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Article • July 1, 2025 • from CLN July, 2025
Driverless Vehicles Are the Newest Mass Surveillance Tool of Law Enforcement by James Mills The ever-­growing army of self-­driving vehicles quietly traveling through our cities are becoming something far more than just driverless vehicles—they’re morphing into the most sophisticated mobile surveillance network law enforcement has ever had. Police departments across …
Massachusetts State Police Facing Possible Class Action Lawsuit for Illegal Recordings by The Massachusetts State Police (“MSP”) is the defendant in a potential class action lawsuit alleging that troopers secretly recorded nearly 200 individuals during criminal investigations, many of them drug cases. These recordings made by a phone app called …
The White House Goes Rogue: Secret Surveillance Program Breaks all the Rules by John W. Whitehead, Nisha Whitehead by John & Nisha Whitehead This essay originally appeared in Rutherford on November 29, 2023. “We are rapidly entering the age of no privacy, where everyone is open to surveillance at all …
FBI Buys Software to Enslave Your Phone by Michael Thompson by Michael Dean Thompson NSO Group is an Israeli firm started by former Israeli intelligence officers that produced some remarkably infamous software. The company’s software has become notorious for its use by governments with little regard for human rights violations …
Article • November 1, 2023 • from CLN November, 2023
Gunshot Detection Technology Continues to Acquire New Business Despite Major Clients Dropping Contracts and Researchers Questioning Its Effectiveness by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott SoundThinking is a California-based tech company formerly known as ShotSpotter that sells systems to detect gunshot sounds and relay that information to law enforcement …
Article • February 15, 2023 • from CLN March, 2023
Your Car Knows a Lot About You, and the Police Are Listening by Michael Thompson by Michael Thompson For years now, cars have allowed us to synch our devices with their onboard computers, giving us hands-free and Wi-Fi access along with a wealth of infotainment options. A user could be …
Article • September 26, 2022
Federal Judge Rules Arizona Law Making It Illegal to Film Cops Within 8 Feet Is Unnecessary by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott Earlier this month, U.S. District Judge John J. Tuci issued a temporary injunction to halt recently passed HB 2319 writing “the Court fails to see how …
Article • May 1, 2022 • from CLN May, 2022
Government Drones Compromise National Security, yet the NYPD Uses Them by Ashleigh Dye by Ashleigh Dye Drones produced by a Chinese company, Da Jiang Innovations (“DJI”), have been under scrutiny by the U.S. government for being a potential threat to national security. These same drones however, are being used by …
Article • September 8, 2020
Filed under: Recordings
Smart Devices Tapped Into by Police During Investigations by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Wired magazine reported earlier this year that police requests for smart-speaker user data from Amazon was up 24% from last year, 72% from the first time Amazon disclosed this information in 2016. Police have requested 3,000 …
Publication • May 14, 2012
Filed under: Recordings
U.S. Dept of Justice Civil Rights Division-Letter Regarding Sharp v. Baltimore City Police Dept, May 2012 U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division JMS:TDM:RJO DJ 207-35-10 Special Litigation Section - PHB 950 Pennsylvania Ave, NW Washington DC 20530 May 14, 2012 Mark H. Grimes Baltimore Police Department Office of Legal …