U.S. officials continue to shift focus from al Qaeda to ‘home-grown extremists’
Madison Ruppert, Contributor Activist Post Last year I broke down a report from the Homeland Security Policy Institute which not only lent support for increasingly…
Madison Ruppert, Contributor Activist Post Last year I broke down a report from the Homeland Security Policy Institute which not only lent support for increasingly…
Madison Ruppert, Contributor Activist Post While some researchers continue to focus on creating new technologies with some disturbing applications like mobile phone microchips capable of…
(Image credit: U.S. Navy) Madison Ruppert, Contributor Activist Post Last year I reported on the Pentagon’s 1033 Program, wherein local law enforcement agencies can obtain…
Bill Quigley Activist Post Privacy is eroding fast as technology offers government increasing ways to track and spy on citizens. The Washington Post reported there…
Central biometric database unconstitutional in France – Wiki illustration Katitza Rodriguez & Maira Sutton EFF Last week, the Conseil Constitutionnel, the highest authority on the…
Madison Ruppert, Contributor Activist Post The American surveillance state is becoming increasingly advanced, expansive and capable of processing huge amounts of data at blinding speeds….
Madison Ruppert, Contributor Activist Post A new system has emerged to process surveillance footage for facial recognition, and it makes much of the previous technology…
Warrantless Biometrics Wiki illustration Hanni Fakhoury EFF Over the last few years, we’ve been battling laws that require a person arrested to give a DNA…
image credit: Chad Miller/Flickr Madison Ruppert, Contributing Writer Activist Post I have spent a great deal of time covering biometrics and how this information is…
Dana Gabriel, Contributing Writer Activist Post Through a series of bilateral meetings, U.S. and Canadian officials are busy working out the details of the perimeter…
Madison Ruppert, Contributing Writer Activist Post Similar to the so-called “threat assessment” technology being researched, funded and field tested by the United States Department of…
imge: Apple App Store Madison Ruppert, Contributing Writer Activist Post The West Virginia Department of Homeland Security released an app for mobile phones they have…
image source: FBI Nicholas West Activist Post ICE announced in February, 2011 that it would begin using biometric identification as a key component of an…
Madison Ruppert, Contributing Writer Activist Post Dr. Mark Maybury, the United States Air Force Chief Scientist, is stepping outside of the typical areas in which…