Crowd-Sourced Suspicion Apps Are Out of Control
By Matthew Guariglia Technology rarely invents new societal problems. Instead, it digitizes them, supersizes them, and allows them to balloon and duplicate at the speed…
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Stop Military Surveillance Drones from Coming Home
By Matthew Guariglia A federal statute authorizes the Pentagon to transfer surveillance technology, among other military equipment, to state and local police. This threatens privacy,…
Lessons From History: Afghanistan and the Dangerous Afterlives of Identifying Data
By Matthew Guariglia As the United States pulled its troops out of Afghanistan after a 20-year occupation, byproducts of the prolonged deployment took on new…
The Other 20-Year Anniversary: Freedom and Surveillance Post-9/11
By Cindy Cohn and Matthew Guariglia The twentieth anniversary of the attacks of September 11, 2021 are a good time to reflect on the world…
Don’t Let Police Arm Autonomous or Remote-Controlled Robots and Drones
By Matthew Guariglia It’s no longer science fiction or unreasonable paranoia. Now, it needs to be said: No, police must not be arming land-based robots…
The Overlapping Infrastructure of Urban Surveillance, and How to Fix It
By Matthew Guariglia Between the increasing capabilities of local and state police, the creep of federal law enforcement into domestic policing, the use of aerial…
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…
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…