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Axon is testing facial recognition technology in its body-worn cameras with a Canadian police department. This dangerous expansion of surveillance tech should alarm every community.
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Axon Enterprise Inc. is working with a Canadian police department to test the addition of face recognition technology (FRT) to its body-worn cameras (BWCs). This is an alarming development in
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India's government reportedly is reviewing a telecom industry proposal to force smartphone firms to enable satellite location tracking that is always activated for better surveillance. EFF’s Cooper Quintin calls it “pretty horrifying.” https://t.co/x2xjhCoo1e
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India's government is reviewing a telecom industry proposal to force smartphone firms to enable satellite location tracking that is always activated for better surveillance, a move opposed by Apple,...
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UploadVR is celebrating our Winter Showcase with a new Humble Bundle, featuring nine PC VR games for $17.
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“Deploying this unreliable, discriminatory, and dangerous surveillance technology at the border just to save a few pounds creates massive risks to the human rights, safety, and well-being of asylum seekers,” EFF’s Molly Buckley told @inkstickmedia. https://t.co/y9DnksHcCD
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American tech companies are increasingly providing AI surveillance technology that is being used on European borders.
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One proposal would benefit users by letting them reject automatically cookie popups across websites. But the negatives for users far outweigh the positives in the EC’s current set of proposals.
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The proposals would narrow the definition of personal data, let AI companies more easily use sensitive data, and give them latitude to argue that data is not personal at all, weakening core GDPR protections
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The EU Commission's Digital Package proposal dismantles key GDPR personal data protections. Simplifying EU regulations shouldn’t mean gutting user privacy. The EC needs to go back to the drawing board.
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The European Commission (EC) is considering a “Digital Omnibus” package that would substantially rewrite EU privacy law, particularly the landmark General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). It’s not
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Chat Control has seen many different iterations over the years, and now that it’s coming up on final negotiations, what the proposal does and doesn’t protect can be confusing. Here’s what’s going on.
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After a years-long battle, the European Commission’s “Chat Control” plan, which would mandate mass scanning and other encryption-breaking measures, at last codifies agreement on a position within the
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There’s a new Humble book bundle featuring a set of No Starch Press books on Hacking. For a limited time, pay what you want AND support EFF’s fight for privacy and free speech online!
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It is an old story: When tech companies store too much user data, law enforcement will eventually seek it out. AI companies must commit to pushing back.
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AI companies have a responsibility to their users to make sure the warrant requirement is strictly followed, to resist unlawful bulk surveillance requests, and to be transparent with their users
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Phreeli founder Nick Merrill “is somebody who is extremely principled and willing to take a stand for his principles,” EFF’s Cindy Cohn told @WIRED. “He's careful and thoughtful, but also, at a certain level, kind of fearless.”
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Privacy stalwart Nicholas Merrill spent a decade fighting an FBI surveillance order. Now he wants to sell you phone service—without knowing almost anything about you.
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We’ve seen government agencies, big and small, come up with the wackiest ways to avoid giving the people their public records. Anyone you know come to mind? Share your FOI fail with the Foilies. https://t.co/1z5ERQbTu3
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Brought to you by the Electronic Frontier Foundation and MuckRock, the Foilies “honor” the institutions and individuals most determined to keep the public in the dark.
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