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REUTERS/Bobby Yip The Chinese government is working to combine its 170+ million security cameras with artificial intelligence and facial recognition technology to create a vast surveillance state. The government isn’t quiet about its efforts, often playing up technological successes in state media to convince the populace of its impressive capabilities. But recent reports suggest that […]
The ACLU has been trying to challenge the NSA’s bulk surveillance for years. A hearing in *Wikimedia v. NSA* Friday could mark a breakthrough. https://media.wired.com/photos/5b357aa3e237e87ce9592b73/master/pass/nsa_aclu_lawsuit-FINAL.jpg
Enlarge / The Supreme Court of the United States, as seen in 2017. (credit: Phil Roeder / Flickr) Christmas came on Friday, June 22 this year—that is, if you’re a privacy and surveillance law nerd. After deliberating the decision for months, the Supreme Court handed down its opinion in Carpenter v. United States, a case […]
Screenshot via WFLA Surveillance video captured a fiery SUV crash in Florida that launched a driver out of the windshield of the vehicle. The white Cadillac SUV collided with a toll booth in Osceola County on June 3. Police told a local news station the driver may have been “fatigued.” The driver was lying motionless […]
Published time: 24 Feb, 2018 23:47 Edited time: 24 Feb, 2018 23:54 US President Donald Trump has dismissed the memo released by the US House Intelligence Committee Democrats as a “total political and legal bust.” “The Democrat memo response on government surveillance abuses is a total political and legal BUST. Just confirms all of the […]
Getty Images North Korean athletes are subject to round-the-clock security at the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea. Each athlete has a “minder” who will even follow them into the toilet so their whereabouts can be guaranteed at all times. Athletes from North Korea are “separated” from athletes from other nations. North Korea is paranoid […]
AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File The FBI may have “incidentally” collected surveillance on former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon when it was monitoring former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page. Bannon and Page spoke in January 2017 about the Steele dossier, a collection of memos alleging collusion between President Donald Trump’s campaign and Russia. Depending on […]
The UK government’s mass surveillance program, allowing for the indiscriminate collection of people’s personal data, has been ruled unlawful by the Court of Appeal. Large parts of the government’s Investigatory Powers Act 2016 – dubbed the ‘snoopers charter’ – must be amended as it runs contrary to EU law, the Court of Appeal ruled Tuesday. Read […]
A House Intelligence Committee memo shows Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein approved extending surveillance on former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page, based on allegations in the Steele dossier. The request was made shortly after Rosenstein took office last spring, when Attorney General Jeff Sessions recused himself from the department’s Russia investigation, said three people familiar […]
A House Intelligence Committee memo shows Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein approved extending surveillance on former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page, based on allegations in the Steele dossier. The request was made shortly after Rosenstein took office last spring, when Attorney General Jeff Sessions recused himself from the department’s Russia investigation, said three people familiar […]
