London’s Metropolitan police are stopping citizens who attempt to hide their faces from facial recognition technology at Stratford Station. Police, … More
Tag: Surveillance
Atlanta Employs Surveillance Drones, Facial Recognition Software Ahead Of Super Bowl
On Sunday, two teams and hundreds of thousands of fans will descend on Atlanta, Georgia for the 53rd Super Bowl. … More
Facebook Secretly Paying To Install Spyware On Devices
Desperate for data on its competitors, Facebook has been secretly paying people to install a “Facebook Research” VPN that lets … More
Privately Owned Satellites Open Uncharted Territory With Data Collection
David Martin reports on a new, uncharted frontier in the collection of data created by hundreds of privately produced satellites … More
The Age Of Surveillance Capitalism
According to Google’s Ngram Viewer, which measures the appearance in books of a given phrase over time, the word “surveillance”—from … More
The Future Is Looking At You: Facial Recognition Coming To Every Gadget Near You
Imagine walking into a store where a robot greets you by name, lets you know that your online order is … More
New Generation Of Smart Cars Will Collect Data Ranging From Music Preference To Driver’s Weight, Everything In Between
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – As vehicles get smarter, your car will be keeping eyes on you. This week at CES, … More
Didn’t See That Coming: FBI Is Using Amazon’s Facial Recognition Program
The FBI is piloting Amazon’s facial matching software—Amazon Rekognition—as a means to sift through mountains of video surveillance footage the … More
Next-Gen GPS Satellite Headed To Space
After months of delays, the U.S. Air Force is about to launch the first of a new generation of GPS … More
Robot Security Grows: LA Mall Employs Robot Guards
LOS ANGELES (WIVB) – One mall in Los Angeles is looking towards the future when it comes to security. A … More
