Government Surveillance The Government Uses ‘Near Perfect Surveillance’ Data on Americans | The New York Times Tracked but Not Seen: The Fight Against Racist Surveillance | Sojourners Federal agencies use cellphone location data for immigration enforcement | Wall Street Journal
Category: News and Updates
Privacy News for February 7
Government Surveillance Why We Don’t Know as much as We Should about Police Surveillance Technology | Vox Hiding in Plain Sight: Activists Don Camouflage to Beat Met Surveillance | The Guardian Everyday Surveillance Rekor Software Adds License Plate Reader Technology
Privacy News for January 31
Government Surveillance We’re Banning Facial Recognition. We’re Missing the Point | The New York Times [Bruce Schneier] DHS Global Entry Facial Recognition Program to Expand Nationwide | BiometricUpdate.com CBP Expands Facial Recognition for Global Entry Travelers | Nextgov One Small
Privacy News for January 17th
Government Surveillance F.B.I.’s Proposed Fixes Are Inadequate, Expert Tells Surveillance Court | The New York Times Now Big Brother is Watching How You Type or Hold Your Phone | Telegraph The German Constitutional Court Will Revisit the Question of Mass
Privacy News for January 10th
Government Surveillance This Secretive Surveillance Company is Selling Cops Cameras Hidden in Gravestones | Vice The U.S. Government’s Mass Collection of Immigrant DNA Hints at Surveillance Future | OneZero Iran Tensions Increase Social Media Surveillance at the US Border |
Privacy News for December 27th
Baltimore to become 1st US city under aerial surveillance, Colleges track students’ locations through SpotterEDU app, and an Elf’s lessons on surveillance.
Privacy News for December 20th
Government Surveillance Warrant Not Always Needed for ‘Inadvertent’ NSA Surveillance of Americans: U.S. Court | Reuters Attorney General Defends Preserving Surveillance Court Despite Past FBI Mistakes | The New York Times Stories of the Decade: Edward Snowden and Mass Surveillance
Privacy News for December 13th
Government Surveillance NSA Phone Surveillance Program Faces an End as Parties Come Together | The Wall Street Journal ACLU Sues Homeland Security over ‘Stingray’ Cell Phone Surveillance | TechCrunch Republicans Condemn FBI’s Use of Surveillance Powers they Long Supported |
Privacy News for December 6th
Libraries and Privacy LinkedIn Pauses Changes to Lynda.com After Libraries Raise Privacy Concerns | EdSurge Biometric Privacy DHS Withdraws Proposal to Require Airport Facial Scans for U.S. Citizens | The Washington Post Seattle to Replace Air and Sea Travel Documents
Privacy News for November 22
Biometrics Privacy AWS Sued Under Illinois Biometric Privacy Rules for Providing Third-Party Storage | BiometricUpdate.com Encryption Why End-to-End Encryption is Here to Stay | Forbes Exclusive: Interpol Plans to Condemn Encryption Spread, Citing Predators, Sources Say | The New York