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…
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The UN Cybercrime Draft Convention is a Blank Check for Unchecked Surveillance Abuses
By Katitza Rodriguez This is the first post in a series highlighting the problems and flaws in the proposed UN Cybercrime Convention. Check out our…
The Next Generation of Cell-Site Simulators is Here. Here’s What We Know.
By Beryl Lipton and Cooper Quintin A proposal document from Jacobs Technology, provided to the Massachusetts State Police (MSP) and first spotted by the Boston…
Speed Cameras In Atlanta Improperly Issued $300,000 To $500,000 Worth Of Tickets
By Tyler Durden This is where the future is heading when we leave the police work up to big brother and AI. Innocent drivers in…
School To Use Remote Tracking Wristbands On Children
Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news A school in Switzerland has controversially announced it will trial tracking wristbands on children to keep tabs on their…
Ugandan human rights lawyer’s arrest exposes use of national ID for surveillance
By Abigail Opiah A Ugandan human rights lawyer’s recent arrest highlights the country’s surveillance and government control via the use of the national identification card….
Malfunctioning Facial Recognition Technology May Put Innocent Individuals at Risk
By Belle Carter — Natural News Government entities, including seven law enforcement agencies in the Department of Homeland Security and Department of Justice, have instituted the…
From Banks to Big Brother: The Rise of Financial Surveillance
By Michael Boldin Think you have financial privacy? Think again. Since Nixon, the US has increasingly turned banks and the entire financial industry into a…
The Growing Move Away From Screen Time
By Neenah Payne When Steve Jobs introduction of the iPhone in 2007, it was pure magic and immediately changed our lives in myriad ways! Wired…
Privacy International Warns That Biometrics at Sports Stadiums Infringe on Human Rights
By Chris Burt The use of facial recognition at sports stadiums and arenas represents a threat to people’s rights to privacy and to participate in…
Surveillance Prison Taking Shape: Facial Recognition is Turning Us Into Walking ID Cards
The following excerpt is from page 4 of The Light (Issue 44, April 2024) published by The Light Paper. The Light is a people-funded monthly newspaper that can either…
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…
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)…