Surveillance Cameras Made by China Are Hanging All Over the U.S.
Hikvision, a company 42%-owned by the Chinese government, sold devices that monitor U.S. Army base and Memphis streets. That has […]
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5 Russian-Made Surveillance Technologies Used in the West
Privacy activists are battling to stop Western surveillance technology from filtering out to oppressive regimes. But Russia is also hard […]
People Keep Finding Hidden Cameras In Their Airbnbs
A viral tweet showing a hidden camera found in an Airbnb has rekindled the debate around home sharing and privacy. […]
Anonymous DIY Cell Phone Network
Sopranica is a surveillance-free cellular network built by volunteers from around the world. It’s easy to use and free to […]
New Orleans Police Watchdog Warns of Dangers of Expanded Surveillance
In a stern warning to the New Orleans City Council, the city’s top police watchdog has criticized a plan to […]
Bringing Geolocation Into Focus
With another Thanksgiving and another Black Friday having come and gone the holiday shopping season is in full swing yet […]
Germany bans children’s ‘smart’ watches over surveillance concerns
Telecoms regulator urges parents to destroy the devices, which have been used to listen in on classroom lessons. Source: Germany […]
Google collects Android users’ locations even when location services are disabled
Android phones are tracking your location even if you actively turn off location services, haven’t used any apps, and haven’t […]
Australia could allow firms to buy access to facial recognition data
The federal government is considering allowing private companies to use its national facial recognition database for a fee, documents released […]
As mass data collection becomes the norm, concerns about surveillance are growing
As our urban areas expand at an alarming rate, mass data collection appears to be the only way of keeping […]
Moscow says Twitter ready to store data on Russian servers
Twitter has agreed to store the personal data of Russian nationals on servers located within Russia in order to comply […]
ePrivacy: Why ‘prohibition by default’ cannot be an option
Until 1989, Germany was a divided country. East Germany was under communist rule. The powerbase of the communist government was […]