Facial Recognition Moratorium Tech Hearing Today! (October 22, 2019)
Quick reminder that today is the State & Local Facial Recognition Tech Moratorium (S.1385 & H.1538) hearing before the Joint Committee on the Judiciary. That hearing will…
Category: Surveillance
Urge Brookline to regulate facial recognition technology (October 20, 2019)
Wednesday, Brookline’s Advisory Committee is having a meeting of its Public Safety Subcommittee to consider its recommendation on regulating law enforcement use of facial recognition technology…
Right of Repair & Facial Recognition Ban Hearings this week! (October 19, 2019)
There are two important hearings at the State House this week that we urge you to attend: Digital Right to Repair (S.107 & H.218), this Monday,…
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. …
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…