social surveillance Amazon patents doorbell camera that calls police when it recognizes a "suspicious" person Mark Frauenfelder

privacy Department of Homeland Security wants to build a database to track journalists and their sources Seamus Bellamy

happy mutants China's private data-brokers will sell you full dossiers on anyone in the country Cory Doctorow

COVID-19 Quadruped robot patrols sidewalks to urge social distancing David Pescovitz

Business Amazon to enforce social distancing in warehouses with AI surveillance software 'Distance Assistant' Xeni Jardin

security Watch: #FightCovid19 robot enforces Singapore social distance rules with 360º spy-cam Xeni Jardin

Business Businesses and stores are adding AI to security cameras for social distancing and mask-wearing compliance Xeni Jardin

Business More reporting links Clearview AI to Trump-aligned racists, neo-Nazis, and alt-right trolls Xeni Jardin

Science Sewage could reveal true scope of coronavirus outbreak, scientists say Xeni Jardin

crimes Ice cream licker jailed Rob Beschizza

crimes Impressive video of truck picked clean by thieves David Pescovitz

privacy Coronavirus exposes China's surveillance state Xeni Jardin

Business China is using big data to track people with coronavirus Xeni Jardin

surveillance Ring doorbell app packed with third-party trackers Bill Budington

security Schneier: "It's really too late to secure 5G networks" Cory Doctorow

mistakes Cop "fired" after fabricating story of insulting McDonalds coffee cup Rob Beschizza

security Happy 10th birthday, TAILS — the real Paranoid Linux! Cory Doctorow

privacy AI Now's annual report: stop doing "emotion detection"; stop "socially sensitive" facial recognition; make AI research diverse and representative — and more Cory Doctorow

art Call for entries: Share Festival 2020, themed "RIOTS Here we are" Cory Doctorow

law Tiktok took less than a day to settle parents' lawsuit over spying on their kids Cory Doctorow