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London politics
fromwww.standard.co.uk
1 week ago

Met Police to pilot facial recognition identity checks with handheld devices, Sadiq Khan reveals

Metropolitan Police will trial handheld facial recognition devices (OIFR) for six months to verify identities on the spot without arrests, with oversight from the Mayor's Office and London Policing Ethics Panel.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

Top US body-camera maker reports record revenue amid Trump immigration crackdown

Asked by investors about his biggest worries, CEO Rick Smith said: A misstep around privacy and data handling. Without elaborating on specific examples, he said: We are seeing that those are concerns right now out in the public. I think that would be one where we could make a mistake that would have outsized negative consequences.
Privacy professionals
fromHoodline
1 week ago

Flushing McDonald's Beatdown as Police Hunt Four in Downtown Attack

Police on Tuesday released surveillance images as they look for four people linked to a violent attack inside a downtown Flushing business that left a 21-year-old man injured. Authorities say the assault happened around 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 8, and involved two suspects who displayed knives while two others allegedly hit the victim several times with a baseball bat and a chair.
New York City
#immigration
fromwww.amny.com
1 week ago

NYPD releases images of gunman who fatally shot homeless man at Midtown 7-Eleven

When I opened the door. I stepped in, I was inside for two seconds. I looked down. I heard an argument happening. I heard: p***y, p***y, p***y, and then the shooting. I just turned a run and all the other people came after me, said the eyewitness, who asked to remain anonymous. Police from the Midtown South Precinct and EMS rushed to the scene, where they pronounced Jackson dead.
New York City
LGBT
fromwww.amny.com
2 weeks ago

New campaign calls for cameras to monitor Rainbow Flag at Stonewall National Monument | amNewYork

Michael Petrelis organized community camera surveillance around Christopher Park to monitor and document any federal removal of the Rainbow Flag at Stonewall National Monument.
EU data protection
fromDataBreaches.Net
2 weeks ago

Resource: Privacy Law Directory -- Codamail - DataBreaches.Net

Privacy laws primarily protect domestic citizens while intelligence exemptions and international intelligence-sharing alliances enable extensive cross-border surveillance and data flows.
#smart-glasses
fromThe Verge
2 weeks ago
Gadgets

Smart glasses in court are a privacy nightmare

Judges are ordering removal of camera-equipped smart glasses in courthouses due to privacy and recording concerns while some courts enact or consider bans.
fromFuturism
1 month ago
Privacy technologies

The Worst People Alive Are Obsessed With Meta's Video Recording Glasses

Smart glasses enable stealthy recording that amplifies harassment, privacy violations, and exploitative social-media stunts, empowering creeps like pickup artists and content creators targeting vulnerable people.
#privacy
fromBrooklyn Paper
2 weeks ago
Brooklyn

2026 Spark Prize spotlight: The Surveillance Technology Oversight Project pushes back against mass surveillance * Brooklyn Paper

fromAxios
2 weeks ago
Privacy technologies

After Super Bowl ad, consumers rethink the tradeoffs of home surveillance tech

fromABC7 Chicago
3 weeks ago
Privacy professionals

Amazon's smart doorbell maker Ring scraps partnership with company after Super Bowl ad backlash

Privacy technologies
fromThe Verge
3 weeks ago

Ring's adorable surveillance hellscape

Mass deployment of home security cameras and AI developments are turning convenience into pervasive surveillance, raising privacy, safety, and ethical concerns.
Privacy technologies
fromInc
3 weeks ago

Ring's Super Bowl Ad Prompted a Public Freakout. Wyze Turned It Into a Marketing Win

Ring's Super Bowl ad about AI pet-finding provoked widespread privacy backlash, prompting rival Wyze to satirize Ring's surveillance capabilities in its own commercial.
fromBrooklyn Paper
2 weeks ago
Brooklyn

2026 Spark Prize spotlight: The Surveillance Technology Oversight Project pushes back against mass surveillance * Brooklyn Paper

fromAxios
2 weeks ago
Privacy technologies

After Super Bowl ad, consumers rethink the tradeoffs of home surveillance tech

fromABC7 Chicago
3 weeks ago
Privacy professionals

Amazon's smart doorbell maker Ring scraps partnership with company after Super Bowl ad backlash

fromInc
3 weeks ago
Privacy technologies

Ring's Super Bowl Ad Prompted a Public Freakout. Wyze Turned It Into a Marketing Win

#ring
fromFortune
2 weeks ago
Privacy technologies

Amazon's Ring decides maybe partnering with a police surveillance firm is a bad idea after wide revulsion at Super Bowl ad | Fortune

fromFortune
2 weeks ago
Privacy technologies

Amazon's Ring decides maybe partnering with a police surveillance firm is a bad idea after wide revulsion at Super Bowl ad | Fortune

Information security
fromNextgov.com
2 weeks ago

Chinese telecom hackers likely holding stolen data 'in perpetuity' for later attempts, FBI official says

Chinese state-backed Salt Typhoon likely retains stolen telecom data indefinitely for surveillance, future exploitation, and aggregation with other exfiltrated information.
Privacy professionals
fromAdExchanger
2 weeks ago

Ad Tech Says It's Not In The Surveillance Business. Now Is The Time To Prove It | AdExchanger

Commercial ad tech and location-data tools risk being repurposed for government investigations, creating urgent privacy, ethical, and regulatory concerns for vendors and users.
Film
fromwww.mercurynews.com
2 weeks ago

Goldberg: He studied cognitive science then wrote a startling play about AI authoritarianism

Predictive AI and persuasive tech rhetoric can enable surveillance and threaten democracy unless technologists prioritize democratic safeguards.
#license-plate-readers
Gadgets
fromArchitectural Digest
2 weeks ago

The Spectrum of Home Security Today-From Sensors to Safe Rooms

Modern home security uses discreet, AI-enabled sensors, cloud storage, and professional integrations, making devices critical for evidence and design-integrated protection.
US news
fromBoston.com
2 weeks ago

Police seek suspect in $15K purse theft

A suspect is sought for stealing $15,000 worth of purses from Sweet Jane's Designer Consignment in Worcester; public asked to identify person and vehicle.
Miscellaneous
fromwww.dw.com
2 weeks ago

Lower Saxony: AfD state chapter designated extremist group

Lower Saxony's intelligence agency designates the AfD state chapter as an extremist surveillance object, enabling intensified monitoring, informants, and telecommunications surveillance.
#ice
#anthropic
fromAxios
2 weeks ago
US politics

Exclusive: Pentagon warns Anthropic will "pay a price" as feud escalates

fromAxios
2 weeks ago
Artificial intelligence

Exclusive: Pentagon threatens to cut off Anthropic in AI safeguards dispute

fromAxios
2 weeks ago
US politics

Exclusive: Pentagon warns Anthropic will "pay a price" as feud escalates

fromAxios
2 weeks ago
Artificial intelligence

Exclusive: Pentagon threatens to cut off Anthropic in AI safeguards dispute

Miscellaneous
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

EU's deportations plan risks ICE-style enforcement, rights groups warn

EU proposal would expand deportations and normalize ICE-like raids, surveillance, and racialised policing, turning public and private spaces into enforcement tools.
US politics
fromTruthout
2 weeks ago

Protesters Demand Amazon Cut Ties With ICE and Palantir

Protesters demanded Amazon end support for ICE and CBP, dumped ice on the headquarters lawn, and noted Ring cut ties with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash.
Privacy technologies
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

The problem with doorbell cams: Nancy Guthrie case and Ring Super Bowl ad reawaken surveillance fears

Smart home camera feeds can be accessed and potentially used by law enforcement, raising privacy and mass-surveillance concerns.
#facial-recognition
fromThe Verge
3 weeks ago
Privacy professionals

Meta reportedly wants to add face recognition to smart glasses while privacy advocates are distracted

fromThe Verge
3 weeks ago
Privacy professionals

Meta reportedly wants to add face recognition to smart glasses while privacy advocates are distracted

fromInside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
3 weeks ago

Don't Record What You Don't Want to Have to Watch

I assume that it's intended to provide ammunition to go after disfavored faculty and/or to instill such a chill on campus that nobody would dare to say anything provocative in the first place. Whether those motivations are locally held or are meant to keep the university below the radar of certain culture warriors, I don't know. The effects are the same either way, and they're devastating to the mission of a university.
Higher education
US politics
fromNextgov.com
3 weeks ago

FBI gathered intelligence on reporters, religious orgs using 'assessment' authority, watchdog report says

FBI assessments examined over 1,000 journalists, religious groups, politicians and others using intelligence tools without needing a criminal predicate or warrant-level evidence.
#russia
Apple
fromTheregister
3 weeks ago

Apple patches decade-old iOS zero-day exploited in the wild

A dyld zero-day (CVE-2026-20700) enables arbitrary code execution with memory-write capability and was exploited in targeted, highly sophisticated attacks.
Information security
fromTechCrunch
3 weeks ago

DOJ says Trenchant boss sold exploits to Russian broker capable of accessing 'millions of computers and devices' | TechCrunch

A former Trenchant executive stole and sold eight hacking tools enabling potential global surveillance and cyberattacks, pleaded guilty, and faces prison, fines, and restitution.
East Bay (California)
fromThe Oaklandside
3 weeks ago

Flock license plate scanner contract postponed by Alameda County leaders

Alameda County postponed extending its contract with Flock Safety until Sheriff Yesenia Sanchez answers supervisors' questions about surveillance uses and potential federal access to data.
Privacy professionals
fromTechRepublic
3 weeks ago

Waikiki Drone Plan Sparks Privacy Pushback - TechRepublic

Waikiki will pilot law enforcement "drones as first responders" to provide rapid aerial video and public address, raising privacy and oversight concerns.
Law
fromBusiness Insider
3 weeks ago

Jeffrey Epstein and Brad Karp worked together to surveil woman's alleged 'extortion' attempt

Brad Karp and Jeffrey Epstein coordinated surveillance and law-enforcement pressure regarding a woman who allegedly demanded $100 million from Leon Black, involving Nardello & Co.
fromwww.mediaite.com
3 weeks ago

Very Odd': Trump FBI Alum Dan Bongino Highlights Strange Aspects of Guthrie Suspect Video

Well, I see a lot of things. There seems to be at some point, you know, familiarity with the area. If you notice when he walks up, he has his head down. Maybe he thinks there's some surveillance camera outside he's missing, but then he seems if you look, he seems surprised I see it playing right now he seems like he's going to knock on the door, and then seems surprised by the presence of that doorbell camera right there.
Law
US politics
fromNextgov.com
3 weeks ago

White House will hold meeting to discuss renewal of controversial spying power

The White House will convene top officials and lawmakers to decide whether to seek renewal of Section 702 surveillance authority before it lapses in April.
Privacy professionals
fromFuturism
3 weeks ago

TikTok Refuses to Confirm or Deny That It's Providing User Data to ICE

TikTok's US restructuring and privacy changes enable private data brokers and US agencies to access precise user location data, increasing surveillance risks.
Privacy professionals
fromWIRED
3 weeks ago

Iran's Digital Surveillance Machine Is Almost Complete

Iran's NIN and surveillance infrastructure centralize monitoring and restrict communications and information flows, enabling pervasive population surveillance and internet whitelisting during blackouts.
fromFuturism
3 weeks ago

The Department of Homeland Security Is Demanding That Google Turn Over Information About Random Critics

"Don't play Russian roulette with [this man's] life," Jon told lead DHS prosecutor, Joseph Dernbach, in the email. "Err on the side of caution. There's a reason the US government along with many other governments don't recognise the Taliban. Apply principles of common sense and decency." Five hours later, per WaPo, Jon received a response - not from Dernbach or the DHS, but from Google.
Privacy professionals
California
fromwww.berkeleyside.org
4 weeks ago

Woman charged in January South Berkeley apartment shooting

A 23-year-old Vista woman was charged with burglary, gun crimes and enhancements after a Jan. 17 South Berkeley apartment shooting linked her via surveillance.
Relationships
fromThe New Yorker
4 weeks ago

How to Break Up with Your Phone

A digital companion becomes intimate and indispensable while simultaneously surveilling, praising, shaming, and shaping behavior and tastes, creating dependency and loss of autonomy.
US politics
fromArs Technica
4 weeks ago

"Capture it all": ICE urged to explain memo about collecting info on protesters

ICE may be compiling a 'domestic terrorists' database of U.S. citizens who protest immigration enforcement, raising serious constitutional and First Amendment concerns.
Gadgets
fromFuturism
4 weeks ago

Police in Detroit Suburb Install Hives That Can Instantly Deploy Drones to Fight Crime

Dearborn launched a Drone as First Responder program using Skydio drones and dock hives to quickly assess incidents and augment police response.
UK news
fromwww.bbc.com
1 month ago

Restaurateur 'spiked woman's drink to relax her'

Restaurateur Vikas Nath allegedly spiked a woman's margarita with GBL at Annabel's; staff intervened and police found drug traces.
#pegasus-spyware
US politics
fromNextgov.com
1 month ago

Trump nominee to lead NSA commits to backing controversial spying law

A nominee to lead NSA and U.S. Cyber Command supports continued use of 702 FISA authority as indispensable for national security despite concerns about incidental collection of U.S. persons.
fromWashingtonian - The website that Washington lives by.
1 month ago

He Was Jailed Because an Algorithm Misidentified His Face. Now His Photograph Hangs in the Smithsonian. - Washingtonian

The National Portrait Gallery is Jared Soares's favorite museum. It's just a few Metro stops away from the photographer's home in Northeast DC, and he says he's visited dozens of times to admire the works from his favorite artists. But Soares's next visit will be different. The second floor of the gallery now features Soares's award-winning photograph, Misidentified by Artificial Intelligence: Alonzo and Carronne (2023).
Photography
fromEmptywheel
1 month ago

Warrants for Innocent People Are Not Like Warrants for Suspects

As you know, Section 215 authorities are not interpreted in the same way that grand jury subpoena authorities are, and we are concerned that when Justice Department officials suggest that the two authorities are 'analogous' they provide the public with a false understanding of how surveillance is interpreted in practice.
fromEmptywheel
1 month ago

The FBI: Now, with 48% More Domestic Surveillance ... but No Banksters

The FBI produced a self-congratulatory report of the changes they've made since 9/11. It describes the FBI's new intelligence focus. It boasts that it has a functional computer system (which for the FBI is an accomplishment) and 10,200 SCI work stations. Oh, and it proclaims with joy that the FBI has had a 48% growth in surveillance teams and capacity since 9/11. Let us rejoice in the proliferation of domestic spying!
Information security
fromEmptywheel
1 month ago

I Con the Record Admits All This Spying Also Serves Counterintelligence

The Intelligence Community uses online anonymity and networking tools to collect foreign intelligence, including counterintelligence and cybersecurity, while asserting legal limits on targeting US citizens.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
1 month ago

How Trump Is Jeopardizing the US Art Market

Expanded US entry rules would force visitors to surrender extensive digital, biometric, and family data, risking deterrence of international artists and collectors.
Tech industry
fromInc
1 month ago

Hootsuite Is in Hot Water With Customers for Its ICE Contract. Its Response Hasn't Helped

Hootsuite provides social media management services to U.S. immigration agencies, sparking customer and employee backlash.
UK news
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Burner phones and lead-lined bags: a history of UK security tactics in China

UK prime ministers and entourages use burner phones, temporary emails, and other countermeasures during China visits due to expected Chinese espionage and surveillance.
fromComputerworld
1 month ago

Happy Data Privacy Week from Apple

Data gathered from smartphones enables service providers to infer a wide range of personal information about their users, such as their traits, their personality, and their demographics. This personal information can be made available to third parties, such as advertisers, sometimes unbeknownst to the users. Leveraging location information, advertisers can serve ads micro-targeted to users based on the places they visited. Understanding the types of information that can be extracted from location data and implications in terms of user privacy is of critical importance,
Privacy professionals
Information security
fromWIRED
1 month ago

DOGE May Have Misused Social Security Data, DOJ Admits

US immigration and law enforcement agencies use warrantless tactics, purchased data, and surveillance technologies that undermine Fourth Amendment protections and public privacy.
UK politics
fromwww.bbc.com
1 month ago

Mahmood defends rollout of facial recognition to all police forces

Government plans expand live facial recognition deployment to 50 vans, claiming improved crime detection and safety while prompting civil liberties and privacy concerns.
fromSFGATE
1 month ago

'Citizen surveillance': Border Patrol plans cameras over Calif. city

The federal government is demanding a black box operation on our soil,
Privacy technologies
fromBoston.com
1 month ago

2 facing assault charges after abuse reported as Mass. daycare, police say

Upon notification of the allegations, BrightPath Child Care Center management was fully cooperative with investigators," said Medway police.
US news
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