Daily Transmission - Understanding the Normalization of Surveillance

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•  Amazon admitted to sharing Ring footage with police without user consent or warrants in 2022: Politico article 

•  Update on Ring requiring warrants for police access starting in 2024: The Guardian article 

•  Texas lawsuit against LG, Samsung, and others for turning TVs into surveillance systems: TechRadar article 

•  How to turn off smart TV tracking features (Consumer Reports guide): Consumer Reports article 

•  NYT investigation into smart TVs spying and sharing data: New York Times article 

•  Details on Amazon’s $600 million AWS cloud deal with the CIA: The Atlantic article 

•  Recent discussion on the AWS-Intelligence Community partnership: Nextgov article 

•  Strava’s 2018 heat map revealing secret military base locations: The Guardian article 

•  Wired analysis on Strava’s privacy implications for military security: Wired article 

•  NYT report on how Strava data exposed sensitive sites: New York Times article 

•  Flock’s response to reports on their ALPR networks and data practices: Flock Safety blog 

•  EFF on Washington court ruling that Flock data is public record: EFF article 

•  ACLU on Flock sharing data even without police requests: ACLU article 

•  Official Cisco overview of Smart+Connected Communities infrastructure: Cisco page 

•  Cisco network designs for smart cities including surveillance elements: Cisco design guide 

•  Amnesty International on Facebook’s surveillance posing threats to human rights: Amnesty article 

•  NYT op-ed on Facebook as a surveillance capitalism entity: New York Times article 

•  Gartner insights on employee monitoring for insight vs. oversight: Gartner document 

•  Report on 78% of employers using digital surveillance on remote workers: NBC Montana article 

•  Computerworld on electronic monitoring reaching all-time highs (~80%): Computerworld article 

•  Explanation of car black boxes recording data for accidents, insurance, and police: Michigan Auto Law blog 

•  How black box data is used in car accident cases: Kameb article 

•  IRS FAQs on the Form 1099-K threshold and reporting: IRS page 

•  IRS announcement delaying the $600 threshold for 2023: IRS newsroom 

•  23andMe’s policy on responding to law enforcement requests: 23andMe support page 

•  23andMe privacy and data protection overview: 23andMe privacy page 

•  Official Palantir Gotham platform description: Palantir page 

•  Campaign Zero on Palantir’s role in surveillance and predictive policing: Campaign Zero article 

•  ACLU settlement on Clearview AI’s compliance with privacy laws: ACLU press release 

•  Wikipedia overview of Clearview AI’s database and operations: Wikipedia page 

•  Politico on Clearview’s patent for facial search engine: Politico article 

•  NYT interactive on 12 million phones and zero privacy in location data: New York Times article 

•  NYT details on the dataset and its implications: New York Times interactive 

•  Amazon’s official Sidewalk overview and device integration: Amazon page 

•  AWS IoT Core for Sidewalk documentation: AWS page 

•  Apple’s Find My network for sharing lost item locations: Apple newsroom 

•  Apple’s third-party finding experiences with Find My: Apple newsroom 

•  Google support on managing Android location settings including Bluetooth scanning: Google support page 

•  Guide to disabling Bluetooth scanning on Android: YouTube video 

•  Brennan Center report on what the government does with Americans’ data (related to surveillance databases): Brennan Center PDF 

•  Brennan Center 2024 annual report (context on data and privacy issues): Brennan Center PDF 

•  Wikipedia on PRISM program details: Wikipedia page 

•  Medium article on the fusion of AI, surveillance, and PRISM-like systems: Medium article 

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