Police Are Tapping Into Ring Cameras to Expand Surveillance Network In Mississippi
The police department in Jackson, Mississippi is partnering with two companies to stream surveillance footage from Ring cameras in a […]
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DHS Authorities Are Buying Moment-By-Moment Geolocation Cellphone Data To Track People
The Department of Homeland Security is purchasing consumer cellphone data that allows authorities to track immigrants trying to cross the […]
Real estate company collected 5 million shoppers’ images
Cadillac Fairview – one of North America’s largest commercial real estate companies – embedded cameras inside their digital information kiosks […]
Intrusive, omnipresent surveillance growing during COVID-19 pandemic, UN expert warns
Widespread use of contact tracing technology to fight the COVID-19 pandemic has led to almost incessant and omnipresent surveillance in […]
European Parliament’s COVID website overrun with US web trackers
The European Parliament’s coronavirus test management website is overrun with user tracking requests, some of which are attempting to siphon […]
Surveillance Startup Used Own Cameras to Harass Coworkers
Verkada, a fast-growing Silicon Valley surveillance startup, equips its offices in downtown San Mateo, California, with its own state-of-the-art security […]
Live facial recognition is tracking kids suspected of being criminals
In Buenos Aires, the first known system of its kind is hunting down minors who appear in a national database […]
French Supervisory Authority Releases Strict Guidance on the Use of Facial Recognition Technology at Airports
On October 9, 2020, the French Supervisory Authority (CNIL) issued guidance on the use of facial recognition technology for identity […]
Hospitals And VA Clinics Use Facial Recognition And Palm Scanners To Track Patients
Massachusetts area hospitals and VA clinics have begun installing Xecan facial recognition cameras to identify and track patients. According to […]
‘Love Contracts’ Go Mainstream as Employers Track Office Romance
While workplace dating policies have been commonplace for years, typically targeting relationships between managers and subordinates, many companies have been […]
Activists Turn Facial Recognition Tools Against the Police
Mr. Howell is a lifelong protester and self-taught coder. He had begun researching how to build a facial recognition product […]
The Netherlands Is Becoming a Predictive Policing Hot Spot
A report released late last month by Amnesty International revealed that Dutch law enforcement have been engaged in a number of […]