#surveillanceofcitizensbygovernment — Public Fediverse posts

https://www.europesays.com/britain/32000/ Two Men Are Convicted of Spying for China in Britain #Britain #China #DecisionsAndVerdicts #GreatBritain #HongKong #HongKongProtests(2019) #InternationalRelations #London(England) #PoliticsAndGovernment #SurveillanceOfCitizensByGovernment

Security Cameras Make Us Feel Safe, but Are They Worth the Invasion? - Internet cameras like Amazon’s Ring come at a high cost to our privacy. - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/02/technology/personaltech/security-cameras-surveillance-privacy.html #surveillanceofcitizensbygovernment #sanfrancisco(calif) #crimeandcriminals #zuboffshoshana #amazon.cominc #breedlondon #nestlabsinc #googleinc #privacy #ringllc

Facial Recognition in Airports: Biometrics Technology Is Expanding - Biometric technology is expanding at airports across the United States — and the world — ... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/18/travel/facial-recognition-airports-biometrics.html #hartsfield-jacksonatlantainternationalairport(atlantaga) #transportationsecurityadministration #surveillanceofcitizensbygovernment #beijingcapitalinternationalairport #customsandborderprotection(us) #americancivillibertiesunion

Clubhouse Cracked China's Firewall. A People Shined Through. - China’s censors finally blocked Clubhouse, but not before users were able to bypass the caricature... - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/09/technology/china-clubhouse.html #humanrightsandhumanrightsviolations #surveillanceofcitizensbygovernment #freedomofspeechandexpression #politicsandgovernment #clubhouse(mobileapp) #mobileapplications #muslimsandislam #socialmedia #censorship #china

Intel and Nvidia Chips Power a Chinese Surveillance System - Intel and Nvidia chips power a supercomputing center that tracks people in a place where governmen... - https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/22/technology/china-intel-nvidia-xinjiang.html #humanrightsandhumanrightsviolations #surveillanceofcitizensbygovernment #uighurs(chineseethnicgroup) #facialrecognitionsoftware #computersandtheinternet #artificialintelligence #nvidiacorporation #intelcorporation #xinjiang(china) #muslimsandislam

China’s Software Stalked Uighurs Earlier and More Widely, Researchers Learn - A new report revealed a broad campaign that targeted Muslims in China and their diaspora in other ... more: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/01/technology/china-uighurs-hackers-malware-hackers-smartphones.html #surveillanceofcitizensbygovernment #peoplesliberationarmy(china) #uighurs(chineseethnicgroup) #android(operatingsystem) #computersandtheinternet #mobileapplications #muslimsandislam #smartphones #googleinc

Iran Turns to Digital Surveillance Tools to Track Down Protesters

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/technology/iran-protests-surveillance-facial-recognition.html

Experts Worry as Facial Recognition Comes to Airports and Cruises - Facial recognition software is speeding up check-in at airports, cruise ships and theme p... - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/13/travel/facial-recognition-airports-cruises.html #surveillanceofcitizensbygovernment #customsandborderprotection(us) #facialrecognitionsoftware #amusementandthemeparks #carnivalcruiselines #travelandvacations #hollandamericaline #airportsecurity #biometrics #cruises

Microsoft Disables Some Services to Israel’s Defense Ministry - Microsoft said it found that Israel was violating some terms of service for its products ... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/technology/microsoft-israel-defense-ministry.html #surveillanceofcitizensbygovernment #computersandtheinternet #smithbrad(entrepreneur) #cloudcomputing #microsoftcorp #israel

Google Coronavirus Apps Give it Way to Access Location Data - Some government agencies that use the software said they were surprised that Google may pick up th... more: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/20/technology/google-covid-tracker-app.html #generaldataprotectionregulation(gdpr) #surveillanceofcitizensbygovernment #coronavirusrisksandsafetyconcerns #bluetoothwirelesstechnology #android(operatingsystem) #globalpositioningsystem #coronavirus(2019-ncov) #ios(operatingsystem) #googleinc

Google Virus Apps Give it Way to Access Location Data - Some government agencies that use the software said they were surprised that Google may pick up th... more: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/20/technology/google-virus-app-location.html #generaldataprotectionregulation(gdpr) #surveillanceofcitizensbygovernment #coronavirusrisksandsafetyconcerns #bluetoothwirelesstechnology #android(operatingsystem) #globalpositioningsystem #coronavirus(2019-ncov) #ios(operatingsystem) #merkelangela

‘Orwellian Climate of Fear’: How China Cracks Down on Critics in the U.S.

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/world/asia/chinese-dissidents-protest-art.html

How Mexico Became the Biggest User of the Pegasus Spyware - A Times investigation reveals the story behind how Mexico became the first and most proli... - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/18/world/americas/pegasus-spyware-mexico.html #humanrightsandhumanrightsviolations #surveillanceofcitizensbygovernment #espionageandintelligenceservices #defenseandmilitaryforces #lopezobradorandresmanuel #cyberwarfareanddefense #cellulartelephones #guzmanloerajoaquin #penanietoenrique #hulioshalev

A.I., Brain Scans and Cameras: The Spread of Police Surveillance Tech - In the Middle East, artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies have become p... - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/30/technology/police-surveillance-tech-dubai.html #humanrightsandhumanrightsviolations #surveillanceofcitizensbygovernment #espionageandintelligenceservices #conventionsfairsandtradeshows #facialrecognitionsoftware #dubai(unitedarabemirates) #computersandtheinternet #artificialintelligence

Biden Acts to Restrict U.S. Government Use of Spyware - The president signed an executive order seeking to limit deployment of a tool that has be... - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/27/us/politics/biden-spyware-executive-order.html #humanrightsandhumanrightsviolations #surveillanceofcitizensbygovernment #unitedstatespoliticsandgovernment #espionageandintelligenceservices #executiveordersandmemorandums #drugenforcementadministration #federalbureauofinvestigation #cyberwarfareanddefense

How China Is Policing the Future - Vast surveillance data allows the state to target people whose behavior or characteristic... - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/25/technology/china-surveillance-police.html #ministryofpublicsecurityofthepeoplesrepublicofchina #humanrightsandhumanrightsviolations #surveillanceofcitizensbygovernment #data-mininganddatabasemarketing #computersandtheinternet #politicsandgovernment #communistpartyofchina #xijinping #police #china

The Battle for the World’s Most Powerful Cyberweapon - A Times investigation reveals how Israel reaped diplomatic gains around the world from NS... - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/28/magazine/nso-group-israel-spyware.html #unitedstatesdefenseandmilitaryforces #humanrightsandhumanrightsviolations #surveillanceofcitizensbygovernment #governmentcontractsandprocurement #espionageandintelligenceservices #drugenforcementadministration #federalbureauofinvestigation #centralintelligenceagency

China Still Buys American DNA Equipment for Xinjiang Despite Blocks - The U.S. government has long tried to prevent the sales over concerns about rights abuses... - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/11/business/china-dna-xinjiang-american.html #humanrightsandhumanrightsviolations #surveillanceofcitizensbygovernment #governmentcontractsandprocurement #uighurs(chineseethnicgroup) #dna(deoxyribonucleicacid) #xinjiang(china) #forensicscience #china

Silicon Valley Venture Capitalists Are Breaking Up With China - Under intensifying scrutiny from U.S. lawmakers, top firms have pulled back from investin... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/21/technology/silicon-valley-vc-china.html #surveillanceofcitizensbygovernment #unitedstatespoliticsandgovernment #facialrecognitionsoftware #computersandtheinternet #dcm(venturecapitalfirm) #internationalrelations #politicsandgovernment #communistpartyofchina #siliconvalley(calif) #foreigninvestments

Banned Chinese Facial Recognition Technology Was Used to Search for Minneapolis Protesters - One night in the Twin Cities, shortly after the killing of George Floyd, someone set a fi... - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/01/technology/minneapolis-protests-facial-recognition.html #bureauofalcoholtobaccofirearmsandexplosives #surveillanceofcitizensbygovernment #americancivillibertiesunion #georgefloydprotests(2020) #facialrecognitionsoftware #civilrightsandliberties #dahuatechnologycoltd

Activists Turn Facial Recognition Tools Against the Police - “We’re now approaching the technological threshold where the little guys can do it to the big guys... - https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/21/technology/facial-recognition-police.html #policebrutalitymisconductandshootings #surveillanceofcitizensbygovernment #demonstrationsprotestsandriots #facialrecognitionsoftware #georgefloydprotests(2020) #portland(ore) #belarus

https://www.europesays.com/people/61779/ Try to Interview Google’s Co-Founder. It’s Emasculating. #AlphabetInc #AppleInc #BooksAndLiterature #brin #california #Charlie #ComputersAndTheInternet #EdwardJ #EuropeanCommission #Franzen #GoogleInc #IndustrialEspionage #Jonathan #Larry #LarryPage #MountainView(Calif) #NationalSecurityAgency #page #Rose #sergey #Snowden #Stasi(EastGermany) #SurveillanceOfCitizensByGovernment

Censorship, Surveillance and Profits: A Hard Bargain for Apple in China - Apple built the world’s most valuable business on top of China. Now it has to answer to t... - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/17/technology/apple-china-censorship-data.html #surveillanceofcitizensbygovernment #guizhoucloudbigdataindustrycoltd #suitsandlitigation(civil) #computersandtheinternet #mobileapplications #computersecurity #cloudcomputing #innermongolia #cooktimothyd #datastorage #censorship #software

For OpenAI and Anthropic, the Competition Is Deeply Personal

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/07/technology/openai-anthropic-pentagon-rivalry.html

OpenAI Amends A.I. Deal With the Pentagon

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/technology/openai-pentagon-deal-amended-surveillance.html

How Talks Between Anthropic and the Defense Dept. Fell Apart

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/01/technology/anthropic-defense-dept-openai-talks.html

OpenAI Reaches A.I. Agreement With Defense Dept. After Anthropic Clash

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/27/technology/openai-agreement-pentagon-ai.html

Pentagon Gives Anthropic an Ultimatum Over the Company’s A.I. Model

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/24/us/politics/pentagon-anthropic.html

Pakistan’s Internet Disruptions Stoke Fears of Government Surveillance - Disruptions have fueled claims from rights groups that the Pakistani authorities are intr... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/20/world/asia/pakistan-internet-government-surveillance.html #assassinationsandattemptedassassinations #surveillanceofcitizensbygovernment #communicationsandmediablackouts #demonstrationsprotestsandriots #freedomofspeechandexpression #defenseandmilitaryforces #computersandtheinternet

Lawmakers Demand Palantir Provide Information About U.S. Contracts - Ten Democratic lawmakers sent a letter to the tech company this week asking about its exp... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/technology/palantir-government-contracts-democrats-letter.html #surveillanceofcitizensbygovernment #unitedstatespoliticsandgovernment #governmentcontractsandprocurement #computersandtheinternet #ocasio-cortezalexandria #palantirtechnologies #archivesandrecords #unitedstates #karpalex #wydenron

China, Desperate to Stop Coronavirus, Turns Neighbor Against Neighbor - The authorities hunt for people from Wuhan, the center of the outbreak, encouraging citizens to in... more: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/03/business/china-coronavirus-wuhan-surveillance.html?emc=rss&partner=rss #surveillanceofcitizensbygovernment #computersandtheinternet #coronavirus(2019-ncov) #identificationdevices #computervision #wuhan(china) #epidemics #china

In Hong Kong Protests, Faces Become Weapons - A technology-driven quest to identify protesters and police officers has people in both groups des... more: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/26/technology/hong-kong-protests-facial-recognition-surveillance.html?emc=rss&partner=rss #policebrutalitymisconductandshootings #surveillanceofcitizensbygovernment #demonstrationsprotestsandriots #facialrecognitionsoftware #computersandtheinternet #politicsandgovernment #identificationdevices #smartphones

Facial Recognition Powers ‘Automated Apartheid’ in Israel, Report Says - The Israeli government is using computer vision to monitor Palestinian travel across chec... - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/01/technology/israel-palestine-facial-recognition.html #hangzhouhikvisiondigitaltechnologycoltd #surveillanceofcitizensbygovernment #facialrecognitionsoftware #securityandwarningsystems #defenseandmilitaryforces #computersandtheinternet #artificialintelligence #politicsandgovernment #privacy

Man Captured on Doorbell Camera Footage Confessing to Murder - “I killed Jennifer,” the man said before his arrest, according to the authorities. The episode is ... more: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/02/us/Michael-Egwuagu-confession-doorbell-camera.html?emc=rss&partner=rss #murdersattemptedmurdersandhomicides #surveillanceofcitizensbygovernment #securityandwarningsystems #pflugerville(tex) #jenniferebichi #michaelegwuagu #cameras #privacy #ringinc

NSO Group Ordered to Pay Meta $167 Million in Damages - Meta had sued the firm, NSO Group, for using its spyware to hack 1,400 WhatsApp accounts ... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/technology/nso-meta-damages-whatsapp.html #surveillanceofcitizensbygovernment #compensationfordamages(law) #computersandtheinternet #cyberwarfareanddefense #cyberattacksandhackers #mobileapplications #computersecurity #metaplatformsinc #instagraminc #socialmedia #facebookinc #whatsappinc #nsogroup

That Time Xi Jinping Joked About Espionage - Xi Jinping gave two cellphones to South Korea’s president, who asked how secure they were... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/world/asia/xi-jinping-china-south-korea-spying.html #unitedstatesinternationalrelations #surveillanceofcitizensbygovernment #espionageandintelligenceservices #gyeongju(southkorea) #seoul(southkorea) #leejae-myung #trumpdonaldj #southkorea #xijinping #china

Mamdani, a Sharp Critic of Police Surveillance, Will Soon Oversee It

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/nyregion/mamdani-tisch-nypd-surveillance.html

China’s Hacker Network: What to Know About the I-Soon Document Leak - Documents leaked on a public website show that China is hiring private hackers to obtain ... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/22/business/china-hack-leak-isoon.html #ministryofstatesecurityofthepeoplesrepublicofchina #classifiedinformationandstatesecrets #surveillanceofcitizensbygovernment #espionageandintelligenceservices #cyberwarfareanddefense #internationalrelations #cyberattacksandhackers #githubinc #china

China’s Hacker Network: What to Know About the I-Soon Document Leak - Documents leaked on a public website show that China is hiring private hackers to obtain ... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/22/business/china-hack-leak-isoon.html #ministryofstatesecurityofthepeoplesrepublicofchina #classifiedinformationandstatesecrets #surveillanceofcitizensbygovernment #espionageandintelligenceservices #cyberwarfareanddefense #internationalrelations #cyberattacksandhackers #githubinc #china

China’s Hacker Network: What to Know About the I-Soon Document Leak - Documents leaked on a public website show that China is hiring private hackers to obtain ... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/22/business/china-hack-leak-isoon.html #ministryofstatesecurityofthepeoplesrepublicofchina #classifiedinformationandstatesecrets #surveillanceofcitizensbygovernment #espionageandintelligenceservices #cyberwarfareanddefense #internationalrelations #cyberattacksandhackers #githubinc #china

China’s Hacker Network: What to Know About the I-Soon Document Leak - Documents leaked on a public website show that China is hiring private hackers to obtain ... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/22/business/china-hack-leak-isoon.html #ministryofstatesecurityofthepeoplesrepublicofchina #classifiedinformationandstatesecrets #surveillanceofcitizensbygovernment #espionageandintelligenceservices #cyberwarfareanddefense #internationalrelations #cyberattacksandhackers #githubinc #china

China’s Hacker Network: What to Know About the I-Soon Document Leak - Documents leaked on a public website show that China is hiring private hackers to obtain ... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/22/business/china-hack-leak-isoon.html #ministryofstatesecurityofthepeoplesrepublicofchina #classifiedinformationandstatesecrets #surveillanceofcitizensbygovernment #espionageandintelligenceservices #cyberwarfareanddefense #internationalrelations #cyberattacksandhackers #githubinc #china

The Era of Borderless Data Is Ending - Nations are accelerating efforts to control data produced within their perimeters, disrup... - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/23/technology/data-privacy-laws.html #surveillanceofcitizensbygovernment #data-mininganddatabasemarketing #telephonesandtelecommunications #computersandtheinternet #politicsandgovernment #enterprisecomputing #metaplatformsinc #cloudcomputing #amazon.cominc #europeanunion #microsoftcorp #greatbritain #datastorage #socialmedia

Your DNA Can Now Be Pulled From Thin Air. Privacy Experts Are Worried. - Environmental DNA research has aided conservation, but scientists say its ability to glea... - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/15/science/environmental-dna-ethics-privacy.html #falsearrestsconvictionsandimprisonments #surveillanceofcitizensbygovernment #natureecology&evolution(journal) #dna(deoxyribonucleicacid) #conservationofresources #civilrightsandliberties #geneticsandheredity #your-feed-science #forensicscience

How Geo Group’s Surveillance Tech Is Aiding Trump’s Immigration Agenda - Geo Group, a private prison firm that makes digital tools to track immigrants, becomes on... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/technology/trump-immigration-tech-geo-group.html #immigrationandcustomsenforcement(us) #surveillanceofcitizensbygovernment #unitedstatespoliticsandgovernment #governmentcontractsandprocurement #homelandsecuritydepartment #facialrecognitionsoftware #immigrationandemigration #unitedstates

Police Relied on Hidden Technology and Put the Wrong Person in Jail - Randal Reid spent nearly a week in confinement, falsely accused of stealing purses in a s... - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/31/technology/facial-recognition-false-arrests.html #falsearrestsconvictionsandimprisonments #surveillanceofcitizensbygovernment #sheriffsoffice(jeffersonparishla) #policedepartment(batonrougela) #facialrecognitionsoftware #civilrightsandliberties #artificialintelligence #jeffersonparish(la)

Meta Plans to Add Encryption to Messenger, Stoking a Privacy Debate - The move is part of an effort to make the app more like WhatsApp and iMessage. Law enforc... - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/06/technology/meta-messenger-encryption.html #surveillanceofcitizensbygovernment #computersandtheinternet #mobileapplications #instantmessaging #computersecurity #childpornography #metaplatformsinc #zuckerbergmarke #socialmedia #facebookinc #whatsappinc #privacy

Ring to Stop Allowing Police to Request Videos From Security Cameras - Ring, a maker of internet-connected cameras that is owned by Amazon, said the police coul... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/28/business/amazon-ring-doorbell-camera-police.html #videorecordingsdownloadsandstreaming #surveillanceofcitizensbygovernment #mobileapplications #amazon.cominc #cameras #ringinc #ringllc #privacy #police

Your Doorbell Camera Spied on You. Now What? - Amazon’s popular Ring security cameras have gaping security holes. Here’s how to protect yourself.... more: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/19/technology/personaltech/ring-doorbell-camera-spying.html #surveillanceofcitizensbygovernment #data-mininganddatabasemarketing #computersandtheinternet #cyberattacksandhackers #computersecurity #amazon.cominc #privacy #cameras #ringinc

Muting Coronavirus Anger, China Empowers Its Internet Police - Online enforcers are dragging in hundreds for questioning as an assault on online speech continues... more: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/16/business/china-coronavirus-internet-police.html #ministryofpublicsecurityofthepeoplesrepublicofchina #surveillanceofcitizensbygovernment #cyberspaceadministrationofchina #computersandtheinternet #coronavirus(2019-ncov) #communistpartyofchina #orwellgeorge #facebookinc #censorship #china