San Diego Plans for Military-Grade Drone to Catch Speeding Drivers
San Diego planned to use the military-grade SkyGuardian drone for vehicle enforcement on the freeway.
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Privacy Rights Groups Say EU Aid Funds Pay for Government Surveillance in Developing Countries
Privacy groups are raising alarms about some EU aid programs. Funds, equipment and training are reportedly going to repressive governments […]
Secret Amazon Reports Expose Company Spying on Labor, Environmental Groups
Leaked documents reveal Amazon’s reliance on Pinkerton operatives to spy on workers and its extensive monitoring of labor unions and […]
Law enforcement is using location tracking on mobile devices to identify suspects, but is it unconstitutional?
As the use of geofence warrants has grown, so have controversies surrounding them. Defense attorneys argue they’re unconstitutional, and prosecutors […]
Homeland Security Watchdog to Probe Department’s Use of Phone Location Data
The Department of Homeland Security’s internal watchdog said it would open an investigation into the use of mobile-phone surveillance technologies […]
CBP proposes to require mug shots of all non-US citizen travelers
CBP issued a notice of proposed rulemaking that wouldn’t apply to US citizens, but would require all non-US citizens, including permanent US […]
Microsoft Developing Workplace Surveillance System to ‘Score’ Meeting Productivity
A recent patent application reveals Microsoft is developing a “meeting insight computing system” that would monitor body language, facial expressions, […]
Amazon faces backlash over using Sidewalk for neighborhood networks
Amazon customers are being automatically opted in to Sidewalk, a feature set to launch later this year that the company […]
Most Americans Object to Government Tracking of Their Activities Through Cellphones
A new survey found widespread concern among Americans about government tracking of their whereabouts through their digital devices, with an […]
Disaster apps share personal data in violation of their privacy policies
Madelyn Sanfilippo – professor in the School of Information Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign – and a […]
DEA Pursues Vast Expansion of Patient Surveillance
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is looking to expand its anti-diversion surveillance infrastructure by being able to search and analyze […]
Apple hits out at campaign group’s ‘inaccurate’ privacy complaint
Apple has strongly denied claims from privacy campaigners that it has breached Europe’s ePrivacy directive through its Identifier for Advertisers […]