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Through Purchase of iRobot Amazon Can Now Map Your Home
Amazon just purchased a vacuum bot that not only sucks up your dust, but also your personal data by mapping your house and sharing the information with its mother base. Amazon announced the $1.7 billion...
DOJ Compelled Google and Apple to Provide Dossiers on Project Veritas Journalists: O’Keefe
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has compelled Google, Apple, and Microsoft to submit personal data of whistleblower group Project Veritas staffers in an investigation surrounding the lost diary of President Joe Biden’s daughter, Ashley....
CDC Awards Controversial Palantir $5.3 Million Extension of COVID Drug Distribution Contract
Software giant Palantir has obtained a $5.3 million contract from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to allocate Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines and drugs, predominantly among underserved communities—but some doubt its good intentions....
Nobody’s Business: Surveillance Startup’s Innovation Warrants Security, AI, and Privacy Concerns
Technology startup Azena has ambitions to make camera surveillance more efficient through the use of artificial intelligence as it seeks to monopolize the security operating system market by implementing consumer-friendly software that reimagines the possibilities...
Athletes Warned Against Speaking About Politics at Beijing Olympics
China has issued a warning to foreign athletes about potential punishment they may face for speech that is "against the Olympic spirit" or “violates Chinese law” at the upcoming Winter Olympics.Yang Shu, deputy director general...
Chinese Tech Giant Huawei Linked to Surveillance Operations and Intelligence Gathering: Report
An analysis by the Washington Post finds that Chinese telecommunications firm Huawei may have played a larger role in surveillance and software programs than previously acknowledged by both the company and the government. The review...
Chinese Hackers Pose as UN and Human Rights Entities to Attack Uyghurs
A recently published report revealed a campaign by Chinese hackers, pretending to be entities associated with the United Nations (UN) or human rights organizations, to hack into and take control of computers used by Muslim...
Post Office Law Enforcement Arm Being Used to Surveil Internet for Right-Wing Content
A branch of the United States Postal Service (USPS) created to prevent misuse of the country’s postal system by online actors is now surveilling the Internet and social media for content that may dissent from...
China Blocks Signal, Illustrating the Communist Regime’s Use of WeChat Surveillance
As China blocks Signal, an open-source encrypted messaging program, from the mainland, eyes are once again on the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) use of WeChat as a tool of surveillance, data collection, and monitoring against...
‘SMART Health Cards’ Raise Concerns About Invasive Tech
The Vaccination Credential Initiative (VCI) emerged on Thursday touting itself as a “coalition of public and private partners committed to empowering individuals with digital access to their vaccination records based on open, interoperable standards.” The...