AI and Microdirectives
July 21 2023Imagine a future in which AIs automatically interpret—and enforce—laws.
All day and every day, you constantly receive highly personalized instructions for how to comply with the law, sent directly by...
Read moreThe French police are getting new surveillance powers:
French police should be able to spy on suspects by remotely activating the camera, microphone and GPS of their phones and...
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Police are already using self-driving car footage as video evidence:
While security cameras are commonplace in American cities, self-driving cars represent a new level of access for law enforcement...
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Snowden Ten Years Later
June 6 2023In 2013 and 2014, I wrote extensively about new revelations regarding NSA surveillance based on the documents provided by Edward Snowden. But I had a more personal involvement as...
Read moreCamera the Size of a Grain of Salt
February 15 2023Cameras are getting smaller and smaller, changing the scale and scope of surveillance.
Read moreBulk Surveillance of Money Transfers
January 24 2023Just another obscure warrantless surveillance program.
US law enforcement can access details of money transfers without a warrant through an obscure surveillance program the Arizona attorney general’s office created...
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The FBI Identified a Tor User
January 17 2023No details, though:
According to the complaint against him, Al-Azhari allegedly visited a dark web site that hosts “unofficial propaganda and photographs related to ISIS” multiple times on May...
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Security Vulnerabilities in Eufy Cameras
December 9 2022Eufy cameras claim to be local only, but upload data to the cloud. The company is basically lying to reporters, despite being shown evidence to the contrary....
Read moreNSA Over-surveillance
November 11 2022Here in 2022, we have a newly declassified 2016 Inspector General report—”Misuse of Sigint Systems”—about a 2013 NSA program that resulted in the unauthorized (that is, illegal) targeting of...
Read moreUsing Wi-FI to See through Walls
November 8 2022This technique measures device response time to determine distance:
The scientists tested the exploit by modifying an off-the-shelf drone to create a flying scanning device, the Wi-Peep. The robotic...
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