Tiny Trackers Give Rise To The Age Of Digital Stalking
When Apple released it coin-sized AirTags, it proclaimed “a supereasy way to keep track of your stuff.” In reality, it now appears that your “stuff”…
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Global Law Enforcement Convention Weakens Privacy & Human Rights
By Katitza Rodriguez and Tamir Israel The Council of Europe Cybercrime Committee’s (T-CY) recent decision to approve new international rules for law enforcement access to…
How Is This “Surveillance”?
Op-Ed by Karen Stewart FBI Fusion Centers claim they are “surveilling potential threats” to U.S. Homeland Security, so they need ever-increasing budgets and growth –…
New Details Emerge Of “Highly Modified Drone” Snooping On Critical Infrastructure
By Tyler Durden The War Zone has released more information about a mysterious drone encounter in controlled airspace in Tucson, Arizona, on the night of Feb….
It’s Far Too Easy For Abusers To Exploit Smart Toys And Trackers
By Saheli Datta Burton, UCL and Madeline Carr, UCL The wearable technology market is booming, with half a billion wearables sold globally in 2020. Apps…
Surveillance City: NYPD Can Use More Than 15,000 Cameras to Track People Using Facial Recognition in Manhattan, Bronx and Brooklyn
By Amnesty International The New York City Police Department (NYPD) has the ability to track people in Manhattan, Brooklyn and the Bronx by running images from…
King County Washington Bans Facial Recognition
By Michael Maharrey SEATTLE, Wash. (June 2, 2021) – On Tuesday, the Metropolitan King County Council unanimously passed an ordinance banning the use of facial…
The Vaccine Divide and Emerging Segregation Society
By Jesse Smith The push to get everyone to take a COVID-19 injection may be the greatest social engineering project the world has ever witnessed….
“So Sue Us”: Amazon Responds To 75,000 Customers Who Say Alexa Spied On Them
By Tyler Durden After receiving more than 75,000 individual complaints that its Alex-powered Echo devices were spying on them, Amazon has abandoned its policy that…
Make Way for the Snitch State: The All-Seeing Fourth Branch of Government
By John W. Whitehead “It is just when people are all engaged in snooping on themselves and one another that they become anesthetized to the…
Now Is Your Last Chance To Opt-Out Of Amazon Sidewalk
By Tyler Durden Amazon Sidewalk, the company’s new shared mesh network that helps devices like Amazon Echo devices, Ring Security Cams, outdoor lights, motion sensors,…
Microsoft President Threatens That Orwell’s 1984 Could Happen In 2024
Microsoft’s master Technocrat and President Brad Smith feigns concern over the arrival of Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four but doesn’t even hint at Microsoft’s (and Bill Gates’)…
Wade in the Wastewater: U.S. Communities Still Testing Poop for COVID-19; Spikes May Lead to Public Health Measures
By B.N. Frank Last year scientists across the U.S. and around the world started collecting and analyzing sewage to track COVID-19 (see 1, 2). Despite…
Canada Launches Digital Identity Strategy
(The Paypers) – Canada has launched a new strategy for its digital operations, which focuses on the need for trusted digital identities built in open…