Search Results for ‘surveillance cameras’ — 218 articles
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FBI special agent: “no credible threats” to NATO summit, Chicago
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Biometrics: Facial Recognition and Iris Scanning
Above: an advertisement on DHS' “Responder Knowledge Base” website. Police agencies nationwide can buy mobile biometrics systems and many other like technologies with DHS funds. Iris scanning biometric technologies allow for the capture of an individual's unique iris pattern by taking a...
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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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Bringing the drones home
Just a few days after President Obama for the first time publicly acknowledged the existence of the military drone program, Congress with bipartisan support passed legislation that will fill American airspace
Online denizens: the government says you are better off passing out flyers in a ski mask than Tweeting controversial material
Back in December, I posted a blog recounting a truly bizarre experience: sitting in on what I thought would be an open court hearing, and instead witnessing the closing off of the judicial process to the public. We had gone to court to argue our motion to quash a Suffolk county district attorney subpoena to Twitter, seeking information about our client, John Doe, and information related to Occupy Boston.
Thursday technology links round-up
Time flies just about as fast as tech giants and governments come up with new ways to spy on us. Here's the latest on the rapidly advancing techno-surveillance state.
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...
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...
MBTA’s giant bus, the Civil Disturbance Unit, appears at anti-NDAA demo today
The 80 or so people who marched today from the former Occupy Boston site at Dewey square to the JFK federal building in opposition to the National Defense Authorization Act were surprised to see this giant monstrosity pull up briefly in front of the demo:
