SURVEILLANCE
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.
'Ring Nation' Is Amazon's Reality Show for Our Surveillance Dystopia
Amazon's newest effort to normalize its surveillance network will feature footage from Ring surveillance cameras and commentary from comedian Wanda Sykes.
Spyware Maker NSO Won Cellphone Hack of the Year But No One Picked Up the Award
Unfortunately, no one from the controversial surveillance vendor came up on stage to collect the prize.
FBI ‘Lied’ About Its Intentions, Planned to Seize Contents of Private Vaults, Lawyers Say
“Ultimately, the lure of civil forfeiture turned these federal cops into robbers,” a lawyer for a firm representing people swept up in an overly broad government seizure said.
Government Sues Former McDonald’s Employees to Comply With Subpoenas About Surveilling Workers
Former members of McDonald's "Global Intelligence Team" must testify about “social media, security, intelligence-gathering, and/or other modalities to surveil employees who have been engaged in the Fight For $15 Campaign.”
Tim Hortons Offers a Free Coffee and Pastry for Spying on People for Over a Year
The wholesome Canadian chain caused a scandal when its privacy violation was revealed, and now it's proposing a free coffee and a baked good as restitution.