#surveillance — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #surveillance, aggregated by home.social.
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"404 Media obtained more than an hour of body camera footage that shows the investigation into Florida cop Lamar Roman, who met a woman on the set of the Apple TV show Bad Monkey, then illegally researched her using government department of motor vehicles databases, put her license plate on a police “hot list” that would notify him when she drove past an automated license plate reader camera, nearly caused a head-on collision while speeding to track her down, and illegally pulled her over after stalking her."
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A #Firefox engineer reveals how a sneaky #AliExpress #web tracker messed up #Bluetooth headphones
source: https://piunikaweb.com/2026/08/21/aliexpress-webaudio-tracker-bluetooth-headphones-firefox/
#sound #browser #tracking #economy #surveillance #privacy #china #news #cybersecurity #security -
Austerity measures are designed to create social problems so tech industry can "innovate" solutions for social problems (they had created) - let's call a spade a spade.
#privacy #privacymatters #surveillance #surveillancecapitalism
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As #Flock battles #public scrutiny, other #police #surveillance companies see an opening
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If you're in Broward County, join us to show our community that we won't stand for Flock and mass surveillance!
Rally happening today at 6PM!
https://www.fldigitalrights.org/stand-up-for-privacy-rally-davie-fl-aug-22/
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Flock values their privacy. Oh well.
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If you missed this yesterday, you might want to take note.
"If you’ve ever wanted an AI system to go through all your messages to pluck out insights, you’re in luck (though you’ll probably want to check in with corporate legal before doing so). The system does require user consent before working, and OpenAI itself suggests such permission is given only on a per-use, rather than a blanket basis."
Computerworld: ChatGPT wants Full Disk Access to your Mac and Messages https://www.computerworld.com/article/4212509/chatgpt-wants-full-disk-access-to-your-mac-and-messages.html @jonnyevans #Apple #Mac #ChatGPT #privacy #infosec #OpenAI #surveillance
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Oh, this is good. From yesterday.
"The man said the cameras are 'what the Emperor needs' to 'help us find the rebel scum and their hidden base on Hoth'."
UPI: 'Darth Vader' defends Flock cameras at San Diego City Council meeting https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2026/08/21/San-Diego-City-Council-Darth-Vader-Flock-cameras/9851787334242/ #Flock #surveillance
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Also, in my daily life, I don't want to carry any electronic devices with me¹. Having to do that just to detect other perverts^Wpeoples electronic #spyGlasses is a horrible idea.
¹ Very often, I have a #SensorWatchPro by @joeycastillo on my wrist, but it's a not-so-#smartwatch 😉
#surveillance #privacy #pervertGlasses #creepGlasses #glassHole #techNOfix #techSolutionism
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"Smart-glasses detector apps aren’t perfect. At best, they can alert users when nearby glasses are turned on by detecting the Bluetooth signal used to pair the glasses with a phone. Most importantly, the apps cannot determine whether the glasses are actively recording, and users are cautioned to never assume that someone wearing smart glasses is recording them. App makers also advise against confrontation and accept no liability for false positives or misunderstandings. Additionally, detection may be unreliable if a wall or other obstacle, like a human body, interferes with a signal.
Users don’t seem to consider these flaws deal-breakers. They simply want some way to scan a room, and some are eager to provide feedback to improve the apps, even expressing an emotional investment in seeing the technology develop.
One of the first apps, Nearby Glasses, is available for $2.99 on both iOS and Android. It has been downloaded more than 100,000 times from the Play Store and remains the most popular such app, despite the developer, Yves Jeanrenaud, warning on GitHub that he’s “no pro developer” and that “detecting Bluetooth LE devices might sometimes just not work as expected,” and “false positives are likely.”
Released in response to online content showing that smart glasses are “an intolerable intrusion, consent neglecting, horrible piece of tech,” Jeanrenaud said, he kept his goals humble. On GitHub, he wrote, “I hope this app is useful for someone,” but “I do not want to promote techsolutionism, nor do I want people to feel falsely secure. It’s still an imperfect approach,” and it probably “always will be.”"
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🚗 Don’t get flocked over—look up your plate at https://haveibeenflocked.com/
Tell those moflockers to flock off! 🐦💨
And check out https://deflock.org/ 🔍
#HaveUBeenFlocked #FlockOff #Deflock #Privacy #Security #Flock #Surveillance
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💥Announcement Sunday 23.08.2026💥
📡👁 CCC Berlin – Day of Action Against Surveillance! 👁📡
Sunday, 23.08.2026 | 1.00 pm | CCCB, Marienstraße 11, 10117 Berlin
Directions: U6, S1, S2, S3, S5, S7, S9, S25, S26, tram M1, 12, bus 147, 245 to Friedrichstraße
📣 Call to action: https://asanb.noblogs.org/?p=19172 - @april.linke
On Sunday, 23 August 2026, the Chaos Computer Club Berlin e.V. is organising a day of action against surveillance.
The occasion is the planned introduction of AI-powered CCTV in public spaces in Berlin, made possible by the amendment to the General Security and Public Order Act (ASOG) passed in December 2025.
What?
AI-powered CCTV cameras are now set to be introduced in Berlin too.
The Berlin Police Act, which was tightened in December 2025, allows the police to install such cameras in public spaces. Initial trials are already underway.
We want to talk about this.
That is why we are inviting you to a day of action against surveillance at the club on 23 August.
What is it about?
AI video surveillance is to be trialled for a year at six so-called ‘crime-prone locations’, including Alexanderplatz, the Rotes Rathaus and the Altes Stadthaus. Mobile technology will also be deployed outside the House of Representatives.
These cameras do more than just record. So-called behaviour scanners
are designed to automatically flag up anyone behaving ‘suspiciously’.The whole system is trained using data from passers-by who are simply walking past.
A system like this has been in operation in Mannheim since 2018 and in Hamburg since 2023. There, the software has been known to mistake a hug for a wrestling match.
According to the police, there were false alarms in Mannheim every day in the “low double figures”. Anyone who lies down or staggers triggers an alarm.
The algorithm decides what counts as ‘suspicious’ behaviour.
The Verfassungsblog explains why this can discriminate against people.
You don’t need any prior knowledge. Just pop along.
Programme
🕐 1.00 pm: Open Space
🕒 3.00 pm: Talk
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✊ “A manufactured conspiracy”: Minnesota’s labor movement denounces federal surveillance operation
Demonstrators march during the nationwide “Stop ICE Terror” rally through downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota, on January
https://therealnews.com/minnesotas-labor-movement-denounces-federal-surveillance
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Interview with Tunick:
"His #prosecution is one of the earliest known instances of the federal authorities charging a person with #destroying #evidence using a program designed to wipe a device clean after a specific code is entered."
"...that the agency had the authority to search the electronic devices of #anyone entering or leaving the United States, regardless of citizenship, to enforce laws..."
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