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Report by Georgetown's Center on Privacy and Technology published a comprehensive report on the surprising amount of mass surveillance conducted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Our two-year investigation, including hundreds of Freedom of Information Act requests and a comprehensive review of ICE's contracting and procurement records, reveals that ICE now operates as a domestic surveillance agency.
The UK's Information Commissioner's Office has issued its third largest ever fine of £7.5m. It was imposed on Clearview AI, the controversial facial recognition company that has already been on the wrong end of similar decisions from regulators in Italy, France and Australia. It's not just your face: Surveillance technology is expanding at such a pace that it's now possible to analyze the way you walk, your heartbeat, breathing pattern, and, controversially, emotions.
The U.S. government ordered two travel companies to provide information about the movement of a Russian citizen suspected of hacking. The surveillance data was used as part of an investigation by the U.S. Secret Service, according to court documents recently unsealed.
“Google Maps Adds Shortcuts through Houses of People Google Knows Aren’t Home Right Now.” Excellent satire.
A new report from Google's Threat Analysis Group exposes the use of five different zero-day vulnerabilities targeting Chrome browser and Android operating systems. Google assesses with high confidence that these exploits have been packaged by a single commercial surveillance company named Cytrox.
San Francisco police have been using driverless cars for surveillance to assist in law enforcement investigations. A handful of tech giants have pledged more than $30 million to implement a plan to improve open-source and software supply chain security.
This will only get more prevalent: “The SFPD claims it has already obtained evidence from autonomous vehicle cameras.”
Georgetown has a new report on the highly secretive bulk surveillance activities of ICE in the US:. When you think about government surveillance in the United States, you likely think of the National Security Agency or the FBI. You might even think of a powerful police agency, such as the New York Police Department. Our two-year investigation, including hundreds of Freedom of Information Act requests and a comprehensive review of ICE's contracting and procurement records, reveals that ICE now operates as a domestic surveillance agency.
A group of academics has designed a new system known as "Privid" that enables video analytics in a privacy-preserving manner to combat concerns with invasive tracking. "People are already worried about location privacy with GPS - video data in aggregate could capture not only your location history, but also moods, behaviors, and more at each location," Cangialosi added.
A reporter interviews a Uyghur human-rights advocate, and uses the Otter. Ai, the automated transcription app that I had used to record the interview.