They’re Watching Us All!
By Michael Maharrey I recently appeared on the Wasatch Report with Suzanne Sherman to talk about the real-world impacts of government overreach, particularly the drug…
Privacy
New US Campaign Calls for Moratorium on Facial Recognition Surveillance
By Julia Conley “Imagine if we could go back in time and prevent governments around the world from ever building nuclear or biological weapons. That’s…
EFF Sues AT&T, Data Aggregators For Giving Bounty Hunters and Other Third Parties Access to Customers’ Real-Time Locations
SAN FRANCISCO — The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and Pierce Bainbridge Beck Price & Hecht LLP filed a class action lawsuit today on behalf of…
Knowing the “Value” of Our Data Won’t Fix Our Privacy Problems
By Hayley Tsukayama Some lawmakers, seeking to hold companies accountable for the way they collect and profit from our personal information, are pushing a new…
Do People Realize They Are Creating Their Own A.I. Overlords?
By Truthstream Media It’s bad enough that every government agency now conducts surveillance and sweeps up data continuously. However, consumers continue to welcome surveillance directly…
Palantir’s Software For Fusion Centers Exposed In California FOIA
By Aaron Kesel ‘Gotham’ software written by Palantir shows how government agencies can use very little information to obtain quick access to anyone’s personal minutiae….
Google Admits “Home” Smart Device Is Listening To Your Recorded Audio
By John Vibes As smart devices have become ubiquitous in our lives, people are becoming increasingly concerned about the privacy implications of the technology. In…
“Alexa, How Do We Subvert Big Tech’s Orwellian Internet-of-Things Surveillance?”
By Charles Hugh Smith Convenience is the sales pitch, but the real goal is control in service of maximizing profits and extending state power. When…
The Infallible AI “Oracle” and the Future of “One Shot” Answers
By Melissa Dykes Apparently in the next phase, your AI “oracle” voice assistant will do most of the heavy thinking for you… and the Internet…
Police Use License Plate Readers To “Grid” Entire Neighborhoods
By MassPrivateI Law enforcement is using license plate readers to “grid” entire neighborhoods. What does gridding mean? The Arizona Mirror describes gridding as, Part of the…
FBI, ICE Using Facial Recognition to Scan Millions of Driver’s License Photos
By Jake Johnson A trove of public records obtained by privacy experts at Georgetown Law revealed that ICE and the FBI have used facial recognition…
IRS Agents Propose Draconian Tactics to Investigate Bitcoin Users
By Jamie Redman A recently published U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) slide describes alarming recommendations on how tax agents should deal with digital currency users…
Gen Z Adults Encourage Each Other To Sign Up For Facial Recognition At Music Festivals
By MassPrivateI What is wrong with the picture below? A lot. The picture shows just how complicit the mass media has become in convincing Generation…
The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board Signals It Will investigate NSA Surveillance, Facial Recognition, and Terror Watchlists
By Matthew Guariglia After a long dormant stretch, the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB) has signaled it’s ready to tackle another big review…