Hi-tech CCTV can recognise faces from half a mile away
High–definition CCTV cameras that can identify and track faces from half–a–mile away could turn Britain into a Big Brother society if left unregulated, the first surveillance commissioner has warned
View ArticleACLU of Michigan exposes police surveillance cameras being used in...
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Michigan recently put out a fascinating report (PDF) on the use of surveillance cameras in residential Lansing, Michigan which seems to be congruent with...
View ArticleThe US Government Today Has More Data On The Average American Than The Stasi...
We've written plenty about how the US government has been quite aggressive in spying on Americans. It has been helped along by a court system that doesn't seem particularly concerned about the 4th...
View ArticleFederal court approves use of hidden surveillance cameras on private property...
Yet again, a federal judge undermined the Constitution in a wholly disturbing fashion, this time by allowing police to install hidden surveillance cameras on private property without obtaining a search...
View ArticleAnger as Government plans for new network of road tolls policed by cameras...
Motorists will be expected to pay a new round of pay-as-you-drive charges under plans being drawn up by the Government and councils, it has been claimed. Proposals already exist for three new tolling...
View ArticlePolice Install Camera Focused on Back Yard of Woman’s Home
Recently I wrote about an ACLU of Michigan report that highlighted the problem of police cameras being installed outside of people’s private homes. Last week I learned from my colleague Doug Bonney of...
View ArticleCalifornia Police Unveil Armored Surveillance Vehicle
“We are focusing on public areas, we’re not trying to impede anyone’s privacy” Police in Modesto, California unveiled a newly acquired surveillance vehicle this week which will video and audio record...
View ArticlePolice begin spying on every citizen in real-time
CA - A retired Air Force veteran named Ross McNutt and his Ohio-based company, Persistent Surveillance Systems, persuaded the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department to use his surveillance technology...
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