hate to say i told ya so, but...

(when I first mentioned this to my lecturers they all said they couldn't see it happening because of the privacy concerns and data speed issues...lolok)

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WA police surveillance cameras: AI technology to monitor public spaces

WA police launch real-time AI camera surveillance to catch criminals

WA Police will become the first force in the country to use real-time AI-generated facial recognition in public spaces.

The state government on Friday launched the Overt Live Facial Recognition program with a trial of the cameras at the police academy in Joondalup

The technology monitors groups of people from police vans and compares faces against a database of targets in real-time.

https://www.nine.com.au/australia-news/wa/wa-police-launch-ai-camera-surveillance-to-catch-criminals-20260619-p608c7.html

#AusPol #Australia #WAPol #policing #Criminology #CriminalJustice #tech #technology #surveillance #surveillanceTech #AI #RightToPrivacy

Exclusive: Meta employees launch protest against mouse-tracking tech at US offices

#privacy #righttoprivacy #meta
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/society-equity/meta-us-employees-organize-protest-against-mouse-tracking-tech-2026-05-12/

Some Good News

"Mozilla, Proton, etc. are protesting AI ID age verification with an open letter to the UK government. The company behind Firefox and other organizations are protesting AI facial scans and age checks, pointing out that they are attempts at mass surveillance through the collection of biometric data"

#privacy #democracy #dataprivacy #righttoprivacy #onlinesafety

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h45PHMuWP2Q

Dayton suspends Flock license plate readers, says data used for immigration enforcement

The Dayton Police Department has announced that it found that contrary to promises that access to Flock Automated License Plate Reader data would be kept rest...

#goodnews #fuckice #righttoprivacy #dayton #ohio
https://www.daytondailynews.com/local/dayton-suspends-license-plate-readers-says-data-used-for-immigration-enforcement/article_14a3f629-ac59-57cd-91e8-c53ed5619971.html

Getting On Anonymous IRC Chat With I2P+ And Hexchat

IRC (Internet Relay Chat) is oldskool, simple way to chat using clients such as #BitchX, or Hexchat / XChat

I registered #righttoprivacy channel On I2P Postman IRC Server for this video (everyone welcome to join / chat 😎)

(send msg / reply / comment if having trouble)

#IRC #i2p #anonymous #anonymity #HumanRights #PrivacyMatters #FOSS #Hexchat #Peertube

https://tube.tchncs.de/w/1aN5K4k3oNH9LghDATDSxo

There's only one city in America that isn't on Google's Street View. Documentary filmmaker Chris Parr set out to map it, using North Oak, Minnesota's byzantine rules and the help of a drone. His experience shows who gets privacy in America, and who doesn't.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtiiHXsnsrY

#PrivacyInAmerica #DigitalDivide #RightToPrivacy #SurveillanceCapitalism #DataPrivacy #NorthOaks #GoogleStreetView #DocumentaryFilmmaking #DroneMapping #IndieDoc #Cartography

Meta to Shut Down Instagram End-to-End Encrypted Chat Support Starting May 2026

https://thehackernews.com/2026/03/meta-to-shut-down-instagram-end-to-end.html#privacy #righttoprivacy #socialmedia