Cybersecurity
The DEA And ICE Are Hiding Surveillance Cameras In Streetlights
It’s unclear where the streetlight cameras have been installed, or where the next deployments will take place.
Emerging Tech
Intel Community is Developing a More Spy-Proof Room
The intelligence community’s research arm is upgrading SCIF security to protect against threats from personal devices and sensors.
Emerging Tech
China Is Exporting Its Digital Surveillance Methods to African Governments
The country is providing a mix of official training and infrastructure.
Cybersecurity
Signal's New Feature Lets Users Send Messages Anonymously
Signal can remove the return address entirely.
Emerging Tech
ACLU Demands Homeland Security Disclose Facial Recognition Tech Details
The organization is highly concerned with ICE's use of facial recognition technology.
Cybersecurity
Russian Intel Chief: Internet Should Be Controlled By ‘Proper Authorities’
The FSB says it’s trying to curb extremism online — but it’s also muting foreign and dissenting voices.
Digital Government
Would You Let Your Boss Into Your Email Inbox?
One startup believes in full transparency.
Emerging Tech
Schools Are Spending Big On Surveillance Technology. Is It Worth It?
After Parkland, schools are installing gunshot-detection systems typically used in cities like Oakland and Chicago. But the concrete benefits of the technology are dubious.
Cybersecurity
Report: China Used Tiny Chips to Infiltrate the U.S. Supply Chain
A Chinese company targeted data centers of some of the largest commercial companies, according to a report.
Cybersecurity
That Sign Telling You How Fast You’re Driving May Be Spying On You
These common roadside devices could be capturing your license plate data.
Emerging Tech
The Always-On Police Camera
A new patent proposes body cameras that can automatically activate in response to the sound of gunfire, or scan crowds for criminal suspects. What does that mean for expectations of privacy in public spaces?
Emerging Tech
Silicon Valley’s Internet of the Future is Just as Censored as China’s Firewall
Will the internet’s town square be like Tiananmen Square?
Digital Government
When Transit Agencies Spy on Riders
For months, the Bay Area’s transit agency sent license plate information to federal immigration authorities, violating its own “sanctuary” policy.
Digital Government
Welcome to the Age of Privacy Nihilism
Google and Facebook are easy scapegoats, but companies have been collecting, selling, and reusing your personal data for decades, and now that the public has finally noticed, it’s too late. The personal-data privacy war is long over, and you lost.
Artificial Intelligence
Schools Are Using AI to Track What Students Write on Their Computers
This software is raising ethical concerns about the line between safety and privacy.
Digital Government
Here’s How to Actually Stop Google From Tracking Your Location
The search giant can be thwarted.
Digital Government
The Way You Swipe Your Phone Can Be Used To Track You
Your fingers could give you away.
Digital Government
Surveillance Cameras Will Soon Divine Your Personality from Eye Movements
Machine-learning techniques promise to make biometric data far more useful for intelligence gathering.
Emerging Tech
Walmart Patents Tech That Could Monitor You As You Check Out
Price check? Walmart already knows.
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