surveillance
-
Gear
The Best Home Security Cameras, According To Our Readers
Cameras aren’t just useful for finding intruders; they can help us keep an eye on the kids during work or…
Read More » -
Gear
What’s the Best Camera for Home Security?
Image: Amazon There are plenty of uses for a camera system in your home. First and most importantly, they’re powerful…
Read More » -
andrew bosworth
Facebook Mulling Facial Recognition for Its AR Glasses
Photo: Ted Aljibe (Getty Images) Everyone and their mother is supposedly building a pair of smart glasses now, Facebook included.…
Read More » -
amazon
The LAPD Asked Ring Owners to Hand Over Footage of BLM Protesters
Protesters pass LAPD officers in Los Angeles on June 6, 2020.Photo: Kyle Grillot/AFP (Getty Images) The Los Angeles Police Department…
Read More » -
articles
Clearview AI Thinks The Solution to Dating Is Facial Recognition
Photo: Philip Fong (Getty Images) Clearview AI, now the byword for unchecked surveillance, has filed a wide-ranging patent application that…
Read More » -
articles
Minneapolis Bans Cops From Using Facial Recognition
Photo: Stephen Maturen (Getty Images) On Friday, the Minneapolis City Council approved a new ordinance that prevents the city from…
Read More » -
access control
CBP Facial Recognition Scanners Failed to Find a Single Imposter At Airports in 2020
A woman heading to Copenhagen from Dulles International Airport submits to a VeriScan check in September 2018.Photo: Jim Watson/AFP (Getty…
Read More » -
Tech
There Are Spying Eyes Everywhere—and Now They Share a Brain
One afternoon in the fall of 2019, in a grand old office building near the Arc de Triomphe, I was…
Read More » -
Tech
The Next Target for a Facial Recognition Ban? New York
Civil rights activists have successfully pushed for bans on police use of facial recognition in cities like Oakland, San Francisco,…
Read More » -
Tech
Palantir’s God’s-Eye View of Afghanistan
The company’s software can sift through enormous amounts of data, and those metrics can be used to make life-or-death decisions.…
Read More »