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A report by the Open Rights Group finds that AI has been quietly embedded across the UK Home Office, covering immigration enforcement tasks such as age determination for asylum seekers, sham marriage detection, and phone content review. The deployment has occurred with little public disclosure.
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Senators and civil liberties groups are accusing the Trump administration of illegally withholding a classified opinion from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court at a moment when Section 702 — a major legal authority for warrantless foreign intelligence surveillance — has lapsed and its renewal is under active consideration.
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Last week, researchers at Citizen Lab revealed a horrifying new malware campaign, dubbed “AdFection.” It used an ad network to distribute spyware to journalist’s devices to infect them without the target ever needing to click anything. This sort of attack on journalists is dangerous and incredibly concerning, especially since it’s built on the backbone of a technology we already object to: behavioral advertising. Although this type of attack has only been described targeting journalists, you can take a few steps we outline in the next section to mitigate the risk no matter who you are. A few…
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French police have announced plans to use facial recognition technology to identify individuals suspected of involvement in violence connected to protests. The move marks a significant step toward deploying biometric surveillance in the context of public demonstrations.
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Police in south Essex are deploying mobile live facial recognition units across two areas this week, scanning people in public spaces in real time.
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West Yorkshire Police deployed a live facial recognition van in Wakefield, scanning faces in public spaces in real time. The van represents an active use of biometric surveillance technology by UK law enforcement in an ordinary town setting.
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A facial recognition vehicle is scheduled to be deployed across three town centres next week, according to a local news report. No further details about the operating agency, legal basis, or specific locations were provided in the available excerpt.
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Facial recognition cameras are set to be deployed again in towns across Suffolk, England, marking a return of live biometric surveillance in public spaces.
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Police in Suffolk, England, plan to deploy live facial recognition technology across three town centres, scanning members of the public in real time as they move through those areas.
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U.S. lawmakers are preparing legislation to restrict the use of facial recognition technology in smart glasses, according to reports. The bills would target a growing capability that lets wearable devices identify people in real time without their knowledge.
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Suffolk Constabulary in the UK is deploying facial recognition technology as part of its public safety operations. The force has framed the use of the technology around keeping people safe.
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Businesses in at least one area are welcoming the use of facial recognition vans deployed near their premises, saying the technology makes them feel more secure.
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New figures show that police use of facial recognition technology results in roughly one arrest for every 15,600 scans performed, suggesting the systems cast an extremely wide net relative to the outcomes they produce.
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The U.S. military has granted SpaceX access to restricted data used to track objects in Earth's orbit. The arrangement has drawn concern from national security observers and industry watchers who see it as giving one private company a structural advantage over competitors in space.
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Author Paris Marx, who has tracked global data center expansion, argues that U.S. communities pushing back against data center development can draw useful lessons from resistance movements and regulatory responses in countries including Ireland and New Zealand.
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A program identified as VB-G RAM G has introduced AI-based facial recognition technology to track worker attendance. The system appears to automate attendance monitoring by identifying employees through their facial biometrics.
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An NPR report on immigration topics includes a segment on surveillance facilities in Williston, Vermont, where a center called the National Criminal Analysis and Targeting Center has drawn concern from privacy rights advocates.
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Oxford Street, one of the UK's busiest shopping destinations, has installed facial recognition cameras that will scan the faces of people visiting during the Christmas shopping period. Shoppers will be biometrically identified as they move through the area, without necessarily knowing it is happening.
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Surveillance video footage has captured the arrival of shooters at a funeral service connected to the Jordan family, according to reporting by Reuters. The footage appears to be part of an active investigation into the shooting incident.
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The FCC has banned two consumer devices — a wireless video transmitter and a dashboard camera — because they contain chips made by HiSilicon, a Huawei subsidiary whose products are explicitly marketed for surveillance applications.
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A proposal to install facial recognition cameras on Oxford Street, one of London's busiest shopping areas, would mean shoppers could be scanned as they move through the area. The plan has drawn attention to the use of live facial recognition in public commercial spaces.
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London's Metropolitan Police are deploying live facial recognition cameras on Oxford Street during the Christmas shopping period, meaning thousands of people visiting one of the UK's busiest retail destinations could have their faces scanned without choosing to opt in.
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A facial recognition company is offering retailers a free platform for reporting crime, according to Talking Retail. The service would give shops access to the firm's facial recognition technology as part of the arrangement.
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Facial recognition cameras are set to scan shoppers on London's Oxford Street during the Christmas period, according to a report by My London. The deployment targets one of the UK's busiest retail districts during its highest-traffic season.
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