Opposing unconstitutional mass government surveillance

Author: Jo Facklam

Tell Congress to Put an End to FRT

Post author By Jo Facklam
Post date July 15, 2021
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Rudimentary Facial Recognition Technology (FRT) was pioneered in the 1960s and even then the government quickly realized what implications FRT could have for policing and security. If one could use a computer to quickly look for the identity of suspects, they could effectively automate an extremely labor intensive aspect of policing—saving money in the long […]

Tags biometrics, fourth amendment rights, FRT, Moratorium, surveillance reform

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A possible federal ban on warrantless StingRay use?

Post author By Jo Facklam
Post date June 21, 2021
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We’ve got promising news on the Fourth Amendment front: Last week, a federal bill regulating StingRay (otherwise known as a cell-site simulator) use was introduced in Congress with the help of Representative Ted Lieu and Senator Ron Wyden with Senator Steve Daines and Representative Tom McClintock. We’ve been waiting patiently for this bill to get […]