Airlines Are Giving Your Face to Homeland Security
Cameras photograph travelers, capture their data, and scan it against databases. Even the feds say there’s a risk it could […]
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Mistakes, misuse, mission creep: Biometric screening must end
If identity thieves or stalkers target us, we can change our credit card numbers and even our names, but we […]
This Shadowy Company Is Flying Spy Planes Over US Cities
It has tracked cell phones for military training and flown a camera that can watch over a city for hours […]
London police to use facial recognition software at Notting Hill carnival
Civil liberties groups say plan to scan faces of thousands of revellers at London event has no basis in law […]
German court rules bosses can’t use keyboard-tracking software to spy on workers
Are bosses going too far when they use spy software to track employees’ every keystroke? Apparently yes, according to a […]
An Experiment in Detecting Cell Phone Surveillance
OTI launched a technical effort at Washington D.C.’s March for Science in April 2017 to monitor and detect “Stingray” devices. […]
Face scans for US citizens flying abroad stir privacy issues
If the Trump administration gets its way, U.S. citizens boarding international flights will have to submit to a face scan, […]
Dutch pass ‘tapping’ law, intelligence agencies may gather data en masse
The Dutch Senate passed a law early on Wednesday giving intelligence agencies broad new surveillance and other powers, including the […]
Amazon and WhatsApp ‘falling short over privacy’, says pressure group
EFF’s annual Who Has Your Back report criticises world’s largest retailer and biggest messaging app for not keeping up on […]
The UK Has a Dirty Secret for Spying on Encrypted Messages: Hacking
Members of the media and some politicians are near-constantly talking about accessing terrorist communications, but are ignoring one of the […]
Before You Hit ‘Submit,’ This Company Has Already Logged Your Personal Data
If you’re daydreaming about buying a home or need to lower the payment on the one you already have, you […]
Germany aims to store all users’ browsing data. But court says it’s breaking EU law
A law due to come into force in days in Germany on storing internet usage data breaks EU regulations, a […]