Hacker News with Generative AI: Surveillance

Unmarked Vans. Secret Lists. Public Denunciations. Our Police State Has Arrived (nytimes.com)
“It’s the unmarked cars,” a friend who grew up under an Argentine dictatorship said. He had watched the video of the Columbia graduate student Mahmoud Khalil’s abduction. In the video, which Khalil’s wife recorded, she asks for the names of the men in plainclothes who handcuffed her husband.
Police Brutality, Surveillance, Civil Liberties, Argentina
13 points by quantified 9 hours ago | 2 comments
'Please leave feedback': how constant online reviews are changing our brains (theguardian.com)
We live under mutual surveillance, asked to leave public ratings for every purchase, meal, taxi ride or hair appointment. What is it doing to us?
Online Reviews, Psychology, Consumer Behavior, Surveillance
12 points by sandebert 2 days ago | 6 comments
Privacy died last century, the only way to go is off-grid (theregister.com)
From smartphones to surveillance cameras to security snafus, there's no escape
Privacy, Surveillance, Security, Technology
24 points by LorenDB 3 days ago | 4 comments
Trump Admin Spies on Social Media of Student Visa Holders (kenklippenstein.com)
The Trump administration is requiring that foreign students studying in, or seeking to study in the United States, pass an ideological test in order to obtain a visa, according to a “sensitive” State Department directive issued by Secretary of State Marco Rubio and which I obtained.
Politics, Immigration, Education, Surveillance
16 points by bbqfog 3 days ago | 0 comments
What no one is saying about the first city-wide facial recognition zone [video] (youtube.com)
Facial Recognition, Privacy, Surveillance, Technology, Cities
5 points by like_any_other 4 days ago | 0 comments
Madison Square Garden's surveillance banned this fan over his T-shirt design (theverge.com)
A concert on Monday night at New York’s Radio City Music Hall was a special occasion for Frank Miller: his parents’ wedding anniversary. He didn’t end up seeing the show — and before he could even get past security, he was informed that he was in fact banned for life from the venue and all other properties owned by Madison Square Garden (MSG).
Surveillance, Music, New York, Entertainment
219 points by helloworld 5 days ago | 89 comments
Madison Square Garden Bans Fan After Surveillance System IDs Him as CEO Critic (gizmodo.com)
Madison Square Garden is home to the New York Knicks, one of the most storied performance venues in the country, and a surveillance state dystopia.
Surveillance, Privacy, Sports, New York
92 points by miles 5 days ago | 16 comments
Madison Square Garden's surveillance system banned fan over his T-shirt design (theverge.com)
A concert on Monday night at New York’s Radio City Music Hall was a special occasion for Frank Miller: his parents’ wedding anniversary. He didn’t end up seeing the show — and before he could even get past security, he was informed that he was in fact banned for life from the venue and all other properties owned by Madison Square Garden (MSG).
Surveillance, Censorship, Entertainment, New York
22 points by dustincoates 5 days ago | 2 comments
I asked police to send me their public surveillance footage of my car (cardinalnews.org)
Two police officers walked into a doughnut shop.
Privacy, Law Enforcement, Surveillance
650 points by bookofjoe 6 days ago | 519 comments
New video of feds ambushing student and vanishing sparks deep concern (slate.com)
Rumeysa Ozturk, a Ph.D. scholar on a student visa at Tufts University, was walking down a street in Somerville, Massachusetts, on Tuesday night to meet friends to break her Ramadan fast when a man in a dark hoodie and baseball cap crossed the street toward her.
Politics, Surveillance, Crime, Student Life
8 points by nithinj 6 days ago | 1 comments
Even If Those Weren't War Plans in Hegseth's Signal Chat, They Were War Crimes (techdirt.com)
When the Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg revealed this week that senior White House officials had accidentally added him to their Yemen bombing planning session on Signal, he did something remarkable: he actually protected operational security better than the officials themselves did.
National Security, War Crimes, Surveillance, Journalism, Politics
15 points by hn_acker 6 days ago | 6 comments
Europe's response to the Signalgate reflects a major shift in transatlantic ties (cbsnews.com)
London — In the British Parliament, the Signal group chat controversy prompted a hard question on Wednesday for the U.K. leader from opposition lawmaker Ed Davey: Can Britain still trust America with its secrets?
Politics, International Relations, Privacy, Surveillance
5 points by Brajeshwar 6 days ago | 1 comments
Iran using drones and apps to enforce women's dress code (bbc.com)
Iran is using drones and intrusive digital technology to crush dissent, especially among women who refuse to obey the Islamic republic's strict dress code, the United Nations has said.
Iran, Surveillance, Women's Rights, Technology, Human Rights
38 points by gnabgib 7 days ago | 6 comments
Tufts student: Video shows masked agents arresting Rumeysa Ozturk (bostonglobe.com)
Tufts University, News, Arrest, Surveillance, Law Enforcement
182 points by perihelions 7 days ago | 51 comments
Netflix's Adolescence Is a Trojan Horse for Online Censorship and Surveillance (reclaimthenet.org)
Somewhere between Black Mirror and a parliamentary white paper, Netflix birthed Adolescence — a four-part drama so hyped it makes The Crown look like daytime TV.
Netflix, Censorship, Surveillance, Entertainment, Drama
29 points by unboxingelf 9 days ago | 4 comments
Met Police gets first permanent facial recognition cameras in London (lbc.co.uk)
Police are setting up London's first permanent facial recognition cameras, despite privacy fears.
Surveillance, Facial Recognition, London, Police
9 points by pseudolus 10 days ago | 0 comments
China bans compulsory facial recognition; use in private spaces like hotel rooms (theregister.com)
China’s Cyberspace Administration and Ministry of Public Security have outlawed the use of facial recognition without consent.
China, Privacy, Facial Recognition, Surveillance, Regulations
33 points by rntn 10 days ago | 2 comments
JORN Is an Over-the-Horizon Radar (wikipedia.org)
Radar, Military Technology, Surveillance
5 points by CHB0403085482 15 days ago | 0 comments
Amazon accused of using algorithms to push warehouse workers to breaking point (theregister.com)
Amazon has used tricks, algorithms, and surveillance to discourage warehouse employees from unionizing, according to a paper published in the journal Socius.
Amazon, Labor Relations, Algorithms, Surveillance, Unions
10 points by LinuxBender 15 days ago | 1 comments
"Guardrails" Won't Protect Nashville Residents from AI-Enabled Camera Networks (eff.org)
Nashville’s Metropolitan Council is one vote away from passing an ordinance that’s being branded as “guardrails” against the privacy problems that come with giving the police a connected camera system like Axon’s Fusus. But Nashville locals are right to be skeptical of just how much protection from mass surveillance products they can expect.
Privacy, Surveillance, AI, Law Enforcement, Nashville
4 points by hn_acker 15 days ago | 1 comments
Taking $200 Out of an ATM Should Not Trigger Federal Financial Surveillance (reason.com)
One of President Donald Trump's Day 1 executive orders designated "certain international cartels" as "foreign terrorist organizations," a classification that according to the State Department "play[s] a critical role in our fight against terrorism and [is] an effective means of curtailing support for terrorist activities and pressuring groups to get out of the terrorism business."
Politics, Finance, Surveillance
26 points by bloomingkales 16 days ago | 12 comments
ICE Internet Surveillance Power Tool Keeps Tabs on More Than 200 Websites (techdirt.com)
The DHS and its main anti-immigration component, ICE, have always been big fans of social media surveillance.
Surveillance, Government, Internet, Privacy, Law Enforcement
11 points by freitasm 16 days ago | 3 comments
Drones swarming sensitive national security sites (cbsnews.com)
Last month – the head of NORAD and NORTHCOM – the military commands that defend North America – told Congress some of those mysterious drones seen flying inside the United States may indeed have been spying. He did not say for whom. 60 Minutes has been looking into a series of eerily similar incidents – going back years – including those attention getting flyovers in New Jersey recently.
Drones, National Security, Government, Military, Surveillance
10 points by worik 16 days ago | 4 comments
Data Broker Brags About Having Highly Detailed Information on Nearly All Users (gizmodo.com)
The owner of a data brokerage business recently put out a creepy-ass video in which he bragged about the degree to which his industry could collect and analyze data on the habits of billions of people.
Data Privacy, Surveillance, Big Data, Technology, Business
6 points by doener 16 days ago | 0 comments
China Made a Spy Camera That Can See Faces from Space (petapixel.com)
Chinese scientists have built a surveillance camera with unprecedented resolving capabilities.
Surveillance, Technology, China, Space, Optics
14 points by gnabgib 17 days ago | 2 comments
Unofficial parental control apps put children's safety and privacy at risk (ucl.ac.uk)
Some ‘unofficial’ parental control apps have excessive access to personal data and hide their presence, raising concerns about their potential for unethical surveillance as well as domestic abuse, according to new research from UCL and St. Pölten UAS, Austria.
Privacy, Child Safety, Parental Controls, Technology, Surveillance
3 points by gnabgib 17 days ago | 1 comments
Iran is using drones and apps to catch women who aren't wearing hijabs (cnn.com)
Iran, Technology, Surveillance, Women's Rights, Human Rights
13 points by zfg 19 days ago | 6 comments
Mark Klein, AT&T whistleblower who revealed NSA mass spying, has died (eff.org)
EFF is deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Mark Klein, a bona fide hero who risked civil liability and criminal prosecution to help expose a massive spying program that violated the rights of millions of Americans.
Privacy, Surveillance, Law Enforcement, Whistleblower
1597 points by leotravis10 21 days ago | 354 comments
Tell HN: US Government is surveilling HN (ycombinator.com)
According to Jospeh Cox at 404media [0], who today published leaked documents from an American surveillance-tech company, "ShadowDragon", I thought it may be of interest to HN that "YCombinator" is named [1] as a target.
Surveillance, Government, Technology, Privacy, Hacker News
22 points by perihelions 21 days ago | 13 comments
The 200+ Sites an ICE Surveillance Contractor is Monitoring (404media.co)
A contractor for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and many other U.S. government agencies has developed a tool that lets analysts more easily pull a target individual’s publicly available data from a wide array of sites, social networks, apps, and services across the web at once, including Bluesky, OnlyFans, and various Meta platforms, according to a leaked list of the sites obtained by 404 Media.
Surveillance, Government, Privacy, Social Media, Data
14 points by m-watson 21 days ago | 2 comments