Tag: Surveillance of Citizens by Government

In a Post-Roe World, the Future of Digital Privacy Looks Even Grimmer

In a Post-Roe World, the Future of Digital Privacy Looks Even Grimmer

Some location data analytics companies, including Foursquare, recently announced that they were restricting the use, sharing and sale of data…

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Air Force Taps Clearview AI to Research Face-Identifying A.R. Glasses

Air Force Taps Clearview AI to Research Face-Identifying A.R. Glasses

The U.S. Air Force is looking into keeping its airfields safer with help from the facial recognition start-up Clearview AI.The…

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China’s Covid-Era Controls May Outlast the Coronavirus

China’s Covid-Era Controls May Outlast the Coronavirus

The police had warned Xie Yang, a human rights lawyer, not to go to Shanghai to visit the mother of…

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The Battle for the World’s Most Powerful Cyberweapon

The Battle for the World’s Most Powerful Cyberweapon

The Mexico example revealed both the promise and the perils of working with NSO. In 2017, researchers at Citizen Lab,…

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China’s Olympics App for Athletes Has Security Flaws, Study Says

China’s Olympics App for Athletes Has Security Flaws, Study Says

In preparation for the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, Japan worked to develop a contact tracing app that would track foreign visitors,…

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Cambodia’s Internet May Soon Be Like China’s: State-Controlled

Cambodia’s Internet May Soon Be Like China’s: State-Controlled

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — The day Kea Sokun was arrested in Cambodia, four men in plainclothes showed up at his…

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