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Online Age Verification Law Could Kill Whistleblowing
Proposed age verification law enables pervasive identity tracking and threatens anonymous speech critical for whistleblowers, journalists,… [more]
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NSW beaches to get dawn-to-dusk drone patrols in $34m anti-shark program
Represents significant expansion of persistent aerial surveillance infrastructure across 70 public beaches under public safety… [more]
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The Pentagon Is Looking Into the Dialog Data Exposure for Unmasking National Security Officials
Exposure of personal information belonging to senior national security officials demonstrates surveillance vulnerabilities in government… [more]
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EFF to Grindr: This Pride Month, Put Safety and Privacy Over Profits
Documents real-world surveillance infrastructure where corporate data collection and third-party broker sales enable identification,… [more]
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We Can Still Stop California’s 3D Printer Surveillance Scheme
California legislation mandating surveillance software on 3D printers represents mass monitoring infrastructure targeting a broad class of… [more]
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EFF, TEDIC and CEJIL Challenge Secrecy in the Use of Face Recognition in Paraguay
Documents state deployment of facial recognition surveillance infrastructure with deliberate opacity about protocols and scope,… [more]
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The FCC’s Spam Call Proposal Is Just a Data Collection Scheme
FCC proposal mandating personal data collection from all phone users under anti-spam pretense represents mass surveillance infrastructure… [more]
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Are Your Local Police Using Flock Safety ALPRs to Scan for Immigrants?
Documents widespread deployment of automated license plate readers by local police in coordination with ICE to systematically track and… [more]
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Russia used Cellebrite tool to jail activist after the company claimed to have ended contract
Documents corporate surveillance tools used by authoritarian regime to jail political activists despite manufacturer claims of compliance… [more]
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The KIDS Act Would Require Age Checks To Get Online
Legislation requiring age checks for online access creates infrastructure for mass surveillance and tracking of Americans' web browsing… [more]
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The Intercept Sues to Uncover Secretive Government Anti-Protester Database
Documents reveal a secretive government database targeting protesters and activists for surveillance and travel restrictions, representing… [more]
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🦅 Domestic Spying Takes an L | EFFector 38.12
Documents widespread warrantless domestic surveillance of millions of Americans through Section 702, a law repeatedly reauthorized despite… [more]
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Podcast: If AI Is Sentient Then So Is ‘Age of Empires II
Article documents real instances of corporate surveillance infrastructure (MSG facial recognition dossiers on activists, data center… [more]
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Why are there holiday delay warnings over the EU's new border system?
The EU's Entry/Exit System represents infrastructure for mass surveillance and biometric data collection of travelers across 29 countries,… [more]
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Madison Square Garden Made Dossier on Activists Who Opposed Facial Recognition
Corporate venue deployed mass biometric surveillance and compiled dossiers on activists opposing the technology, exemplifying surveillance… [more]
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Meta’s Very Own Smart Glasses Go on Sale Today for $299
Smart glasses with always-on cameras and microphones represent ambient surveillance infrastructure that normalizes continuous recording… [more]
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Why is Israel being accused of meddling in Colombia presidential election?
Allegations of digital manipulation in elections and foreign interference represent concerns about surveillance-based electoral tampering… [more]
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Federal Workers Can’t Get the White House’s App Off Their Phones
Government-mandated app that reinstalls itself on federal workers' phones represents involuntary surveillance infrastructure and erosion… [more]
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EU Member States (and Google) suddenly want to keep cookie banners!
Documents how major tech corporations and EU governments conspire to preserve invasive cookie tracking mechanisms disguised as user… [more]
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Meta Pauses Employee-Tracking Program Following Internal Data Leak
Meta's employee-tracking program exemplifies corporate surveillance infrastructure and the normalization of invasive monitoring systems,… [more]