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Smart CCTV Networks Are Driving an AI-Powered Apartheid in South Africa

November 22, 2019 admin Artificial Intelligence, cctv, mass surveillance, privacy, SURVEILLANCE, vumacam, vumatel

Credit to Author: Michael Kwet | Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2019 14:36:05 +0000

In one of the world’s most racially-divided countries, a company called Vumacam is building a nationwide surveillance network that scrutinizes peoples’ movements for “unusual behavior.”

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Moscow Is About to Build a Surveillance System to Rival China’s Dystopian Nightmare

November 7, 2019 admin China, Kremlin, moscow, SURVEILLANCE, uighurs, Xinjiang

Credit to Author: David Gilbert| Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2019 14:10:10 +0000

A court ruling clears the way for the city to install hundreds of thousands of cameras and build a system inspired by the one China uses to surveil Muslims.

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About Three Billion Social Media Users Are Being Spied On by Their Governments

November 5, 2019 admin China, Donald Trump, ICE, internet freedom, jair bolsonaro, SURVEILLANCE

Credit to Author: David Gilbert| Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2019 13:29:24 +0000

And governments are using what they find to suppress dissent, spread disinformation and subvert elections, even in democracies, a new report says.

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40 Major Music Festivals Have Pledged Not to Use Facial Recognition Technology

October 23, 2019 admin biometric surveillance, face surveillance, SURVEILLANCE, ticketmaster

Credit to Author: Lauren Kaori Gurley| Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2019 18:37:15 +0000

Activists declare the first major victory against the spread of commercial facial recognition technology in the United States.

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Human Rights Activist Allegedly Targeted With NSO Malware Says His Life Is ‘Hellish’

October 10, 2019 admin Amnesty International, Cybersecurity, hacking, information security, infosec, iPhone, malware, Morocco, nso, nso group, privacy, spyware, SURVEILLANCE

Credit to Author: Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai| Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2019 14:16:51 +0000

Amnesty International details attacks against two Moroccan human rights activists allegedly carried out with NSO Group’s spyware.

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October 3, 2019 admin backdoors, Donald Trump, encryption, end to end encryption, Facebook, hackers, hacking, instagram, malware, spyware, SURVEILLANCE, whatsapp, william barr

Credit to Author: Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai| Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2019 20:28:19 +0000

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Ring Says It’s Partnered With 405 Police Departments, Here’s What We Still Don’t Know

August 28, 2019 admin Amazon, police, ring, SURVEILLANCE

Credit to Author: Caroline Haskins| Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2019 21:28:30 +0000

Ring said in a blog post that it’s partnered with 405 law enforcement agencies, after months of refusing to disclose this information to reporters. We still have a lot of questions.

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