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NYPD secretly spent $159 million on surveillance tech
Documents show the department paid millions for facial recognition, vans equipped with x-ray machines and more.
WhatsApp says NSO spyware was used to attack officials working for US allies
WhatsApp has rejected NSO's claims of innocence, arguing that the company's spyware was used to attack 1,400 users in 2019.
NSO spyware was allegedly used to target activists and journalists
An investigation has alleged that NSO's Pegasus spyware was used to hack 37 journalists and activists.
Clearview AI's facial recognition tech comes under fire in Europe
Privacy groups in Europe have filed complaints against Clearview AI for allegedly breaking privacy laws by scraping billions of photos from social media sites.
The Pentagon is tracking US citizens without a warrant, Senator says
The Pentagon may be using commercial data to track Americans without due legal process, according to a letter from Senator Ron Wyden.
Tesla takes to Chinese social media to ease local spying fears
Tesla is using its Chinese social media page to assuage local spying fears after its cars were banned from the country's military facilities and select state-owned companies.
Twitter creates an entity in Turkey to obey a social media law
Twitter has set up a legal body in Turkey to comply with a social media law, but there are concerns this might have consequences for privacy and freedom of speech.
Hacked surveillance startup Verkada leaked live feeds for Tesla, others
Hackers broke into Verkada and exposed over 150,000 live security feeds.
Clubhouse vows to fix its platform after tool enabled audio chat leaks
Clubhouse has suffered a security incident that saw an unidentified Chinese attacker access the app's chatrooms to record and stream audio conversations to their own website.
Clubhouse is tightening security to address China spying fears
Clubhouse is improving security to address fears of Chinese government espionage, including a shift in traffic outside of China.
Amazon's 'Mentor' tracking software has been screwing drivers for years
As it turns out, Amazon’s push to add AI-powered cameras to its fleet of delivery vehicles was just the latest in a long line of efforts to monitor employees on the road. Consider this: according to a new deep dive from CNBC, Amazon has for years used an app called Mentor to monitor how its contracted delivery drivers behave behind the wheel. As you might expect, though, this service -- which Amazon says is a means of ensuring the safety and efficiency of those drivers -- isn’t without its faults.
Amazon will use AI-powered cameras to monitor delivery vans and drivers
Amazon is planning to use AI-equipped cameras to surveil deliveries drivers on their routes.
Microsoft will modify its Productivity Score tool after snooping criticism
Companies could see how often individual employees carried out actions in Microsoft 365.
Mississippi police could access security camera feeds if residents opt in
A pilot project in Jackson is limited to live streams from a few city and private cameras.
Twitter will keep fighting to share government data requests
Twitter’s years-long battle over government surveillance and transparency isn’t over yet.
Iranian hackers' Android malware spies on dissidents by stealing 2FA codes
An Iranian hacking group made Android malware that appears built to spy on regime critics by stealing their two-factor codes.
Hitting the books: How China uses AI to influence its 1.4 billion citizens
Today, states and their actors are waging a digital cold war with artificial intelligence systems at the heart of the fight. In T-Minus AI, the US Air Force’s first Chairperson for Artificial Intelligence, Michael Kanaan examines the emergence of AI as a tool for maintaining and expanding State power. Russia, for example, is pushing for AI in every aspect of its military complex, while China, as you can see in the excerpt below, has taken a more holistic approach, with the technology infiltrating virtually all strata of Chinese society.
Judge rules FBI, NSA broke the law and court orders with data collection
A judge has determined that the FBI and NSA broke the law and court orders when they collected data from email and other US communications.
Rite Aid used facial recognition in hundreds of stores for years
The system was often used in lower-income, non-white areas, according to Reuters.
FBI reportedly uses a travel company's data for worldwide surveillance
The FBI has reportedly used a massive repository of travel data from Sabre to surveil people worldwide, including at least one in real time.