Making a Mockery of the 4th Amendment
By Michael Boldin Despite a well-documented pattern of lawlessness by the FBI, including a failure to comply with even the most modest reforms, the secret…
Surveillance
Man Locked Out of Smart Home Devices for Nearly a Week after Delivery Driver Accuses Him of Making Racial Remarks Through Ring Doorbell
By B.N. Frank Over the years, countless experts have warned about privacy and cybersecurity risks with all “smart” (see 1, 2, 3), wireless and/or Internet…
French Senate Votes in Favor of Public Facial Recognition Pilot
By Masha Borak The French Senate voted on Monday to adopt a draft law on testing facial recognition technology in public spaces. The law will…
Sharing Surveillance Capitalism: Feds Hoover Up Mountains Of Personal Data From Silicon Valley
Professor Shoshana Zuboff penned The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, it was the first anyone heard about Surveillance Capitalism. Originally practiced by Google, it harvests unbelievable…
EU Parliament Approves AI Act Amid Heated Biometrics Debates
By Masha Borak The European Union Artificial Intelligence Act entered its final phase on Wednesday after the European Parliament adopted its position on the landmark…
UN’s Vision Of The Future: An “Apex body” And Digital ID To Rule Us All
The UN sponsored the “High-level Panel on Digital Cooperation”, co-chaired by Melinda Gates of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and, Jack Ma, creator of…
Americans Don’t Want A Central Bank Digital Currency; New Poll Finds
By Adam Dick A poll from the Cato Institute indicates that, while about half of Americans do not have an opinion regarding whether the Federal Reserve should…
Good News NY: Albany is Done. No Bad Vax Bills Become Law!
COVID mandate bills for school and college withdrawn. I think we can celebrate now! However note that the Senate website currently says the June 10…
Iris Biometrics Coming to Three National ID Programs
By Chris Burt Iris biometrics are being added to Pakistan’s national ID system with support from Iris ID, Jordan’s via IrisGuard, and are among the…
Victory! New Jersey Court Rules Police Must Give Defendant the Facial Recognition Algorithms Used to Identify Him
By Karen Gullo In a victory for transparency in police use of facial recognition, a New Jersey appellate court today ruled that state prosecutors—who charged…
2 Million Cars Have Emergency Vehicle Warning Devices Installed And That’s Only The Beginning
By Joe Cadillic Big Brother is inside your car and there is nothing you can do to stop it. A recent article in CarScoops reveals…
Like, Totally Orwellian: Nearly A Third Of GenZ Favors “Government Surveillance Cameras In Every Household”
By Tyler Durden Nearly one-third of Generation Z says they’d be just fine with government-installed surveillance cameras in every household under the guise of reducing…
US Refuses To Release Over 8,000 Hours Of Jan. 6 Security Footage: Court Filing
By Tyler Durden The Biden DOJ is refusing to release over 8,000 hours of US Capitol security footage from January 6, 2001 spanning noon to…
NY Assembly Passed Vaccine Database Bill, Time to Focus on Stopping it in the Senate
By Michael Kane Yesterday, the New York Assembly passed A7154, the bill that will make essentially mandatory reporting all adult vaccines given going forward to…