We need lawmakers to intervene. A Congressional hearing will help to expose Amazon’s invasive data harvesting practices and restrict it from acting as a paid informant for the surveillance state.
Digital Fourth
FLAW PATROL: HOW LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT USES OVERSEAS THREATS TO MILK OVERTIME
“Increased patrols do not protect anyone ... they are actively harmful to poor and oppressed people who are routinely harassed, brutalized, and surveilled by the police in Boston and across the country."
PROBLEM EQUIPMENT: WILL LEGISLATORS STAND UP TO THE MILITARIZED POLICE STATE?
It is through small decisions like this, town by town, that our police departments are slowly changing to look less like the people they serve, and more like occupying armies.
THE MASS DELEGATION SURVEILLANCE SCORECARD: ASK NOT HOW YOUR COUNTRY CAN SPY ON YOU
Only a fool would get their news on these intensely granular issues from traditional news sources ...
BOSTON TROLLING (PART 2)
Smarter city or city under surveillance?
BOSTON TROLLING (PART I)
You partied hard at Boston Calling and there's facial recognition data to prove it
BOSTON TROLLING (PART I): YOU PARTIED HARD AT BOSTON CALLING AND THERE’S FACIAL RECOGNITION DATA TO PROVE IT
Boston Calling attendees didn’t know they were all unwitting test subjects for a sophisticated new event monitoring platform. We’re not talking about old school black and white surveillance cameras. More like technology that analyzes every passerby for height, clothing, and skin color.