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When the FBI seizes your messages from Big Tech, you may not know it for years
Microsoft, Google, Facebook and other tech firms are pressing lawmakers to enact new rules to stop prosecutors from secretly snooping on private messages, photos, search history and more.
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Why is Biden prosecuting Assange for telling the truth about Afghanistan? | Opinion
Julian Assange warned the public that the goal in Afghanistan "is to have an endless war, not a successful war."
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Robots To Patrol Singapore Streets To Detect Bad Social Behaviour
Singapore has started trials of robots to patrol public areas and deter poor social behaviour, in its latest effort to further augment its strong portfolio of surveillance tools.
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Ten federal agencies are expanding their use of facial recognition
The Government Accountability Office has revealed in a new report that 10 federal agencies are planning to expand their use of facial recognition. In a survey involving 24 federal agencies on their use of facial recognition technology, the Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Homeland Security, Health and Human Services, Interior, Justice, State, Treasury and Veterans Affairs departments told GAO that they're planning to use facial recognition in more areas through fiscal year 2023.
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Face ID could help protect Afghan allies against US face recognition kit now in Taliban hands
One of the many worrying developments in the tragedy unfolding in Afghanistan is that US face recognition and fingerprint devices and databases have been seized by the Taliban. They were apparently left behind during the hurried withdrawal of US forces, leaving coalition collaborators at risk from reprisals.
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Many Americans aren't aware they're being tracked with facial recognition while shopping
You're not just on camera, you're also being tracked
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Pegasus scandal: Are we all becoming unknowing spies?
We may be stepping into a world in which we are all spies - and at the same time are all spied on.
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Gunshot-Detecting Tech Is Summoning Armed Police to Black Neighborhoods
A Motherboard investigation found that ShotSpotter frequently generates false alerts—and it's deployed almost exclusively in non-white neighborhoods.
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Edward Snowden calls for spyware trade ban amid Pegasus revelations
NSA whistleblower warns of world in which no phone is safe from state-sponsored hackers if no action taken
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My Windows 11 Predictions
Pretty interesting predictions.
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The Movement to Protect Your Mind From Brain-Computer Technologies
Recording memories, reading thoughts, and manipulating what another person sees through a device in their brain may seem like science fiction plots about a distant and troubled future. But a team of multi-disciplinary researchers say the first steps to inventing these technologies have already arrived. Through a concept called “neuro rights,” they want to put in place safeguards for our most precious biological possessions: our mind.
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Peloton’s mandatory treadmill memberships show how you never fully own your connected devices
Tread+ owners must pay $39 a month to use their treadmills.
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Expect an Orwellian future if AI isn't kept in check, Microsoft exec says
AI is already being used for widespread surveillance in China.
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Amazon sales of facial recognition software to police on pause indefinitely
Amazon asked US lawmakers to regulate the use of facial recognition after the murder of George Floyd in May 2020.
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The FBI Seized Heirlooms, Coins, and Cash From Hundreds of Safe Deposit Boxes in Beverly Hills, Despite Knowing 'Some' Belonged to 'Honest Citizens'
Victims of the FBI's constitutionally dubious raid say they've been told to come forward and identify themselves if they want their stuff back.
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Amazon delivery drivers have to consent to AI surveillance in their vans or lose their jobs
Amazon is well-known for its technological Taylorism: using digital sensors to monitor and control the activity of its workers in the name of efficiency. But after installing machine learning-powered surveillance cameras in its delivery vans earlier this year, the company is now telling employees: agree to be surveilled by AI or lose your job.
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These crowdsourced maps will show exactly where surveillance cameras are watching
Amnesty International is producing a map of all the places in New York City where surveillance cameras are scanning residents’ faces. The project will enlist volunteers to use their smartphones to identify, photograph, and locate government-owned surveillance cameras capable of shooting video that could be matched against people’s faces in a database through AI-powered facial recognition.
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The Capitol Attack Doesn’t Justify Expanding Surveillance
The security state that failed to keep DC safe doesn't need invasive technology to meet this moment—it needs more civilian oversight.
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The Tech That Will Invade Our Lives in 2021
Spoiler: We’re looking at another year of internet services dominating many aspects of our lives.
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What Big Tech does in the shadows: Shunning social media won't protect your privacy
So called "shadow profiles" are just one of the major challenges when it comes to protecting privacy in a digital age.
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