front of the Attorney General’s office in Mexico City. Banners were unfurled and…
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Take Back Our Tech — “Solutions Watch” with James Corbett
By The Corbett Report Ramiro Romani of TakeBackOurTech.org and AbovePhone.com joins us today to discuss technology: what it is, how it works, and how we…
Proposed UN Cybercrime Treaty Threatens to be an Expansive Global Surveillance Pact
By Katitza Rodriguez This is Part V in EFF’s ongoing series about the proposed UN Cybercrime Convention. Read Part I for a quick snapshot of…
We’re All Suspects in a DNA Lineup, Waiting to be Matched with a Crime
By John W. Whitehead and Nisha Whitehead “Make no mistake about it…your DNA can be taken and entered into a national DNA database if you…
How East Germany’s Stasi Perfected Mass Surveillance
By Andrea Togni The state has a monopoly on violence. However, abusive repression harms government credibility and alienates public support in the long run. A…
Researchers Reveal How A.I. Can Steal Passwords While You Type
By B.N. Frank Warnings about artificial intelligence (A.I.)’s potential for wreaking havoc on all of our lives are not going away (see 1, 2, 3)….
The FBI Unwittingly Investigates Itself!
By Andrew P. Napolitano In April of this year, the FBI began an investigation to determine who was using illegal software to spy from within…
Proposed Cybercrime Treaty’s International Cooperation Provisions Could Let Tyrants Run Amok
By Katitza Rodgriguez This is the third segment in EFF’s series on the proposed UN Cybercrime Convention focusing on Chapter V, International Cooperation. Read Part…
Mexican Presidential Candidate Marcelo Ebrard Announces “Angel Plan” Surveillance State Nightmare
By Derrick Broze Mexican Presidential candidate Marcelo Ebrard recently announced a security plan which calls for using several digital technologies with the potential to create…
From Covert to Overt: UK Government and Businesses Seek to Unleash Facial Recognition Technologies Across Urban Landscape
By Nick Corbishley The Home Office is encouraging police forces across the country to make use of live facial recognition technologies for routine law enforcement….
The Impending Privacy Threat of Self-Driving Cars
By Matthew Guariglia Within a few years, fully self-driving cars have gone from science fiction to a very common reality for people in San Francisco…
WEF Authoritarian Wants Bosses to be Able to Spy on Employees’ Brain Waves
By Keean Bexte At the 2023 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, a Duke University professor gave an Orwellian presentation advocating for “neural transparency” –…
Automakers Being Investigated for Consumer Data Privacy Violations; “These companies know more about us than we know about ourselves”
By B.N. Frank “Surveillance Capitalism” has been increasing so much over the years that it eventually inspired the saying “Data is the new oil.” Argh! …
The Government Wants to Turn Blockchain Firms into Servants of the State
By Andrea Togni In recent years, blockchain surveillance (BS) companies have become increasingly important players in the cryptocurrency industry. Their business model consists in developing…