Senate vote allows FBI access to your browsing history without a warrant
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Surveillance articles
Xiaomi accused of recording users' incognito web browsing
The company denies some of the claims
Law enforcement in India used facial recognition to ID 1,100 rioters in New Delhi
Privacy groups claim the use of the system was against the law
Interior Department orders grounding of Chinese drones over national security concerns
The restrictions raise questions about filling the gap with American-made drones
ToTok messaging app revealed as a UAE surveillance tool
It's been removed from the Apple and Google stores
Report finds the US has the largest number of surveillance cameras per person in the world
China still leads the overall number of installations with 200 million CCTVs, according to PreciseSecurity
China is using DNA to re-create the faces of Muslim minorities
The move raises suspicions about privacy and human rights violations
China is testing "emotion recognition" systems in Xinjiang
Authorities want surveillance capabilities that draw inspiration from Minority Report
FISA Court ruling reveals FBI abused NSA surveillance database
Illegal searches violated the rights of tens of thousands of US citizens
FBI wants to monitor social platforms like Facebook and Twitter for potential threats to the US
The agency's plan will clash with existing privacy policies
Amazon reportedly aides police in gaining Ring footage without a warrant
But this is not 'Big Brother' because 'the consumer knows what they're getting into'
Fujifilm's new SX800 surveillance camera can read license plates from 1km away
Featuring 40x optical zoom and a maximum focal length of 1000mm
China's border police are installing surveillance apps on the smartphones of some tourists
Visitors to the country's Xinjiang region are impacted
Unsealed warrants for Michael Cohen show the new ways the FBI tracks its targets online
Authorities were permitted to force Cohen to unlock his phone using face and his fingerprint
NSA quietly stops controversial mass phone surveillance program after public outcry and widespread technical issues
The program is set to expire in December and Congress likely won't renew it
Google refuses to remove controversial 'woman tracking' app in Saudi Arabia, Apple has yet to respond
The Absher app allows male 'guardians' to control women's travel
China creates app to tell you if you are near someone in debt and encourages you to report them
The app will allow the public shaming of "deadbeat debtors"
Anonymous Amazon employee condemns company's facial recognition software
Letter from employees 'demand' it stop selling Rekognition to law enforcement
This surveillance van can hack your phone from 500 meters away
Uses at least two unknown man-in-the-middle techniques, four types of malware, and a number of zero-day exploits
Chinese school using facial recognition to analyze students' emotions
The system also monitors teachers
UK police force's facial recognition tech keeps misidentifying people as potential criminals
At one point it had a 92 percent false positive rate
Chinese police use facial recognition tech to identify suspect from crowd of 50,000
There's no hiding from this AI
Russia goes after Zello app by requesting ISPs block 13.5 million Amazon IP addresses
Zello has been a thorn in the Russian authorities' side for some time
UK court rules mass surveillance powers unlawful
A massive win for civil liberties advocates