Surveillance Memory Bank and Resources

Wins

Local

• Cambridge wants surveillance tech paused until company addresses fears
• Cambridge stops using license plate reader cameras over data sharing concerns
• Brookline officials press pause on police accessing data from realty company’s plate-reader camera

Reporting

Local

• Did The BPD Fly A Surveillance Drone Over The Dominican Parade? They Won’t Tell Us.

National

• Google Secretly Handed ICE Data About Pro-Palestine Student Activist
• U.S. Attorney’s Office sought and received court authorization to hack Telegram servers More...
• Amazon’s Ring plans to scan everyone’s face at the door
• Very Soon, ICE Will Know Exactly Where You Are All the Time
• Amazon’s Ring to partner with Flock, a network of AI cameras used by ICE, feds, and police
• ICE amps up its surveillance powers, targeting immigrants and antifa
• ICE, Secret Service, Navy All Had Access to Flock's Nationwide Network of Cameras
• AI gun detection system worked properly before human error prompted police response, official says (Could have been a Tamir Rice case)
• ICE has powerful facial recognition app Illinois cops are barred from using — with little apparent oversight
• DHS Wants States to Hand Over Driver’s License Data for Citizenship Checks
• You Can't Refuse To Be Scanned by ICE's Facial Recognition App, DHS Document Says
• ICE and CBP Agents Are Scanning Peoples’ Faces on the Street To Verify Citizenship
• Ex-US cyber intel exec pleads guilty to selling spy tools to Russian broker
• Judge Rules Flock Surveillance Images Are Public Records That Can Be Requested By Anyone
• The Shocking Far-Right Agenda Behind the Facial Recognition Tech Used by ICE and the FBI
• Is it safe to travel with your phone right now?
• Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with ‘suspicious’ travel patterns
• A mysterious Texas surveillance network told police to search his truck. Watch how it went wrong.
• A Chicago Man Was Charged With Murder Based on a ShotSpotter Alert. Now the City Will Pay Him $500K
• A Possible US Government iPhone-Hacking Toolkit Is Now in the Hands of Foreign Spies and Criminals

International

• How China’s Propaganda and Surveillance Systems Really Operate
• Spyware maker NSO Group confirms acquisition by US investors
• License Plate Surveillance Logs Reveal Racist Policing Against Romani People

Data

• SPD Camera Locations & SPD Police Surveillance Cameras