The US Government will request 5 years’ worth of social media details for 14 million visa applicants, if this proposal goes into effect.
Tag Archives: surveillance
Jaywalkers to be named, shamed and fined thanks to facial recognition
Thanks, no thanks, facial recognition and artificial intelligence mashup.
Live feeds from license plate readers exposed online
The EFF has found more than 100 ALPR cameras streaming live, “often with totally open Web pages accessible by anyone with a browser.”
Your personal cloud of microbes could one day be used to profile you
Every time we sneeze, cough, scratch, fart, or touch something, we leave behind traces of ourselves. Could this microbial evidence one day be used to identify and surveil us?
Night-vision goggles to be used to thwart pirating of new Bond film
Pirates, forget the hide-it-in-the-popcorn-box trick: staff will have gadgetry on par with what 007 would get from Q.
Facebook: our cookies keep you safe from cyber terrorists!
Belgian data protection authority: You’re as bad as the NSA!!!
Tor relay turned back on after unanimous library vote
“Live free or die,” say New Hampshire license plates. “Yes, please, we’ll take some Tor,” say their librarians. 
Library to close down anonymous Tor browsing after DHS pressure
Within a few weeks of setting up as a relay, DHS let it be known that the library’s plans to eventually become a Tor exit node might not be a wise course of action.
AI surveillance camera tells you what it sees when it recognises you
Thanks to two researchers, we have a window into what those cameras think as they capture our images and movements.
Unnoticed Firefox attacker had access to severe vulnerabilities for over a year
An attacker with access to security-sensitive information about the Firefox web browser went unnoticed for as much as two years, putting hundreds of millions of users at risk.