Uberveillance

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  1 day ago

  Cops love facial recognition, and withholding info on its use from the courts

  theregister.com - Brandon Vigliarolo

  Withholding exculpatory evidence from suspects isn't a great look when the tech is already questionablePolice around the United States are routinely …

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  Sep 24

  How private intelligence companies became the new spymasters

  engelsbergideas.com

  In 2014 Dan Geer, a computer security analyst, gave a speech at the RSA Conference, an annual gathering of cyber-security specialists, titled: ‘We …

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  3 days ago

  Google Will Track Your Location ‘Every 15 Minutes’—‘Even With GPS Disabled’

  Forbes - Zak Doffman

  If you’re worried your phone might be spying on you, sharing your data and location without you realizing, then a new report this week will make alarming reading. “You can’t say no to Google’s surveillance,” the Cybernews research team warns, describing a secretive stream of data they say continually …

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  AI expert Gary Marcus thinks OpenAI will be the 'most Orwellian company of all time'

  Business Insider - Lakshmi Varanasi

  In modern literature, George Orwell's 1984 is perhaps best known for alerting its readers to the dangers of mass surveillance. The dystopian novel is set in an imagined world where an omniscient "Party" constantly monitors its residents. AI expert Gary Marcus says the company shaping the global AI …

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  EFF and ACLU Urge Court to Maintain Block on Mississippi's 'Age Verification' Law - Slashdot

  slashdot.org

  EFF, along with the ACLU and the ACLU of Mississippi, filed an amicus brief on Thursday asking a federal appellate court to continue to block …

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  3 days ago

  Controversy over introduction of numberplates

  autocar.co.uk

  Motorists weren't onboard with the idea of registrations plates when they arrived in the early 1900sNobody today gives a second thought to their car …