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Governments

The Next Level of Surveillance: Real-Time AI Detection of Emotions in Video Streams

Posted on May 11, 2022 by Glyn Moody

Surveillance once meant large-scale government spying on citizens, mostly to identify criminal activity, such as terrorism. But things have advanced quite a lot now. Surveillance has even moved into the…

Categories: General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance

Google’s Radar Chip: Real-Time Biometric Data Collection

Posted on Apr 7, 2022 by Glyn Moody

Digital surveillance comes in many forms. The traditional kind, where governments spy on you as you move around the Internet, is the easiest to take measures against. A good VPN…

Categories: Cybersecurity, Governments, Social Media, Surveillance, VPN

Clearview AI Fined in Italy, Starts Scanning Dead Russian Soldiers in Ukraine

Posted on Apr 4, 2022 by Glyn Moody

Ever since the facial recognition company Clearview AI appeared from nowhere two years ago, it has remained at the leading edge of its field, not least in terms of ethics.…

Categories: Governments, Social Media, Surveillance

How a Few Thoughtless Words about Privacy Led to Huge Political and Economic Headaches for the US and EU

Posted on Mar 29, 2022 by Glyn Moody

One of the most surprising developments in recent years is how privacy - something that by definition is about small, intimate things – has become a major global force in…

Categories: General Privacy News, Governments, Social Media, Surveillance

Surprisingly, the UK Has a Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner: He’s Rather Good

Posted on Mar 24, 2022 by Glyn Moody

CCTV surveillance has been covered many times on PIA blog. Most of the stories are depressing tales of increased surveillance and loss of privacy. One of the worst offenders in…

Categories: General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance

Drawing the Line: Are Smart Cities Compatible with Human Rights and Privacy?

Posted on Mar 17, 2022 by Glyn Moody

PIA blog followed Google's Sidewalk Labs project in Toronto for some years, until the plan to create a futuristic smart city was dropped in 2020. The principal problem with the…

Categories: General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance

The Ultimate Privacy Betrayal: Personal DNA Used for Undisclosed Purposes, without Permission

Posted on Mar 9, 2022 by Glyn Moody

As this blog has reported, one of the biggest threats to privacy is surveillance advertising. It works by tracking everything people do online — which sites they visit, what they…

Categories: General Privacy News, Genetics, Governments, Social Media, Surveillance

Clearview AI Offers to Eliminate Public Anonymity and Destroy Privacy around the World for a Mere $50 Million

Posted on Feb 25, 2022 by Glyn Moody

PIA blog first wrote about the facial recognition start-up Clearview AI two years ago, when news about its huge database of three billion facial images appeared. Its main market is…

Categories: General Privacy News, Governments, Social Media, Surveillance

Google’s Surveillance Advertising Model under Attack on Both Sides of the Atlantic for Its Deep Privacy Problems

Posted on Feb 4, 2022 by Glyn Moody

PIA blog has just written about a major problem for Google: a decision by the Austrian Data Protection Authority that the continuing use of Google Analytics violates the EU's GDPR…

Categories: General Privacy News, Governments, Social Media, Surveillance

#NoPlaceToHide…for Stupid Ideas Like Backdooring End-To-End Encryption and Undermining Privacy

Posted on Jan 27, 2022 by Glyn Moody

Government attempts to weaken cryptography to allow general surveillance are not new: they date back at least to the 1993 Clipper chip. Similarly, claims that children will be harmed by…

Categories: Cybersecurity, Encryption, Governments, Social Media, Surveillance
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