Criminal defense attorney Scott Greenfield writes: How far does DNA travel? It’s one thing to recognize that, as a matter of science, it finds its way where it wants, but it’s another thing entirely when the police take the DNA collected from a rape victim, plug it into their DNA crime database and find that…
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55 Civil Rights Groups Demand DOJ, NY Investigate AI Audio Surveillance In Prisons, Jails
StopSpying.org issued a press release yesterday that begins: (NEW YORK, NY, 2/10/2022) – Today, 55 civil rights groups and public defender offices, led by the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (S.T.O.P.), a New York-based anti-surveillance group, and Worth Rises, a non-profit advocacy organization dedicated to dismantling the prison industry and ending the exploitation of those it touches,…
I Used AirTags, Tiles and a GPS Tracker to Watch My Husband’s Every Move (With His Consent)
Kashmir Hill reports: In mid-January, my husband and I were having an argument. Our 1-year-old had just tested positive for Covid-19 and was occasionally grunting between breaths. I called urgent care and was told we should take her to the emergency room. But, because I had been up all night with her, I was too…
Wyden and Heinrich: Newly Declassified Documents Reveal Previously Secret CIA Bulk Collection, Problems With CIA Handling of Americans’ Information
U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., both members of the Senate Intelligence Committee, called for new transparency about bulk surveillance conducted by the Central Intelligence Agency, following the release of documents that revealed a secret bulk collection program and problems with how the agency searches and handles Americans’ information. Wyden and…