News & Commentary about Surveillance Technologies

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View of people from afar with human recognition markers around them

Jun 7, 2019

The FBI Has Access to Over 640 Million Photos of Us Through Its Facial Recognition Database

May 21, 2019

Our Cars Are Now Roving Computers. Is The Fourth Amendment Ready?

Mar 29, 2019

The Threat of Facial Recognition

Mar 12, 2019

Florida Is Using Facial Recognition to Convict People Without Giving Them a Chance to Challenge the Tech

Surveillance camera mounted in front of a school yard

Mar 4, 2019

Student Surveillance Versus Gun Control: The School Safety Discussion We Aren’t Having

Feb 8, 2019

Ruling Is a Warning to Companies Collecting Biometric Scans Without Permission

Feb 5, 2019

Ohio Bucks a Bad Trend With New Police Body Camera Law

Surveillance camera mounted on a ceiling

Jan 25, 2019

Amazon, Google, and Microsoft Are at Odds on the Dangers of Face Recognition. One of Them Is on the Right Path.

Rev. Martin Luther King, head-and-shoulders portrait, seated, facing front, hands extended upward, during a press conference

Jan 23, 2019

Martin Luther King Jr. Offers a Lesson on Why We Should Be Worried About Amazon and the FBI

A backlit laptop computer keyboard. Most fingers are on the "home" keys for touch-typing; the 'U' key is being pressed.

Jan 10, 2019

Pennsylvanians Should Know How the State Police Is Monitoring Social Media