Judge: Cops must get a warrant to install surveillance camera across the street from your house

Paramilitary police at Urban Shield gather and shop for surveillance equipment, weapons, and disturbing t-shirts

SWAT teams before they go on a 48 hour STRAIGHT competition around the Bay, including BART and the Golden Gate. pic.twitter.com/FIS29qZPKK

Slavery, institutional racism, and the development of state surveillance as a response to resistance

Boston has big surveillance plans ahead of the Marathon, but what happens when the crowds leave?

Surprising no one, Massachusetts police officials have announced broad new surveillance plans in advance of the 2014 Boston Marathon. There has been little public outcry. Cameras, it seems, make some people feel safe. But do they actually make us safe?

Tech and surveillance news bites

What you need to know: trends and news in surveillance and technology

Police surveillance against police turns up routine abuse, leading to the termination of an entire Miami PD unit

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Here's a warning to law enforcement officers: ubiquitous surveillance can cut both ways. 

The final frontier: AT&T comes knocking for in-home surveillance

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AT&T is now selling a product that gives the powerful telecom unprecedented access to our most sacred spaces: our homes.

Activist protesting police militarization exercise says police used surveillance footage to get him fired

UPDATE here.

According to an activist in Oakland, California, police officers produced surveillance footage of his participation in a political demonstration last week to his employers, prompting his firing. The activist, who goes by @Anon4Justice on Twitter, tweeted the following this morning: