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Modern Mass Surveillance: Identify, Correlate, Discriminate

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cameras, essays, facerecognition, identification, lawenforcement, laws, privacy, Security technology, smartphones, surveillance

Communities across the United States are starting to ban facial recognition technologies. In May of last year, San Francisco banned facial recognition; the neighboring city of Oakland soon followed, as did Somerville and Brookline in Massachusetts (a statewide ban may follow). In December, San Diego suspended a facial recognition program in advance of a new … Read More “Modern Mass Surveillance: Identify, Correlate, Discriminate” »

Police Surveillance Tools from Special Services Group

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cameras, eavesdropping, espionage, foia, lawenforcement, police, privacy, Security technology, surveillance

Special Services Group, a company that sells surveillance tools to the FBI, DEA, ICE, and other US government agencies, has had its secret sales brochure published. Motherboard received the brochure as part of a FOIA request to the Irvine Police Department in California. “The Tombstone Cam is our newest video concealment offering the ability to … Read More “Police Surveillance Tools from Special Services Group” »

Zoom Vulnerability

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cameras, disclosure, exploits, patching, Security technology, vulnerabilities

The Zoom conferencing app has a vulnerability that allows someone to remotely take over the computer’s camera. It’s a bad vulnerability, made worse by the fact that it remains even if you uninstall the Zoom app: This vulnerability allows any website to forcibly join a user to a Zoom call, with their video camera activated, … Read More “Zoom Vulnerability” »

iOS Shortcut for Recording the Police

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cameras, iphone, police, Security technology

“Hey Siri; I’m getting pulled over” can be a shortcut: Once the shortcut is installed and configured, you just have to say, for example, “Hey Siri, I’m getting pulled over.” Then the program pauses music you may be playing, turns down the brightness on the iPhone, and turns on “do not disturb” mode. It also … Read More “iOS Shortcut for Recording the Police” »

Hidden Cameras in Streetlights

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cameras, camouflage, concealment, Security technology

Both the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) are hiding surveillance cameras in streetlights. According to government procurement data, the DEA has paid a Houston, Texas company called Cowboy Streetlight Concealments LLC roughly $22,000 since June 2018 for “video recording and reproducing equipment.” ICE paid out about $28,000 to Cowboy … Read More “Hidden Cameras in Streetlights” »

Consumer Reports Reviews Wireless Home-Security Cameras

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cameras, internetofthings, Security technology, securityengineering, vulnerabilities

Consumer Reports is starting to evaluate the security of IoT devices. As part of that, it’s reviewing wireless home-security cameras. It found significant security vulnerabilities in D-Link cameras: In contrast, D-Link doesn’t store video from the DCS-2630L in the cloud. Instead, the camera has its own, onboard web server, which can deliver video to the … Read More “Consumer Reports Reviews Wireless Home-Security Cameras” »

Lifting a Fingerprint from a Photo

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cameras, drugtrade, fingerprints, identification, Security technology

Police in the UK were able to read a fingerprint from a photo of a hand: Staff from the unit’s specialist imaging team were able to enhance a picture of a hand holding a number of tablets, which was taken from a mobile phone, before fingerprint experts were able to positively identify that the hand … Read More “Lifting a Fingerprint from a Photo” »

Fake Santa Surveillance Camera

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cameras, children, privacy, Security technology, surveillance

Reka makes a “decorative Santa cam,” meaning that it’s not a real camera. Instead, it just gets children used to being under constant surveillance. Our Santa Cam has a cute Father Christmas and mistletoe design, and a red, flashing LED light which will make the most logical kids suspend their disbelief and start to believe! … Read More “Fake Santa Surveillance Camera” »