Technology

As the multi-sector, global response to the coronavirus tightens the noose around civil liberties, CommonPass stands out as one of the most appalling and dangerous attacks on basic human rights in the name of public health.

Mounted next to traffic lights or on police cars, ALPRs  photograph over 1,800 license tag numbers per minute and storing all the data collected.

Facebook secretly used iPhone cameras to obtain “extremely private and intimate” information about the uses of its Instagram picture and video sharing app.

An experimental new vaccine developed jointly with the US government claims to be able to change human DNA and could be deployed as early as next year through a DARPA-funded, injectable biochip.

Officials in Flint, Michigan have employed a new robotic helmet to ostensibly help police officers identify travelers who are sick with COVID-19.

Police placed a spy camera which was pointing directly at the home where activists meet, in clear violation of the federal consent decree.

A new THC breathalyzer is being tested for potential rollout by police that will undoubtedly lead to unnecessary rights violations and deprivation of freedoms.

Continuing in Obama's footsteps, the Trump admin has created a new watchlist, that for the first time since 9/11, includes American citizens with no connections to terrorism. 

Thanks to backlash from angry citizens, a police department shut down its plan to use drones to monitor them for social distancing compliance.

From California to New York, police are deploying drones to spy on citizens, making sure they are six feet apart.