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 […]
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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 […]
Palantir Knows Everything About You
Peter Thiel’s data-mining company is using War on Terror tools to track American citizens. The scary thing? Palantir is desperate […]
Tech firms have replaced government as biggest threat to privacy
Former CIA and former NSA chief Michael Hayden said Tuesday that technology firms have replaced the government as the biggest […]
UK has six months to rewrite snooper’s charter, high court rules
Judges say Investigatory Powers Act is incompatible with EU law after legal challenge by Liberty The British government must rewrite […]
Government hacking tactics questioned at OURSA
Government hacking and surveillance received heavy criticism at the OURSA Conference by ACLU lawyer Jennifer Granick, who questioned how the […]
How firms you have never interacted with can target your Facebook
Advertisers are seemingly able to access accounts with no input from the user. On one of Facebook’s myriad setting screens, […]
Why Police Should Monitor Social Media to Prevent Crime
Citizens may object to their social media mining by law enforcement, but the practice can keep the public safe. Police […]
We’re in the Uncanny Valley of Targeted Advertising
Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s founder and CEO, thinks people want targeted advertising. The “overwhelming feedback,” he said multiple times during his […]
China’s facial-recognition cameras caught suspect tryiing to blend in with 60,000 concertgoers
The man’s unlikely capture became the latest example of China’s growing use of facial recognition technology. The 31-year-old man, wanted […]
Facebook admits tracking users and non-users off-site
Statement comes as company faces US lawsuit over facial recognition feature launched in 2011 and planned to expand to EU. […]