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'Good News!': With Unanimous Vote, Oakland Joins Growing List of Cities to Ban Facial Recognition Technology

'This Is a Scandal': Documents Show ICE and FBI Using Facial Recognition to Mine Millions of Driver's License Photos

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"ICE is running facial recognition searches against millions of photos. You. Your family. Your friends. This is a major violation of privacy."

Critics Lament as 126 House Democrats Join Forces With GOP to Hand Trump 'Terrifying' Mass Domestic Spying Powers

Jon Queally, staff writer

"The Democrats who voted against this common sense amendment just threw...

'Bombshell': Facial Recognition Data Collected by US Customs Agency Hacked

Jon Queally, staff writer

"Even if you 100% trust the US government with your biometric information (...

State Department Requiring Visa Applicants to Reveal Social Media Accounts, Raising Deportation Concerns

Edward Snowden: With Technology, Institutions Have Made 'Most Effective Means of Social Control in the History of Our Species'

San Francisco Poised to Make History With Law Banning Use of Facial Recognition Technology

'So Overboard It Should Be Illegal': Use of Facial Recognition in Airports Draws Anger

Pioneer in Field Warns Dangers Posed by Artificial Intelligence 'Very Real'

Lawmakers Introduce Legislation to "Put a Stake in the Heart" of NSA's Domestic Phone Spying

'Zoink': Facebook Facing Criminal Charges Over Data Sharing Deals

Report: ICE Spied on Anti-Trump Activists in NYC

Google Tracking User Data Even When 'Location History' Is Off: AP

Amnesty International Says 'Chilling Attack' on Staffer Using Israeli-Made Spyware May Be Part of 'Much Broader Surveillance Campaign'

'Creepy Violation of Constitutional Rights': TSA Uses Armed Undercover Air Marshals to Surveil Unsuspecting Travelers

'Groundbreaking Victory' for Privacy as Supreme Court Rules Against Warrantless Cellphone Tracking

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Trolling the NSA

Privacy advocates kicked off a new anti-surveillance campaign in style by floating an airship reading "Illegal Spying Below" - complete with helpful arrow - over the NSA's massive data center in Utah. Dubbed "the maiden patrol of the first anti-surveillance activist air force," the flight marked the launch of Stand Against Spying , a project by Electronic Frontier Foundation, Greenpeace, the Tenth Amendment Center and 20 more groups that seeks to outlaw mass surveilance, reform the FISA court,...