Amazon delivery drivers keeping their eyes on the road will have Amazon keeping an eye on them as the company plans to use AI-equipped cameras inside vehicles to monitor workers… Read More
Police in Bellevue, Wash., are asking residents to report violations of the state’s “stay home” order online in an effort to clear up 911 lines for emergencies. Suspected violations are… Read More
Microsoft’s decision to retain former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to investigate how one of its partner companies uses facial recognition technology, announced late last week, highlights one of the… Read More
As surveillance technology is rapidly advancing — including facial recognition and devices such as Amazon’s Ring doorbell cameras — the ability to regulate these tools is not keeping pace, agreed… Read More
For years, Microsoft has been going to bat with the government over gag orders that prevent the cloud provider from notifying customers when law enforcement seizes their data. Despite a… Read More
News reports detailing the relationship between Amazon-owned Ring and police departments are raising eyebrows in Washington D.C. and at least one federal lawmaker wants answers. Sen. Ed Markey, a Democrat… Read More
Amazon has patented a system for providing home security surveillance as a service, but the real innovation has to do with avoiding surveillance of the home next door. Just don’t… Read More
Amazon is taking an active role advising lawmakers on legislation that would govern facial recognition technology, like the Seattle tech company’s own Rekognition software. Over the past few months, Amazon… Read More
Privacy advocates are celebrating an agreement reached between U.S. attorneys, a federal court in Seattle, and the local newspaper The Stranger over digital surveillance. The U.S. District Court for the… Read More
Microsoft is calling for increased government oversight on companies developing facial recognition technology, at a time when public concern about the relationship between tech and the public sector is growing.… Read More
Amazon received an unexpected delivery Monday afternoon when community leaders dropped off four big boxes of signatures urging the company to stop selling image recognition technology to law enforcement agencies.… Read More
Here’s some Friday internet advice for you: Skip the memo, and go with the mop. An apparently intoxicated gentleman armed with the business end of a mop tried unsuccessfully to… Read More
The House of Representatives has passed a bill extending the National Security Administration’s warrantless surveillance program for six years, rejecting a years-long effort from a bipartisan group of lawmakers to… Read More
Hackers and spies no longer need special surveillance equipment to track your location and movements. Researchers from the University of Washington’s Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering have… Read More
The internet has made information easily accessible, and we normally see that as a good thing. Making bank transfers online or quickly looking up a recipe are great conveniences. But… Read More
A report from The Stranger today accuses the Seattle Police Department of violating the law and infringing on citizens’ privacy by purchasing social media monitoring software in secret. In 2013, SPD… Read More
Whether you see him as a patriot or a traitor, it’s a big week for Edward Snowden, who was forced to seek asylum in Russia after revealing the magnitude of the… Read More
Last year, the FBI flew a fleet of small airplanes over Seattle and other cities. They were equipped with cameras capable of snapping thousands of high-resolution photographs, and may have… Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. — If power corrupts, does technological power corrupt absolutely? At an intimate workshop in Georgetown this week, just a quick Uber ride from the Halls of American Power, discussion turned to a… Read More
It’s time for Amazon.com to become more transparent about surveillance requests by the U.S. government. That was message from Chris Soghoian, the ACLU Principal Technologist famous for publicizing the faulty privacy practices… Read More
The Washington State House of Representatives passed several bills Wednesday that would impose new regulations on surveillance technology and drones. The legislation makes spying via drone a state misdemeanor and increases the permissions… Read More
After several missed starts, the Deep Space Climate Observatory launched atop SpaceX’s Falcon 9 on Wednesday. Although the company decided to forego recovery of the rocket due to inclement weather, SpaceX… Read More
Glenn Greenwald doesn’t mince words. The government is “truly devoted to the elimination of privacy in the digital age,” the lawyer and journalist told a sold-out crowd of 850 at… Read More
For the past six years, Seattle-based Vievu has helped more than 3,000 police agencies around the world with body-worn cameras that record what’s happening on the job. But recently, Vievu founder… Read More
What happens when you notice cops surrounding a man and decide to take a few photos of the scene? Well, for one Seattleite, it nearly meant being handcuffed. That’s what… Read More
Well this has to be one of the more awesome and most expensive smartphone hardware additions I’ve ever seen. French company Lehmann Aviation is selling a drone called the LA300 that attaches… Read More
What does our general public really think of recently exposed government surveillance programs? Does it invade privacy? Does it protect us from terrorists? Do they have any idea what I’m… Read More
If you haven’t heard yet, Seattle’s 5 Point Cafe is one of the first establishments to declare a ban on Google Glasses to prevent its patrons from being recorded by the high-tech glasses (but also… Read More