Many have raised privacy concerns over FBI’s plan to develop a social media surveillance tool which will proactively identify and reactively monitor persons of interest or suspects in ongoing cases. Read More
All citizens in Kazakhstan are forced to install a government-issued national security certificate as part of Internet surveillance strategy. This certificate will allow government to read all their messages or even alter them. Read More
Privacy researchers recently discovered FBI and ICE using facial recognition technology to scan against DMV databases in order to locate criminals and undocumented immigrants. Read More
Microsoft’s recent deletion of its facial recognition database containing more than 10 million images of nearly 100,000 people could be their way to show need to regulate facial recognition technology. Read More
Tech companies and civic organizations signed an open letter to stop GCHQ proposal to insert government or law enforcement officials into encrypted chats. Read More
Facial recognition technology may not be as accurate as some people think and the U.S. Congress is likely to introduce bipartisan legislation to limit how the technology can be used, and by whom. Read More
It’s a fine line between “good policing” and a “police state” as San Francisco bans facial recognition technology city departments due to growing privacy concerns. Read More
Huawei hits back at the United States after it's PR charm offensive including opening up it's source code went nowhere. It reminded the world of the biggest scandal of the century – the PRISM program and Five Eyes surveillance. Read More
In a growing number of cases – including some involving Google Nest microphones for the home and airplane cameras found on back of passenger seats – surveillance devices are deployed haphazardly without thinking about the way they might intrude into people’s lives and privacy. Read More
A new draft law for Russia Internet control wants ISPs to direct all data (both incoming and outgoing) to government-controlled routing and exchange points if the need arises to "unplug" from the global Internet. Read More