Microsoft reportedly tried to sell facial recognition tech to the DEA
The agency even piloted the technology.
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How to protect your identity while protesting police brutality
It doesn't have to be like this.
ACLU sues to reveal the FBI's uses of facial recognition
The Justice Department and DEA are also targets in the lawsuit.We have two newsletters, why not sign up for both?
DEA never checked if its bulk surveillance data was legal
This includes programs that are still alive in some form today.
Undercover dark web bust leads to more than 35 arrests
It's the first US-wide operation of its kind.
Judge rules NYPD needed a warrant before using cell-site simulator
He threw out evidence collected as a result of the Stingray's use.
Court rules Stingray use without a warrant violates Fourth Amendment
The ruling could have widespread implications for the technology.
AT&T reportedly spies on its customers for government cash
The Daily Beast reports that Project Hemisphere is a paid-for metadata program that's all sorts of Orwellian.
Federal judge throws out evidence obtained by 'stingray' trackers
"Absent a search warrant, the government may not turn a citizen's cell phone into a tracking device."
Researchers develop a drug-sniffing car that can pinpoint your stash
This really would have changed the end of ‘Breaking Bad.’
EFF confirms that the DEA has deleted its phone call database
The agency says it purged its collection of international call metadata in January 2015.
