Help stop facial recognition technology in Massachusetts (September 15, 2019)
The use of facial and biometric recognition tech is out of control, but we have an opportunity to stop Massachusetts state and local governments from using it. …
Category: Surveillance
Pirate News: Face Recognition, Equifax Settlement and More (July 22, 2019)
Captain James, Quartermaster Joe, First Officer Steve and Activism Director Sam have a free flowing discussion of the latest news including: Orlando police…
Who has your face on file? (July 11, 2019)
ICE and the FBI are using state drivers license photos for facial recognition searches. A CBP vendor was hacked which exposed thousands of license plates…
Somerville Bans Facial Recognition Tech (June 28, 2019)
Yesterday, in an 11-0 vote, the Somerville City Council voted to ban the city from using facial recognition technology. It is the second…
Pirate News: State of Surveillance (June 26, 2019)
Captain James and Quartermaster talk about surveillance in the USA and two bills (S.1385 and H.1538) that we support which would ban facial…
Wednesday, learn to use 2FA token devices (June 25, 2019)
This Wednesday, June 26, the Somerville Crytoparty will talk about how to setup and use a 2FA token device, such as Yubikey. It…
House votes for unconstitutional and warrantless surveillance (June 20, 2019)
The US House of Representatives voted against prohibiting the unconstitutional and warrantless surveillance of Americans as authorized by Section 702 of the FISA…
#VotePirate in the European Parliament Elections! (May 23, 2019)
Today the European Parliamentary elections start in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. They continue until Sunday, the 26th in sixteen member states.…
We support Mass. bills limiting biometric tracking tech (April 4, 2019)
At our March 13th, 2019 IRC meeting, we endorsed two bills meant to limit face surveillance and other “at a distance” biometric tracking…
Join us at Freedom Rally 2018 (August 14, 2018)
We will be at Freedom Rally, September 14-16, and we want your help. This year our space will be used as an outdoor cryptoparty, live…