Emails from 2016 Show Amazon Ring’s Hold on the LAPD Through Camera Giveaways
By Matthew Guariglia and Karen Gullo In March 2016, “smart” doorbell camera maker Ring was a growing company attempting to market its wireless smart security…
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Ring Changed How Police Request Door Camera Footage: What it Means and Doesn’t Mean
By Matthew Guariglia Amazon Ring has announced that it will change the way police can request footage from millions of doorbell cameras in communities across…
Senators Demand Answers on the Dangers of Predictive Policing
By Matthew Guariglia Predictive policing is dangerous and yet its use among law enforcement agencies is growing. Predictive policing advocates, and companies that make millions…
End Two Federal Programs that Fund Police Surveillance Tech
By Matthew Guariglia The new administration can do two things immediately that would help stop some of the more nefarious ways that police departments get…
Police Robots Are Not a Selfie Opportunity, They’re a Privacy Disaster Waiting to Happen
By Matthew Guariglia The arrival of government-operated autonomous police robots does not look like predictions in science fiction movies. An army of robots with gun…
High Tech Police Surveillance of Protests and Activism: Year in Review 2020
By Matthew Guariglia This summer’s Black-led protest movement against police violence was one of the largest political movements in the history of the United States–and…
Video Analytics User Manuals Are a Guide to Dystopia
By Dave Maass and Matthew Guariglia A few years ago, when you saw a security camera, you may have thought that the video feed went…
Police Will Pilot a Program to Live Stream Amazon Ring Cameras
By Matthew Guariglia This is not a drill. Red alert: The police surveillance center in Jackson, Mississippi, will be conducting a 45-day pilot program to live…
Judge Upends Vallejo, California’s Use of Stingray Surveillance
By Matthew Guariglia Cops in Vallejo have put their controversial cell-phone surveillance tool back in the box, after a judge released a tentative ruling (which…
Tell the Department of Homeland Security: Stop Collecting DNA and other Biometrics
By Matthew Guariglia We need your help. On September 11, 2020, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced its intention to significantly expand both the…
Things to Know Before Your Neighborhood Installs an Automated License Plate Reader
By Jason Kelley and Matthew Guariglia Every week EFF receives emails from members of homeowner’s associations wondering if their Homeowner’s Association (HOA) or Neighborhood Association…
Technology Can’t Predict Crime, It Can Only Weaponize Proximity to Policing
By Matthew Guariglia In June 2020, Santa Cruz, California became the first city in the United States to ban municipal use of predictive policing, a…
San Francisco Police Accessed Business District Camera Network to Spy on Protesters
By Dave Maas and Matthew Guariglia The San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) conducted mass surveillance of protesters at the end of May and in early…
Now Is The Time: Tell Congress to Ban Federal Use of Face Recognition
By Matthew Guariglia Cities and states across the country have banned government use of face surveillance technology, and many more are weighing proposals to do…