COVID-19 and Surveillance Tech: Year in Review 2020
By Adam Schwartz Location tracking apps. Spyware to enforce quarantine. Immunity passports. Throughout 2020, governments around the world deployed invasive surveillance technologies to contain the…
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A “Brave School World” of Tracking Student Data for “Social Credit”
By John Klyczek From Bill Gates to BigQuery, From Blockchain to Hashgraph In my recent article series, I document how the US Department of Education’s…
Signed by the Governor: New York Puts Moratorium on Facial Recognition in Schools
By Michael Maharrey Today, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill placing a temporary moratorium on facial recognition technology in the state’s schools. The…
EFF to Ninth Circuit: Don’t Grant Immunity to Notorious Spyware Company
By Sophia Cope and Andrew Crocker EFF filed a brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in support of WhatsApp’s lawsuit…
McDonald’s Restaurants Are Putting Cameras, Sensors, and AI Technology in Their Dumpsters
By B.N. Frank McDonald’s restaurants are putting cameras in their dumpsters and trash containers in an effort to improve their recycling efforts and save money…
AI Takes Autonomous Control To Fly U-2 Spy Plane Mission
The “military/industrial complex” is controlled by Technocrats who seek to use Artificial Intelligence for making war. From “super-soldiers” who are body-hacked, to weaponized robots, drones…
Despite Clouds Or Darkness, New Satellite Can See Into Buildings
“You can run but you cannot hide” is not just a funny statement any more. Technocrat engineers have invented new ways to capture super high-resolution…
Intel Agencies To Perfect Facial Recognition From Drones
What cannot be monitored cannot be controlled. To the extent that it can be monitored, it can be controlled. This is the essence of Technocracy’s…
Creepiest Tech Guide of 2020 — Activity Trackers, Wireless Headphones, Smart Speakers, OMG!
By B.N. Frank For many years experts have warned about privacy AND cybersecurity risks associated with “Smart” (see 1, 2, 3), wireless, and Internet of…
DHS To Collect DNA, Eye Scans Via Defense Contractors
The problem is that private defense contractors don’t give a rat’s whisker about privacy, citizens’ rights or the U.S. Constitution. This is the greatest danger…
New Study Reveals The Most Heavily Surveilled Cities on Earth
2021 is a big moment for CCTV: the world’s one-billionth surveillance camera is likely to be installed by the end of the year. A single…
The Disturbing Link Between Police Body Cams, Public Surveillance And Fusion Centers
By MassPrivateI I didn’t think too much about it when news broke about a police department creating another cam-share program. After all, I have written…
Senate Homeland Security and Gov’t Affairs Committees Investigate Illegal Spy Operations under Obama and Trump Admins (Full Measure)
By B.N. Frank Good news: some elected officials are continuing to take action to address American journalists and innocent citizens who have been victims of…
Senators Express Privacy Concerns Over Proctoring Apps
By Jason Kelley and Lindsay Oliver Last week, five Senators joined the chorus of privacy advocates, students, and teachers expressing concern over surveillance proctoring apps…