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Privacy professionals
fromWIRED
5 hours ago

Using a VPN May Subject You to NSA Spying

Using commercial VPNs may expose Americans to foreign surveillance laws, risking their constitutional protections against warrantless government spying.
US politics
fromAdvocate.com
7 hours ago

Project 2025 is a massive success with ICE in airports, civil rights eroding & elections in flux

Project 2025 represents a reconfiguration of government systems, prioritizing control and monitoring over public service.
fromTheregister
15 hours ago

Indian government probes CCTV espionage linked to Pakistan

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.
Privacy professionals
Brooklyn
fromwww.berkeleyside.org
21 hours ago

Vote on Berkeley's largest surveillance expansion' gets delayed

Berkeley City Council postponed a vote on a $2 million expansion of the police surveillance network after a heated public debate.
Boston
fromBoston.com
1 day ago

3 arrested in 'highly coordinated' break-in scheme that targeted Indian, East Asian residents

A sophisticated crime ring targeted Massachusetts families of Indian and East Asian descent, stealing cash and jewelry through coordinated break-ins.
Artificial intelligence
fromAdExchanger
1 day ago

Saying The Quiet Part Out Loud: AI Isn't Neutral, So Let's Stop Pretending | AdExchanger

A play titled 'Data' explores the ethical dilemmas of AI and data tracking through the story of a software company developing a morally questionable tool.
Boston
fromBoston.com
1 day ago

Police release photo of 'person of interest' in Boston shooting

A shooting occurred in Boston's South End, with a suspect seen discarding clothing before fleeing the scene.
fromwww.npr.org
1 day ago

Your data is everywhere. The government is buying it without a warrant

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.
US news
#ai-ethics
fromSecurityWeek
2 days ago

Iran Built a Vast Camera Network to Control Dissent. Israel Turned It Into a Targeting Tool

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.
World politics
NYC parents
fromGothamist
2 days ago

New digital hall passes track bathroom breaks, gather data in NYC schools

New digital hall passes in NYC schools increase surveillance of students' bathroom use, sparking concerns over privacy and micromanagement.
East Bay (California)
fromThe Oaklandside
3 days ago

Sheriff's deputies thought they'd stopped a criminal. But license plate cameras led them to the wrong person

License plate theft and swapping create confusion for law enforcement, leading to wrongful stops of innocent drivers.
#anthropic
fromTechCrunch
3 days ago
Intellectual property law

Elizabeth Warren calls Pentagon's decision to bar Anthropic 'retaliation' | TechCrunch

fromAxios
1 month ago
US politics

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

fromAxios
1 month ago
Artificial intelligence

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

Intellectual property law
fromTechCrunch
3 days ago

Elizabeth Warren calls Pentagon's decision to bar Anthropic 'retaliation' | TechCrunch

Anthropic faces retaliation from the DoD for refusing military concessions, prompting support from Senator Warren and various tech companies.
fromAxios
1 month ago
US politics

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

fromAxios
1 month ago
Artificial intelligence

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

#fbi
fromJezebel
5 days ago
Privacy professionals

Oh, Good, Kash Patel's FBI is Buying Location Data to Track Americans

fromWIRED
5 days ago
US politics

A Top Democrat Is Urging Colleagues to Support Trump's Spy Machine

Jim Himes advocates for preserving the FBI's warrantless search powers, citing reforms and compliance rates despite concerns over recent changes in oversight.
fromSecuritymagazine
6 days ago
Privacy professionals

The FBI Buys Data to Track Movement, Location History

FBI and Defense Intelligence Agency purchase commercially available data to track individuals, raising concerns about privacy and Fourth Amendment rights.
Privacy professionals
fromFuturism
4 days ago

The Head of the FBI Just Admitted Something Moderately Horrifying

The FBI is purchasing location data on American citizens, bypassing warrant requirements through commercial data brokers.
Privacy professionals
fromJezebel
5 days ago

Oh, Good, Kash Patel's FBI is Buying Location Data to Track Americans

Kash Patel admitted under oath that the FBI purchases location data to track citizens without warrants, raising significant Fourth Amendment concerns.
US politics
fromWIRED
5 days ago

A Top Democrat Is Urging Colleagues to Support Trump's Spy Machine

Jim Himes advocates for preserving the FBI's warrantless search powers, citing reforms and compliance rates despite concerns over recent changes in oversight.
Privacy professionals
fromSecuritymagazine
6 days ago

The FBI Buys Data to Track Movement, Location History

FBI and Defense Intelligence Agency purchase commercially available data to track individuals, raising concerns about privacy and Fourth Amendment rights.
US news
fromParade
4 days ago

Nancy Guthrie Exclusive: Retired Detective Flags Curious Detail in WiFi Jammer Theory

A WiFi jammer may have disrupted surveillance cameras during Nancy Guthrie's disappearance, aiding in her alleged kidnapping.
London politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 days ago

Undercover police officer exposed by his own blunder, spycops inquiry hears

An undercover officer was exposed after accidentally recording himself discussing activists during a covert operation infiltrating leftwing groups.
US news
fromwww.cnn.com
5 days ago

A look at the fireworks company that sold products to two suspected terrorists this month

Phantom Fireworks provided crucial evidence to law enforcement following a synagogue attack, including surveillance video and purchase records of the suspect.
San Francisco
fromABC7 San Francisco
5 days ago

SFPD credits surveillance drones with aiding crime decline but some have privacy concerns

San Francisco experiences a decline in crime attributed to new technology like drones, despite privacy concerns raised by critics.
#privacy
fromTechdirt
6 days ago
Privacy professionals

The Government Uses Targeted Advertising to Track Your Location. Here's What We Need to Do.

fromBrooklyn Paper
1 month ago
Brooklyn

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

fromAxios
1 month ago
Privacy technologies

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

fromABC7 Chicago
1 month ago
Privacy professionals

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

Privacy professionals
fromTechdirt
6 days ago

The Government Uses Targeted Advertising to Track Your Location. Here's What We Need to Do.

Government agencies use online advertising data to track individuals without warrants, raising significant privacy concerns.
fromBrooklyn Paper
1 month ago
Brooklyn

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

fromAxios
1 month ago
Privacy technologies

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

fromABC7 Chicago
1 month ago
Privacy professionals

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

Privacy professionals
fromEngadget
1 week ago

The FBI confirms it's buying Americans' location data

Law enforcement agencies purchase commercially available location data to circumvent warrant requirements, bypassing Fourth Amendment protections established by the Carpenter ruling.
UK news
fromwww.bbc.com
1 week ago

Two Iranians charged under National Security Act

Two Iranian men were charged under the National Security Act for allegedly assisting Iranian intelligence services and conducting surveillance of London's Jewish community locations and individuals.
EU data protection
fromPrivacy International
1 week ago

Joint Statement on New Finnish Social Welfare Laws' Human Rights Implications

Finland's social welfare legal reforms threaten human rights, particularly privacy rights, through increased surveillance powers and financial data access without consent.
fromComputerWeekly.com
2 weeks ago

The UK government's digital identity scheme: Dystopian nightmare or modernised public services? | Computer Weekly

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.
Privacy technologies
New York City
fromHoodline
2 weeks ago

NYPD Seeks Three Suspects in Citywide Grand Larceny Pattern

NYPD seeks public help identifying three suspects in a citywide grand larceny pattern spanning Manhattan and Brooklyn across three precincts.
London politics
fromwww.standard.co.uk
3 weeks 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
4 weeks 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 month 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 month 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
1 month 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
1 month 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.
Gadgets
fromThe Verge
1 month ago

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.
#ring
fromFortune
1 month 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
1 month 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
1 month 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
1 month 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.
#license-plate-readers
Gadgets
fromArchitectural Digest
1 month 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
1 month 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
1 month 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
Miscellaneous
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month 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
1 month 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
1 month 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
1 month ago
Privacy professionals

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

fromThe Verge
1 month 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
1 month 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
1 month 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
1 month 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
1 month 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.
fromThe Oaklandside
1 month ago

Flock license plate scanner contract postponed by Alameda County leaders

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.
East Bay (California)
Privacy professionals
fromTechRepublic
1 month 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
1 month 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
1 month 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
1 month 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.
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