U.S. Government Using Amazon’s Facial Recognition Technology
Activist Post Editor’s Note: Despite the many warnings about the increased privacy invasion from this technology, as well as evidence showing that it is far…
Biometrics
Year in Review: Airport Surveillance Takes Off in a New, Dangerous Direction
By Jennifer Granick and India McKinney In 2018, we learned that expanded biometric surveillance is coming to an airport near you. This includes face recognition,…
Amazon’s Creepy Facial Recognition Doorbell Will Surveil the ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD
By Meadow Clark At first glance of Amazon’s new patent application, one would be tempted to think it no more than a built-in “smart” security…
Hundreds of Police Departments Have Secretly Created Public Safety Watchlists
By MassPrivateI To everyone who thinks secret watchlists are nothing more than a conspiracy theory, I give you law enforcement’s secret public safety watchlists. The…
City of Cambridge Passes Ordinance Taking on Surveillance State
By Michael Maharrey CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (Dec. 17, 2018) – The City of Cambridge, Mass., has passed an ordinance that sets the stage to limit the acquisition…
London Begins Testing Facial Recognition In Public Despite Being “Staggeringly Inaccurate”
By Nicholas West It appears that London is ready to roll out the gift of surveillance to its citizens this holiday season. The Met has…
Move Over Facial Recognition Tech, They’re Now Data Mining Directly From Our Brains
By Press For Truth Facial Recognition technology is ancient when compared to what they’re doing in China! China is deploying emotional surveillance technology that mines…
Hertz’s Airport Facial Recognition Program Uses Customer Loyalty Rewards To Change Public Opinion
By MassPrivateI Americans no longer have to worry about the TSA (DHS) using facial recognition to spy on you and your family. Because private corporations…
Police Use Facial Recognition Doorbells To Create Private Watchlist Networks
By MassPrivateI Earlier this year, I reported that Amazon’s spying Ring doorbells are being installed everywhere and how everyone’s privacy is at stake. But a recent…
TSA’s Roadmap for Airport Surveillance Moves in a Dangerous Direction
By India McKinney The Transportation Security Administration has set out an alarming vision of pervasive biometric surveillance at airports, which cuts against the right to…
Smile, Travelers! You’re on Candid DHS Cameras.
By Edward Hasbrouck The Department of Homeland Security has posted the latest update to a series of Privacy Impact Assessments attempting to whitewash the invasions…
Amazon Releases Update And Improves Facial Rekognition Software As We Enter The Point Of No Return For Biometrics
By Aaron Kesel Amazon has released an update to its controversial Amazon Rekogntion software which “improves the ability to detect more faces, increases the accuracy…
National Facial Recognition Database to Use Loyalty Rewards to Identify American Shoppers
By MassPrivateI For years, I have been warning people about facial recognition in retail stores, but this story might convince you to avoid retail stores…
DHS-wide Biometrics Programs, Issues, Detailed in Data Mining Report to Congress
By Anthony Kimery The comprehensive, legally mandated new Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Privacy Office’s Data Mining Report to Congress provides detailed updates on modifications,…