Russia’s surveillance state still doesn’t match China. But Putin is racing to catch up.
Facial recognition is increasingly used against Kremlin critics. But cameras have been off for suspected state-sanctioned attacks.
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Verizon Media Introduces Alternative Online Tracking Identifier
Verizon Media announced the launch of its Next-Gen Solutions suite to make advertisers and publishers independent of cookies or mobile app IDs.
After Cookies, Ad Tech Wants to Use Your Email to Track You Everywhere
Cookies are dying, and the tracking industry is scrambling to replace them. There are several proposals from ad tech providers to preserve “addressable media” after cookies die off.
Your ‘smart home’ is watching – and possibly sharing your data with the police
Smart-home devices like thermostats and fridges may be too smart for comfort – especially in a country with few laws preventing the sale of digital data to third parties.
Pandemic reveals Palantir’s troubling reach in Europe
Covid has given Peter Thiel’s secretive US tech company new opportunities to operate in Europe in ways some campaigners find worrying.
Drivers To Be Given Real-Time “Risk Scores” Using Embedded Telematic Surveillance Sensors
The real reason behind machine-to-machine (M2M) communication, or telematics in new cars is to more precisely assess risk.
Privacy Oversight Board Releases Report on EO 12333
The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board released its report on Executive Order 12333, which provides broad legal authority for data collection.
Apple, Google Both Track Mobile Telemetry Data, Despite Users Opting Out
Google’s Pixel and Apple’s iPhone both in privacy hot seat for siphoning mobile device data without consent.
China found using surveillance firms to help write ethnic-tracking specs
China enlisted surveillance firms to help draw up standards for mass facial recognition systems, researchers said, warning that an unusually heavy emphasis on tracking characteristics such as ethnicity created wide scope for abuse.
How Grassroots Coalition Beat Facial Recognition in New Orleans
A grassroots coalition of Black youth, sex workers, and community advocates stood against the surveillance state—and won.
Uber under pressure over facial recognition checks for drivers
Uber’s use of facial recognition technology for a driver identity system is being challenged in the U.K., where the App Drivers & Couriers Union (ADCU) and Worker Info Exchange (WIE) have called for Microsoft to suspend the ride-hailing giant’s use of B2B facial recognition.
ICE Investigators Use Private Database Covering Millions of Individuals to Pursue Immigration Violations
United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers have bought private data containing millions of individuals’ phone, water, electricity, and other utility records.