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An organization calling itself Safe Cities Northwest is aiming to create public-private surveillance networks in Portland, Oregon and Seattle, Washington. The organization claims that it is building off of a “successful model for public safety” that it built in San Francisco. However, it’s hard to call that model successful...
Reformers often tout police use of body-worn cameras (BWCs) as a way to prevent law enforcement misconduct. But, far too often, this technology becomes one more tool in a toolbox already overflowing with surveillance technology that spies on civilians. Worse, because police often control when BWCs are turned on and...
Junto con otras organizaciones y activistas de las libertades civiles, la EFF ha advertido durante mucho tiempo que Amazon Ring y otros dispositivos de vigilancia doméstica en red podrían utilizarse para vigilar la actividad política y las protestas. Ahora tenemos pruebas documentadas de que nuestros temores eran fundados.Según los correos...
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors last week voted unanimously in favor of requiring all special business districts—such as the Union Square Business Improvement District (USBID)—to bring any new surveillance plans to the Board before adopting new technologies. The resolution—passed in the wake of an EFF investigation, a...
Almost one year after EFF called on Amazon’s surveillance doorbell company Ring to encrypt footage end-to-end, it appears they are starting to make this necessary change. This call was a response to a number of problematic and potentially harmful incidents, including larger concerns about Ring’s security and reports...
The new administration can do two things immediately that would help stop some of the more nefarious ways that police departments get surveillance technology. It should further roll back the infamous 1033 program of the National Defense Authorization Act, which allows local police to inherit military gear. And it should...
La llegada de robots policiales autónomos operados por el gobierno no se parece a las predicciones de las películas de ciencia ficción. Un ejército de robots con armas de fuego no va a derribar tu puerta para arrestarte. En su lugar, un robot fisgón que parece un cubo de basura...
Update (June 13, 2023): This post has been updated to reflect additional information provided by Muslim Pro. Its full statement can be accessed via its website.Many of the smartphone apps people use every day are collecting data on their users and, in order to make money, many of...
A few years ago, when you saw a security camera, you may have thought that the video feed went to a VCR somewhere in a back office that could only be accessed when a crime occurs. Or maybe you imagined a sleepy guard who only paid half-attention, and only when...
Updated as of 11/5/2020: This blog post has been updated with a statement from Amazon in regards to the pilot program described in the Jackson Free Press. You can find their response at the bottom of the page. This is not a drill. Red alert: The police surveillance...
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