Surveillance & Privacy
'Darth Vader' Wants Flock in San Diego
A public advocate (dressed as Darth Vader) testified in support of Flock surveillance technology in San Diego, exemplifying real-world… [more]
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Some Tech Companies Have Privately Pushed Back on ICE Subpoenas. They Should All Do More.
Documents systematic government surveillance of activists and immigrants through tech company data requests, demonstrating institutional… [more]
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'I Saw a Shiny Thing': Cop Explains Why He Used License Plate Reader to Stalk Woman
Documents systematic abuse of government surveillance infrastructure (license plate readers, DMV databases) by law enforcement for… [more]
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📍 The Sneaky Code Tracking App Users | EFFector 38.15
Article documents systemic mass location surveillance through ad libraries and mobile apps that leak user data to advertisers and brokers,… [more]
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Argentina: Unchecked deployment of AI-driven surveillance reinforces a techno-authoritarian infrastructure of social control
Government-coordinated expansion of surveillance infrastructure including facial recognition and social media monitoring creates… [more]
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Zero-Knowledge Proofs Aren’t Age Verification Silver Bullets
Article documents widespread implementation of age verification laws globally that enable mass surveillance through digital identity… [more]
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The National Park Service Is Using Flock. Rangers Are Pissed
Documents expansion of automated surveillance infrastructure (Flock cameras) in National Parks, raising concerns about mass tracking of… [more]
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The Cop Who Took On Flock
A police officer faced systematic retaliation through five internal affairs investigations after publicly questioning his department's… [more]
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Australia: Chinese Government Menaces Uyghur Diaspora
Documents systematic surveillance and coercion of Uyghur diaspora by Chinese state, exploiting family separation to compel intelligence… [more]
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New York City Lawmakers Push to ‘Ban the Scan’ at MSG
Documents real-world biometric surveillance deployment at commercial venues and organized political resistance to privacy-invasive facial… [more]
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Meta Patents AI Glasses to Use Facial Recognition to Identify People, Make Highlight Reels of Your Dinner Party
Meta's patented AI glasses with automatic facial recognition and video capture represent a significant surveillance technology that… [more]
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Flock adds safeguards to licence-plate readers after wave of stalking cases
Article documents how automated licence-plate readers enable mass surveillance and demonstrate real-world abuse by law enforcement for… [more]
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Too Little, Too Late: Flock Admits Their Technology Needs Reforms
Documents mass surveillance infrastructure through automated license plate readers, corporate resistance to privacy reforms, and the… [more]
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CBP Workers Allegedly Used Government Databases to Spy on Exes, Crushes, and Colleagues
Government workers exploiting access to internal surveillance tools to track romantic interests and colleagues demonstrates systematic… [more]
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Unconstitutional? German intelligence to receive more powers
German government grants expanded powers to intelligence agencies for surveillance of cyberattacks and extremism despite constitutional… [more]
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Google’s Pixel Watch 5 Can Now Detect Breathing Emergencies
Normalizing continuous biometric surveillance through consumer wearables that collect sensitive health data, contributing to corporate… [more]
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Researchers Show How Meta's 'Pervert Glasses' Are Used to Harass Women
Demonstrates how corporate smart glasses infrastructure enables mass non-consensual surveillance and harassment of women, with social… [more]
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The Government is Monitoring Anti-Flock TikTok and Instagram Accounts
Government fusion centers are systematically monitoring anti-surveillance activism and coordinating police responses to suppress public… [more]
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This Tool Unmasks the Shadowy World of Ads that Track Your Location
Article documents investigative tool exposing covert location-based advertising surveillance infrastructure, revealing how corporate ad… [more]
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Big Tech Wants to Harvest Your Thoughts
Documents emerging corporate neurotechnology that enables direct brain activity monitoring, representing a critical frontier in privacy… [more]