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digital surveillance

Users don’t trust companies with stewardship of their data and feel they are being constantly sold to or manipulated. These feelings don’t make for good UX.

The Secret for the Best UX? Controlling Your Own Data

The debate on data privacy is far from over—and it’s affecting user experiences on a large scale.
By Ethan Fast
A person’s face is permanently documented during any interaction they might have at a home outfitted with a Ring device—whether they like it or not

Amazon’s Ring Home Surveillance Network Raises Big Privacy Concerns

Amazon is watching you—more and more, than you could possibly imagine, each and every day.
By Harmon Leon
Facial recognition technology is operated at Argus Solutions on August 11, 2005 in Sydney, Australia.

Dystopian Future Watch: Is San Francisco’s Facial Recognition Ban Too Little, Too Late?

Big Brother is already watching.
By Harmon Leon
President Donald Trump points to the crowd as he delivers a speech during the evening session on the fourth day of the Republican National Convention on July 21, 2016 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump received the number of votes needed to secure the party's nomination. An estimated 50,000 people are expected in Cleveland, including hundreds of protesters and members of the media. The four-day Republican National Convention kicked off on July 18. (Photo by )

Trump Sounds Alarms on Mass Surveillance

By Dan King
A Homeland Security police vehicle near Federal Court before a hearing for Nigerian bombing suspect Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab January 8, 2010 in Detroit, Michigan. Abdulmutallab is accused of trying detonate explosives on a Northwest flight from Amsterdam to Detroit on December 25, 2009. AFP PHOTO/Stan Honda (Photo credit should read STAN HONDA/AFP/Getty Images)

Undocumented Immigrant Hunt Expands Use of Controversial Stingray Tech

By Brady Dale
Former Michigan Rep. Mike Rogers.

Trump’s Comey Replacement Could Be Even Worse on Mass Surveillance

By Dan King
WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 10: U.S. President Donald Trump delivers brief remarks before meeting with House of Representatives committee leaders to discuss the American Health Care Act in the Roosevelt Room at the White House March 10, 2017 in Washington, DC. The proposed legislation is the Republican attempt to repeal and replace Obamacare. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

How President Trump’s Wiretapping Allegations Could Make a Little Bit of Sense

By Brady Dale
Edward Snowden speaks at SXSW in 2014.

Neither Hope for an Obama, Nor Fear a Trump, Snowden Said Today

By Brady Dale
LOS ANGELES, CA - DECEMBER 6: People aim cell phones at a speaker in front of the TCL Chinese Theatre as they march on Hollywood Boulevard to protest of the decision in New York not to indict a police officer involved in the choke-hold death of Eric Garner on December 6, 2014 in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles, California. The march passed the tourist attraction of Hollywood and Highland where police had previously shot and killed a man that according to police had a knife. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)

Google’s Android Phones Threaten Democracy, ACLU Technologist Warns

By Brady Dale
MANCHESTER, NH - DECEMBER 19: U.S. Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL 23rd District), who is also the Chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) speaks to reporters before the democratic debate on December 19, 2015 in Manchester, New Hampshire. The DNC has been criticized for the timing of democratic debates during the 2016 presidential race.

The Intercept Releases GPG Sync, an Encryption Tool for Organizations

By Brady Dale
Foreign press are given a tour by the New York Foreign Press Center as they are shown a kiosk on 3rd Avenue introducing LinkNYC, New York Citys Free Superfast Broadband Experiment on March 21,2016. / AFP / Timothy A. CLARY (Photo credit should read TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images)

Meet the Brave Souls Who Read LinkNYC’s Two Different Privacy Policies

By Brady Dale
Birdwatchers spot birds during the Birding Rally Challenge at "Aguas Calientes" near the Machu Picchu sanctuary in Cuzco on December 05, 2012. The Birding Rally Challenge is a competition, involving teams of well known birders, where participants must cover the greatest number of habitats within a relative small geographical area and in a limited amount of time, allowing them to appreciate the biodiversity of Peru. AFP PHOTO/ERNESTO BENAVIDES (Photo credit should read ERNESTO BENAVIDES/AFP/Getty Images)

How to Protest Online Trackers Without Leaving Your Chair

By Brady Dale
US President Barack Obama and US Vice President Joe Biden applaud alongside Obama's nominee for Supreme Court Justice, Appeals Court Judge Sonia Sotomayor, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, May 26, 2009. Sotomayor if confirmed, will serve as the first Hispanic justice on the Supreme Court. AFP PHOTO / Saul LOEB

Microsoft Speaks Up About Gag Orders

By Brady Dale
A visitor uses a mobile phone on the third day of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on February 24, 2016. The world's biggest mobile fair Nobile World Congress (MWC), is held from February 22 to February 25. / AFP / LLUIS GENE

A Marketer’s Dream: Using Mobiles to Connect Commercials to Shopping

By Brady Dale
We now know who: the Nikolas Gregory Studio team, with Mr. Gregory front and center. (Courtesy photo)

Want to Stop Data Brokers From Profiting Off You? These Subversives Have a Solution

By Brady Dale
Can anyone watch TV alone? (Photo: Jasper Juinen/Getty Images)

How Did the ‘Netflix Reality Check’ Gather Its Data?

By Brady Dale
French Research and Intervention Brigades (BRI - Brigade de recherche et d'intervention) policemen officers use a drone during a training exercice at the Bibliotheque Nationale de France in Paris, on June 23, 2015 as part of the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the BRI. AFP PHOTO / DOMINIQUE FAGET (Photo credit should read DOMINIQUE FAGET/AFP/Getty Images)

Civilian Oversight Boards Should Ask Police These Questions

By Brady Dale
An undersea fiber optic cable brings broadband Internet to East Africa in 2009.

Websites Can Probably Guess Your Identity With Three Basic Data Points

By Brady Dale
WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 08: Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming ranking member Rep. James Sensenbrenner (R-WI) attends a news conference on "energy, climate-gate and President Obama's trip to Copenhagen" with members of the House Republican American Energy Solutions Group at the U.S. Capitol December 8, 2009 in Washington, DC. What some climate change critics are calling "climate-gate," emails and other documents between scientists were hacked or stolen from a British climate-change research center. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Telecom Condemns Passage of USA FREEDOM Act by Senate

By Brady Dale

Brooklyn Coder Lauren McCarthy Wants To Cure Your Crippling Social Awkwardness

By Marie Solis
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