Senate proposes surveillance bill without FBI warrant requirement https://therecord.media/senate-section-702-reauthorization-no-fbi-warrant-requirement
Police across UK equipped with live facial recognition bodycams https://inews.co.uk/news/police-uk-live-facial-recognition-bodycams-2775720
In Africa’s first ‘safe city,’ surveillance reigns https://www.codastory.com/authoritarian-tech/africa-surveillance-china-magnum/
US govt pays AT&T to let cops search Americans’ phone records – ‘usually’ without a warrant https://www.theregister.com/2023/11/22/wyden_hemisphere_letter/
FBI Director Admits Agency Rarely Has Probable Cause When It Performs Backdoor Searches Of NSA Collections https://www.techdirt.com/2023/11/21/fbi-director-admits-agency-rarely-has-probable-cause-when-it-performs-backdoor-searches-of-nsa-collections/
The creepy AI-driven surveillance that may be infiltrating your workplace https://www.businessinsider.com/ai-surveillance-detects-emotion-at-work-gets-you-fired-2023-11
Lockheed is now tracking phones and walkie-talkies from space, and the UAE military is allegedly a “strong” customer https://jackpoulson.substack.com/p/lockheed-is-now-tracking-phones-and
Secretive White House Surveillance Program Gives Cops Access to Trillions of US Phone Records https://www.wired.com/story/hemisphere-das-white-house-surveillance-trillions-us-call-records/
The Comfort of Vigilance Embraces America’s Schools https://www.orwell.org/the-comfort-of-vigilance-embraces-americas-schools/
Customs and Border Protection acquired ‘huge amount of surveillance power’ https://therecord.media/cbp-lexisnexis-risk-solutions-contract-surveillance
US Privacy Groups Urge Senate Not to Ram Through NSA Spying Powers https://www.wired.com/story/section-702-surveillance-reauthorization-privacy-letter/
How Chinese firm linked to repression of Uyghurs aids Israeli surveillance in West Bank https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/nov/11/west-bank-palestinians-surveillance-cameras-hikvision
Court rules automakers can record and intercept owner text messages https://therecord.media/class-action-lawsuit-cars-text-messages-privacy
Probe of school surveillance software finds privacy abuses, inaccurate results https://therecord.media/goguardian-student-surveillance-eff-report
As FISA turns 45, time to rethink post-9/11 mass surveillance expansion under Section 702 https://thehill.com/opinion/congress-blog/4282617-as-fisa-turns-45-time-to-rethink-post-9-11-mass-surveillance-expansion-under-section-702/