Whatever you think of @Snowden, here’s how it works… Using public data, plus business & government records, the US gov spies on American citizens. They leverage “3rd party doctrine” to enrich business, develop new tools, and collect data. Warrantless surveillance is wrong! #4Ahttps://t.co/159v6F11K9
The US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has partnered with a Virginia-based private identification firm which requires a facial recognition selfie among other things, in order to create or access online accounts with the agency.
The Public Health Agency of Canada will start gathering Canadians’ cellphone location data for “evaluation of public health measures.”
The agency, overseen by Dr. Theresa Tam, is seeking a contractor to help with the implementation of Chinese social credit-style monitoring of citizens through “aggregated indicators derived from cell-tower/operator location data.”
The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) requires access to cell-tower/operator location data that is secure, processed, and timely in addition to being adequately vetted for security, legal, privacy and transparency considerations to assist in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic and for other public health applications. Aggregated indicators derived from cell-tower/operator location data provide insightful information and allow for meaningful analysis on the mobility (or movement) of populations in Canada. These analyses and findings provide situational awareness and help inform policy, public health messaging, evaluation of public health measures, and other aspects related to public health response, programming, planning and preparedness.
Members of Congress should be making calls about this. Journalists should be asking the White House and DOJ questions.
The founder of Sci-hub—unquestionably one of the most important sites for academics in the world—should not be subject to persecution for their work. https://t.co/lpkoU3fTbV
CNN says the White House is discussing a new plan to expand domestic, warrantless surveillance of Americans—by paying private companies to infiltrate and report on the private social media groups of those it categorizes as "suspected extremists." https://t.co/RRkvoSgYyA