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NYC Officials Won't Say What These Mystery Towers Are For

Government Erecting Mystery Metal Towers in NY, Won’t Say Why

As bizarre metal towers mysteriously appear at entrances to bridges and tunnels all over New York, the project remains shrouded in secrecy. When pressed for details on the mystery structures by local…

WIKILEAKS RELEASE: CIA 'Express Lane' system for stealing the biometric databases of its 'partner' agencies around the world.

RELEASE: CIA 'Express Lane' system for stealing the biometric databases of its 'partner' agencies around the world. https://t.co/8FefOS2Ljl pic.twitter.com/LPwlAd0Tgr — WikiLeaks (@w…

TSA facial biometric body scanners and government watchlists being used in train stations

The TSA is winning the war on Americans minds as commuters are being tricked into giving away their rights without a fight. The above video warns that facial recognition body scanners are coming to a…

If The FBI Has Your Biometrics, It Doesn't Have to Tell You

A new rule will prevent millions of people from finding out if their fingerprints, iris scans and other biometric information is stored in a massive federal database. The FBI’s Next Generation Identi…

Facial Recognition Coming to Police Body Cameras

Even if the cop who pulls you over doesn’t recognize you, the body camera on his chest eventually just might. Device-maker Motorola will work with artificial intelligence software startup Neurala to …

“Show Me Your Papers” Becomes “Open Your Eyes” as Border Sheriffs Expand Iris Surveillance

SINCE HIS INAUGURATION, President Donald Trump has found little funding for his “big, beautiful wall.” In the meantime, however, another acquisition promised to deter unauthorized immigrants is comin…

DHS Is Starting to Scan Americans’ Faces Before They Get on International Flights

Air travel already features some attributes of a police state. Metal detectors. Bomb-sniffing dogs. Pat-downs. A gloved TSA agent peering at your toothpaste. But it could get worse. What if your chec…

Privacy Organization Urges Congress To Examine FBI’s Secret Biometric ID Program

Known as the Next Generation Identification system, since 2014 the FBI has amassed more than 50 million images scoured from facial recognition alone; and, as reported by the Electronic Frontier Foun…

Busted: Vermont DMV Caught Using Illegal Facial Recognition Program

The American Civil Liberties Union of Vermont has obtained internal Department of Motor Vehicles records describing a DMV facial recognition program that is banned by Vermont state law and compromise…

Police given access to DHS's massive biometric database

According to an article in Texas Public Radio, law enforcement will now have access to DHS's massive biometric database. "Texas law enforcement are now getting a big assist from the federal…

NYPD Refuses to Disclose Information About Its Face Recognition Program, So Privacy Researchers Are Suing

RESEARCHERS AT GEORGETOWN University law school filed a Freedom of Information lawsuit against the New York City Police Department today for the agency’s refusal to disclose documents about its longs…

Facial Recognition Technology For US Airports Being Fast-Tracked By Trump Administration

Soon, it may be hard for visa holders to board an international flight without submitting to a facial geometry scan. The TSA began testing facial recognition systems at Dulles Airport in 2015, then e…

Disney installs metal detectors, bag searches and pat downs at hotels and park entrances

Imagine going through a metal detector before you check into your hotel room, imagine being patted down and searched before you get inside your hotel. Imagine Disney using facial biometrics to spy on…

Lawmakers scathing over FBI’s facial recognition database

Between civil and criminal mugshot photos, the State Department’s visa and passport databases, the Defense Department’s biometric database, and the drivers’ license databases of 18 states, nearly hal…

Facial recognition database used by FBI is out of control, House committee hears

Approximately half of adult Americans’ photographs are stored in facial recognition databases that can be accessed by the FBI, without their knowledge or consent, in the hunt for suspected criminals.…

Real-Time Face Recognition Threatens to Turn Cops’ Body Cameras Into Surveillance Machines

Taser, which leads the market for body cameras, recently acquired two startups that will allow it to run video analytics on the footage the cameras collect, and Taser’s CEO has repeatedly emphasized …

FBI Grilled On Extent Of Its Facial Recognition Program

The FBI took fire from privacy advocates and members of Congress Wednesday over how it characterizes its face recognition program, which has allowed agents to access and algorithmically match the pho…

Judge Allows Claims Over Google Face Scans

A federal judge in Illinois refused Monday to dismiss a class-action lawsuit claiming Google illegally collects face geometry scans from photographs taken on its smartphones without users’ knowledge.…

New Bill Would Force NYPD to Disclose Its Surveillance Tech Playbook

LEGISLATION INTRODUCED TODAY by New York City council members Dan Garodnick and Vanessa Gibson would finally compel the NYPD — one of the most technology-laden police forces in the country — to make …
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