prevention
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New App Hires Rideshare Drivers Who Pack Heat
A rideshare app allowing drivers to carry guns launched in Atlanta, Georgia last week. The people behind the app say it’s meant to combat the rising levels of gun violence in the U.S. The app, Black Wolf, boasts that it hires drivers who are trained in private security to give passengers peace of mind on…
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These New Yorkers Want to Stop Landlords From Using Facial Recognition
Brooklyn resident Fabian Rogers knew he had to act in 2018 when his penny-pinching landlord suddenly attempted to install a facial recognition camera in the entrance of a rent-stabilised building he’d called home for years. Under the new security system, all tenants and their loved ones would be forced to submit to a face scan…
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Chinese Surveillance Giant Knew Its Cameras Spied on Uyghurs, War Crimes Investigator Says
Hikvision, a Chinese surveillance camera company restricted in parts of the US and the UK, knew its tech was used to monitor the country’s Uyghur Muslim minority despite previously denials of exactly that, according to a war crimes investigator hired by Hikvision itself. New leaked recordings give more credibility to allegations lobbed against Hikvision, which…
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Cops Used Creepy Clearview AI a Million Times, CEO Says
Clearview AI’s CEO said police have used his tools over a million times and claimed his company’s database of scraped social media images now tops 30 billion.