Hacker News with Generative AI: Surveillance

The CDC, Palantir and the AI-Healthcare Revolution (unlimitedhangout.com)
The CDC’s Center for Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics (CFA) has partnered with the CIA-linked Palantir to cement the public-private model of invasive surveillance in “public health,” all while pushing the U.S. national security state and Silicon Valley even closer together.
Public Health, Surveillance, Artificial Intelligence, Government, Big Data
7 points by TheFreim 4 days ago | 0 comments
Secret Phone Surveillance Tech Was Likely Deployed at 2024 DNC (wired.com)
A device capable of intercepting phone signals was likely deployed during the 2024 Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Chicago, WIRED has learned, raising critical questions about who authorized its use and for what purpose.
Surveillance, Politics, 2024 Election, Security
17 points by thunderbong 6 days ago | 7 comments
License plate readers are leaking real-time video feeds and vehicle data (wired.com)
Misconfigured license-plate-recognition systems reveal the livestreams of individual cameras and the wealth of data they collect about every vehicle that passes by them.
Privacy, Security, Surveillance, Technology, Law Enforcement
28 points by rntn 9 days ago | 7 comments
Online Behavioral Ads Fuel the Surveillance Industry (eff.org)
A global spy tool exposed the locations of billions of people to anyone willing to pay. A Catholic group bought location data about gay dating app users in an effort to out gay priests. A location data broker sold lists of people who attended political protests.
Privacy, Surveillance, Data Brokerage, Advertising
166 points by Breadmaker 10 days ago | 96 comments
SFPD refuses to say where they've placed 400 automated license plate readers (sfist.com)
The new armada of automated license plate readers in SF are taking three million surveillance photos every day, but the SF Police Department is being cagey about disclosing where the hundreds of cameras are located.
Privacy, Surveillance, Technology, San Francisco, Law Enforcement
42 points by anigbrowl 13 days ago | 34 comments
Ellison declares Oracle all-in on AI mass surveillance, keep everyone in line (theregister.com)
AI is on the verge of ushering in a new era of mass surveillance, says Oracle cofounder Larry Ellison, adding that his juggernaut is ready to serve as the technological backbone for such applications.
Artificial Intelligence, Surveillance, Oracle, Technology, Business
27 points by FrustratedMonky 14 days ago | 17 comments
Surveillance and the suppression of civil society in Serbia (amnesty.org)
This report documents how Serbian authorities have deployed surveillance technology and digital repression tactics as instruments of wider state control and repression directed against civil society.
Surveillance, Civil Liberties, Serbia, Human Rights, Repression
71 points by walterbell 15 days ago | 44 comments
Billionaire says AI surveillance can ensure 'citizens are on best behavior' (businessinsider.com)
But this is only the start of our surveillance dystopia, according to Larry Ellison, the billionaire cofounder of Oracle. He said AI will usher in a new era of surveillance that he gleefully said will ensure "citizens will be on their best behavior."
Artificial Intelligence, Surveillance, Privacy, Society, Business
11 points by latexr 15 days ago | 2 comments
FTC orders 'gun detection' tech maker Evolv to stop overstating effectiveness (techdirt.com)
FTC, Technology, Surveillance, Law Enforcement
148 points by shakna 19 days ago | 128 comments
From Pegasus to Predator – The evolution of commercial spyware on iOS [video] (media.ccc.de)
My talk explores the trajectory of iOS spyware from the initial discovery of Pegasus in 2016 to the latest cases in 2024.
Security, Mobile Devices, iOS, Surveillance, Technology
384 points by cookiengineer 19 days ago | 154 comments
Beijing got unprecedented access to private texts and phone conversations (fortune.com)
Privacy, China, Surveillance, Data Security
11 points by doener 20 days ago | 0 comments
From Pegasus to Predator – The Evolution of Commercial Spyware on iOS (Relive) [video] (media.ccc.de)
My talk explores the trajectory of iOS spyware from the initial discovery of Pegasus in 2016 to the latest cases in 2024.
Cybersecurity, iOS, Spyware, Surveillance
12 points by doener 20 days ago | 3 comments
Surveillance Capitalism 2024, Wrapped (asomo.co)
How spying-as-a-service now gets sent to us as a Christmas present
Surveillance, Privacy, Capitalism, Technology, 2024
16 points by nikodotio 21 days ago | 1 comments
Poker Players Are Cheating with Tiny Hidden Cameras (petapixel.com)
Poker players are allegedly using tiny hidden cameras to cheat in high-stakes games.
Poker, Cheating, Surveillance, Technology
6 points by toss1 24 days ago | 0 comments
Paraguay probing suspicious Huawei-owned vehicle seen near Taiwan envoy's house (focustaiwan.tw)
Taipei, Dec. 20 (CNA) Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said Friday that it is cooperating with an investigation into a vehicle registered to Chinese company Huawei believed to have surveilled Taiwan's ambassador in Paraguay.
Politics, International Relations, Surveillance, China, Taiwan
4 points by toss1 26 days ago | 0 comments
US judge finds Pegasus spyware maker liable over WhatsApp hack (theguardian.com)
WhatsApp celebrates victory as judge finds Israeli company NSO Group violated state and federal US hacking laws
Cybersecurity, Lawsuits, Surveillance, Israel, WhatsApp
10 points by bookofjoe 27 days ago | 1 comments
Lowlight Cameras Can't Beat Stealth [video] (youtube.com)
Security, Surveillance, Technology, Video
4 points by Topfi 27 days ago | 4 comments
Walmart employees now wearing body cameras (petapixel.com)
Some Walmart employees are now wearing body cameras in U.S. stores as part of a scheme to help deter conflict and theft.
Security, Retail, Technology, Surveillance
30 points by ashitlerferad 29 days ago | 88 comments
Google starts tracking all your devices in 8 weeks (forbes.com)
Warning—digital fingerprinting is back
Privacy, Google, Technology, Surveillance
242 points by nreece 29 days ago | 151 comments
'United Healthcare' Using DMCA Against Luigi Mangione Images (abovethelaw.com)
Someone purporting to be United Healthcare is filing DMCA requests to scrub the internet of artists’ depictions of the surveillance video of Luigi smiling, parody merchandise of “Deny, Defend, Depose,” and other merchandise showing the alleged shooter.
Copyright, Lawsuits, Healthcare, Art, Surveillance
12 points by miles 29 days ago | 2 comments
Google Street View Captures a Man Loading a Bag into a Trunk. Arrests Follow. (nytimes.com)
It was a routine image picked up by Google Street View: a man loading a white bag into the trunk of a car.
Crime, Surveillance, Technology, News
8 points by jbegley 30 days ago | 1 comments
Ottawa proposes 24/7 surveillance of Canada-U.S. border (cbc.ca)
Canada, United States, Surveillance, Border Security, Politics
9 points by geox 30 days ago | 1 comments
Walmart employees are now wearing body cameras in some stores (cnbc.com)
Walmart, Retail, Surveillance, Security, Labor
12 points by amichail 31 days ago | 0 comments
"A Digital Prison": Surveillance and the suppression of civil society in Serbia (amnesty.org)
This is the Executive Summary of Amnesty International’s report on surveillance and the suppression of civil society in Serbia. Please click here for the full report in PDF format.
Surveillance, Civil Liberties, Serbia, Human Rights, Amnesty International
26 points by arp242 33 days ago | 1 comments
Serbian authorities using spyware to illegally surveil activists, report finds (theguardian.com)
Police and intelligence services in Serbia are using advanced mobile forensics products and previously unknown spyware to illegally surveil journalists, environmental campaigners and civil rights activists, according to a report.
Surveillance, Human Rights, Serbia, Journalism, Politics
13 points by beardyw 33 days ago | 2 comments
NYC wants you to stop taking traffic cam selfies, but here's how to do it anyway (pcmag.com)
When it debuted this summer, the Traffic Cam Photobooth (TCP) website offered a new twist on the surveillance state by enabling smartphone users to take selfies with New York traffic cams.
Surveillance, Photography, Privacy, Technology
399 points by gnabgib 36 days ago | 202 comments
Traffic Cam Selfie Creator Holds Cease and Desist Letter in Front of Traffic Cam (404media.co)
Artist Morry Kolman made a website called Traffic Cam Photobooth that lets people take “selfies” using publicly-available feeds from traffic cameras. The New York City Department of Transportation sent him a cease and desist letter demanding he cut it out.
Art, Technology, Public Data, Surveillance
22 points by Jocund 36 days ago | 4 comments
The UnitedHealthcare Gunman Understands the Surveillance State (theatlantic.com)
When cameras are everywhere, a killer can adjust accordingly.
Surveillance, Crime, Mass Shootings, UnitedHealthcare
33 points by fortran77 40 days ago | 24 comments
Boeing busted by employee over plans to surveil workers, quickly reverses course (theregister.com)
Boeing has paused its efforts to install and use employee-monitoring sensors, including at its office in Everett, Washington, after media inquiries followed an employee's leak of the plans.
Employee Monitoring, Surveillance, Boeing, Labor Relations, Privacy
6 points by rntn 42 days ago | 0 comments
Forensic Methodology to Catch NSO Group's Pegasus Spyware (amnesty.org)
NSO Group claims that its Pegasus spyware is only used to “investigate terrorism and crime”  and “leaves no traces whatsoever”. This Forensic Methodology Report shows that neither of these statements are true. This report accompanies the release of the Pegasus Project, a collaborative investigation that involves more than 80 journalists from 17 media organizations in 10 countries coordinated by Forbidden Stories with technical support of Amnesty International’s Security Lab.[1]
Cybersecurity, Surveillance, Journalism, Forensic Analysis
14 points by car 43 days ago | 1 comments