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Apple's ‘Private Relay’ Is Exposing Users’ Real IP Addresses
Apple's privacy tool systematically fails to protect users' IP addresses while marketed as privacy protection, exemplifying corporate… [more]
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Mobile Ad Software Encourages Location Data Sharing, EFF Report Finds
Advertising SDKs systematically extract location data without meaningful user consent through privacy-invasive defaults and financial… [more]
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Developers: Beware of Ad Libraries that Betray Your Users’ Location Privacy
Documents systematic location data harvesting by advertising SDKs enabling mass surveillance by data brokers, law enforcement agencies,… [more]
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‘DO NOT MENTION ALPR USAGE’: How Cops Are Trying to Hide Their Use of Flock
Documents how police departments actively hide their use of automated license plate reader surveillance from subjects and legal records,… [more]
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The SEC Bought Airline Data to Monitor Flights Worldwide
Government agency secretly purchased access to over 1 billion global airline ticketing records from major carriers, enabling mass… [more]
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Joint statement on surveillance and interception in Bangladesh
Joint statement documenting systematic surveillance and interception practices by Bangladeshi authorities represents direct evidence of… [more]
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The Senate Should Reject KOSA's Privacy Risks
KOSA legislation would mandate age verification systems requiring platforms to collect extensive biometric and identity data on all users,… [more]
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EFF Joins 18 Civil Rights Organizations Calling on Governor Hochul to Reject the Stealth Crawler Prohibition Act
Legislation enabling forced identification of web crawlers and unchecked judicial subpoenas to unmask anonymous automated traffic… [more]
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The Youth AI Privacy Act’s Privacy Paradox
Well-intentioned privacy legislation creates perverse incentives for expanded surveillance infrastructure through mandatory age-gating and… [more]
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‘Own the Narrative’: Leaked Flock Guide Shows How It Teaches Cops to Promote Its Tech
Documents coordinated corporate-police effort to suppress public opposition and manipulate democratic processes through strategic… [more]
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Why a Flock Worker Quit: ‘They Lied’
Whistleblower account from Flock surveillance company employee revealing corporate deception in selling mass automated license plate… [more]
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NYPD Used High-Tech Surveillance to Find Gaza Paint Splatter Protester, Docs Show
Documents reveal NYPD deployed extensive high-tech surveillance infrastructure against a minor property crime committed by a pro-Palestine… [more]
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Germany news: Calls intensify to consider Meta Glasses ban
Meta Glasses represent mass surveillance infrastructure through wearable AI technology capable of continuous biometric and environmental… [more]
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Is It Possible to Make Smart Glasses That Aren’t Creepy?
Covers emerging smart glasses technology with embedded audio/video recording and AI capabilities, raising significant privacy concerns… [more]
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How China Keeps Tabs on Foreigners
Documents systematic surveillance infrastructure used by Chinese authorities to track foreigners through aggregated private data… [more]
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7 States’ Water Systems Hit by Cyberattacks Likely Tied to Iran
Multiple dystopian elements: cyberattacks on critical water infrastructure, state-sponsored threats, and FBI expansion of AI-powered… [more]
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The SCREEN Act Threatens Privacy Far Beyond Adult Websites
Legislation requiring universal age-verification for online content access represents mass surveillance infrastructure that would… [more]
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The CHATBOT Act Forces One Parenting Model On Every Family
Legislation mandating federally-prescribed parental monitoring systems for AI access represents state-enforced surveillance infrastructure… [more]
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🏃 Fitness Tracker Privacy Fails | EFFector 38.14
Fitness trackers collecting sensitive health and location data with inadequate corporate privacy protections represents mass biometric… [more]
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Podcast: Flock Came to My Town. Here’s What I Did
Article documents real-world expansion of Flock surveillance cameras in American communities and grassroots resistance efforts, directly… [more]