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The UK is secretly testing a controversial web snooping tool | WIRED UK

The Investigatory Powers Act, or Snooper’s Charter, was introduced in 2016. Now one of its most contentious surveillance tools is being secretly tr... (2021)


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London Police Are Taking Surveillance to a Whole New Level - The New York Times (2020)

The city, stepping into a debate over privacy, says it will use real-time facial recognition technology “to tackle serious crime.” (2020)


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Exclusive: Apple dropped plan for encrypting backups after FBI complained - sources - Reuters

Apple Inc dropped plans to let iPhone users fully encrypt backups of their devices in the company's iCloud service after the FBI complained that th... (2020)


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Dulles Airport Surprises Passengers with Facial-Recognition Boarding - Nextgov

Airport officials rolled out the system expecting to increase security and decrease boarding times. (2018)


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Palantir Knows Everything About You | Bloomberg

Peter Thiel's data-mining company is using War on Terror tools to track American citizens. The scary thing? Palantir is desperate for new customers. (2018)


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Police are asking Google to provide user data for all people near crime scenes

Police in Raleigh, North Carolina, have presented Google with warrants to obtain data from mobile phones from not just specific suspects who were i... (2018)


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Madison Square Garden Has Used Face-Scanning Technology on Customers - The New York Times

Facial-recognition systems can help bolster security, but some experts say the technology raises questions about privacy and data security. (2018)


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School Shootings Now Unfold on Social Media. Here's What Educators Need to Know

When terror strikes, social media can be used to share information, process grief, and re-traumatize victims. Experts say parents and educators can... (2018)


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The Autonomous Selfie Drone Is Here. Is Society Ready for It? - The New York Times

A start-up called Skydio has created a consumer drone that flies itself. Its tech is likely to become ubiquitous. “The drone knows your face, yo... (2018)


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Will Everything Stay in New Orleans If Cameras Capture It All? - The New York Times

Will 1,500 Street Cameras Be a Wet Blanket in New Orleans? Residents wonder whether the city’s freewheeling appeal will suffer if bars, clubs an... (2018)


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UK mass digital surveillance regime ruled unlawful | The Guardian

Judges say snooper’s charter lacks adequate safeguards around accessing personal data (2018)


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Artificial intelligence is going to supercharge surveillance - The Verge

What happens when digital eyes get the brains to match? Machine learning is helping CCTV cameras to analyze what we do in real time, creating a ... (2018)


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Senators blast DHS facial scanning at airports | TheHill

The DHS is currently testing a program in which it scans the faces of American citizens and foreign nationals in nine airports across the country i... (2017)


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How Britain Exported Next-Generation Surveillance

Medium, 2014: "Thousands of cameras, millions of photographs, terabytes of data. You’re tracked, wherever you go... BRITAIN IS ONE OF THE MOST surv... (2013)