Surveillance & Privacy
The Rise of Anti-Flock Influencers Who Make Things Up for Clout
Article documents real surveillance technology (Flock cameras) and grassroots resistance efforts, but focuses primarily on influencer… [more]
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Leaked Document Shows the Surveillance Tech at ICE’s Fingertips
Leaked document revealing ICE's extensive surveillance arsenal including location tracking, facial recognition, social media monitoring,… [more]
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The Fourth Circuit Says Border Agents Can Search Your Phone By Hand, No Suspicion Required
Court ruling permits warrantless hand searches of phones at borders without probable cause, establishing a lower privacy standard for… [more]
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What Happened When Flock Came to My Town
Real-world documentation of accelerating mass surveillance infrastructure deployment in a small town, demonstrating how surveillance… [more]
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Flock ‘Objects to Our Removing Their Equipment’: Emails Reveal Why a Town Put Bags Over Its Flock Cameras
Documents how a surveillance technology company resisted a town's legitimate attempt to remove mass surveillance cameras, exemplifying… [more]
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Podcast: Flock is Tracking People, Not Just Cars
Documents law enforcement using Flock surveillance technology to track individuals based on physical characteristics, representing… [more]
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You Opened a Credit Card. ICE Now Knows Where You Live
Documents how personal financial data flows from private companies through intermediaries to ICE without warrant, enabling mass… [more]
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WhatsApp usernames could upset Somalia's anti-terror fight
Article documents a tension between privacy-protective features and state surveillance expansion, where Somalia's government frames… [more]
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A Device Hidden in Cars Across the US Leaves Them Vulnerable to Hacking and Paralysis. Patch It Now
Dealerships installed tracking devices in millions of vehicles without consent, creating mass surveillance infrastructure vulnerable to… [more]
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‘Critic to Israel’: Document reveals how Israel scrutinised global NGOs
Government surveillance and data collection targeting NGOs and political movements based on suspected opposition activities represents… [more]
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An Explosion of Surveillance Towers is Coming to U.S. Borders, Costing Over $1 Billion
Planned tripling of U.S. border surveillance towers to 2,300 units using AI-based systems to indiscriminately monitor civilians represents… [more]
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Burnham’s move to scrap UK’s digital ID plans earns cheers and criticism
Article documents government reversal of digital ID plans, representing either surveillance infrastructure prevention or loss of digital… [more]
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The ACLU Is Arming Lawyers to Expose State Surveillance Secrets
Documents systemic state surveillance practices (facial recognition, AI-generated evidence) that police actively conceal from… [more]
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Apps Marketed to US Troops Are Shipping Chinese and Russian Code
Apps marketed to US military personnel containing foreign code from adversarial nations represents a critical surveillance and security… [more]
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Your Period Tracker Is (Probably) Spying on You
Period tracking apps represent mass surveillance of intimate bodily data with documented privacy violations and potential for… [more]
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ICE Is Using Data Broker Tools to ‘Identify Unaccompanied Minors’ and ‘Fraud’
ICE's $25M contract with Thomson Reuters subsidiary for data broker surveillance targeting unaccompanied minors represents a critical… [more]
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Victory! Flock Ends Rollout of Audio “Distress Detection” of Human Voices
Documents a surveillance technology company's deployment of networked microphones for mass audio monitoring of public spaces under the… [more]
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ICE to Pay Thomson Reuters $125 Million to Find ‘Voter Fraud’
ICE acquiring comprehensive personal data including SSNs, ethnicity, and geolocation from Thomson Reuters for mass surveillance of… [more]
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Germany massively expands federal police powers
Expansion of federal police surveillance powers including AI and drone use raises significant dystopian concerns about state monitoring… [more]
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How Cops Use Flock to Track People, Not Cars
Police use of Flock's facial recognition and person-tracking capabilities to surveil individuals based on appearance, race, and clothing… [more]