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AU CONTRAIRE GRANDE FRERE: MASS OFFICIALS SAY THERE’S NO THREAT AT HOME FOLLOWING PARIS ATTACKS, YET PUT FORCES ON INCREASED ALERT ANYWAY

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted November 16, 2015 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

It’s never easy criticizing vigilant Big Brother while the crime scene is still bloody.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: ACLU, Beacon Hill, biometrics, Boston Marathon Bombing, Boston Trolling, BPD, Charlie Baker, civil liberties, Deval Patrick, facial recognition, FBI, france, fusion centers, IBM, ISIS, legislature, Massachusetts, Paris, Paris attacks, security, surveillance, terrorism, war profiteering, William Evans

THE GREATER BOSTON INSTAGRAM SURVEILLANCE CHALLENGE: FLICK THE POLICE

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted August 25, 2015 Filed Under: Media Farm, NEWS+OPINIONS

Help us inventory the surveillance cameras in Greater Boston

Filed Under: Media Farm, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #BINJbrother, Beacon Hill, biometrics, Boston, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, Boston Police Department, Boston Trolling, BPD, Cambridge, facial recognition, hashtag, instagram, New York Times, Politics, software contracts, surveillance, Twitter, whitewashing

BOSTON TROLLING: BONUS OLYMPIC EDITION

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted December 15, 2014 Filed Under: FEATURES, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

“This is a catastrophe for civil liberties!”

Filed Under: FEATURES, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: AET, biometrics, Boston 2024, Boston Globe, Boston Olympics, facial recognition, London, Mitt Romney, No Boston Olympics, Raytheon, Salt Lake City, security, surveillance, tolls

BOSTON TROLLING (PART 3)

Written by DIG STAFF Posted October 9, 2014 Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction

BY CHRIS FARAONE, KENNETH LIPP & JONATHAN RILEY

For this third installment of our Boston Trolling series ...  read more

Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction Tagged With: ACLU, AIsight, Beacon Hill, Behavioral Recognition Systems, biometrics, boston calling, BRS Labs, Commonwealth, DigBoston, Eric Holder, Face Capture, Fourth Amendment, FTG technologies, IBM, lobbying, Massachusetts, massachusetts state house, Minuteman Security, Person of Interest, pre-crime, Privacy Coalition, smart surveillance, SSE, surveillance, video cameras, VidSys, Ways & Means

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