Top 9 Ways They Track, Trace and Monitor You
By Michael Boldin Thanks to a vast array of almost limitless surveillance powers made possible by a domestic army of techno-tyrants, fusion centers and corporate…
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Facebook, Google, and Snapchat Are Bypassing Apple’s APP Tracking Transparency and Still Collecting Data on Users
By B.N. Frank Downloading “free” apps onto devices more often than not allows app providers to collect personal data on users. Of course, companies that…
Verizon Is Automatically Enrolling Customers into a New Program That Scans Users’ Browser Histories
By B.N. Frank Tech and telecom companies tend to sell products that are privacy invasive (see 1, 2, 3, 4, 5). Collecting personal data on…
Apple AirTags Being Used By Thieves To Steal Luxury Cars
By Tyler Durden Apple AirTags is a great tracking device for when you lose your wallet or backpack. But thieves in Canada use the devices…
Biometric Surveillance Coming Soon to an Airport Near You. Your Face Will Be Your Boarding Pass!
By Jesse Smith The biosecurity surveillance state is continuing its relentless march to record our whereabouts and every bit of data about our lives. This…
You’d Better Watch Out: The Surveillance State Has a Naughty List, and You’re On It
By John W. Whitehead and Nisha Whitehead “He sees you when you’re sleeping He knows when you’re awake He knows when you’ve been bad or…
Your Next Smartphone Could Have an “Always-on” Snooping Camera
By Ruan Van Zijl Qualcomm Technologies recently announced their newest high-end smartphone processor, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1. This processor has a very controversial feature…
Apple Alerts Biden Admin Officials Their Phones Hacked By Israeli Spyware
By Tyler Durden There’s been a huge revelation in the ongoing saga of the Israel-based NSO Group Pegasus spyware scandal. To recap, NSO Group was recently…
ACLU Files Lawsuit Against State’s Labor and Training Dept Regarding Facial Recognition Technology Use (Rhode Island)
By B.N. Frank Despite increasing American opposition to facial recognition technology and significant risks associated with its use, companies continue to create it and market…
COVID “Wastewater Surveillance” Continues; Labs Testing for Omicron Variant in California and Elsewhere
By B.N. Frank In 2020, scientists in the U.S. started collecting and analyzing sewage to track COVID-19 infections (see 1, 2, 3). Now that the…
Israel is Using Counter-terrorism Phone Surveillance to Track Omicron Carriers
By Ken Macon Rights groups in Israel have called on the country’s top court to repeal the recently announced measures to use the counter-terrorism phone…
France Complicit in Heinous Crimes Committed by Egyptian State, Website Reveals
By Global Voices France has provided Egypt with intelligence and technologies that enabled the North African state to commit crimes and severe human rights violations…
Study Says Facebook and Instagram Are Collecting Browsing Data from Kids; Platforms Deny Using Data to Target Them with Ads
By B.N. Frank Earlier this year, 44 Attorneys General and several non-profit groups asked Facebook to NOT create an Instagram page for kids 13 and…
Nation’s First Real-Time CCTV Camera Network Managed By A Cable Television Company
By MassPrivateI One of the oldest parks in Nevada, Baker Park in Las Vegas was remodeled for a staggering $7.3 million dollars. But concerns over…