Silicon Valley Is Building A Chinese-Style Social Credit System
By Mac Slavo Companies in the United States, and more specifically, Silicon Valley, are building a social credit system for individuals. Much like the social…
By Mac Slavo Companies in the United States, and more specifically, Silicon Valley, are building a social credit system for individuals. Much like the social…
By Eta Ornish I see quite frequently, people warning that the US is becoming an ‘Orwellian nightmare,’ or that we’re living in a country that’s…
By Michael Boldin If you’ve seen the film Minority Report – or read the Philip K Dick short story it’s based on, you’re familiar with…
By Sophia Cope and Adam Schwartz The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a new ruling in U.S. v. Cano [.pdf] that…
By Aaron Kesel The cities of San Francisco and Seattle are testing a new way to report homeless encampments or “tent cities” via dialing 311…
By Sydney Li Yesterday, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and Apple’s Safari browsers started blocking a security certificate previously used by Kazakh ISPs to compromise their…
By MassPrivateI Leave it to Zendrive to create a safe driving app that can turn your smartphone into an insurance surveillance device. Zendrive encourages people…
By Cat Ellis Due to the recent mass shootings, there is a major push for so-called “red flag” gun laws at both the state and federal…
By Haley Pedersen Recent months have seen a wave of cities and counties around the country rejecting the use of automated license plate readers in…
By Michael Boldin A growing public debate about the use of facial recognition surveillance in Detroit, New York, and California gives some insight on what…
By Eta Onrish Big Tech has come under fire quite consistently for privacy concerns and has even faced big fines for violations (which they can…
By Birgit Schippers, Queen’s University Belfast Facial recognition technology is spreading fast. Already widespread in China, software that identifies people by comparing images of their…
By MassPrivateI America’s fear of mass shootings is about to take a truly bizarre turn. That’s because our law enforcement will soon be used as…
By Michael Boldin Earlier this year, it was reported that a massive call records program was no longer being used and was probably going to…