surveillance

Amazon patents show new level of surveillance

The tech giant has been developing its doorbell security camera system since 2018, when Amazon acquired the firm named Ring…

2 years ago

Anti-terrorism center accused of illegal surveillance

Four protesters have accused the Department of Justice of allowing “an unauthorized and unaccountable domestic intelligence program” to carry out…

2 years ago

‘AI-driven community surveillance’: US cops reportedly using invasive tool to grab suspects’ social media, Pornhub & Tinder data

The tool, known as SocialNet, maps out the networks of these individuals by harvesting data from over 120 different platforms,…

3 years ago

Caitlin Johnstone: Australia’s not a free country. State surveillance and autocracy are rife because we have no bill of rights

There’s a lot to criticize, from soldiers patrolling state borders and policing the streets of Sydney, to people being arrested for merely posting about…

3 years ago

UK government plans to launch surveillance of Brits’ shopping & exercise habits through app in fight against obesity – media

The government-backed programme, which will be incentivising those who opt for a less fattening diet and walk more is set…

3 years ago

NYPD operates over 15,000 facial recognition cameras as part of ‘Orwellian’ surveillance network – report

The NGO enlisted thousands of volunteers to hunt for cameras at intersections in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and the Bronx, in an…

3 years ago

‘Biopolitical surveillance regimes’: Vaccine passports reveal the growing authoritarian tendencies of Western governments

On 12 January, the UK minister for Covid Vaccine Deployment, Nadhim Zahawi, responded on Twitter to an article in the Telegraph,…

3 years ago

Reckoning for Big Tech? US tech reform group calls for ban on invasive ‘surveillance ads’ ahead of Congress disinformation hearing

A broad coalition of privacy and civil rights groups, consumer protection and antitrust advocates on Monday demanded a ban on…

3 years ago

Capitol security review urges beefed-up surveillance, permanent ‘mobile fencing’ & 850 new officers to fill manpower gaps

Commissioned by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi following the Capitol riot and published on Monday, the security review pointed to major…

3 years ago

How Amazon’s Ring, the privacy-busting doorbell surveillance tool, is extending its influence with police across the US

Newly released figures indicate that nearly 2,000 police departments across the US are partnered with Amazon’s Ring, in the process…

3 years ago