L'Assemblée a adopté une proposition de loi macroniste portée par le député Paul Midy autorisant l'expérimentation jusqu'à fin 2027 de la surveillance algorithmique dans les commerces "afin de prévenir les vols". Le texte, soutenu par le RN, fait cauchemarder les défenseur des libertés. Le texte prévoit d'informer le public lorsque cette technologie est employée, selon ses défenseurs. C'est le minimum... Nous voilà rassurés.

#Politique #Surveillance #Tech #Renaissance #Macron #DirectAN #Vol

"[Anthropic]... reportedly does not want to allow the Department of Defense to use [Claude]... for mass surveillance of the US population. Furthermore, it would prohibit the development of weapons that fire without human intervention. The Pentagon considers this "'excessively restrictive.'"
https://www.heise.de/news/KI-fuer-Waffen-und-Ueberwachung-Pentagon-droht-Anthropic-mit-Sanktionen-11179072.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege

https://social.heise.de/@heiseonline/116084618069779335
#AI #surveillance #MassSurveillance #Claude #Pentagon #DoD #military #AutonomousWeapons #extortion

The Philosopher in the Valley by Michael Steinberger, 2025

Alex Karp, Palantir, and the Rise of the Surveillance State

An acclaimed New York Times Magazine writer brings us into the world of the controversial technology firm Palantir and its very colorful and outspoken CEO, Alex Karp, tracing the ascent of Big Data, the rise of surveillance technology, and the shifting global balance of power in the 21st century.

#books
#nonfiction
#BigData
#surveillance
#Palantir

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Palantir builds data integration software: its technology ingests vast quantities of information and quickly identifies patterns, trends, and connections that might elude the human eye. Founded in 2003 to help the US government in the war on terrorism—an early investor was the CIA—Palantir is now a $400 billion global colossus whose software is used by major intelligence services (including the Mossad), the US military, dozens of federal agencies, and corporate giants like Airbus and BP. From AI to counterterrorism to climate change to immigration to financial fraud to the future of warfare, the company is at the nexus of the most critical issues of the times.

What If Our Clothes Could Disrupt Surveillance Cameras?
#privacy #surveillance #pbs

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gDP4P59KYPg

The War on Privacy
#privacy #surveillance #technology

https://youtu.be/h0_b7-QtWdk?si=2TIkbbyNG5yiUg4B

Amazon's flip flop on the Ring-Flock cooperation shows how little you can trust them on surveillance. If blow back and money are right tomorrow, the whole thing will be back on the table. We need more open source devices to control what happens in them.
#surveillance
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/amazon-no-longer-working-police-tech-flock-safety-super-bowl-ad-rcna258855

"As U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents have swarmed cities across the United States, American politics has appeared to enter a new phase, one in which armed federal forces turn civilian neighborhoods into active conflict zones. Part of what is driving this political shift is a potent technical infrastructure: ICE operations are now expedited by mobile surveillance and targeting systems, where agents’ most powerful weapon can fit in the palm of their hands.

Recent reporting has revealed ICE is relying on at least two applications to guide its crackdown. The first is ELITE (Enhanced Leads Identification & Targeting for Enforcement), a new geospatial system built by the data analytics firm Palantir for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and designed for use on smartphones and tablets. ELITE “populates a map with deportation targets, brings up a dossier on each person, and provides a ‘confidence score’ on the person’s current address,” according to a user manual published late last month.

The second is Mobile Fortify, a facial recognition application manufactured by the biometrics company NEC that allows immigration enforcement officers to identify both citizens and undocumented migrants. ICE and other DHS agents have reportedly photographed and scanned the faces of Americans in cities like Minneapolis and Chicago — images that are cross-checked with biometric databases, compiled into dossiers, and stored for up to 15 years.

It’s no coincidence that, reporting on ICE’s incursion into Minnesota, New York Times columnist Lydia Polgreen described an “occupation designed to punish and terrorize.” The technologies supporting their operations illustrate how thoroughly ICE is following in Israel’s footsteps: both ELITE and Mobile Fortify bear a striking resemblance to mobile targeting applications Israeli forces have..."

https://www.972mag.com/ice-immigration-israeli-occupation-surveillance/

#USA #Trump #Immigration #ICE #Surveillance #PoliceState #Fascism #Palantir #Israel #FacialRecognition

Samsung teases Privacy Display on Galaxy S26 Ultra, using Flex Magic Pixel to obscure screen from side angles and block shoulder surfers 🔒

Switch activates per-app or automatically; launch set for Feb 25—boosting on-device data protection without accessories 📱

🔗 https://www.androidauthority.com/samsung-tease-privacy-display-galaxy-s26-3641155/

#TechNews #Privacy #Samsung #Galaxy #GalaxyS26 #PrivacyDisplay #Pixel #Cybersecurity #Smartphone #DigitalRights #UserRights #DataProtection #Biometrics #Accountability #Surveillance #Screen

Police departments receive surveillance technology thanks to government grants, private donors, and surveillance companies offering free or in-kind trades of precious police data. It comes at a cost.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/02/free-surveillance-tech-still-comes-high-and-dangerous-cost #surveillance #police #ai

An underground site is using facial recognition to unmask cam models across platforms.

Camgirlfinder lets users upload a photo and find a performer’s other accounts, usernames, and last-seen activity.

https://www.404media.co/underground-facial-recognition-tool-unmasks-camgirls/

#facialrecognition #surveillance #doxxing #tech
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Pentagon Reportedly Hopping Mad at Anthropic for Not Blindly Supporting Everything Military Does
Autonomous drone swarms and mass surveillance are apparently big sticking points for the AI colossus
#surveillance #ai
https://share.google/E9S2LZMkkxvJ0OzGx

"Your biometric data, such as your faceprint, are some of the most sensitive pieces of data that a company can collect. Associated risks include mass #surveillance, data breach, and discrimination. Adding this technology to glasses on the street also raises safety concerns."

#Meta #Privacy #FacialRecognition

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/02/seven-billion-reasons-facebook-abandon-its-face-recognition-plans

DHS monitors Reddit users calling for peaceful ICE protests, per leaked intelligence bulletin. 🔍

No violence indicated, yet agency flags it for "operational and reputational risks" near Border Patrol sites—raising free speech concerns ⚠️

Surveillance without warrants erodes user privacy and civil liberties 🛡️

🔗 https://boingboing.net/2026/02/10/dhs-is-stalking-reddit-users-online.html

#TechNews #Privacy #DHS #Surveillance #Reddit #FreeSpeech #Cybersecurity #DataProtection #CivilLiberties #ICE #Censorship #Government #Protest #Violence #Police

Ring's Search Party AI tracks lost pets via cloud videos from nearby cameras—opt-out by default, sparking privacy backlash post-Super Bowl ad. 🐕

No human tracking now, but fears rise over AI surveillance potential; Ring ends Flock police data partnership amid outrage. ⚠️

🔗 https://www.cnet.com/home/security/what-does-rings-search-party-ai-pet-tracking-do-to-your-privacy-i-got-the-details/

#TechNews #Privacy #Ring #Amazon #SearchParty #Surveillance #AI #Cybersecurity #SmartHome #DigitalRights #UserRights #DataProtection #Accountability #Pets #Cloud #SuperBowl #Flock #Tech

Police recovered "deleted" Nest Doorbell footage from Nancy Guthrie via Google's residual backend data, despite no subscription. 🔍

Expired clips retrieved by FBI post-removal expose retained cloud data accessible to law enforcement. ⚠️

"Deleted" ≠ gone, raising user privacy risks. 🛡️

🔗 https://www.theverge.com/tech/877235/nancy-guthrie-google-nest-cam-video-storage

#TechNews #Privacy #Google #NestCam #Nest #Surveillance #DataRetention #Cybersecurity #SmartHome #DigitalRights #UserRights #DataProtection #Biometrics #Accountability #GDPR #Police #FBI

Of course.

I have never posted, or even read apart from a headline or chyron thrown at me, anything about Nancy Guthrie...because if it were you or me, our loved one would hardly make the local news...but, I post this for obvious reasons.

Is America heading toward a surveillance state?

https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/14/us/video/is-america-heading-toward-a-surveillance-state-the-guthrie-video-reignites-concerns

The Guthrie video reignites concerns

#surveillance #privacy #DNA #Guthrie #press #news #TrumpAdministration

So turns out investments from Peter Thiel are behind Persona the company now processing millions of people’s facial biometric. What could go wrong? https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/roblox-reddit-and-discord-users-compelled-to-use-biometric-id-system-backed-by-palantir-co-founder-peter-thiel/ #Persona #biometrics #surveillance

"[A] cuddly face on a rather dystopian reality: widespread networked surveillance by a company [Ring] that has cozy relationships with law enforcement and other equally invasive surveillance companies."
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Author: Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler
Publication: 404 Media @404mediaco
February 10, 2026
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#USA #Media #Animals #Surveillance #Technology #Policing #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
https://www.404media.co/with-ring-american-consumers-built-a-surveillance-dragnet/

https://www.theverge.com/report/879320/ring-flock-partnership-breakup-does-not-fix-problems

Ring’s decision to end its planned partnership with Flock Safety doesn’t fix the deeper issues critics have with Amazon’s smart camera ecosystem.

The move came after backlash over surveillance and law-enforcement ties, but Ring’s Community Requests tool still lets police ask for footage via partners like Axon, meaning privacy concerns remain unresolved.

#Ring #Surveillance #Privacy #Amazon #DataSecurity

#Ring Ends Deal to Link #Neighborhood #Cameras After Backlash to #SuperBowl Ad

A #RingDoorbell #security #camera on the front of a building in New York. The planned integration of those cameras to activate a search function gave rise to criticism after a Super Bowl ad.
#privacy #surveillance

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/business/amazon-ring-flock-partnership-super-bowl.html

YouTube: $224B/year from ads
Meta: $42.85/year per user

You trade:
- 38 days of time
- Complete privacy
- Mental health
- Autonomy

For ~$40/year to advertisers.

Your time is worth more.

https://snugg.social/en/blog/free-doesnt-mean-no-cost

#Privacy #Surveillance

Meta Is Expanding The Surveillance State... and Mark Zuckerberg really is a terrible human being.

#News #TechNews #Surveillance #Meta #MetaGlasses #Privacy

https://youtu.be/21iQ5lg6Dww

Daily podcast: Meta Is Expanding The Surveillance State... and Mark Zuckerberg really is a terrible human being.

#News #TechNews #Surveillance #Meta #MetaGlasses #Privacy #podcast

https://soundcloud.com/nickaesp/stm

Planned to watch ONE TikTok video.

57 minutes later, looked up.

The algorithm knew me better than I knew myself.

This isn't entertainment.
It's surveillance disguised as entertainment.

Full investigation: YouTube, TikTok, Snapchat, Reddit data collection

https://snugg.social/en/blog/free-doesnt-mean-no-cost

#Privacy #TikTok #Surveillance #DataPrivacy

Someone mentioned to me that facial recognition technology is getting "better" and doesn't that make a difference in its use?

But do we *want* more accurate surveillance technology? Do we want to see more people of color wrapped up in systems of punishment? Do we need yet another avenue for invading privacy or tracking every move a person makes?

We don't need a better puppy grinder, we need to remove the idea that grinding up puppies is a worthy pursuit. #FRT #facialRecognition #surveillance

Meta Adding Facial Recognition to Its Smart Glasses That Identifies People in Real Time, Hoping the Public Is Too Distracted by Political Turmoil to Care

https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/meta-facial-recognition-glasses

#tech #technology #socialmedia #meta #surveillance #privacy #facialrecognition

Discord's age verification rollout has ties to Palantir co-founder and panopticon architect Peter Thiel

You "may be part of an experiment where your information will be processed by an age-assurance vendor, Persona."

https://www.pcgamer.com/software/platforms/oh-good-discords-age-verification-rollout-has-ties-to-palantir-co-founder-and-panopticon-architect-peter-thiel/

#Discord #privacy #surveillance #AgeVerification #enshittification #Persona #Palantir #dystopia #socialmedia #gaming #technology

Meta is reportedly planning to add facial recognition to its smart glasses and timed the rollout for a “dynamic political environment” when critics are distracted.

https://www.theverge.com/tech/878725/meta-facial-recognition-smart-glasses-name-tag-privacy-advoates

#meta #smartglasses #facialrecognition #tech #privacy #surveillance #ai
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