Surveillance: You’d Better Chose Wisely
I’ve often joked that George Orwell’s novel 1984 was meant to be a warning, not an instruction manual. And yet every day the U.S. marches closer and closer to making Orwell’s dystopian nightmare a reality. Nobody wants this. So, why is it happening?...
Don’t Believe What Cops Tell You About Facial Recognition
You can’t believe cops when they tell you they don’t use facial recognition. Even if your local police department claims it doesn’t own or use the technology, it may well be accessing facial recognition via information sharing with other law...
A Nightmarish Army of Unblinking Spies
The surveillance state constantly expands. That thing that seems like no big deal today can suddenly become a big deal as technology evolves. Take the proliferation of surveillance cameras. We’ve come to accept electronic eyes recording our every move like a...