News China is rushing facial and voice recognition tech for pigs. Here's why. Xeni Jardin

picks China uses DNA tech to spy on people. Yale geneticist and a U.S. biotech helped. Xeni Jardin

Business Huawei president Ren Zhengfei: We won't spy on US even if Chinese law requires us to, what backdoors? Xeni Jardin

privacy Facebook's internal security goons track ex-employees and critics using Facebook's apps Cory Doctorow

picks Israeli spyware firm NSO Group 're-acquired' by founders Xeni Jardin

surveillance Ios and Android app stores both host Saudi government app that lets men track their spouses' movements Cory Doctorow

privacy New York City's new rideshare regs put Big Brother in backseat, give GPS tracking a whole new meaning Albert Fox Cahn

corruption Washington State sheriff used courtroom camera to zoom in on defense attorney and juror's private notes Cory Doctorow

music Bob Mould's catchy new music video about surveillance and paranoia David Pescovitz

surveillance American prisoners coerced or tricked into providing voice-prints for use in eternal, secret, unchecked surveillance Cory Doctorow

News Chicago Police seek surveillance cams to ID attackers, 'MAGA' claims were true Xeni Jardin

surveillance The Safe Face Pledge: an ethical code of conduct for facial recognition scientists and developers Cory Doctorow

Gadgets Google Fi to carriers: don't sell our customers' location data to third parties Cory Doctorow

Business Vizio exec: we'd have to charge a premium on "dumb" TVs to make up for the money we'll lose by not spying on you Cory Doctorow

Business Whistleblower: Amazon Ring stores your doorbell and home video feeds unencrypted and grants broad "unfettered" access to them Cory Doctorow

surveillance The ACLU made the Border Patrol reveal its terrifying legal theories Cory Doctorow

surveillance Credit card activity as a predictor of mass shootings Cory Doctorow

surveillance London cops are subjecting people in the centre of town to facial recognition today and tomorrow Cory Doctorow

Entertainment Taylor Swift used facial recognition tech at concerts to spy on stalkers Xeni Jardin

privacy Surveillance libraries in common smartphone apps have amassed dossiers on the minute-to-minute movements of 200 million+ Americans Cory Doctorow