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    Police Departments Are Turning to AI to Sift Through Millions of Hours of Unreviewed Body-Cam Footage

    https://www.propublica.org/article/police-body-cameras-video-ai-law-enforcement An Axon body camera worn by police in Los Angeles Credit:Animation by Lisa Larson-Walker/ProPublica. Photo by David McNew/Getty Images. Criminal Justice Police Departments Are Turning to AI to Sift Through...
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    Well, That’s Everyone: Senator Wyden Letter Confirms The NSA Is Buying US Persons’ Data From Data Brokers

    https://www.techdirt.com/2024/01/29/well-thats-everyone-senator-wyden-letter-confirms-the-nsa-is-buying-us-persons-data-from-data-brokers/ Well, That’s Everyone: Senator Wyden Letter Confirms The NSA Is Buying US Persons’ Data From Data Brokers Privacy from the...
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    San Francisco Bets Big On Surveillance, Blankets City With 400 Automatic License Plate Readers

    https://www.techdirt.com/2024/01/18/san-francisco-bets-big-on-surveillance-blankets-city-with-400-automatic-license-plate-readers/ San Francisco Bets Big On Surveillance, Blankets City With 400 Automatic License Plate Readers (Mis)Uses of Technology from the New-London,-California dept Thu, Jan...
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    Republicans Passing Bill Letting FBI Spy on Americans Enrages MAGA

    https://www.newsweek.com/republicans-passing-bill-letting-fbi-spy-americans-enrages-maga-1852597 Republicans Passing Bill Letting FBI Spy on Americans Enrages MAGA Dec 14, 2023 at 2:46 PM EST *video from another source Watch: House Passes 2024 National Defense Authorization Act[/SIZE] By...
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    Google Just Killed Warrants That Give Police Access To Location Data

    https://www.forbes.com/sites/cyrusfarivar/2023/12/14/google-just-killed-geofence-warrants-police-location-data/?sh=2aca66092c86 Google Just Killed Warrants That Give Police Access To Location Data “Geofence warrants,” which allow law enforcement to get location data across a wide area, have...
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    The LAPD Is Using Controversial Mass Surveillance Tracking Software

    https://www.vice.com/en/article/3ak4e5/the-lapd-is-using-controversial-mass-surveillance-tracking-software The LAPD Is Using Controversial Mass Surveillance Tracking Software Cobwebs Technologies' WebLoc software allows police to track individuals using geolocation signals displayed on a map...
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    Cops Are Giving People Free Car Tracking Devices to Combat Thefts

    Cops Are Giving People Free Car Tracking Devices to Combat Thefts Are Giving People Free Car Tracking Devices to Combat Thefts Cops Are Giving People Free Car Tracking Devices to Combat Thefts Police in Washington, D.C. are the second force to give out free Apple AirTags and Tiles for Android...
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    Inside ICE’s Database for Finding ‘Derogatory’ Online Speech

    https://www.404media.co/inside-ices-database-derogatory-information-giant-oak-gost/ Inside ICE’s Database for Finding ‘Derogatory’ Online SpeechJOSEPH COX ·OCT 24, 2023 AT 9:00 AM Thumbs up, or thumbs down: that's the option presented to analysts when the tool Giant Oak Search Technology...
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    Cars are a 'privacy nightmare on wheels'. Here's how they get away with collecting and sharing your data

    https://techxplore.com/news/2023-10-cars-privacy-nightmare-wheels.html Cars are a 'privacy nightmare on wheels'. Here's how they get away with collecting and sharing your databy Katharine Kemp, The Conversation Credit: Shutterstock Cars with internet-connected features are fast becoming...
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    The UN Risks Normalizing Internet Censorship

    https://www.wired.com/story/united-nations-igf-saudi-arabia-russia/ JUSTIN LING SECURITY OCT 11, 2023 7:00 AM The UN Risks Normalizing Internet Censorship The United Nations' top internet governance body will allegedly host its next two annual meetings in countries known for repressive...
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    A food delivery robot's footage led to a criminal conviction in LA

    https://www.engadget.com/a-food-delivery-robots-footage-led-to-a-criminal-conviction-in-la-190854339.html A food delivery robot's footage led to a criminal conviction in LAServe Robotics handed footage over to the LAPD after two people attempted to steal one of its bots. Cheyenne MacDonald...
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    Google User Data Has Become a Favorite Police Shortcut

    https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2023-09-28/google-user-data-is-police-s-top-shortcut-for-solving-crimes Illustration: Jordan Speer for Bloomberg Businessweek Businessweek The Big Take Google User Data Has Become a Favorite Police Shortcut Investigators increasingly use warrants to...
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    Google User Data Has Become a Favorite Police Shortcut[

    https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2023-09-28/google-user-data-is-police-s-top-shortcut-for-solving-crimes Illustration: Jordan Speer for Bloomberg Businessweek Businessweek The Big Take Google User Data Has Become a Favorite Police Shortcut Investigators increasingly use warrants to...
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    How Mexico Became the Biggest User of the World’s Most Notorious Spy Tool

    https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/18/world/americas/pegasus-spyware-mexico.html How Mexico Became the Biggest User of the World’s Most Notorious Spy Tool A Times investigation reveals the story behind how Mexico became the first and most prolific user of Pegasus. It’s still using it, despite...
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    How Mexico Became the Biggest User of the World’s Most Notorious Spy Tool

    https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/18/world/americas/pegasus-spyware-mexico.html How Mexico Became the Biggest User of the World’s Most Notorious Spy Tool A Times investigation reveals the story behind how Mexico became the first and most prolific user of Pegasus. It’s still using it, despite...
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    U.S. Feds Asked TikTok for Lots of Domestic Spying Features

    https://gizmodo.com.au/2023/08/u-s-feds-asked-tiktok-for-lots-of-domestic-spying-features/ U.S. Feds Asked TikTok for Lots of Domestic Spying Features Mack DeGeurin 2 days ago August 23, 2023 at 7:01 am US government regulators reportedly tried to come to an agreement with TikTok to...
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    Jury awards Texas woman $1.2 billion in 'revenge porn' lawsuit

    https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/texas-revenge-porn-lawsuit/285-29a775dc-e5e1-465e-89a4-0df98d0fb8d2 Jury awards Texas woman $1.2 billion in 'revenge porn' lawsuit The woman said she was harassed for years by an ex-boyfriend who posted sexually explicit images of her online without her...
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    Eight Months Pregnant and Arrested After False Facial Recognition Match

    https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/06/technology/facial-recognition-false-arrest.html Eight Months Pregnant and Arrested After False Facial Recognition Match Porcha Woodruff thought the police who showed up at her door to arrest her for carjacking were joking. She is the first woman known to be...
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    Putin Outlaws Anonymity: Identity Verification For Online Services, VPN Bypass Advice a Crime

    https://torrentfreak.com/putin-outlaws-anonymity-user-id-verification-for-online-services-vpn-bypass-advice-a-crime-230801/ Putin Outlaws Anonymity: Identity Verification For Online Services, VPN Bypass Advice a Crime today by Andy Maxwell HOME > TECHNOLOGY > DIGITAL FREEDOM > President...
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    Apple Threatens to Pull FaceTime and iMessage in the UK Over Proposed Surveillance Law Changes

    https://www.macrumors.com/2023/07/20/apple-threatens-to-pull-facetime-and-imessage-uk/ Thursday July 20, 2023 5:10 am PDT by Hartley Charlton Apple says it will pull services including FaceTime and iMessage in the UK if plans to amend surveillance legislation that would require tech companies...
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