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Streetlights used to just light the road. Now Axon is marketing them as vehicle detection tools with ALPR, livestreaming, vehicle attribute recognition, and connected software. At some point, “smart city” just means the furniture is watching you. t.co/F7ktQNke0B

The “massive national security surveillance state that was built after 9/11 has always been a threat to freedom,” EFF’s Cindy Cohn told @democracynow.org, so FISA Section 702 must be reformed to require warrants to search the data, or must be allowed to expire. www.democracynow.org/2026/6/11/c...

“You will not speak on Flock tonight.” That is what residents were reportedly told when they showed up to oppose surveillance cameras. If residents cannot question public surveillance at a public meeting, that tells you why they were questioning it. #Surveillance #privacy t.co/XredOxO2ui

"Flock says its security technology is used by more than 1,000 businesses, which includes some massive retail chains and shopping centers." Well, who's ready to ID the other 1000+ business? #Surveillance #Privacy #DeFlock #ALPR #trending

Most people posted photos online to share memories with friends and family. They did not expect those images to become part of a massive facial-recognition search system used by government agencies. That deserves a much bigger public debate. #Privacy #Surveillance

“Only authorized users can access it” does not mean it will only be used for authorized purposes. A Cherokee County deputy was arrested and fired after they say she improperly accessed an ALPR database. The safeguard was finding out afterward. #Surveillance #AI www.11alive.com/article/news...

New: the FCC is trying to ban burner phones by forcing all telecoms to store ID information on all new and renewing customers. That includes a government issued ID number. Massive privacy-impacting change “We never thought that would happen here,” the ACLU says www.404media.co/fcc-wants-to...

Clearview AI 2.0 is not just facial recognition. Their own site describes a database of 70+ billion facial images, built from public web sources, and marketed to law enforcement and government agencies. #facialrecognition #AI #4A #Surveillance

The sort of data Leonardo says SignalTrace can sweep up includes the RFID tags in key cards and pet microchips; devices with Bluetooth such as wireless headphones, fitness trackers, and mobile phones. www.404media.co/this-company...

A key provision of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act is set to expire Friday unless it is reauthorized by Congress. Section 702 allows for the warrantless surveillance of foreign nationals believed to be outside of the U.S., yet, in practice, it also sweeps up and stores vast amounts of data from people inside the country, including their emails, texts and cellphone data. The FISA provision was enacted in 2008 to legalize George W. Bush’s warrantless wiretapping program that was developed after 9/11. A bipartisan group of senators is opposing the reauthorization of Section 702 due to President Trump’s naming of MAGA loyalist Bill Pulte as acting director of national intelligence, to replace Tulsi Gabbard, who announced her resignation in May. Pulte has no known background in intelligence. He currently serves as director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, where he has used his position to carry out Trump’s campaign of retribution against his political enemies. “It took this

The FCC wants to legally force telecoms to collect new and renewing customers’ government issued identity number and physical address, impacting everyone from the privacy-conscious to domestic abuse…

Police aren’t the only ones using Flock cameras. Some retail giants and shopping centers have installed automated licenses plate readers outside of Ohio stores to record information about passing vehi...

The FCC wants to legally force telecoms to collect new and renewing customers' government issued identity number and physical address, impacting everyone from the privacy-conscious to domestic abuse s...

SignalTrace “links devices that regularly travel together, correlating them to license plate.” It is a surveillance product that will sweep up and add all sorts of Bluetooth and other data to license…