Credit to Author: Edward Ongweso Jr| Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2019 15:37:39 +0000
Palantir’s program isn’t just used by law enforcement, but by third-parties who offer augmented versions.
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Credit to Author: Caroline Haskins| Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2019 13:31:18 +0000
Despite organized protests around the country, Immigration and Customs Enforcement just renewed its contract with Peter Thiel’s data aggregation and surveillance company.
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Credit to Author: Caroline Haskins| Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2019 21:26:52 +0000
Police want the names and addresses of people who own Ring cameras so they can tap into a private surveillance network.
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Credit to Author: Caroline Haskins| Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2019 19:06:42 +0000
The police department of El Monte, CA started a “Ring Reward Program” about a month before it entered a partnership with Ring.
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Credit to Author: Jelisa Castrodale| Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2019 13:29:07 +0000
DataSparQ also hopes to roll out a feature called ‘FaceTab,’ which would recognize patrons and automatically add drinks to their existing tab.
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Credit to Author: Mason Marks| Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2019 13:28:35 +0000
Dispensaries are adopting in-store surveillance systems to protect profits. Experts warn it’s a ‘slippery slope’ to discrimination.
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Credit to Author: Caroline Haskins| Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2019 18:04:40 +0000
Ring’s partnerships with law enforcement could be far more more widespread than previously reported.
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Credit to Author: Madeleine Gregory| Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2019 17:12:28 +0000
Three Democrats including Rashida Tlaib plan to propose a federal law banning the technology this week, citing concerns over privacy and bias.
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Credit to Author: Joseph Cox| Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2019 16:06:32 +0000
Kazakhstan is telling citizens to download a cryptographic certificate, letting authorities monitor their traffic. Mozilla and Wikimedia are discussing how to respond from afar.
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Credit to Author: Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai| Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2019 12:17:14 +0000
In a new book, a veteran cybersecurity reporter wrote that the infamous hacker who embarrassed surveillance vendors FinFisher and Hacking Team may be a Russian government agent. We caught up with Phineas Fisher and broke down the evidence.
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