#surveillance

#surveillance

AMONG A GROWING ARRAY of government-sanctioned informational systems, motion sensors, acoustic monitors, biometric scanners, and thermal cameras work in tandem with sprawling private networks of data brokers to track social and environmental flows with forensic precision. They measure footfalls, scan license plates, log financial transactions, and inspect the movement of people alongside particulate matter. As sensing technologies increasingly oversee and overwrite the spatial production of contemporary life, proposals for "smart cities" and other data-dependent composites-proliferating since the early 2010s-obfuscate regimented environments of surveillance and control through rosy prospects of connectivity, security, and risk management, all sustained by the tenacious dystopian dream we call information.

A national digital ID could hand the government the tools for population-wide surveillance - and if history is anything to go by, ministers probably couldn't run it without cocking it up. That's the warning from Big Brother Watch in its new " Checkpoint Britain" report, published just days after Keir Starmer confirmed the government is considering a national digital identity scheme to tackle illegal immigration.

The body camera hung from the top of the IV drip, recording the slightest twitch made by Yang Guoliang as he lay bloody and paralyzed in a hospital bed after a police beating with bricks.By then, surveillance was nothing new for the Yang family in rural China, snared in an intricate network based on U.S. technology that spies on them and predicts what they'll do.

Serenity Brown, 21, of Toronto, was pronounced dead in hospital, police said in a news release. Police were called to the area of Glenlake and High Park avenues shortly before 6 p.m. Friday, When officers arrived, they found Brown in the vehicle. Toronto paramedics took her to hospital, where she died from her injuries. Police have not released the cause of death. She is the city's 30th homicide victim of the year.

On Tuesday night, Berkeley City Council will vote on a contract with Flock Safety to operate fixed surveillance cameras throughout Berkeley. But given reports in the past month on Flock's illegal cooperation with ICE and the Trump administration, such a contract will put the Berkeley community in grave danger. The council must uphold our sanctuary city commitments and vote no on a new contract with Flock.

Three Israeli police checkpoints frame the entrance to Damascus Gate, through which most Palestinians access the Muslim Quarter of Jerusalem's Old City. They enter and leave through the impressive gate of the Ottoman era, apparently oblivious to the presence of the Israelis. Since October 2023, I practically never go to Damascus Gate. I use other entry points. I feel better if I don't see the police stationed there, marking the territory, making us feel so unsafe and vulnerable.

Throughout the unprecedented bombing campaign that has defined Israel's genocidal war on Gaza, Palestinians there have lived with a near constant, inescapable sound of drones. It's a sound that signals death could be close. Hind Hassan tracks how the Israeli military has dramatically increased its use of drones and artificial intelligence (AI) to surveil, track and kill Palestinians. In Gaza, this technology has produced a kill rate higher than any other 21st-century conflict.

John Kirkpatrick, chief executive of the EHRC, acknowledged the tech could be used help to combat serious crime and keep people safe. But he added in a statement: "There must be clear rules which guarantee that live facial recognition technology is used only where necessary, proportionate and constrained by appropriate safeguards. We believe that the Metropolitan Police's current policy falls short of this standard."

Private prison company executives expressed their enthusiasm over unprecedented growth opportunities in immigration detention, which has seen a financial boost from the administration's crackdown.

The settlement ends a months-long California public records lawsuit with the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office.

Sariel had a plan to transfer large amounts of Unit 8200's data, including top-secret information, into Microsoft's cloud platform, Azure. This would enable mass surveillance on Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza.

A baby turkey named Megara and five chickens were stolen from Emma Prusch Farm Park, with the thefts occurring on Sunday afternoon and night.

Many airlines, led by Delta, are working with AI consulting companies that boast of their hyper-personalized price setting, laying the groundwork for economy-wide surveillance pricing.

The surveillance system, operational since 2022, was built by Unit 8200, the Israeli military's secretive intelligence branch, enabling collection of millions of daily phone calls.

Security cameras are becoming more popular and affordable, and their effectiveness can be enhanced by mindful placement, avoiding obstructions like trees or furniture.

A burglar was captured on surveillance video exiting a van after breaking into the Riko Zakka warehouse on Jersey Boulevard, stealing over $1 million in merchandise.

The Nipah virus is a highly pathogenic zoonotic virus causing death in 40 to 75 percent of human infected cases, first confirmed in a 52-year-old man in Kerala.

There is no fare product Delta has ever used, is testing or plans to use that targets customers with individualized offers based on personal information or otherwise.

Location sharing has become a common way to monitor the whereabouts of friends, family, and partners, serving as an indicator of serious relationships.

The current identity ecosystem online is fragile and fragmented, leading to duplicated and error-prone age and identity checks across different platforms.