Despite the wrath of Hurricane Sandy, the Supreme Court heard the ACLU argue for the right of Americans to challenge warrantless wiretapping via the FISA Amendment Act law. Read more
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If a person holding a gun were to walk up to you, what might you think would happen next? Researchers from Carnegie Mellon have created intelligent software that will identify human activities in videos and then predict what might happen next. It should come as little surprise that the spookily named ‘Mind’s Eye’ program is sponsored by DARPA’s Information Innovation Office. Read more
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FBI Accused of Dragging Feet on Release of Info About “Stingray” Surveillance …
Slate Magazine (blog) Now the FBI is under pressure to release information about it—but the bureau doesn’t want to let go of 25,000 pages of documents on sophisticated cell surveillance technology. In an Arizona court case last year (U.S. v. Rigmaiden), it emerged the FBI … |
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Earlier this year, an interesting yet depressing article on End of the American Dream had pointed to “25 signs that America is rapidly becoming more like Nazi Germany.” Then in a radio interview last week, Wall Street Journal reporter Julia Angwin said that thanks to all the surveillance capabilities in the USA, the
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