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CURRENT STREET EDITION

DIG 23.05 – 4/8/21

Fourth Amendment

PROBLEM EQUIPMENT: WILL LEGISLATORS STAND UP TO THE MILITARIZED POLICE STATE?

Written by ALEX MARTHEWS Posted October 15, 2017 Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed

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.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed Tagged With: #mapoli, Alex Marthews, Beacon Hill, Digital Fourth, Fourth Amendment, harvard, legislature, Massachusetts, militarized police, National Guard, stanford, surveillance

MIGHTY FOURTH: AN INTERVIEW WITH CIVIL LIBERTIES CRUSADER ALEX MARTHEWS

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted May 22, 2017 Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS

"It’s a historic issue. There isn’t really a culture of democratic accountability for the police, and when it comes to elected towns and officials, in many towns and cities across Massachusetts, sometimes they may not have the power to oversee the police department properly. "

Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: 4th Amendment, Alex Marthews, Boston, Cambridge, civil liberties, Digital 4th, Fourth Amendment, Massachusetts, police body cameras, Restore the Fourth

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 MASS DELEGATION SURVEILLANCE SCORECARD: ASK NOT HOW YOUR COUNTRY CAN SPY ON YOU

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted June 23, 2015 Filed Under: NEWS+OPINIONS

Only a fool would get their news on these intensely granular issues from traditional news sources ...

Filed Under: NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Alex Marthews, CIA, Congress, Demand Progress, Digital Fourth, Ed Markey, Elizabeth Warren, First Amendment, Fourth Amendment, Freedom Act, Jim McGovern, Joseph Kennedy, Katherine Clark, Michael Capuano, Niki Tsongas, NSA, Richard Neal, Stephen Lynch, surveillance, USA/Patriot Act, William Keating

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

BOSTON TROLLING (PART 2)

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

Smarter city or city under surveillance?

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: ACLU, Alex Marthews, beta pilot, Bill Oates, boston calling, Boston Innovation, Boston Marathon, Boston Transportation Department, BPD, BRIC, civil liberties, Commonwealth Fusion Center, Department of Innovation and Technology, Digital Fourth, facial recognition, Fourth Amendment, IBM, intelligent video analytics, IVA, marathon bombing, Mass Emergency Management Agency, Mass Highway, Massachusetts, Massachusetts State Police, MassPort, Mayor Menino, MBTA, Smart Cities, Smart Surveillance System, SSS, surveillance

BOSTON TROLLING (PART I)

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

You partied hard at Boston Calling and there's facial recognition data to prove it

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: ACLU, Alex Marthews, beta pilot, boston calling, Boston Innovation, Boston Marathon, BPD, BRIC, civil liberties, Commonwealth Fusion Center, Department of Innovation and Technology, Digital Fourth, facial recognition, Fourth Amendment, IBM, intelligent video analytics, IVA, marathon bombing, Mayor Menino, Smart Cities, Smart Surveillance System, SSS, surveillance

BOSTON TROLLING (PART I): YOU PARTIED HARD AT BOSTON CALLING AND THERE’S FACIAL RECOGNITION DATA TO PROVE IT

Written by VARIOUS AUTHORS Posted August 7, 2014 Filed Under: FEATURES

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.

Filed Under: FEATURES Tagged With: ACLU, Alex Matthews, beta pilot, boston calling, Boston Innovation, Boston Marathon, BPD, BRIC, civil liberties, Commonwealth Fusuon Center, Digital Fourth, facial recognition, Fourth Amendment, IBM, intelligent video analytics, IVA, marathon bombing, Mayor Menino, Smart Cities, Smart Surveillance System, SSS, surveillance

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