Who needs democracy when you have data? - MIT Technology Review
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/611815/who-needs-democracy-when-you-have-data/
Here’s how China rules using data, AI, and internet surveillance.
overvaking
A look at how China is compiling a global registry of Uighurs to better surveil those who live outside the country, including in the US
https://www.thedailybeast.com/chinese-police-are-spying-on-uighurson-american-soil
threatening to detain their relatives if they do not provide personal and identifying information to Chinese police.
Banks and Retailers Are Tracking How You Type, Swipe and Tap - NYTimes
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/13/business/behavioral-biometrics-banks-security.html
The way you press, scroll and type on a phone screen or keyboard can be as unique as your fingerprints or facial features.
Police Bodycams Can Be Hacked to Doctor Footage – WIRED
https://www.wired.com/story/police-body-camera-vulnerabilities/
the vulnerabilities would allow an attacker to download footage off a camera, edit things out or potentially make more intricate modifications, and then re-upload it, leaving no indication of the change.
Russian Hackers Targeted Swedish News Sites In 2016, State Department Cable Says
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/kevincollier/2016-sweden-ddos-expressen-hack-russia-cables
the attack was part of a Russian campaign to sow disinformation about NATO
Polar is Revealing the Homes of Soldiers and Spies - bellingcat
the homes and lives of people exercising in secretive locations, military bases, nuclear weapons storage sites
Amazon Teams Up With Law Enforcement to Deploy Dangerous New Face Recognition Technology - ACLU
Amazon … has officially entered the surveillance business.
Police are using Amazon facial recognition tech and the ACLU is pissed - Recode
https://www.recode.net/2018/5/22/17380450/amazon-aws-facial-recognition-aclu-technology-police
“helps identify persons of interest against a collection of millions of faces in real-time.”
High School in China Installs Facial Recognition Cameras to Monitor Students’ Attentiveness
“… it is like there are a pair of mystery eyes constantly watching me, and I don’t dare let my mind wander.”
The Pentagon bans Huawei and ZTE phones from retail stores on military bases - The Verge
China could order its manufacturers to create backdoors for spying in their devices