When Private Security Cameras Are Authorities Security Tools
The US is home to an estimated 50 million closed-circuit TV cameras, roughly as many per capita as China. Many…
New York City oversight bill to force police to detail surveillance tools
(Reuters) - New York City politicians are expected to vote next week to force the largest police force in the…
The Protests Prove the Need to Regulate Surveillance Tech
Law enforcement has used surveillance technology to monitor participants of the ongoing Black Lives Matter protests, as it has with…
Centre asks Delhi to increase screening, security
NEW DELHI: With Covid-19 cases rising rapidly in Delhi, the Centre has asked the AAP government to immediately ramp up…
China’s coronavirus campaign offers look into surveillance system
BEIJING (Reuters) - The coronavirus outbreak in China has given unprecedented glimpses into how an extensive system of surveillance cameras…
U.S. Senate votes to extend government security tools
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate comfortably approved a 2-1/2-year extension of parts of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA)…
U.S. judge obstructs Twitter’s bid to reveal government security demands
(Reuters) - Twitter Inc will not be able to reveal surveillance requests it received from the U.S. government after a…
5 lakh kits land; to be used for surveillance, not diagnosis
NEW DELHI: The much-awaited consignment of five lakh rapid antibody diagnostic kits from China has finally arrived in India but…
One Method to Potentially Track Covid-19? Sewage Surveillance
Nasa Sinnott-Armstrong, a graduate student at Stanford, does not have much experience as a sewage courier—normally, they’re busy studying genetics.…
Coronavirus in India: Amid exodus, govt identifies districts, villages for surveillance
Migrants from Delhi reach their native area during a nationwide lockdown, imposed in the wake of coronavirus pandemic, in Lucknow.…
U.S. House backs extension of surveillance program FISA
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation on Wednesday to extend a divisive set of government surveillance…