Have the Robot Wars Begun?

Without much oversight or discussion, security robots have begun appearing in public spaces, causing conflicts and raising questions about privacy and human dignity.

By Tom Valovic | January 10, 2018 | Automation, Community, Government, Policing, Privacy, Safety, Security, Society | China, Crime, Facial Recognition, Homeless, Knightscope, Lasers, License Plate Readers, Privacy, Public Space, Riot Control, Robots, San Francisco, Security, SPCA, surveillance, Surveillance Cameras, Tasers, Vandalism

CCTV: A View on Surveillance From Britain

British citizens may be the most visually surveilled people in the West, with an estimated one camera for every ten people. Critical awareness may slowly be dawning, but will it make any difference?

By Lorenzo Migliorato | January 3, 2018 | Defense, Government, Human Rights, Law, Policing, Privacy, Safety, Security, Society | Authoritarianism, Britain, British Parliament, CCTV, China, Crime, Cybersurveillance, Democracy, England, Facial Recognition, General Data Protection Regulation, Jeremy Bentham, License Plate Readers, London, Orwell, Panopticon, Privacy, Richard Thomas, Security, Slavoj Žižek, surveillance, Surveillance Cameras, Terrorism, The Centre for Information Policy Leadership, UK

The Perpetual Line-Up: Interview With Clare Garvie

In October, the Center on Privacy and Technology at Georgetown Law released The Perpetual Line-Up, a comprehensive report about the [...]

By Art Keller | December 7, 2016 | Artificial Intelligence, Human Rights, Law, Policing, Privacy, Security | ACLU, Anonymity, Biometric Data, Chicago Police, Constitution, Crime, Dallas Area Rapid Transit, Driver's Licenses, Facebook, Facial Recognition, FBI, First Amendment, Fourth Amendment, Freddy Gray, Freedom of Information Act, Geofeedia, Georgetown, Instagram, LAPD, Law Enforcement, Maryland, Michigan, Next Generation Identification System, NYPD, surveillance, Surveillance Cameras, Transparency, Twitter, West Virginia

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