Media: Using surveillance for protection leads to paranoia, prejudice and potential violence
Using surveillance cameras to protect property is said to lead to wrong outcomes, including increasing prejudice and racism.
Privacy, Security: What happens when there are no adults in the room
A 21 year old with security clearance is strongly suspected of leaking critical U.S. intelligence documents to a group of video game enthusiasts on a private social media Discord server: In interviews with a member of the Discord group where intelligence documents were shared, The Washington Post learned details of the alleged leaker, “OG.” Source: Leaker of U.S. secret documents worked on military base, friend says – The Washington Post Why did he have a security clearance this high? What…
Privacy: Clearview AI stole 30 billion photos from Facebook and put them into a digital Police Line up DB
A controversial facial recognition database, used by police departments across the nation, was built in part with 30 billion photos the company scraped from Facebook and other social media users without their permission, the company’s CEO recently admitted, creating what critics called a “perpetual police line-up,” even for people who haven’t done anything wrong. Source: Clearview AI scraped 30 billion images from Facebook and gave them to cops: it puts everyone into a ‘perpetual police line-up’ The photos were stolen without…
Crime: Facebook collected personal income tax and refund data from popular tax prep software
Tax prep software like H&R Block has been sending personal information, in many cases, including your income and refund amounts – directly to Facebook and Google. Unbelievable.
Thought police: Facebook said to have spied on private messages and reported anyone questioning the 2020 election to the FBI
According to the Department of Justice (unnamed sources), the FB rummaged through everyone’s private messages and determined if they expressed anti-government ideas or questioned the 2020 election results, and if so, turned them over to the FBI. Facebook has been spying on the private messages and data of American users and reporting them to the FBI if they express anti-government or anti-authority sentiments — or question the 2020 election — according to sources within the Department of Justice. Under the FBI collaboration operation, somebody…