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Tag Archives: surveillance
Google removes option to disable Nest cams’ status light
It’s more of a “post-purchase middle finger” to customers than a privacy plus, say some outraged users who use the cams to catch crooks.
Researchers hack camera in fake video attack
Tampering with surveillance cameras is a common activity for Hollywood heroes and criminals alike. Now, researchers have shown how they can do it in real life.
Facial recognition surveillance must be banned, says Fight for the Future
“We don’t need to regulate it, we need to ban it entirely.”
Apple aims privacy billboard at Google’s controversial smart-city
It’s outside of Sidewalk Labs HQ in Toronto, where Google’s sister company is working on stuffing the city with data-collecting sensors.
Backpacker claims to find a network of hidden webcams in farm stay
In the bug repellent gizmo, in the shower, in the little birds glued to the footboard—all hiding webcams, alleges the Dutch backpacker.
Hackers stole photos of travelers and license plates from subcontractor
Critics say if the US can’t protect such data – which was improperly stored by a subcontractor – it shouldn’t collect it.
The FBI is sitting on more than 641m photos of people’s faces
Its already massive facial recognition databases have ballooned, and government watchdog GAO found that the FBI isn’t checking accuracy.
Amnesty sues maker of Pegasus, the spyware let in by WhatsApp zero day
Amnesty International, which was sent the Pegasus spyware via a WhatsApp message, is seeking to stop NSO Group’s “web of surveillance.”
San Francisco bans police use of facial recognition
The city that gave us facial recognition tech says “not in my back yard”.