1+ hour, 54+ min ago   (358+ words) Six Oregon cities and two counties have canceled or suspended contracts over privacy and data leak fears. Oregonians’ distrust of Flock cameras has intensified over the past year, with at least six cities and two counties canceling or curtailing contracts…...

16+ hour, 24+ min ago   (537+ words) It was not your usual traffic update. Drivers in Toronto saw some unexpected messages this week after a digital traffic sign being used for the Ontario Line project was tampered with to display a series of profanity-laced attacks on the…...

17+ hour, 34+ min ago   (1215+ words) You might expect someone taking down surveillance cameras to avoid being filmed. Jevon Martinez did the opposite. The 44-year-old Rio Rancho, New Mexico, man recorded himself removing Flock Safety camera equipment around Bernalillo County on Sept. 2. He loaded the equipment…...

20+ hour, 19+ min ago   (1386+ words) Officials across party lines are moving to dismantle the growing network of cameras tracking American drivers. At the state level, Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott blocked agencies from spending money on the cameras on Aug. 27, according to the Texas Tribune....

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (610+ words) Flock Surveillance isn’t a new phenomenon, but is instead the product of the subordination of the tech industry to the Far Right and years of cooperation between the carceral state and surveillance capital. In the age of artificial intelligence, datacenters,…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (312+ words) Some communities may want to take into account the fact that this uniquely powerful commercial plate-scanning infrastructure is marketed to private companies, including auto financers and insurers, and not only for repossession but also for “risk assessment” purposes — even though…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (1623+ words) This story was jointly reported and authored by the Douglas Budget, Jackson Hole News&Guide, Green River Star, WyoToday Media and WyoFile. Reporting was coordinated and compiled by WyoFile, with editing from all participating publications. By Maya Shimizu Harris, Charles…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (273+ words) After reading the explanations, however, I am still left with the basic question: Why did our Warsaw and Kosciusko County leadership decide that routinely recording citizens’ movements was a good idea? We, Hoosiers, value our limited government, personal responsibility and…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (1623+ words) This story was jointly reported and authored by the Douglas Budget, Jackson Hole News&Guide, Green River Star, WyoToday Media and WyoFile. Reporting was coordinated and compiled by WyoFile, with editing from all participating publications. By Maya Shimizu Harris, Charles…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (993+ words) The Baltimore Police Department purchased more than 200 Axon Enterprise automated license plate readers, public records show. In May, the Board of Estimates approved a 10-year, $153 million no-bid contract with Axon, a major police technology company, covering everything from body cameras…...