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Surveillance as a Condition for Humanitarian Aid

Posted on By infossl
biometrics, privacy, Security technology, surveillance

Excellent op-ed on the growing trend to tie humanitarian aid to surveillance. Despite the best intentions, the decision to deploy technology like biometrics is built on a number of unproven assumptions, such as, technology solutions can fix deeply embedded political problems. And that auditing for fraud requires entire populations to be tracked using their personal … Read More “Surveillance as a Condition for Humanitarian Aid” »

Regulating International Trade in Commercial Spyware

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marketing, privacy, Security technology, spyware, surveillance

Siena Anstis, Ronald J. Deibert, and John Scott-Railton of Citizen Lab published an editorial calling for regulating the international trade in commercial surveillance systems until we can figure out how to curb human rights abuses. Any regime of rigorous human rights safeguards that would make a meaningful change to this marketplace would require many elements, … Read More “Regulating International Trade in Commercial Spyware” »

Palantir’s Surveillance Service for Law Enforcement

Posted on By infossl
datacollection, foia, lawenforcement, nsa, police, privacy, Security technology, surveillance

Motherboard got its hands on Palantir’s Gotham user’s manual, which is used by the police to get information on people: The Palantir user guide shows that police can start with almost no information about a person of interest and instantly know extremely intimate details about their lives. The capabilities are staggering, according to the guide: … Read More “Palantir’s Surveillance Service for Law Enforcement” »

US Journalist Detained When Returning to US

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borders, email, lawenforcement, privacy, searches, Security technology, surveillance

Pretty horrible story of a US journalist who had his computer and phone searched at the border when returning to the US from Mexico. After I gave him the password to my iPhone, Moncivias spent three hours reviewing hundreds of photos and videos and emails and calls and texts, including encrypted messages on WhatsApp, Signal, … Read More “US Journalist Detained When Returning to US” »

Digital License Plates

Posted on By infossl
lawenforcement, privacy, Security technology, surveillance

They’re a thing: Developers say digital plates utilize “advanced telematics” — to collect tolls, pay for parking and send out Amber Alerts when a child is abducted. They also help recover stolen vehicles by changing the display to read “Stolen,” thereby alerting everyone within eyeshot. This makes no sense to me. The numbers are static. … Read More “Digital License Plates” »

Spanish Soccer League App Spies on Fans

Posted on By infossl
dataprotection, espionage, phones, privacy, Security technology, sports, spyware, surveillance

The Spanish Soccer League’s smartphone app spies on fans in order to find bars that are illegally streaming its games. The app listens with the microphone for the broadcasts, and then uses geolocation to figure out where the phone is. The Spanish data protection agency has ordered the league to stop doing this. Not because … Read More “Spanish Soccer League App Spies on Fans” »

Maciej Cegłowski on Privacy in the Information Age

Posted on By infossl
control, infrastructure, privacy, Security technology, surveillance

Maciej Cegłowski has a really good essay explaining how to think about privacy today: For the purposes of this essay, I’ll call it “ambient privacy” — the understanding that there is value in having our everyday interactions with one another remain outside the reach of monitoring, and that the small details of our daily lives … Read More “Maciej Cegłowski on Privacy in the Information Age” »

Data, Surveillance, and the AI Arms Race

Posted on By infossl
algorithms, artificialintelligence, datacollection, essays, machinelearning, nationalsecuritypolicy, privacy, Security technology, surveillance

According to foreign policy experts and the defense establishment, the United States is caught in an artificial intelligence arms race with China — one with serious implications for national security. The conventional version of this story suggests that the United States is at a disadvantage because of self-imposed restraints on the collection of data and … Read More “Data, Surveillance, and the AI Arms Race” »