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CAUGHT ON CAM-SHARE: BPD SEEKS ACCESS TO PRIVATE SECURITY CAMERAS, EXPERIMENTS WITH NEW SURVEILLANCE NETWORK

Written by DANIEL DEFRAIA Posted March 21, 2018 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

For now, the BPD wants to help officers more quickly locate and access footage. However, if the program expands beyond its small introduction—about 13 locations, according to BPD records—it could develop into a centralized surveillance network.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: ACLU, Big Brother, Boston, Boston Police Department, BPD, cameras, deputizing cameras, Dorchester, Dorchester Reporter, spying, surveillance

GUEST MEDIA FARM: BOSTON POLICE SOCIAL MEDIA MONITORING PLAN ENDANGERS US ALL

Written by EVAN GREER Posted December 6, 2016 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Media Farm, NEWS+OPINIONS

Even the government’s own reports admit that bulk data collection programs have never actually prevented a major violent attack.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Media Farm, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Big Brother, Boston Globe, Boston Police, BPD, City Hall, Facebook, Fight For The Future, social media monitoring, surveillance, Twitter

CAUGHT WITH OUR GANTRIES DOWN

Written by EVAN ANDERSON Posted November 10, 2016 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

Everything you think you know about the new Mass tolls is wrong

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: AETS, ALPR, automatic license plate recognition, Beacon Hill, Big Brother, DVAS, E-ZPass, gantry, MassDOT, Raytheon, surveillance, tolls

GUEST EDITORIAL: MASS SURVEILLANCE CANNOT SAVE US

Written by ALEX MARTHEWS Posted June 19, 2016 Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS

Last time the surveillance agencies were actually confronted on their assertion that mass surveillance had helped, the agencies’ claims shriveled under scrutiny like an ice-cream in the sun

Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Big Brother, Donald Trump, Fourth Amendment, guns, Hillary Clinton, Orlando, Politics, Restore the 4th, surveillance, violence

THE YEAR IN MASS SURVEILLANCE

Written by ALEX MARTHEWS Posted December 22, 2015 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

You’d be better off using divination sticks than relying on TV to find out what’s going on regarding these matters, so we keep track of it all. Here’s a brief overview of this year’s surveillance-related news in the Commonwealth.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #BINJbrother, #mapoli, Alex Marthews, bay state examiner, Big Brother, Black Lives Matter, BPD, BRIC, civil liberties, Commissioner William Evans, DHS, DigBoston, Digital 4th, Massachusetts, Muska Nassery, Segun Idowu, Shekia Scott, surveillance

LICENSE TO CONNIVE: BOSTON STILL TRACKS VEHICLES, LIES ABOUT IT, AND LEAVES SENSITIVE RESIDENT DATA EXPOSED ONLINE

Written by KENNETH LIPP Posted September 8, 2015 Filed Under: FEATURES, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

This is not the first time Hub authorities have been caught with their guard down on this matter.

Filed Under: FEATURES, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: ACLU, Automatic License Plate Readers, AutoVu, Big Brother, Big Data, Boston, Boston City Hall, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, Boston Police Department, Boston Transportation Department, BPD, BTD, DigBoston, Driver's Protection Act, Genetec, Kade Crockford, Kenneth Lipp, The Declaration, Xerox

MASS GOES SHOPPING FOR THE MOST SOPHISTICATED SURVEILLANCE DRONE IMAGINABLE

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted April 28, 2015 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

It’s just a little drone, but the size shouldn’t fool you.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Big Brother, Boston Trolling, Chris Faraone, CIA, contracts, drones, Kenneth Lipp, Massachusetts, RFR, State House, state police

BUT ARE WE SAFER? A BOSTON MARATHON SECURITY CHECK

Written by EMILY HOPKINS Posted April 21, 2015 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Free Radical

As I prepared for my second warrantless search of the afternoon ...

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Free Radical Tagged With: Big Brother, Boston Marathon, Boston Police Department, Boston surveillance, BPD, Emily Hopkins, inspected, marathon monday, marathon security, police state

DEAR BOSTON MEDIA: PLEASE STEAL THIS ARTICLE

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted April 9, 2015 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

From the Olympics to police brutality, the Hub reporters should piggyback more independent research and ideas

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Anchorman, bay state examiner, Bay Windows, Big Brother, Blackstonian, Boston 2024, Boston Globe, Boston Media, Boston Olympics, Boston Phoenix, Charter Schools, Deval Patrick, Dorchester Reporter, Eileen Donoghue, John Fish, Open Media Boston, police brutality, reporting, Ron Burgundy, SOMERVILLE, surveillance, William Coyne

BOSTON TROLLING (THE COMPLETE SERIES)

Written by DIG STAFF Posted September 9, 2014 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

“They’re asserting a general police power to capture anybody’s image and process it for law enforcement purposes just in case they later turn out to be guilty of something. That’s not OK.”

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: 2004 Democratic National Convention, ACLU, Alex Marthews, Big Brother, Bill Oates, Bill Owens, Boston, boston calling, Boston Globe, Boston Marathon Bombing, Boston Police, BPD, Cambridge, Chris Faraone, City Hall, Cognos, COPLINK, Department of Innovation and Technology, Department of Transportation, DiMasi, DNC, DoIT, Ed Davis, Face Capture, FBI, IBM, innovation, Joanthan Riley, Joe Pesatro, JTTF, Kade Crockford, Kate Norton, Kenneth Lipp, Marty Walsh, Massachusetts, MBTA, Minority Report, MIT, MIVIS, MONUM, OCPF, Person of Interest, pre-crime, Smart Cities, South Boston, surveillance, Tom Menino

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