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Search Results for ‘surveillance cameras’ — 218 articles
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Cambridge says no to cameras: Pushing back against the surveillance state at the local level
Apologies to readers that the blog has been slow with updates this week. We've been busy battling surveillance cameras in Cambridge, and are gearing up for another fight over the same in Brookline. Look out for more info on the latter shortly.
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UK Surveillance Commissioner: face recognition HD cameras could violate human rights law
United Kingdom police are getting ready to roll-out an upgrade to the country's advanced surveillance camera system, to include face recognition "capable of identifying and tracking a person's face from half a mile away," writes The Independent.
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Mayor Janey: Stop Secret Surveillance in Boston!
UPDATE: Victory! Acting Mayor Janey pulled the plug on the RFP, thanks to your advocacy. When we fight, we win! A request for proposals (RFP) published on the City of Boston’s website in April, first reported by DigBoston, raises extremely alarming concerns...
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Mass. High Court: Cops Must Get a Warrant to Conduct Long-term Video Surveillance of a Private Home
Last week, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) ruled in Commonwealth v. Mora that the Massachusetts state constitution prohibits police from conducting continuous, long-term pole camera surveillance targeted at a private home without a warrant. The Massachusetts highest court’s decision builds upon...
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Mass. High Court: License Plate Reader Surveillance Can Trigger Constitutional Protections
Can the cops in Massachusetts use digital surveillance technologies to track every driver’s every movement throughout the state? Not without violating the constitution, says the state’s highest court. In a series of crucial court rulings culminating in the historic 2018 Supreme Court...
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Emails show surveillance oversight laws can stop secret police-Amazon agreements in their tracks
Documents obtained by the ACLU of Massachusetts, published today for the first time, show that surveillance oversight ordinances are effective means of stopping secret agreements between companies like Amazon’s Ring and local police. For years, the ACLU and other digital rights advocates...
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Live facial surveillance trial misidentifies 4 out of 5 people
A new study has found major flaws in a live facial recognition trial by police in the United Kingdom. Researchers said the trials violated human rights, muddled public consent, and were inaccurate in 81 percent of cases. The Met police began with...
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Major face surveillance contractor releases dystopian tracking tool
Since 2006, the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles has used face surveillance technology to try to weed out fraudulent license applicants. From almost day one, the RMV has allowed law enforcement agencies across Massachusetts and the United States to use its drivers...
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Federal court rules long term CCTV surveillance violated Fourth Amendment
In an important new privacy ruling, a federal judge in Massachusetts last week suppressed a “precise video log” of the comings and goings at a private home, which law enforcement generated by training a hidden pole camera on the home’s driveway for...