Major tech firms have joined thousands of individual tech workers in pledging not to assist the incoming Trump administration with the construction of a mandatory registry of Muslims. But there is one small problem: Such a database already exists, and anyone can buy it for less than $20,000.
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Posted inAccountability, Surveillance and Privacy
Uber said it protects you from spying. Security sources say otherwise
Uber insists it has strict policies that prohibit employees from accessing users’ trip information, with limited exceptions. But five former Uber secu
Posted inLocal Law Enforcement, Surveillance and Privacy
Oakland, California, OKs nation’s second permanent privacy committee
Oakland, California’s City Council approved the formation of the Permanent Privacy Advisory Committee to develop policies for surveillance equipment use by city agencies.
Posted inBorder Patrol, Law Enforcement
Arizona joins Texas in using police for contentious border strike force
Arizona officials want Congress to shell out taxpayer money to bankroll a so-called border strike force just weeks after quietly abandoning plans to use private money for the construction of a U.S.-Mexico border fence.
Posted inCybersecurity, National Security, Surveillance and Privacy
California county is nation’s wiretap ‘capitol’
Between 2013 and 2014, one Riverside County judge, the former chief narcotics prosecutor, approved almost a thousand wiretaps requested by federal, state and local law enforcement.
Posted inCriminal Justice, Cybersecurity, Environment, Food Security, Health Care, Oil and Mining, Surveillance and Privacy
Post Script: Curious stories of the unexpected
Post Script is an original video series that unravels how some of mankind’s brightest ideas wound up taking an abrupt turn from their original design. Each bite-sized episode combines nuanced reporting with visually experimental short-form storytelling.
Posted inCriminal Justice, Cybersecurity, Immigration, National Security, Surveillance and Privacy
The Secret History of American Surveillance
Few remember that the origins of our modern American surveillance state were forged over 115 years ago, half a world away in the Philippine Islands.
Posted inCriminal Justice, Law Enforcement, Militarization of Police
What you need to know about new federal rules on surveillance
Reveal reporter Ali Winston discusses the U.S. Department of Justice’s enhanced policy for cell-site simulators, surveillance technology that has drawn criticism from privacy advocates who say the devices can capture data from private citizens not suspected of crimes.
Posted inInside the Newsroom, Local Law Enforcement, Surveillance and Privacy
What Oakland, California, residents think about police surveillance
What do you think about when you hear the word “surveillance?” Along with three local artists, we posed that question to residents in Oakland, California, in an experimental art-meets-journalism project.
Posted inCriminal Justice, Law Enforcement, Militarization of Police
Criminal suspects challenge legality of warrantless cellphone tracking
The defense strategy in the 2013 shooting of an Oakland, California, officer could test whether police have the right to scoop up thousands of cellphone records using a controversial surveillance device without seeking court approval.