2+ week, 1+ day ago   (310+ words) At this point, Flock automatic license plate readers are basically a 90-10 issue in the US. In fact, so many Americans hate these surveillance towers that hacking one down has become the quickest way to achieve national folk-hero status. In one…...

3+ week, 22+ hour ago   (348+ words) Nearly two years after TikTok faced a lawsuit under the Biden administration over child privacy concerns, the social media company has reached a $400 million settlement in the U.S. TikTok and its parent company ByteDance were first hit with the lawsuit in…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (305+ words) Meta’s AI glasses —the so-called smart glasses with a camera embedded in the frame—have quickly (and predictably) become a tool for harassment. Especially when worn by middle school boys. Futurism’s Maggie Harrison DuPré documented the problem in a thorough…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (662+ words) We have met the enemy — and it is watching us. There’s a growing backlash against Flock cameras, the automated license plate readers that have become ubiquitous across the country. The cameras take images of license plates and store them in…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (213+ words) It may seem hard to believe now, but at the dawn of this age, some people genuinely believed that the spread of cameras, microphones and whatever else into millions of hands could be a shield against surveillance. Mann believed that…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (932+ words) Samuel Tunick was returning to the United States in January 2025 from a vacation in the Dominican Republic when he was pulled aside during a customs search at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Customs and Border Protection officers wanted to search his…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (700+ words) WASHINGTON — They’re a shady bunch. A California family that swindled $18 million in COVID-19 relief cash to splurge on various trappings — including a Harley-Davidson, diamonds and luxury homes — inspired a Senate crackdown on so-called “fraudster families.” Two of the family members,…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (1282+ words) Have you been hearing a lot about Flock recently? You’re not alone: The surveillance company has put 120,000 cameras on roads in every US state except Alaska, and people are mad about it — online, at city council meetings, and out in…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (314+ words) As vandalism against its license plate-reading cameras and backlash against civic leaders who embrace them grows, Flock Safety is losing its surveillance coverage at a breakneck pace. That isn’t just bad news for the company’s bottom line. It also means…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (1490+ words) Last month, as Indianapolis residents called for tighter restrictions on police surveillance, Police Chief Tanya Terry sought to reassure the public that her officers were using the 301 Flock cameras spread throughout the city solely to investigate crime. In a July…...