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Lawmakers Are Kicking Warrantless Wiretapping into Overdrive

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This week, Congress is expected to vote on a bill that would update key federal surveillance...
This week, Congress is expected to vote on a bill that would update key federal surveillance authorities. The legislation has been packaged by its proponents as a reform but is, in reality, an attempt to vastly expand the government’s spying powers, privacy advocates say.H.R. 7888, or the Reforming Intelligence and ...

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Stop Your Car from Spying on You

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Being proved right isn't always fun. Just weeks after my warning in the March issue that...
Being proved right isn't always fun. Just weeks after my warning in the March issue that our modern high-tech cars are tracking us and sharing data with manufacturers, cops, and parties unknown, came a report of soaring auto insurance premiums because of snitching vehicles. The consequences get worse from there. For...

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Feds Can Film Your Front Porch for 68 Days Without a Warrant, Says Court

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Law enforcement in Kansas recorded the front of a man’s home for 68 days straight, 15...
Law enforcement in Kansas recorded the front of a man’s home for 68 days straight, 15 hours a day, and obtained evidence to prove him guilty on 16 charges. The officers did not have a search warrant, using a camera on a pole positioned across the street to capture Bruce Hay’s home. A federal court ruled on Tuesday t...

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Evangelicals Use Digital Surveillance to Target the Unconverted

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AI licenseplate surveillance startup installed 100s of cameras with o permission

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Flock, a startup which promotes a surveillance state, has installed car tracking cameras in 4,000 cities...
Flock, a startup which promotes a surveillance state, has installed car tracking cameras in 4,000 cities among 42 states. The company makes its money and shareholder value by delivering AI-based tracking hardware and software to local police departments, which are more than happy to pay Flock’s $3,000 annual fee. Th...

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AT&T and T-Mobile Are Giving Cops Geofenced Location Data

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AT&T is one of a handful of American cellphone providers complying with controversial geofence warrants. (Photo...
AT&T is one of a handful of American cellphone providers complying with controversial geofence warrants. (Photo Illustration by Tim Boyle/Getty Images)Getty Images The Department of Justice has been forcing telecoms providers like AT&T and T-Mobile to provide phone information on all customers who were in the vicini...

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Google's origin partly lies in CIA and NSA research grants for mass surveillance

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Two decades ago, the US intelligence community worked closely with Silicon Valley in an effort to...
Two decades ago, the US intelligence community worked closely with Silicon Valley in an effort to track citizens in cyberspace. And Google is at the heart of that origin story. Some of the research that led to Google’s ambitious creation was funded and coordinated by a research group established by the intelligence ...

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Ring will no longer allow police to request doorbell camera footage from users

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NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon-owned Ring will stop allowing police departments to request doorbell camera footage...
NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon-owned Ring will stop allowing police departments to request doorbell camera footage from users, marking an end to a feature that has drawn criticism from privacy advocates. In a blog post on Wednesday, Ring said it will sunset the “Request for Assistance” tool, which allows police departments ...

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New Jersey Used Covid Relief Funds to Buy Banned Chinese Surveillance Cameras

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One of the Most Controversial US Spy Programs Just Got Renewed

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Lawmakers Are Kicking Warrantless Wiretapping into Overdrive

Stop Your Car from Spying on You

Feds Can Film Your Front Porch for 68 Days Without a Warrant, Says Court

Evangelicals Use Digital Surveillance to Target the Unconverted

AI licenseplate surveillance startup installed 100s of cameras with o permission

AT&T and T-Mobile Are Giving Cops Geofenced Location Data

Google's origin partly lies in CIA and NSA research grants for mass surveillance

Ring will no longer allow police to request doorbell camera footage from users

New Jersey Used Covid Relief Funds to Buy Banned Chinese Surveillance Cameras

One of the Most Controversial US Spy Programs Just Got Renewed