Senator Wyden: US Military Bought Mass Monitoring Tool that Includes Email and Browsing Data
By Tom Parker Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) has revealed that the US Naval Investigative Service (NCIS) has a contract for “Augury” – a mass monitoring…
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San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors Grants Police More Surveillance Powers
By Matthew Guariglia In a 4-7 vote, San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors passed a 15-month pilot program granting the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) more…
Spawn Of DARPA: ARPA-H Is Fast Track To Digital Dictatorship
Biden intends to appoint Dr. Reenee Wegrzyn, a former scientist with DARPA, as the inaugural director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H)….
It’s “Unreasonable” for Banks to Share Your Financial Info With the Government, 8 in 10 Americans Say
By Emily Ekins What if your bank shared what you spent your money on with the federal government? By law, banks and other financial institutions…
Could the EARN IT Act Destroy Encrypted Messaging?
By Marie Hawthorne On January 31, 2022, the EARN IT Act was introduced to Congress. This bill is still under review by Congress, but considering…
Facebook Spied On Private Messages Of “Conservative Right-Wing Individuals”, Then Reported To FBI For Domestic Terrorism
By Tyler Durden According to DOJ whistleblowers, Facebook has been spying on Americans’ private messages and reporting them to the FBI if they express ‘anti-government…
Members of Congress Urge FTC to Investigate Fog Data Science
By Matthew Guariglia In the week since EFF and the Associated Press exposed how Fog Data Science purchases geolocation data on hundreds of millions of digital…
WEF Pushing Carbon Allowance Surveillance System to Track Personal Emissions
By Didi Rankovic The World Economic Forum (WEF) is publishing ideas about yet another reason, or excuse, to deploy more surveillance technology: this time it’s…
New Facial Recognition Research Reveals More “really stark” Racial Disparities; Professor Recommends Pausing Its Use
By B.N. Frank Facial recognition technology can be biased, make errors, and it’s privacy invasive (see 1, 2, 3, 4, 5). Opposition to its use…
Security Solutions for U.S. Schools Includes A.I. Gun-Detection Tech, Full-Body Scanners, Online Monitoring; Est. $3B/Year Industry
By B.N. Frank Artificial intelligence (A.I.) technology includes algorithms, facial recognition technology (see 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8), gunshot-detection technology (see 1,…
Utility Smart Meters Could Eventually Be Used “to control your individual energy use”
By B.N. Frank Opposition to hazardous and privacy invasive utility “Smart” Meters – (electric, gas, and water) – is worldwide for numerous reasons including fires…
Surveillance State Revealed: A Guided Tour of How Cops Can Browse Your Location Data
By Will Greenberg In Part 1 of our series on Fog Data Science, we saw how when you give some apps permission to view your…
DHS Wants to Continue its “disinformation” Work, Flag “falsehoods” to Social Media Platforms
By Tom Parker “The Department must be able to address the disinformation threat streams that can undermine the security of our homeland.” The Department of…
French Tax Authorities Deploy AI Software To Find 20,000 Undeclared Swimming Pools
By Tyler Durden Artificial intelligence software paired with the latest satellite imagery has opened new frontiers for the French government to find thousands of undeclared…