Walmart’s pricing patents are stirring fears about what shoppers could pay Walmart’s pricing patents have raised fears of personalized prices. Two experts say they describe pricing items, not people. Fortune · Sep 22
Getting Rid of Flock Isn't Enough To Solve America's Surveillance Problem Civil liberties advocates warn that Americans’ privacy and surveillance concerns won’t be solved without strong legal protections. Reason · Aug 27
Missouri city to embrace AI facial recognition software on buses, but state worried it blurs the line between public safety and personal privacy “Any use of this kind of technology must be approached carefully.” We Got This Covered · Jun 19
A city's push for facial recognition on public buses ignites debate over security and privacy Kansas City, Missouri, plans to boost security by installing facial recognition cameras on buses AAP · Jun 18
Push for facial recognition on public buses ignites fierce debate in Kansas City The state of Missouri declined to help fund the initiative due to facial recognition concerns The Independent UK · Jun 18
Leaked Plans Show School Buses Could Become Roaming Surveillance Vehicles The documents reveal BusPatrol’s plan to equip tens of thousands of school buses with license plate readers and share the data with law enforcement. Reason · May 28
Keep your shoes on: What to know about the TSA rule change at US airports The TSA required travellers to remove their shoes during airport security screenings for nearly two decades. Al Jazeera · Jul 9, 2025
Group pushes for change in how police use body camera footage in officer shooting probes An influential policing think tank is pushing law enforcement agencies to change how they handle body camera footage after police shootings The Independent UK · Dec 22, 2023
This scary AI breakthrough means you can run but not hide – how AI can guess your location from a single image A new AI tool can pinpoint your location just by looking at a photo – and it could be a privacy nightmare. TechRadar · Dec 20, 2023
Artificial intelligence can find your location in photos, worrying privacy experts Three Stanford graduate students built an AI tool that can find a location by looking at pictures. Civil rights advocates warn more advanced versions will further erode online privacy. WEKU · Dec 19, 2023
US man returns antiquities to Italy after reading Guardian report on looted relics Jay Stanley hands over 30 artefacts, including vases and figurines from 6th to 3rd centuries BC, found in late father’s home The Guardian - UK · May 8, 2023
Can a CBDC be truly private? Government-backed digital currencies are drawing critics from the left and right. Fortune · Apr 26, 2023
Next step in surveillance AI: finding out who your friends are LOS ANGELES — A gray-haired man walks through an office lobby holding a coffee cup, staring ahead as he passes the entryway. Los Angeles Times · Mar 3, 2023
Accountability or surveillance? Palm Beach County deputies can now livestream from body cameras FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office recently became one of the last departments in South Florida to equip its deputies with body cameras. Now, it is one of the first in the state to use cameras that livestream. Tribune News Service · Feb 19, 2023