crime prevention
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Amazon Says It Will Stop Giving Your Ring Footage to the Cops
Ring, Amazon’s home surveillance company, announced it would stop letting police departments request video from your doorstep in a blog post. The company has historically shared tons of footage with law enforcement, and Amazon came under fire for reportedly handing a full day’s worth of Ring footage to local authorities in March, despite the homeowner’s…
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Senator Presses Amazon to Disclose Just How Creepy Ring Cameras Can Be
Sen. Ed Markey on Tuesday said that his office plans to push forward with an already yearslong investigation into “harmful surveillance practices” and “invasive data collection” facilitated by Amazon’s flagship home security product, Ring.
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America’s ICE Has Spent $4 Billion on Surveillance Tech Since 2008: Report
Immigration and Customs Enforcement is trying to give the NSA and FBI a run for their money as leading purveyors of U.S. surveillance. While ICE regularly made headlines during the Trump Administration for its involvement in the president’s at times ruthless so-called “zero-tolerance” immigration policy, a new report details the scale of the agency’s evolving…
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DHS Engaged in Massive Bulk Surveillance Campaign Monitoring Millions of Money Transfers Sent to Mexico and Four US States
The Department of Homeland Security has allegedly operated a “bulk surveillance” project responsible for collecting financial records on money transfers greater than $US500 ($694) sent to Mexico and certain states, a previously unknown practice lawmakers and civil liberties experts claim may violate U.S law. The DHS data collection program was revealed in a letter sent…