“The Patriot Act extension passed the House with nearly all Democrats voting for it. When Pres. Trump signs it into law, Democrats will be just as responsible for warrantless surveillance as Trump and the GOP. ...
Around 1.5 million Uighurs and other Muslims were determined “untrustworthy” by Chinese officials and scheduled for detention and reeducation in a massive internment camp system. (By Darren Byler, The Conversation) The Uighurs, a Muslim minority ...
“I’m not asking for a pardon. I’m not asking for a pass. What I’m asking for is a fair trial.” NSA Whistleblower Edward Snowden has been giving interviews with major media outlets this week in ...
Given Silicon Valley’s reputation (and penchant) for breaking things rather than stopping to think them through, brainwave reading devices will need close regulation and ethical reviews before testing begins. (By Garfield Benjamin, The Conversation) Not ...
“It is important for those participating in AI standards development to be aware of, and to act consistently with, U.S. government policies and principles, including those that address societal and ethical issues, governance and privacy.” ...
“The NSA has been vacuuming up hundreds of millions of Americans’ call records as part of a program that is hopelessly complex and lacks any discernible evidence of its value.” The Trump administration urged Congress ...
A compelling film on Netflix, The Great Hack, adds to our understanding of big tech’s threat to democracy and explains how a lot of “tools” came out of the military’s psychological operations (or psyops) and ...
“But for them to go under oath and say that theses blacklists don’t exist, well employees like me are able to just search through the internal search engine of the company and see that they ...
“Banning encryption in America will not stop bad guys from using encryption… it will leave Americans less secure against intrusions by an administration that has shown [it is] willing to support lawless measures.” In his ...
Questions arise about the use of data analysis in China. The OpenPower Foundation, led by Google and IBM executives, has the aim of “driving innovation.” It is registered in New Jersey as a community improvement ...
“The public doesn’t have a way of controlling what information the government has on them. And now there’s this rapidly advancing technology, with very few guidelines and protections for people, putting all of this information ...
A new UK proposal wants to implement ‘Ghost Protocol’ which would add law enforcement as an invisible participant to conversations on messaging apps. (Paulo Garcia, The Conversation) The term “ghost protocol” might remind you of ...
After 70 days in preventive detention without formal charges, Ola Bini’s request for habeas corpus was granted, and shortly after, he was released from prison. (By Zoe PC, Peoples Dispatch) Privacy activist and software developer ...
“This is our time to stand up for the American people. I’m sick of going home and telling them that neither side wanted to defend their rights.” The House rejected an amendment on Tuesday that ...
“This is a serious development and raises legitimate concerns over freedom of the press and proper public scrutiny of national security and defense matters. The ABC stands by its journalists, will protect its sources and ...
“We want Amazon’s board to oversee and disclose how Amazon is addressing the significant risks posed by the sale of facial recognition technology.” Amazon has recently faced pressure from its investors over the sale of ...
“The ‘ghost’ proposal would pose serious threats to cybersecurity and thereby also threaten fundamental human rights, including privacy and free expression” – Open Letter to GCHQ In an open letter to the U.K.’s Government Communications ...
Google executives are working with China to produce a version of its search engine that will censor topics deemed unsuitable by the Chinese government. Google CEO Sundar Pichai is meeting with General Joseph Dunford, chairman ...
The FBI is employing a new method to catch criminals: Amazon’s facial recognition software known as Rekognition. Using Amazon Rekognition, Amazon’s relatively new facial recognition software, allows the FBI to expedite sifting through surveillance footage ...
“As with all mass surveillance tools, it is the general public who suffer more than criminals.” To the outrage of privacy advocates, London’s Metropolitan Police deployed facial recognition software Monday and Tuesday to scan faces ...
More companies are using ‘uninstall tracking.’ Many app developers now track users even after users have uninstalled their apps, and the tracking allows companies to continue to serve targeted ads. Bloomberg first reported on this ...
The prevailing orthodoxy of today — an orthodoxy perpetuated by propaganda, PR, the media and the power behind them — is unquestioned obedience to the gods of money, consumerism and perpetual war. I had the ...
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has installed facial recognition technology at the Mineta San Jose International Airport (SJC) in Silicon Valley. The technology is already being used to process international travelers entering and leaving ...
“Anyone who does care about news needs to understand Facebook as a fundamental threat.” (Common Dreams) During a closed-door and off-the-record meeting last week, top Facebook executive Campbell Brown reportedly warned news publishers that refusal ...
The FBI wants to know what your tattoos mean. The federal security agency is trying to identify the meanings of tattoos and how the tattoos “map out people’s relationships and identify their beliefs” as the ...
Walmart has been awarded the right to a patent system that receives and processes the audio interactions of employees as they work. Filed in 2017, the audio surveillance technology is set up throughout a shopping facility ...
To tackle the problem of distracted driving, the U.K. is testing out road signs that detect if motorists are using cell phones. If the signs detect someone is using a cell phone, they light up with ...
Researchers from Northeastern University in Boston decided to test out the popular consumer paranoia that smartphones secretly listen to your conversations. While they didn’t find evidence of smartphones recording your audio, they did find that ...
Scientists at the NanoPhotonics Centre and the Melville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis have developed an intelligent toilet that can analyze urine to determine health information and the presence of any drugs or alcohol. As soon ...
In today’s world, people are inundated with personal technologies meant to make their life easier but that same tech could also potentially compromise their privacy and personal security. A new report from Inside Big Data ...
Activists have discovered that the Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) department of the U.K., which is responsible for collecting taxes, has collected voice data on millions of people without due warning. The discovery was ...
The Domestic Security Alliance Council is a partnership of professionals connecting major U.S. companies with the FBI and DHS to help protect businesses, the economy, and national security. The Domestic Security Alliance Council (DSAC) is a strategic ...
China’s new “social credit” rating system is still in trial mode but already has far-reaching social and economic impacts. The program aims to reward law-abiding and responsible citizens but punishes behavior deemed dishonorable. The punitive ...
Occupy Wall Street (OWS) was a peaceful protest movement that began on September 17, 2011, in New York City’s Wall Street financial district. It received global attention and spawned a huge movement against economic inequality worldwide, but there was evidence that the FBI maybe have ...
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