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Using commercial VPNs may expose Americans to foreign surveillance laws, risking their constitutional protections against warrantless government spying.
Indian authorities have reportedly ordered an audit of the nation's CCTV cameras, after police uncovered what they claim was a Pakistan-backed surveillance operation involving cameras aimed at railway stations and other infrastructure.
The same industry also sells that data, including bulk cell phone location data, to police departments and federal government agencies in ways that can reveal intimate details about Americans without a warrant.
On Feb. 28, Israel vividly demonstrated the potential of such systems to be hacked and used against adversaries when Israel tracked down Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei with the help of Tehran's own street cameras - despite repeated warnings that Iran's surveillance systems had been compromised.
He promised "government by app" and the ability to interact with public services through a mobile phone as easily as shopping with Amazon, communicating via WhatsApp, or streaming on Netflix. "In the future, you'll be able to get all your government admin done in the time it takes to make a cup of tea," said Jones, in a video posted on social media.
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.
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.
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.
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.
County leaders approved a contract with Flock in June 2023 to cover unincorporated parts of the county with over 100 license plate readers. Last April, the board agreed to pay for Flock's pan-tilt-zoom cameras, which allow the sheriff's department to conduct surveillance on pedestrians, vehicles, and more. In July, the board signed a $600,000 year-long deal with Flock for the AeroDome system, which stations drones at sheriff's facilities where they can be deployed on a minute's notice.
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.