Airbnb banning indoor security cameras
Airbnb will start banning the use of indoor security cameras in all listings globally at the end of next month, the company announced Monday. The goal of the policy shift, …
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Airbnb Bans All Indoor Security Cameras
Airbnb will soon ban hosts from watching their guests with indoor security cameras, as the company is reversing course on its surveillance policies. As of April 30, hosts around the …
5 Years After San Francisco Banned Face Recognition, Voters Ask for More Surveillance
San Francisco made history in 2019 when its Board of Supervisors voted to ban city agencies including the police department from using face recognition. About two dozen other US cities …
License Plate Surveillance Startup Broke The Law While Trying To Reduce Crime
Flock, a startup which promotes a surveillance state, has installed car tracking cameras in 4,000 cities among 42 states. The company makes its money and shareholder value by delivering AI-based …
RCMP slammed for private surveillance use to trawl social media, “darknet” – National
The RCMP has been quietly using private surveillance companies to trawl through social media accounts and “publicly available” information on the internet since at least 2015, a new report by …
UK Police Use Driver License Photo In Facial Recognition Search
A recent change to a single clause in a UK criminal justice law will soon allow police or the National Crime Agency to run facial recognition searches on a database …
GOP Postpones Battle To Extend 9/11-Era Surveillance Measure
After an apparently bitter party meeting that saw no agreement reached on how to bridge a divide on overhauling a controversial intelligence-gathering law, House Republicans decided Monday night to simply …
Teen Killed By Facebook Marketplace Seller After Not Buying Car
A Pennsylvania teenager was shot to death by another teen in Baltimore after deciding not to buy a car he saw advertised on Facebook Marketplace. Carlos Carrazana Ricardo was killed …
The Case for Using AI to Log Your Every Living Moment
People know Otter.ai as one of the AI-driven transcription services that have popped up over the past few years, automatically converting spoken words in interviews and meetings into text. The …
Florida Sovereign Citizens Learn They Need A Driver’s License
Officers from the Volusia Sheriff’s Department in Florida managed to snag two sovereign citizens in one traffic stop after a man’s partner-in-incoherence arrived at the scene to argue with police …