SURVEILLANCE
Couple Who Rents Cars Brags About Tracking Customers on TikTok
Privacy activists are decrying a couple who use TikTok to show how they track people who rented their cars on the car-sharing app Turo.
SFPD Can Now Access Surveillance Cameras Across the City Without a Warrant
San Francisco’s city council approved the new powers, which will allow cops to get real-time access to privately-owned cameras.
Revealed: US Military Bought Mass Monitoring Tool That Includes Internet Browsing, Email Data
The “Augury” platform includes highly sensitive network data that Team Cymru, a private company, is selling to the military. “It’s everything. There’s nothing else to capture except the smell of electricity,” one cybersecurity expert said.
Food Delivery Robot Casually Drives Under Police Tape, Through Active Crime Scene
A delivery robot drove through a suspected active shooter scene at Hollywood High School. The shooting was later determined to be a hoax.
China Is Harvesting DNA From Thousands of Tibetans
The biometric database could be used to deepen social control, researchers warn.
Facial Recognition Will Be Used to Boost Profits in Some Australian Prisons
Digital rights campaigners say the move will create security risks and usher in a new era of oppression.
Artist Uses AI Surveillance Cameras to Identify Influencers Posing for Instagram
Dries Depoorter's "The Follower" project combines AI, open access cameras, and influencers to show behind the scenes of viral shots—without them knowing.
Here Is the Manual for the Mass Surveillance Tool Cops Use to Track Phones
Police departments across the U.S. have been using Fog Reveal for ‘mass surveillance on a budget,’ investigations by the EFF and Associated Press revealed. Now, we're publishing the manual.
Striking Seattle Workers Win Against Surveillance Cameras in Vehicles
Sandwich company Homegrown put artificial intelligence powered cameras in drivers' vehicles. Now drivers will be allowed to cover them up.
Judge Rules Schools Can't Scan Your Bedroom With Creepy Proctoring Apps
A university student in Ohio sued his school after it implemented the software, which claimed to prevent cheating on remote exams during the pandemic.
Websites Can Identify If You’re Using iPhone’s New ‘Lockdown’ Mode
Lockdown Mode disables a series of features that can be used to hack iPhone users. But the lack of these features also makes it easier to figure out who is using Lockdown Mode.
A Tool That Monitors How Long Kids Are in the Bathroom Is Now in 1,000 American Schools
Motherboard identified multiple schools that have adopted e-HallPass to track students' movements.