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A group of US senators has raised concerns about commercial surveillance cameras, signaling congressional unease with how these systems are deployed and the data they collect.
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Anthropic published a detailed report on detected misuses of its Claude AI, covering 117 findings. The report documents how attackers are using AI agents to automate credential theft, phishing, cloud compromise, surveillance, and data extraction, while humans retain strategic control over targets and goals.
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ICE has awarded a surveillance contract to Thomson Reuters, a deal that had already drawn scrutiny and opposition before it was finalized. The contract positions Thomson Reuters as a key data vendor supporting federal immigration enforcement operations.
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U.S. naval drone maker Saildrone seeks to expand its footprint in Europe, with Denmark a key customer in the contested Baltic and North seas.
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A data breach attributed to the hacking group ShinyHunters has exposed information about FBI employees, including details about their roles in intelligence and surveillance work focused on China, Russia, and electronic monitoring. The FBI has confirmed it is investigating the incident.
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Spain's data protection authority fined Securitas Direct €100,000 after the security company directed people to a paid-rate phone number to exercise their GDPR rights. A consumer association brought the complaint, citing video surveillance notices that routed access and objection requests through a chargeable 902 number.
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A guide addresses the privacy risks built into AI chatbot interactions, noting that user conversations are both sensitive in nature and exposed to potential surveillance. The piece offers practical steps people can take to limit that exposure.
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The Privacy Act is ill-equipped to address contemporary privacy risks, much less to constrain an executive branch determined to use the data in its possession for new purposes. The post Reinvention Blueprint No. 3: To Unmake the Surveillance State, Rethink the Privacy Act appeared first on Just Security.
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A new EFF report finds that police officers across the United States are entering meaningless or flippant justifications — including 'LOL,' 'LMAO,' and 'Sexy' — when logging searches of Flock Safety's automated license plate reader networks. The findings suggest that required-reason fields, meant to create accountability, are being treated as formalities.
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This essay was written with Cindy Cohn, and originally appeared in Lawfare. One of the many legacies of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11 is the government-wide shift from targeted surveillance—such as individual wiretaps or pen register/trap and trace orders—to mass surveillance techniques—such as tapping into the internet backbone or mass collection of telephone or internet metadata. The legal and technical architecture of modern mass surveillance, initially framed as a necessary defense against terrorist threats, has grown far beyond that justification and national security in general. Mas…
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An investigation found that police officers are routinely entering meaningless or joke entries — like 'idk' or 'LMAO' — into the required justification fields when querying automated license plate reader networks that can pull data from tens of thousands of cameras at once. The findings suggest that audit logging requirements, meant to provide accountability for mass surveillance tools, are being ignored in practice.
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Jennifer Huddleston of the Cato Institute appeared on Bloomberg TV's Bloomberg Surveillance to discuss concerns about AI regulation. No specific policy positions or regulatory proposals are detailed in the available information.
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Ireland's Data Protection Commission has issued guidance addressing how closed-circuit television should be used in residential care settings. The guidance is aimed at helping care facilities handle surveillance in a way that complies with data protection rules.
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A surveillance camera pilot program called SafetyStick in Morristown reportedly captured footage of someone vandalizing one of its own cameras. The incident is drawing attention to broader concerns about how the program was introduced to the community.
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The Netherlands has signed a letter of intent to purchase the Saab GlobalEye, an airborne surveillance aircraft capable of monitoring air, sea, and ground activity across wide areas. The deal signals a Dutch commitment to expanding its military surveillance capabilities through this advanced sensor platform.
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Clearview AI is developing a prototype that reportedly moves beyond standard facial recognition toward what it calls identity intelligence, suggesting the company is expanding the scope and capability of its surveillance technology.
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A Hollywood production has depicted indiscriminate live facial recognition technology through a superhero narrative, framing the surveillance capability in a favorable or dramatic light.
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Police departments across the United States are actively concealing their use of surveillance tools — including license plate readers, cell-site simulators, and facial recognition — by instructing officers to omit these technologies from reports and structuring records to evade public disclosure requests.
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A federal lawsuit filed July 24, 2026 by the Electronic Privacy Information Center and three individual plaintiffs from California, Minnesota, and South Carolina alleges that the Department of Homeland Security has been surveilling protesters and bystanders across the country.
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The city of Stevens Point has decided to suspend its use of Flock Safety license plate reader cameras following concerns about data privacy. The pause suggests local officials are reconsidering how the surveillance technology is governed or used.
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Live facial recognition has become the defining example of biometric surveillance technology, drawing scrutiny for its real-time identification of people in public spaces. The technology is increasingly deployed by law enforcement and private operators, making it a focal point in debates over civil liberties and data use.
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Police in Devon deployed facial recognition technology for the first time, marking an expansion of the surveillance tool into a new region of the UK.
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A study found that 86% of licensed UK gambling websites appear to be violating GDPR by nudging users toward accepting tracking, and in many cases harvesting data before any consent is given. The research accuses the industry of widespread non-compliance and what it describes as systematic data surveillance of customers.
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Flock Safety, a company that makes automated license plate reader cameras used widely by law enforcement, is facing pushback from both Republican and Democratic politicians as public opposition to its surveillance network grows. The backlash is unusual given current political divisions, and polling suggests most Americans are uneasy with expanding surveillance infrastructure.
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