Caitlin Fairchild | NextGov | Source URL The car rental company is promising super speedy checkouts. Want to rent a car on your next trip? You may be getting your face scanned in order to do so. Hertz car rental is partnering with startup Clear to deploy biometrics to speed up […]
Meadow Clark | The Organic Prepper | Source URL More than 1,400 Google staff, many journalists, and human rights organizations are calling on Google to halt its controversial project called Dragonfly. What is Project Dragonfly? Dragonfly is a search engine specially built for China. It would unleash more censorship on […]
Steven Musil | cNet | Source URL The tech giant warns the technology could be used to create a 1984-like dystopia. Microsoft is urging governments to enact legislation next year that requires facial-recognition technology to be independently tested to ensure accuracy, prevent unfair bias and protect individuals’ rights. “The facial […]
Meadow Clark | The Organic Prepper | Source URL Atlanta airport’s Terminal F has become the “first biometric terminal” in the United States. And Detroit is next… As of December 1, Delta Airlines rolled out biometric scanning for air travel at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL), Terminal F. International […]
Mass Private I | Source URL Looking for that special gift for your family this holiday season? Why not signup for Homeland Security’s “Platinum” spy on your neighbors cam-share club. According to an article in the Advocate, DHS and New Orleans law enforcement have just created a “platinum” spying program […]
Sian Boyle | The Daily Mail | Source URL The disturbing scale of the personal data harvested and traded by multinationals can be revealed today. Health details, children’s voice recordings and copies of passports can be at risk when customers tick an online consent box. Analysis by the Mail found […]
Phys.org | Source URL Rio de Janeiro state is moving ahead with plans to deploy security cameras and drones to help fight crime, according to its next governor, a far-right politician loyal to president-elect Jair Bolsonaro. A tender to install 30,000 cameras will be launched soon, Wilson Witzel, who takes […]
Ownen Daugherty | The Hill | Source URL A facial recognition program is being tested by the U.S. Secret Service in the vicinity of the White House. The agency started the program late last month, and its existence was publicized by the ACLU on Tuesday. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has said […]
Mark Harris | Wired | Source URL Sitting in front of a Converus EyeDetect station, it’s impossible not to think of Blade Runner. In the 1982 sci-fi classic, Harrison Ford’s rumpled detective identifies artificial humans using a steam-punk Voight-Kampff device that watches their eyes while they answer surreal questions. EyeDetect’s […]
Mass Private I | Source URL This year was full of many disturbing stories, like the one about Bloomberg’s role-playing workshops being used to convince the public to accept police drones equipped with microphones. And another about politicians claiming police drones will help revitalize a downtown and create community connections. […]
Fox 5 New York | Source URL The skies above New York City will be covered by a fleet drones piloted by police officers The New York City Police Department announced its Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) program on Tuesday. Licensed NYPD officers of the Technical Assistance Response Unit will operate […]
Tim Cushing | Techdirt | Source URL The Chinese government uses a number of measures to keep tabs on citizens. One is what’s known as a “citizen score” — a compilation of all the good/bad habits the government can track that determines whether a person should be viewed as a […]
Michael Snyder | The Economic Collapse | Source URL They are transforming the Internet into the greatest tool of surveillance that humanity has ever seen, and if we stay on the road that we are currently on it is only a matter of time until our society becomes a hellish […]
Catharine Hamm | The Los Angeles Times | Source URL You may find an evil twin out there — not your own but one that still can do great harm. That nasty double often awaits you at your airport, ready to attack when you least expect it. That’s just one […]
Heather Haddon & Laura Stevens | The Wall Street Journal | Source URL Amazon.com Inc. AMZN 4.86% is testing its cashierless checkout technology for bigger stores, according to people familiar with the matter. If successful, the strategy would further challenge brick-and-mortar retailers racing to make their businesses more convenient. The […]
Tyler Durden | ZeroHedge | Source URL Between the ever-encroaching eye of Big Brother, the imminent events of pre-crime AI, the exposure of tech behemoth privacy contempt, and the inevitable ‘hack’ of any and everything online, it is perhaps understandable that your average joe is more than a little nervous […]
Annie Palmer | The Daily Mail | Source URL Nielsen could be spying on what you watch to deliver personalized ads during live TV. The TV ratings and data company will study demographic information like consumers’ age and gender to determine which advertising spots would be most effective. After looking […]
A curious list of test locations in a recent FCC application suggest the tech giant is up to something Mark Harris | IEEE Spectrum | Source URL What do a Silicon Valley massage spa, a local community college, and a California plastics manufacturer have in common? They will soon be testing […]
Samantha Masunaga | Los Angeles Times | Source URL As tech companies such as Google wrestle with employee objections to working with the U.S. military, Microsoft Corp.’s president is throwing his company’s support behind the Pentagon. Microsoft is “going to provide the U.S. military with access to the best technology […]
Tyler Durden | ZeroHedge | Source URL Update: New York State Attorney General Barbara Underwood has launched an investigation into the hack of Starwood’s guest registration system announced Friday morning. And while one analyst who appeared on CNBC Friday morning said he didn’t expect the scandal to have a long-term […]
The Guardian | Source URL On the outskirts of Hangzhou, eastern China, in Alibaba’s Cloud Town, a Silicon Valley-style working and leisure hub, cutting-edge research in artificial intelligence (AI) and smart city developments at one of China’s largest tech companies are showcased. It is a half-empty dystopia of almost comic […]
Ben Mutzabaugh, | USA Today | Source URL Delta says the Atlanta airport’s Terminal F has become the “first biometric terminal” in the United States where passengers can use facial recognition technology “from curb to gate.” And Delta has already announced plans to offer the technology at another of its […]
Melanie Evans and Laura Stevens | The Wall Street Journal | Source URL Amazon.com Inc. is starting to sell software that mines patient medical records for information doctors and hospitals could use to improve treatment and cut costs. The move is the latest by a big technology company into health […]
Mass Private I | Source URL BriefCam’s “Transforming Video into Actionable Intelligence” allows law enforcement and retailers to secretly identify people by their gender, body size, color, direction, speed and more. BriefCam’s Video Synopsis version V allows police and retail stores to use surveillance cameras to identify individuals and cars in real-time. […]
Phys.org | Source URL Seven European consumer groups filed complaints against Google with national regulators Tuesday, accusing the internet giant of covertly tracking users’ movements in violation of an EU regulation on data protection. The complaints cited a study by the Norwegian Consumer Council that concluded the Internet giant used […]
Aaron Kesel | Activist Post | Source URL A bill silently passed through Congress and to U.S. President Donald Trump’s desk that was signed right before Thanksgiving last week, which would re-designate the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD) into a new agency called the Cybersecurity and […]
Matthew Cox | Military.com | Source URL The Marine Corps Rapid Capabilities Office (MCRCO) wants the defense industry’s help to develop biometric sensor technology to monitor the mental and physical health of Marines on the battlefield. The request for information (RFI) is one of four focus areas the office has […]
Phil Baker | PJ Media | Source URL Patents recently issued to Google provide a window into their development activities. While it’s no guarantee of a future product, it is a sure indication of what’s of interest to them. What we’ve given up in privacy to Google, Facebook, and others […]
Derek Kravitz & Marshall Allen | ProPublica | Source URL Medical devices are gathering more and more data from their users, whether it’s their heart rates, sleep patterns or the number of steps taken in a day. Insurers and medical device makers say such data can be used to vastly […]
Mass Private I | Source URL Bloomberg is spending six million dollars on a “Mayors Challenge” that will put microphones in police drones. According to an article in WPFL 89.3, Bloomberg Philanthropies wants the Louisville Kentucky Police Department to send out self-guided aerial drones equipped with ShotSpotter microphones across the […]
