Business Ireland suspects Russia is trying to crack transatlantic fiber-optic ocean bed cables Xeni Jardin
Gadgets Trump's immigration enforcement agents use cellphone location data to track individuals for detention – WSJ Xeni Jardin
privacy Facial recognition isn't just bad because it invades privacy: it's because privacy invasions fuel discrimination Cory Doctorow
Technology China: Unsecured facial recognition database leaks, thousands of kids from 20 schools, half are majority Tibetan areas Xeni Jardin
surveillance FBI honors MLK Jr. Day by celebrating man they gaslit, surveilled, tried to drive to suicide Thom Dunn
Business Google re-integrates Xiaomi, China firm says Google Nest Hubs connected to its security cameras can no longer access feeds from random homes Xeni Jardin
surveillance Toronto business and government signal full support for Sidewalk Labs' dominance of the city and beyond Rosemary Frei
Gadgets A company that makes spy-tech for cops threatened to sue Vice for publishing its sales literature (because Iran!) Cory Doctorow
surveillance Multiple Amazon employees have been fired for spying on Ring owners' cameras Cory Doctorow
Gadgets After random surveillance images started to show up on users' devices, Google blocked Xiaomi from running Assistant or Google Home Cory Doctorow
Business Google 'disabling Xiaomi integrations on our devices' after Nest Hub user picked up random pics from strangers' feeds Xeni Jardin