By Matthew Guariglia New documents EFF received through public records requests have revealed that the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) received live access to the…
By William McCurdy “Immediately review the rights and risks of (police) biometric-enabled surveillance architecture,” says the Scottish biometrics commissioner. The commissioner, Brian Plastow, went on…
DNA is the foundation of life and is found throughout the environment. Because of shedding, humans leave a continuous trail of DNA that can be…
By B.N. Frank American opposition to 5G deployment is not new and it is not going away (see 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6). Dangerous…
By Jim Nash The race to make biometric surveillance commonplace is only getting faster, with systems going up in public housing and municipalities far from…
By Brenda Baletti, Ph.D., The Defender New York City will begin tracking the carbon footprint of household food consumption and putting caps on how much…
By Beryl Lipton Police have their sights set on every surveillance camera in every business, on every porch, in all the cities and counties of…
By Tate Ryan-Mosley via The Technology Review/MIT This article was received as an email from MIT, but it reveals new information about the topic of…
By B.N. Frank Artificial intelligence (A.I.) technologies are notoriously susceptible to inaccuracies, biases, and various other risks (see 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,…
By Jim Nash Wondering if your neighbors will support government use of facial recognition surveillance? A new study of four of the world’s largest economies…
By B.N. Frank Remote tracking technology includes more than Apple AirTags (see 1, 2, 3), though AirTags currently seem to be the most controversial, leading…
By Jennifer Lynch The California Court of Appeal has held that a geofence warrant seeking information on all devices located within several densely-populated areas in…
By Mario Trujillo A new U.S. Senate bill would require private messaging services, social media companies, and even cloud providers to report their users to…
By Joe Mullin In a free society, people should not have their private correspondence constantly examined. U.S. lawmakers, we would hope, understand that individuals have…