#Surveillance

A hacker collective pulled down a Flock camera and dumped its data. The files included thousands of videos and logs showing that the device captured 1.6 million images of 50,000 vehicles in 21 days.

The higher fee, meant to combat catalytic converter theft, provided millions to expand the Flock network across Texas. Some lawmakers say that wasn’t the intent.

I’m coming down from spending a few days at Usenix Security, right here in my hometown of Baltimore. This means that my days have been taken up with two kinds of conversation: first, explaini…

This is a personally driven community presentation from my work experience on the effects of current forms of technology. In it, I argue that big players like Google and Facebook build predictive profiles that are then sold to advertisers who then attempt…

Congress has failed to pass a three-week extension of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, a warrantless wiretapping provision.

Trump’s appointment of Bill Pulte as director of national intelligence has thrown a wrench in Republicans’ reauthorization plans.

Larry Ellison, Oracle co-founder, recently declared that constant recording and reporting will keep citizens on their best behavior, embracing total surveillance as a path to social order.…

Gov. Jared Polis says he's worried about "discouraging perfectly acceptable uses of technology."

Poor accountability, feeble control mechanisms, and insufficient legal frameworks have led to systematic human rights violations in the Americas, with no consistent remedy or reparation to victims.…

A new poll found strong cross-party support for banning surveillance pricing. The case against it is about more than what shoppers pay.

Facing public backlash over surveillance cameras, cities are turning to a low-tech fix to stop Flock from watching.

From Dev.to - computervision: Your Biometric Workflow Is One Subpoena Away From Becoming the Next BIPA Case Study

Jonathan Ferro, Lisa Abramowicz and Annmarie Hordern speak daily with leaders and decision makers from Wall Street to Washington and beyond. No other program better positions investors and executives for the trading day.

Grocery stores can use shoppers’ personal data to charge different customers different prices, a practice known as surveillance pricing. Lawmakers in New York are considering a ban.

From Nypost RSS Feed: NYC Council moves to block ‘predatory’ surveillance pricing

Jonathan Ferro, Lisa Abramowicz and Annmarie Hordern speak daily with leaders and decision makers from Wall Street to Washington and beyond. No other program better positions investors and executives for the trading day.

Autonomous drones and ground vehicles will stream “battlefield intelligence” over 5G along the US-Canada border in a bilateral DHS experiment this fall.

EFF's Privacy Badger blocks the hidden trackers that twist your web browsing into a commodity for Big Tech, advertisers, scammers, and data brokers.…

Jonathan Ferro, Lisa Abramowicz and Annmarie Hordern speak daily with leaders and decision makers from Wall Street to Washington and beyond. No other program better positions investors and executives for the trading day.

From Dev.to - ai: Is AI-Driven Productivity a Surveillance Trap? The Unseen Costs of Hyper-Monitoring in 2026