When the surveillance state strikes: Who you gonna call?
We need a privacy revolution. Now. Before it's too late.
Search Results for ‘license plate readers’ — 111 articles
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Thursday technology links round-up
Lots in the news at the intersection of privacy and technology this week. Take a look at some of the stuff you might have missed:
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DHS northern border strategy — June 2012
DHS has released its new "northern border strategy" -- find it here.
I don't have time to read through the whole thing and analyze it now, but here are a couple of interesting finds that strike me as relevant right off the bat:
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Drug war provides cover for retroactive surveillance without probable cause
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The ghosts in our machines: DHS’ “complete operational awareness”
You are leaving work, walking through the city, tweeting about politics and texting your friend about dinner plans. You turn the corner to skip down the stairs to get the train. You are focused on your phone: twitter, the music in your ears. You slide your metro card through the electronic card reader and step inside.
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Archive: Civil Liberties Update
Civil Liberties Update | September 30, 2011 CONTENTS A. EXECUTIVE ACTIONS Building the National Security Surveillance State • “Did US trade freedom for security after 9/11?” • We are all under the gaze of the surveillance state • The best security...
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The Civil Liberties Update
Below are the most recent civil liberties updates. For older updates, visit the ACLUm site here and our archive here. A Post-9/11 Civil Liberties Update Civil Liberties Update | December 29, 2011 CONTENTS A. EXECUTIVE ACTIONS Building the National Security Surveillance State...
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What’s Going on with Corporate and Government Databases?
Police and federal agents increasingly have access to huge quantities of commercial, banking and other private data on citizens not suspected of having committed any crimes. Examples of police abuse of data systems are plentiful and growing. For the purpose of simplicity, we...
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Mobile Surveillance Equipment
Mobile surveillance units like this one cost at a minimum $53,900 and come with four pan/tilt/zoom (PTZ) surveillance cameras, remote controls and monitors that can be accessed from anywhere in the world via internet. Optional add-ons come at additional expense and include automatic license...
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test tech
Technology advances at accelerating speeds each year. In the United States, a lot of the best and brightest minds and research dollars are devoted to engineering new military, surveillance and law enforcement technologies. Many of these technologies of surveillance, repression and control...