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In a previously unpublicized letter to Congress, the newly-departed head of ICE said the agency collects data on people suspected of potentially unlawful activity, which could include protesters.
FISA Section 702 may expire, but that won’t mean the end of the surveillance state. The post The Deep State May Soon Lose a Key Spy Tool appeared first on The American Conservative .
Politics The Deep State May Soon Lose a Key Spy Tool FISA Section 702 may expire, but that won’t mean the end of the surveillance state. (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images) With a 45-day extension set to expire on June 12, establishment factions of Congress are scrambling to secure a clean reauthorization of FISA Section 702—the provision that allows the government to sweep up communications from foreign targets without first getting a warrant. Often, those conversations are between foreign nationals and American citizens, raising constitutional concerns. The 45-day clean extension that passed on April 30 was the result of a full-court press helmed by Democratic hawks like Rep. Jim Himes of Connecticut, who worked alongside GOP…Open
ICE is expanding its use of iris recognition technology, with plans to deploy hundreds of scanning devices across the country. The practice raises concerns among privacy experts that the Department of Homeland Security is amassing a database of biometric data.
America's classic neighborhood watch programs are fading as AI -powered apps turn neighborhoods into digital watch zones. Why it matters: The automation of neighborhood safety with tools like Amazon's Ring and the Nextdoor app is quietly dismantling one of the country's most basic forms of civic life: neighbors who actually know each other. - What's replacing it is faster, smarter — and far more detached. - Shared videos of "suspicious" strangers and wildlife alerts are in; out are block captains, porch meetings and "See Something, Say Something" signs. Zoom in: Ring doorbells stream constant footage, allowing users to post it all on an app as alerts. - Nextdoor posts flag "suspicious" strangers and lets users shame dog walkers who…
The EEOC has proposed ending a civil-rights-era program collecting demographic information from private companies.
They're now creating cars to monitor your every movement.
The lawsuit alleges that Netflix built "surveillance machinery" to monitor the activities of kids accounts and collects behavioral data on the users, even though it does not directly engage in behavioral advertising to children.
This week, NASA announced it had shut down one of that spacecraft's remaining science instruments — not because the mission has failed, but to keep it alive a little longer.
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U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has confirmed that a proposed executive order requiring banks to collect citizenship information from their customers is “in process” and […] Source
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has confirmed that a proposed executive order requiring banks to collect citizenship information from their customers is “in process” and […] Source