Tag: Surveillance
Law enforcement queries of Google’s massive mobile device Location History database, which employees call Sensorvault, has “risen sharply in the past six months,” the New York Times… Read More
A Chinese dating app for lesbian and queer women exposed the profiles and private data of over 5.3 million users, TechCrunch reported on Wednesday, possibly since June… Read More
Cop Used Police Database to Creep on Over 100 Women, Investigation Finds
After a woman in Florida experienced a “chance brief encounter” with a police officer in a parking garage last year, authorities say the officer showed up at…
China’s dystopian “social credit” system–which penalizes citizens found to have engaged in some type of misconduct by imposing a number of restrictions on their activities–has already resulted… Read More
Thousands of convicted criminals and others accused of crimes in England and Wales will be required to wear GPS-coordinate-tracking bracelets, replacing an older generation of electronic tags… Read More