Police in US cities that ban facial recognition asking others to do it for them
By Joel R. McConvey A major report in the Washington Post has found that law enforcement officers in U.S. several cities where facial recognition tech…
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UK invests in 4 police vans with live facial recognition to cut knife crime
By Chris Burt The UK government has announced investments in live facial recognition and research and development for remote scanning technologies as it attempts to…
Rights commission concerned about proposed facial recognition bill for Irish police
By Abigail Opiah The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC) has stated that the legislation regarding the proposed implementation of facial recognition technology (FRT)…
Paris rolls out AI surveillance for Taylor Swift
By Masha Borak Pop superstar Taylor Swift had her concert in Paris guarded by AI-powered video surveillance as the city prepares for heightened security risks…
Public Health by Way of the Surveillance State
By Breeauna Sagdal Background WED. May 01, 2024, four long years after the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak collapsed the economy and global population numbers alike, EcoHealth Alliance…
The FBI is Playing Politics with Your Privacy
By Matthew Guariglia, Brendan Gilligan, and Cindy Cohn A bombshell report from WIRED reveals that two days after the U.S. Congress renewed and expanded the…
Police in Germany using live facial recognition
By Masha Borak Police in Germany are employing high-definition cameras and live facial recognition to catch suspects, raising legal questions in the wake of the…
Virtual Home Invasions: We’re Not Safe from Government Peeping Toms
By John W. Whitehead and Nisha Whitehead “The privacy and dignity of our citizens is being whittled away by sometimes imperceptible steps. Taken individually, each…
Civil rights groups want facial recognition technology banned in New York State
By Joel R. McConvey A group of major civil rights organizations in New York is pushing for a statewide ban on the use of facial…
Indian police adopt facial recognition despite risk of massive data breaches
By Joel McConvey “Real-time facial recognition” typically refers to continuous biometric monitoring. But it applies equally as well to the experience of watching in real…
Combining radio and visual tracking of road vehicles
By Edward Hasbrouck In the latest escalation of surveillance of travelers, data from automated license plate readers (APLRs) is being merged with data from devices…
Pistols drawn as UK surveillance state duels with rights groups
By Joel R. McConvey As the UK pushes forward with digital surveillance projects, the chorus of voices weighing in on the legal, ethical and practical…
War Zone Surveillance Technology Is Hitting American Streets
By Byron Tau At least two Texas communities along the U.S.-Mexico border have purchased technology that tracks people’s locations using data from personal electronics and…
Now We Are Supposed to Cheer Government Surveillance?
By Jeffrey A. Tucker They are wearing us down with shocking headlines and opinions. They come daily these days, with increasingly implausible claims that leave…