EFF’s Atlas of Surveillance Database Now Documents 10,000+ Police Tech Programs
By Dave Maass This week, EFF’s Atlas of Surveillance project hit a bittersweet milestone. With this project, we are creating a searchable and mappable repository…
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The FBI and Zero-Click
By Andrew P. Napolitano During the Trump administration, the FBI paid $5 million to an Israeli software company for a license to use its “zero-click”…
Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against State Health Dept for Secretly Installing Google Covid Tracing App on Phones
By B.N. Frank Earlier this week, Google settled its “Location History” lawsuit with 40 states’ attorneys general. Today the company is being sued for more…
Top 10 “Most Future-Ready Cities” in North America “more likely to use data effectively” and “invest more in digital technology”
By B.N. Frank A marketing and research group claims to have identified North America’s Top 10 “Most Future-Ready Cities”. The creators of this “Top 10”…
Governments Are Using Drones to Spy on Americans — Here’s How People Are Fighting Back
By Patrick Carroll Americans have long been concerned about government surveillance, and rightly so. Being watched by the government is incredibly disconcerting, especially when government…
Vancouver Credit Union to Offer Carbon Footprint Tracker for its Visa Credit Cards
By Jesse Smith Vancity, a Vancouver-based credit union, is launching a program that will allow its Visa credit card holders to track the estimated carbon…
Former CIA Director John Brennan Confronted on Torture, Drone Bombings, Surveillance
By The Conscious Resistance Network On Wednesday November 9, 2022, former CIA director John Brennan spoke in Houston, Texas. Following Brennan’s talk, journalist Derrick Broze…
The Rise of the Police-Advertiser
By Matthew Guariglia In August, the Tulsa police department held a press conference about how its new Automated License Plate Readers (ALPRs), a controversial piece…
Unions Oppose Smartwatch App; “Besides the tracking and the invasion of somebody’s privacy, there is this real safety and health issue”
By B.N. Frank Research continues to determine that smartwatch apps do NOT always provide accurate information on wearers. Additionally, research has already determined that exposure…
Scotland Wants Feedback on its Digital ID Plans
By Ken Macon The Scottish government said it has launched a digital identity public engagement project. In a blog post, communications manager Joseph Walton said…
WEF Publishes Post on Digital “Battery Passport,” Described as “a digital ID for batteries”
By Didi Rankovic The World Economic Forum (WEF) has taken up yet another climate change and “clean green energy” cause: car-battery footprint, and what to…
Mike Pompeo is Served with Lawsuit Alleging Fourth Amendment Violations for Spying on Journalists
By Christina Maas Former head of the CIA Mike Pompeo has been served in a lawsuit for spying on journalists and lawyers who visited WikiLeaks…
UK Report: Police Use Of Live Facial Recognition Unlawful And Unethical
In the beginning, facial recognition technology was embraced as a tool to promote safety and security; in the end, it has provided neither and civil…
Dutch Finance Minister Proposes Increased Financial Surveillance
By Ken Macon Dutch minister of finance Sigrid Kaag is pushing for the introduction of a central bank digital currency (CBDC) in the Netherlands and…