The Next Frontier of Police Surveillance Is Drones
A major drone company DJI and a major police-camera company Axon are teaming up, and the possibilities are frightening. The devices […]
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Facebook accused of conducting mass surveillance through its apps
Facebook used its apps to gather information about users and their friends, including some who had not signed up to […]
Amazon Is Under Fire for Selling Controversial Facial Recognition Tech to Police
The American Civil Liberties Union and other privacy activists are asking Amazon to stop marketing a powerful facial recognition tool […]
How to disappear from the internet
Worried about what’s out there about you? You’re not alone. But is it even possible to become a digital ghost? […]
Livestreaming police surveillance video sparks privacy, racial profiling concerns
Dozens of police surveillance cameras are now streaming live online for the public to monitor. The mayor wants people to […]
Even privacy advocates are tracking you online
Each time someone visits Californians for Consumer Privacy’s website, software gleans what information it can about that visitor, then sends […]
How Countries “Outsource” Electronic Surveillance And Threaten Privacy
Intelligence sharing partnerships are “completely shrouded in secrecy, making it impossible to know how much data is being shared.” Depending […]
NSA Triples Collection of Data From U.S. Phone Companies
The National Security Agency collected last year more than 534 million or three times the phone and text message records […]
Report reveals dangerous lack of oversight of secret global surveillance networks
A major new report published today by Privacy International has identified alarming weaknesses in the oversight arrangements that are supposed to […]
Data Surveillance, Monitoring, and Spying
Much of the attention has been on how government collects data or uses surveillance, though there are also significant concerns […]
NSA Spied On 534 Million US Calls In 2017
The NSA collected “call detail records” from over 500 million Americans’ phone calls in 2017, over three times the number […]
Ethically Scraping and Accessing Data: Governments Desperately Seeking Data
As cities get smarter, their appetite and access to information is also increasing. The rise of data-generating technologies has given […]