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Automated License Plate Readers(ALPRs)—a mass surveillance technology that allows law enforcement to record the location and travel patterns of nearly every driver on the road—are poorly regulated, threaten privacy, and worsen the racial and economic inequalities already ingrained in our justice system. What are your thoughts on this privacy threat and how it should be handled? Learn more in an interesting EFF article: . That’s what EFF and other advocates have been saying for years. But now it’s coming from an oversight body formed by one of the nation’s largest police tech vendors. Last week, the AI and Policing Technology Ethics Board at Axon, a tech company best known for popularizing body-worn cameras and the Taser, released a damning report concerning the commercial sale of ALPRs. The board, whose purpose is to “help guide and advise the company on ethical issues,” concluded that while it sees the potential value of ALPRs, their current role in society is too broad and problematic. The sheer amount of information that ALPRs gather and store was also a concern for the ethics board—particularly when privately collected data is often for sale to whoever wants to buy it. . The advisory panel of a prominent law enforcement technology firm raises alarms about the ramifications of surveillance tools on civil liberties and social disparity.. ALPR Surveillance, Privacy Threats, Police Tech Vendors, Ethical Concerns, Data Collection Practices. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
A series of newly unsealed rulings from the federal district and appellate courts state that the FBI's "Backdoor Searches" of Americans are a violation of privacy and constitutional rights. What are your thoughts on this? Let's have a discussion. Learn more in a great EFF article: . EFF has long maintained that it is impossible to conduct mass surveillance and still protect the privacy and constitutional rights of innocent Americans, much less the human rights of innocent people around the world. This week, we were once again proven right. We learned new and disturbing information about the FBI’s repeated and unjustified searches of Americans’ information contained in massive databases of communications collected using the government’s Section 702 mass surveillance program. . The ACLU asserts that widespread monitoring infringes on personal liberties and democratic freedoms, underscoring NSA's intrusive data collection.. FBI Backdoor Searches, Section 702, Privacy Rights. . Brittany Day
In the next couple months, Congress will likely pass CISA, the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act. This is a bad police-state thing. It will do little to prevent attacks, but do a lot to increase mass surveillance. . They did not consult us security experts when drafting this bill. If they had, we would have told them the idea doesn The link for this article located at Errata Security is no longer available. . They did not consult us security experts when drafting this bill. If they had, we would have told th. couple, months, congress, likely, cybersecurity, information, sharing. . Anthony Pell
The tech giants, along with Yahoo, Facebook, and AOL, call upon the Senate Judiciary Committee to substantially reform the US government's mass surveillance practices.. The top tech companies are sharpening their blades in their battle with the National Security Agency. While they've been doggedly asking for transparency on the agency's mass surveillance program for months, they're now calling for reform. The link for this article located at CNET is no longer available. . The top tech companies are sharpening their blades in their battle with the National Security Agency. giants, along, yahoo, facebook, senate, judiciary, committee. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
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