Waymo called the cops on teen riders, raising privacy concerns

Two 15-year-old teens were stopped by police in a Waymo robotaxi in San Mateo, California, on Monday. The company disabled the vehicle and called the police. It's the latest incident involving video surveillance of passengers by autonomous vehicles. It raises questions about the limits of privacy in such vehicles.

Police State: Are We Already There and Just Don't Know It?

Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was shot dead by an ICE agent in Houston on Tuesday morning. He had been living in the U.S. for 35 years and had no criminal record. He was on his way to pick up his construction crew in Magnolia Park. The president of Mexico will pursue legal action against the United States over the killing.

Schneier on Security

In the near future, AI-powered surveillance systems will be able to track everything we do in public and in private. They will combine powerful AI, public and private surveillance via real-time facial recognition technology and digital tracking. China has been developing its surveillance infrastructure for years. The US Department of Homeland Security is increasing its use of AI-based surveillance, including facial recognition and the monitoring of social media accounts.

Alarm over launch of facial recognition in UK shops that instantly alerts police

Facewatch is a facial recognition system used by more than 100 businesses including Sainsbury's, B&M and Spar to monitor thieves. It is launching a UK-first feature to alert police in real time when the most serious offenders trigger a live facial recognition match. Civil liberties groups have voiced alarm at the development, saying it had "shot on far ahead of the regulation" and was "upending the way retail crime was dealt with".

Hong Kong watchdog orders removal of viral video allegedly showing singer David Lui

The Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data ordered a social media platform to remove a viral dashcam video clip showing a heated argument between a driver and a passenger, identified in the footage as singer David Lui Fong. The clip shows a dispute over an apparent GPS map mistake that quickly escalates into a shouting match.

ICE activity in Chicago rising again as masked agents spotted – NBC Chicago

There is a recent surge in immigration enforcement activity in Chicago's Back of Yards community. Cell phone video shows apparent ICE agents making arrests in Logan Square. It comes 10 months after the Trump Administration's Chicago-area immigration enforcement campaign dubbed Operation Midway Blitz, which saw hundreds of people arrested or taken by federal agents.

Calls grow for an independent probe into fatal Houston ICE shooting

Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was shot and killed by an ICE agent in Magnolia Park neighborhood of Houston on Tuesday. Four Houston Democratic members of Congress want an independent investigation into the incident. They say ICE has not released video evidence to support its version of events. They also want the agency to release the body camera footage of the officer who fired the fatal shot.

ICE agents in fatal Houston shooting were not wearing body cameras, sources say

Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, an illegal immigrant, was shot and killed by an ICE officer in Houston on Tuesday. The incident is being investigated by the Department of Homeland Security's Office of Inspector General. Democrats have called for an independent investigation into the incident.

Waymo called the cops on teen riders, raising privacy concerns
Waymo called the cops on teen riders, raising privacy concerns

Two 15-year-old teens were stopped by police in a Waymo robotaxi in San Mateo, California, on Monday. The company disabled the vehicle and called the police. It's the latest incident involving video surveillance of passengers by autonomous vehicles. It raises questions about the limits of privacy in such vehicles.

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Police State: Are We Already There and Just Don't Know It?
Police State: Are We Already There and Just Don't Know It?

Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was shot dead by an ICE agent in Houston on Tuesday morning. He had been living in the U.S. for 35 years and had no criminal record. He was on his way to pick up his construction crew in Magnolia Park. The president of Mexico will pursue legal action against the United States over the killing.

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Schneier on Security
Schneier on Security

In the near future, AI-powered surveillance systems will be able to track everything we do in public and in private. They will combine powerful AI, public and private surveillance via real-time facial recognition technology and digital tracking. China has been developing its surveillance infrastructure for years. The US Department of Homeland Security is increasing its use of AI-based surveillance, including facial recognition and the monitoring of social media accounts.

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Alarm over launch of facial recognition in UK shops that instantly alerts police
Alarm over launch of facial recognition in UK shops that instantly alerts police

Facewatch is a facial recognition system used by more than 100 businesses including Sainsbury's, B&M and Spar to monitor thieves. It is launching a UK-first feature to alert police in real time when the most serious offenders trigger a live facial recognition match. Civil liberties groups have voiced alarm at the development, saying it had "shot on far ahead of the regulation" and was "upending the way retail crime was dealt with".

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Hong Kong watchdog orders removal of viral video allegedly showing singer David Lui
Hong Kong watchdog orders removal of viral video allegedly showing singer David Lui

The Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data ordered a social media platform to remove a viral dashcam video clip showing a heated argument between a driver and a passenger, identified in the footage as singer David Lui Fong. The clip shows a dispute over an apparent GPS map mistake that quickly escalates into a shouting match.

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ICE activity in Chicago rising again as masked agents spotted – NBC Chicago
ICE activity in Chicago rising again as masked agents spotted – NBC Chicago

There is a recent surge in immigration enforcement activity in Chicago's Back of Yards community. Cell phone video shows apparent ICE agents making arrests in Logan Square. It comes 10 months after the Trump Administration's Chicago-area immigration enforcement campaign dubbed Operation Midway Blitz, which saw hundreds of people arrested or taken by federal agents.

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Calls grow for an independent probe into fatal Houston ICE shooting
Calls grow for an independent probe into fatal Houston ICE shooting

Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was shot and killed by an ICE agent in Magnolia Park neighborhood of Houston on Tuesday. Four Houston Democratic members of Congress want an independent investigation into the incident. They say ICE has not released video evidence to support its version of events. They also want the agency to release the body camera footage of the officer who fired the fatal shot.

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ICE agents in fatal Houston shooting were not wearing body cameras, sources say
ICE agents in fatal Houston shooting were not wearing body cameras, sources say

Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, an illegal immigrant, was shot and killed by an ICE officer in Houston on Tuesday. The incident is being investigated by the Department of Homeland Security's Office of Inspector General. Democrats have called for an independent investigation into the incident.

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