Knightscope’s Robots Have Scanned Billions Of Cellphones, Millions Of People And License Plates
By MassPrivateI During the height of the pandemic, Knightscope posted a blog titled “By The Numbers” with the above image. Their blog is basically a…
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Supreme Court Says You Can’t Sue the Corporation that Wrongly Marked You A Terrorist
By Cindy Cohn In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court late last week barred the courthouse door to thousands of people who were wrongly marked…
George Orwell’s 1984 Has Become a Blueprint for Our Dystopian Reality
By John W. Whitehead “If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—for ever.”— George Orwell, 1984 Tread cautiously:…
More Reasons to NOT Trust Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) or Activity Trackers for Health Care
By B.N. Frank Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology operates using algorithms which can be lethally inaccurate and racially biased. Those reasons and more are why an…
Facebook Is STILL Tracking You Even After You Have Logged Off Unless You Have Opted Out Of This Feature
By B.N. Frank Facebook is notorious for privacy violations (see 1, 2, 3). Users have to take steps to stop the company from tracking them…
How An Obscure App Turned Millions Into Unwitting Spies For The US Military
By Tyler Durden There’s a growing cottage industry at the nexus of consumer research and government surveillance. In a report published Friday, the Wall Street…
Decoding California’s New Digital Vaccine Records and Potential Dangers
By Alexis Hancock, Adam Schwartz, and Jon Callas The State of California recently released what it calls a “Digital COVID-19 Vaccine Record.” It is part…
36 U.S. Cities to Get Everynet Internet of Things (IoT) Despite Warnings about Privacy, Security, and Other Risks
By B.N. Frank Warnings about 5G and Internet of Things (IoT) technology are nothing new (see 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6). Nevertheless, 36 U.S….
The Overlapping Infrastructure of Urban Surveillance, and How to Fix It
By Matthew Guariglia Between the increasing capabilities of local and state police, the creep of federal law enforcement into domestic policing, the use of aerial…
License Plate Readers Are Ticketing Cars For Polluting The Air
By MassPrivateI Forget all the exaggerated claims public officials told you about CCTV cameras and public safety. Move over Vision Zero proponents, because there is a…
Kids’ Apps That Don’t Comply with Data Collecting Regulations Make Targeted Advertising Easy
By B.N. Frank Experts have been issuing warnings about kids’ excessive use of screens (see 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) and social media since…
So Much Of What The CIA Used To Do Covertly It Now Does Overtly
By Caitlin Johnstone In the later years of an abusive relationship I was in, my abuser had become so confident in how mentally caged he…
A Long Overdue Reckoning For Online Proctoring Companies May Finally Be Here
EFF Legal Intern Haley Amster contributed to this post. Over the past year, the use of online proctoring apps has skyrocketed. But while companies have…
The State Convinced People It Was Dangerous for Them Not to be Watched — Now Many Believe Surveillance Tech Is “for our own good”
By Aden Tate Yet another consequence of 2020 was the growth of public surveillance (aka Big Brother state) disguised under the umbrella of COVID. When…