The Present and Future of TV Surveillance
August 27 2024Ars Technica has a good article on what’s happening in the world of television surveillance. More than even I realized.
Read moreTake a Selfie Using a NY Surveillance Camera
August 23 2024This site will let you take a selfie with a New York City traffic surveillance camera. EDITED TO ADD: BoingBoing post.
Read moreSurveillance Watch
August 23 2024This is a fantastic project mapping the global surveillance industry.
Read morePublic Surveillance of Bars
July 2 2024This article about an app that lets people remotely view bars to see if they’re crowded or not is filled with commentary—on both sides—about privacy and openness.
Read moreJames Bamford on Section 702 Extension
June 28 2024Longtime NSA-watcher James Bamford has a long article on the reauthorization of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).
Read moreLong Article on GM Spying on Its Cars’ Drivers
April 26 2024Kashmir Hill has a really good article on how GM tricked its drivers into letting it spy on them—and then sold that data to insurance companies.
Read moreSurveillance by the New Microsoft Outlook App
April 4 2024The ProtonMail people are accusing Microsoft’s new Outlook for Windows app of conducting extensive surveillance on its users. It shares data with advertisers, a lot of data:
The window...
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AI and the Evolution of Social Media
March 19 2024Oh, how the mighty have fallen. A decade ago, social media was celebrated for sparking democratic uprisings in the Arab world and beyond. Now front pages are splashed...
Read moreSurveillance through Push Notifications
March 6 2024The Washington Post is reporting on the FBI’s increasing use of push notification data—”push tokens”—to identify people. The police can request this data from companies like Apple and...
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