Surveillance Partners: Amazon Ring and Police Departments
By Michael Boldin The company has partnered with 400-500 departments – and provides direct access to surveillance footage through a special “Law Enforcement Neighborhood Portal,”…
By Michael Boldin The company has partnered with 400-500 departments – and provides direct access to surveillance footage through a special “Law Enforcement Neighborhood Portal,”…
By Aaron Kesel Amazon is on its way to becoming one of the U.S. military’s biggest security giants, with a pending $10bn JEDI cloud computing…
By John Vibes Employees of an Amazon delivery location in Sacramento, California are protesting the company’s decision to fire a worker who missed an hour…
By Daisy Luther These days, you can’t really go anywhere without encountering cameras. Going into a store? Chances are there are security cameras. Getting money…
By Aaron Kesel FaceFirst is another company with something to lose if facial recognition regulation bans the technology. They have now entered the lobbying ring…
By Aaron Kesel Amazon’s founder Jeff Bezos, whom this writer has previously referred to as emperor Palpatine from Star Wars, wants to write his own…
By B.N. Frank Wearable tech has become very common and oh so fashionable. But like all wireless “smart” devices, these products also collect personal data…
By MassPrivateI It is hard to imagine a more intrusive home surveillance device than a faucet or toilet that listens to everyone’s conversations, but that…
By Tyler Durden After publishing a steady stream of scoops about Amazon’s anti-competitive tendencies, the Wall Street Journal on Monday dropped one of the biggest…
By B.N. Frank Big Tech is showering American elected officials with more money than ever before AND with more lobbyists. Public watchdog group, Public Citizen,…
By Mac Slavo Tech investor John Borthwick says that smart speakers from the like of Amazon and Google are being used for mass surveillance. Borthwick…
By Matthew Guariglia More than 400 police departments across the country have partnered with Ring, tech giant Amazon’s “smart” doorbell program, to create a troubling…
By B.N. Frank Solar panels that catch fire are not desirable or eco-friendly. What’s bizarrely coincidental is that these combustible panels are being made by…
By Tyler Durden Over the past three years, the Department of Defense (DoD) acquiesced to an aggressive lobbying campaign by Silicon Valley to move its…