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You ordered groceries, but the motorized cooler scanned your face geometry to feed AI datasets. Every sidewalk convenience eventually collapses into an unconsented surveillance grift.
apnews.com/article/chicago-f…
WhatsApp instructed its AI support chatbot not to recommend contacting privacy regulators when users couldn’t delete their accounts, researchers found. malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2…
"GPS records indicated the excavator was in 2 locations that day, the site of the fire pit and a second location– where Tolton’s remains were eventually found buried and wrapped in a tarp."
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Renting equipment with built-in GPS to bury a body proves human malice will always be outpaced by dull commercial telematics.
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Man builds Flock-like license plate readers to only track police cars. Cops show up to his door to interrogate him due to "privacy violations."
They seem to forget they are *public* servants. They don’t have a right to privacy. Every single thing they do while on the clock the public has a right to know about.
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Flock deployed 120,000 surveillance cameras, then trimmed data retention to seven days to appease Congress. The panopticon is already permanent; the hearing is just routine administrative theater.
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The pre-installed Samsung Weather app generates a persistent, unique device fingerprint from saved locations - one that survives IP changes, VPN usage, and network roaming. reddit.com/r/netsec/comments…
Ring's "Search Party" is an AI-powered feature that uses #Ring doorbel cameras supposedly to help communities find missing dogs.
@rkbaggs explains why this system is insanely dangerous.
#privacy #masssurveillance
How to Stop Microsoft From Letting the Government See Everything on Your Computer soylentnews.org/article.pl?s…
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No cameras. No sensors.
Just Wi-Fi reading human movement.
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have developed a system that uses standard WiFi routers to detect human movement through walls—without any cameras.
By applying AI and DensePose model, the system turns WiFi signals into detailed maps of body posture in real time.
2FA as in "give up your anonymity and privacy by linking a phone number to your account and exposing your identity to Google"? No thanks.
Well, it's not actually going through your browser's history, but looking at the data Google's collected about you.
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Recommend uninstalling #Mozilla #Firefox #browser immediately and switching to a more #privacy friendly alternative. Not only do Mozilla now claim a license to your data, they removed the assurance that they do not sell it. #infosec #dfir #security
