Opting out of Facial Recognition at Airports
By Edward Hasbrouck Next week the Algorithmic Justice League will be launching an awareness and sousveillance campaign focused on the use of facial recognition in…
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UN Cybercrime Draft Convention Dangerously Expands State Surveillance Powers Without Robust Privacy, Data Protection Safeguards
By Katitza Rodriguez This is the third post in a series highlighting flaws in the proposed UN Cybercrime Convention. Check out Part I, our detailed…
Efficiency at What Cost? Smart Cities and the Surveillance Creep
By Zach Varnell, The Libertarian Institute In cities and towns across the nation, our communities are being transformed by the implementation of so-called “smart” technologies…
Hundreds of Tech Companies Want to Cash In on Homeland Security Funding. Here’s Who They Are and What They’re Selling.
By Dave Maass Whenever government officials generate fear about the U.S.-Mexico border and immigration, they also generate dollars–hundreds of millions of dollars–for tech conglomerates and…
Big Brother on Your Brakes: Intelligent Speed Assist Coming – Video #114
By Makia Freeman Intelligent Speed Assist (ISA) is a technology that measures car speeds and can force the car to slow down – by limiting…
US Police Launch Drone Programs, but No Facial Recognition Technology on Unmanned Aircraft Systems – Yet
By Joel R. McConvey Police across the U.S. are putting eyes in the sky, as the adoption of drones for law enforcement emerges as a…
Victory! Grand Jury Finds Sacramento Cops Illegally Shared Driver Data
By Hudson Hongo For the past year, EFF has been sounding the alarm about police in California illegally sharing drivers’ location data with anti-abortion states, putting…
Drone As First Responder Programs Are Swarming Across the United States
By Beryl Lipton Law enforcement wants more drones, and we’ll probably see many more of them overhead as police departments seek to implement a popular…
Report: US Government Spies on Thousands of Americans’ Mail Every Year
By Connor Freeman The US Postal Service (USPS) has been spying on thousands of Americans’ mail every year for a decade, including letters and parcels,…
Robots Integrate Biometrics for Parcel Delivery, Security, and Military Operations
By Abhishek Jadhav Tech firms have announced the development and testing of robotic systems with biometric capabilities aimed at enhancing operational efficiency and security surveillance….
You Will Be Tagged… And You Will Love It
Authored by Riley Waggaman via Off-Guardian.org, As expected, the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum was the hottest anti-globalist multipolar traditional RETVRN values conference of 2024 –…
Police are Using Drones More and Spending More For Them
By Matthew Guariglia and Beryl Lipton Police in Minnesota are buying and flying more drones than ever before, according to an annual report recently released…
New ALPR Vulnerabilities Prove Mass Surveillance Is a Public Safety Threat
By Dave Maas and Cooper Quintin Government officials across the U.S. frequently promote the supposed, and often anecdotal, public safety benefits of automated license plate…
Five Eyes biometric data sharing increases by over 100X with little transparency
By Chris Burt A network for sharing biometrics, demographics and other data about visitors, migrants and other travelers has ballooned in scope and amount of…