China Surveillance Company Hacked
February 27 2024Last week, someone posted something like 570 files, images and chat logs from a Chinese company called I-Soon. I-Soon sells hacking and espionage services to Chinese national and local...
Read moreFacebook’s Extensive Surveillance Network
February 1 2024Consumer Reports is reporting that Facebook has built a massive surveillance network:
Using a panel of 709 volunteers who shared archives of their Facebook data, Consumer Reports found that...
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NSA Buying Bulk Surveillance Data on Americans without a Warrant
January 30 2024It finally admitted to buying bulk data on Americans from data brokers, in response to a query by Senator Weyden. This is almost certainly illegal, although the NSA maintains that...
Read moreFacial Recognition Systems in the US
January 3 2024A helpful summary of which US retail stores are using facial recognition, thinking about using it, or currently not planning on using it. (This, of course, can all...
Read morePolice Get Medical Records without a Warrant
December 18 2023More unconstrained surveillance:
Lawmakers noted the pharmacies’ policies for releasing medical records in a letter dated Tuesday to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier...
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Surveillance Cameras Disguised as Clothes Hooks
December 15 2023This seems like a bad idea. And there are ongoing lawsuits against Amazon for selling them.
Read moreSurveillance by the US Postal Service
December 13 2023This is not about mass surveillance of mail, this is about the sorts of targeted surveillance the US Postal Inspection Service uses to catch mail thieves: To track down an...
Read moreSpying through Push Notifications
December 7 2023When you get a push notification on your Apple or Google phone, those notifications go through Apple and Google servers. Which means that those companies can spy on them—either...
Read moreAI and Mass Spying
December 5 2023Spying and surveillance are different but related things. If I hired a private detective to spy on you, that detective could hide a bug in your home or car,...
Read moreSecret White House Warrantless Surveillance Program
November 27 2023There seems to be no end to warrantless surveillance:
According to the letter, a surveillance program now known as Data Analytical Services (DAS) has for more than a decade...
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