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…
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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…
Victory! Boston Bans Government Use of Face Surveillance
By Matthew Guariglia The push to minimize the government’s power to track and spy on people with surveillance technology has picked up steam as the…
IBM, Amazon Agree to Step Back From Face Recognition. Where Is Microsoft?
By Matthew Guariglia Activism is working. Both on the streets as people protest to end racist and violent policing, and among civil liberties organizations who…
Amazon Ring Must End Its Dangerous Partnerships With Police
By Jason Kelley and Matthew Guariglia Across the United States, people are taking to the street to protest racist police violence, including the tragic police…
How to Identify Visible (and Invisible) Surveillance at Protests
By Matthew Guariglia The full weight of U.S. policing has descended upon protesters across the country as people take to the streets to denounce the…
Victory! German Mass Surveillance Abroad is Ruled Unconstitutional
By Matthew Guariglia In a landmark decision, the German Constitutional Court has ruled that mass surveillance of telecommunications outside of Germany conducted on foreign nationals…
The Dangers of COVID-19 Surveillance Proposals to the Future of Protest
By Matthew Guariglia Many of the new surveillance powers now sought by the government to address the COVID-19 crisis would harm our First Amendment rights…
Thermal Imaging Cameras are Still Dangerous Dragnet Surveillance Cameras
By Matthew Guariglia and Cooper Quintin As governments around the world continue to seek solutions to prevent the spread of COVID-19, companies are eager to…
Face Surveillance Is Not the Solution to the COVID-19 Crisis
By Matthew Guariglia In the current moment, governments may be tempted to funnel scarce public health resources into the use of face recognition to curtail…
Ring Updates Device Security and Privacy—But Ignores Larger Concerns
By Matthew Guariglia and Bill Budington Amazon’s surveillance doorbell company Ring has announced extra layers of security and control for users after a wave of…
What to Know Before You Buy or Install Your Amazon Ring Camera
By Matthew Guariglia So, you own or are thinking of buying a Ring camera. This post outlines a list of privacy and civil liberties concerns…
Smart Home Tech, Police, and Your Privacy: Year in Review 2019
By Matthew Guariglia If 2019 confirmed anything, it is that we should not trust the microphones and cameras that large corporations sell us to put…
Five Concerns about Amazon Ring’s Deals with Police
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…