Facebook encrypts Messenger calls in privacy move
Facebook on Friday began rolling out encryption for voice or video calls made through its Messenger texting app, ratcheting up privacy for users.
Aug 14, 2021
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NYPD flouts law requiring disclosure of surveillance technology, according to advocates
The NYPD is not revealing enough information about how it's spending tax dollars on surveillance technology, two advocacy groups say.
Aug 11, 2021
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Spyware: Why the booming surveillance tech industry is vulnerable to corruption and abuse
The world's most sophisticated commercially available spyware may be being abused, according to an investigation by 17 media organizations in ten countries. Intelligence leaks and forensic phone analysis suggests the surveillance ...
Jul 23, 2021
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UN urges better regulation of surveillance technology
The UN voiced alarm Monday at reports that several governments used Israeli phone malware to spy on activists, journalists and others, stressing the urgent need for better regulation of surveillance technology.
Jul 19, 2021
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License plate cameras can help police, but privacy concerns raise call for regulation
On a Friday night this spring, surveillance cameras detected a stolen car driving through a Vernon Hills, Illinois neighborhood. Police were alerted, tracked the car to a nearby gas station, and charged the driver with illegally ...
Jul 01, 2021
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Telecom
Smartphones and contact-tracing: Balancing care and surveillance
The astonishing rise of smartphones in everyday life has created many solutions (GPS maps, internet browsing and messaging, to name just a few). But they have also brought new moral dilemmas. One issue in particular stands ...
Jun 22, 2021
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Computer Sciences
Study estimates the prevalence of CCTV cameras in large cities worldwide
Over the past few decades, surveillance cameras, also known as closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras, have become widely used by governments, law enforcement officers and private citizens to monitor public spaces, prevent ...
Jun 16, 2021 feature
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Critics say there are no legitimate uses of encryption—they're wrong
Australia's parliament is considering legislation to give new powers to the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC) and the Australian Federal Police. These powers will allow them to modify online data, monitor ...
May 19, 2021
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Two-in-one: Wide-angle monitoring meets high-resolution capture in new camera platform
If you're a fan of spy movies, you've probably come across scenes where the intelligence agents try to identify or detect a perpetrator using some sophisticated image enhancement technology on surveillance camera images. ...
May 14, 2021
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Study explores privacy of prison communications
People serving time in prison or jail in the United States, which has the highest incarceration rate in the world, are almost constantly being monitored. The surveillance even stretches into communications between inmates ...
May 12, 2021
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