Fusion Center Gang Databases Are Unreliable But Can Continue, Appeals Court Says
By MassPrivateI A recent Boston Globe article claimed that an Appeals Court dealt a blow to the Boston Regional Intelligence Centers’ (BRIC) gang database by…
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Apple AirTags: “especially powerful for stalking in a way that goes beyond what we have seen in previously existing physical trackers”
By B.N. Frank Tracking technology existed before Apple introduced its AirTags. Of course tracking technology is often used in ways that are legal and responsible…
Hidden in $1.2 Trillion Infrastructure Bill is a Law Requiring “Kill Switches” in All New Cars
By Matt Agorist In November, the federal government passed a massive $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill and, like all bills drafted by the federal government, politicians…
Biden Admin Compiling Database Of Religious Objectors To Vaccine Within Obscure Agency
By Tyler Durden An obscure agency within the Biden administration, the Pretrial Services Agency, announced an Orwellian tracking scheme on Tuesday that could serve as…
Surveillance Technology That Uses AI To Track Social Distancing And Mask Wearing In Workplace Raises Serious Concerns
By Mayukh Saha Workplaces are eager to avoid the spread of the coronavirus and are equipping their security camera with AI software that can track…
Police Caught Stealing Money from Innocent People To Secretly Buy Tech to Spy on Citizens’ Cellphones
By Matt Agorist For decades now, federal government and their cohorts in law enforcement have been carrying out theft of the citizenry on a massive…
Concerned about Your Privacy? 6 Ways to Reduce the Amount of Internet Data that Has Been Collected on You
By B.N. Frank Most businesses want to generate as much profit as possible. That’s always been true. Data collection can be very profitable – sometimes…
UK Government Greases Skids For Fleets Of Surveillance Drones Over Cities
By Paul Joseph Watson In what appears to be a cynical PR stunt, the UK government is considering plans to allow women who feel threatened…
Now in Effect: Illinois Law Prohibits Warrantless Data Collection from Household Electronic Devices
By Michael Maharrey SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Jan. 1, 2022) – Today, a new law goes into effect that bans police from collecting data from household electronic…
In 2021, the Police Took a Page Out of the NSA’s Playbook: 2021 in Review
By Jennifer Lynch With increasing frequency, law enforcement has been using unconstitutional, suspicionless digital dragnet searches in an attempt to identify unknown suspects in criminal…
Students Are Learning To Resist Surveillance: Year in Review 2021
By Jason Kelley It’s been a tough year for students – but a good one for resistance. As schools have shuffled students from in-person education…
“Alexa, You’re Fired” — A Quarter Of Users Abandon Spying Devices Within 2 Weeks
By Tyler Durden Anyone with an Amazon Alexa device has likely noticed that the smart speaker has tried to upsell them while asking about the…
Canada Admits To Secretly Tracking 33 Million Phones During Covid-19 Lockdown
By Tyler Durden Canada – which has a population of 38 million – has admitted to secretly tracking 33 million phones during the Covid-19 lockown,…
Spying Made Easy with Facebook’s Ray-Ban Smart Glasses; “Fun for a Music Festival, Scary on a Playground”
By B.N. Frank Wireless wearables are notorious for their capability of being privacy invasive (see 1, 2, 3, 4, 5). The same is true about…