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…
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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…
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…