Sarah Wallace reports: A recent incident at Radio City Music Hall involving the mother of a Girl Scout is shedding light on the growing controversy of facial recognition, as critics claim it is being used to target perceived enemies — in this case, by one of the most famous companies in the country. Kelly Conlon…
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Members of Congress Ask FBI to Provide Information on Law Enforcement Face Surveillance
In a letter to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Representatives Ted Lieu (D-CA) and Rep. Yvette Clark (D-NY), along with Sen. John Ossoff (D-GA), requested information on the deployment of face surveillance by the FBI and state and local law enforcement. The letter asks the FBI for a range of information, including: a breakdown of crimes for…
Texas AG Tried to Get a List of Trans Residents … For Some Reason
Nikki McCann Ramirez reports: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office sought data from the Texas Department of Public Safety in an effort to identify transgender individuals in the state, according to a report from The Washington Post. The department reportedly received a request in June from the attorney general’s office regarding information on Texans who had changed their gender on…
Grand Jury Indicts 2 in ‘Swatting’ Scheme that Took Over Ring Doorbells Across U.S. to Livestream Police Response to Fake Calls
So you occasionally re-use passwords? And you didn’t use multifactor authentication for your Ring camera because, well, it just didn’t seem necessary? LOS ANGELES – Two men – one from Wisconsin, the other from North Carolina – have been charged with participating in a “swatting” spree that, over a one-week span, gained access to a dozen…