… In more uplifting uses of surveillance tech, Knicks fans around the world had a chance to watch Thursday’s ticker tape parade in New York City on traffic surveillance cameras thanks to livestreams from the artist Morry Kolman. …
… Nevertheless, his letter contains several other claims that appear fundamentally at odds with the mechanics of FISA oversight. “Because of how heavily it is overseen by all three branches of government,” Himes says, “any effort to misuse the program would almost certainly become known to the Foreig… …
… The initiative would turn the familiar yellow buses into what 404 Media aptly described as “roaming surveillance vehicles.” BusPatrol technology, and school bus surveillance tech more broadly, was originally intended to be used for ticketing vehicles that illegally pass stopped buses—a critical saf… …
… But privacy advocates argue it also threatens a last conduit of anonymity for those seeking to evade phone surveillance—whether that’s journalists, whistleblowers, activists, or simply people seeking to avoid mass data collection in yet another facet of their communications. …
… Fowler is not naming the apparent victim or their associates and says he reported the incident to local law enforcement. “Even though this is a very public person, even public people deserve privacy,” Fowler says. …
… Erotic interactions with ChatGPT will further heighten the stakes for user privacy. …
… Surveillance Firms Are Exploiting Year-Old Telecom Vulnerabilities for Spying Security researchers have long warned that the telecom protocols known as Signaling System 7, or SS7, which govern how phone networks connect to one another and route calls and texts, are vulnerable to abuse that would al… …
… Sean Vitka, executive director of Demand Progress, a privacy group that has lobbied Congress to rein in the data trade, tells WIRED that the House passed significant legislation two years ago that would have barred the government from subsidizing the industry, only for a handful of surveillance-min…
… Also this week, WIRED published an excerpt from author Andrew Guthrie Ferguson’s new book, Your Data Will Be Used Against You, about the ways in which fitness trackers and biometric surveillance are further degrading your right to privacy. …
… Face recognition is a good example of surveillance that generates broad and diffuse privacy harms. …