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End Two Federal Programs that Fund Police Surveillance Tech
The new administration can do two things immediately that would help stop some of the more nefarious ways that police departments get surveillance technology. It should further roll back the infamous ...
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Military intelligence buys location data instead of getting warrants, memo shows
A long and growing list of agencies are using money to bypass Carpenter ruling.
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How law enforcement gets around your smartphone’s encryption
Openings provided by iOS and Android security are there for those with the right tools.
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European-style data privacy bill returns, as Washington state lawmakers ponder new regulations
Washington state Sen. Reuven Carlyle’s new proposal would provide residents with rights to determine what type of data is being collected by companies and to be able to review that data.
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DC residents get visits from FBI as agents track cell phones that pinged near the Capitol
Authorities say additional complaints have been submitted and investigations are ongoing.
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This site posted every face from Parler’s Capitol Hill insurrection videos
Faces of the Riot used open source software to detect, extract, and deduplicate every face.
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Install CCTV in Hong Kong classrooms to monitor teachers, urges pro-Beijing lawmaker | Hong Kong Free Press HKFP
The government should install CCTV cameras in Hong Kong’s classrooms to better monitor teachers’ behaviour and comments, a pro-Beijing lawmaker said Friday, following earlier calls by officials to ide...
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Go read this story about schools buying FBI-grade phone-hacking tech
Gizmodo has written a great story about how schools are buying devices that let them see students’ texts, photos, and other data — all without a warrant.
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Pretty stupid because FB is just formalising what they've been doing since they first acquired them.
India asks WhatsApp to withdraw new privacy policy – TechCrunch
India has asked WhatsApp to withdraw the planned change to its privacy policy, posing a new headache to the Facebook-owned service that identifies the South Asian nation as its biggest market by users...
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