Tech Companies Shouldn't Be Bullied Into Doing Surveillance

Tech Companies Shouldn't Be Bullied Into Doing Surveillance

• The Secretary of Defense has given an ultimatum to the artificial intelligence company Anthropic in an attempt to bully them into making their technology available to the U.S. •

Fake Zoom meeting “update” silently installs surveillance software

Fake Zoom meeting “update” silently installs surveillance software

• Fake Zoom meeting ‘update’ silently installs surveillance software A fake Zoom meeting website is silently pushing surveillance software onto Windows machines. • Visitors land on

Threat Intelligence · February 24, 2026 (updated February 25, 2026) · 2 min · 331 words
Colorado law could force surveillance for 3D printers to prevent use for making gun parts - fourth state to propose new bans is expanding firearms laws to regulate digital files

Colorado law could force surveillance for 3D printers to prevent use for making gun parts - fourth state to propose new bans is expanding firearms laws to regulate digital files

• Colorado law could force surveillance for 3D printers to prevent use for making gun parts - fourth state to propose new bans is expanding firearms laws to regulate digital files

Will more police and surveillance prevent the next school tragedy?

• I’m still processing the devastating mass school shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. • Like many people across the country, I’m thinking about the families and communities directly i

Science · February 18, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 72 words
San Jose Can Protect Immigrants by Ending Flock Surveillance System

San Jose Can Protect Immigrants by Ending Flock Surveillance System

• (This appeared as an op-ed published February 12, 2026 in the San Jose Spotlight, written by Huy Tran (SIREN), Jeffrey Wang (CAIR-SFBA), and Jennifer Pinsof.) As ICE and other fe

New Report Helps Journalists Dig Deeper Into Police Surveillance Technology

• Report from EFF, Center for Just Journalism, and IPVM Helps Cut Through Sales Hype SAN FRANCISCO - A new report released today offers journalists tips on cutting through the sale

Let’s talk about Ring, lost dogs, and the surveillance state

Let’s talk about Ring, lost dogs, and the surveillance state

• Today, let’s talk about the camera company Ring, lost dogs, and the surveillance state. • Let’s talk about Ring, lost dogs, and the surveillance state The security camera maker’s

Consumer Tech · February 16, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 286 words
Amazon Scraps Partnership With Surveillance Company After Super Bowl Ad Backlash

Amazon Scraps Partnership With Surveillance Company After Super Bowl Ad Backlash

• Amazon’s Ring ends partnership with police surveillance firm Flock Safety amid public backlash. • The decision follows a 30‑second Super Bowl ad featuring a lost dog and camera n

Cybersecurity · February 16, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 192 words
New ZeroDayRAT Mobile Spyware Enables Real-Time Surveillance and Data Theft

New ZeroDayRAT Mobile Spyware Enables Real-Time Surveillance and Data Theft

• Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new mobile spyware platform dubbed ZeroDayRAT that’s being advertised on Telegram as a way to grab sensitive data and facili

Cybersecurity · February 16, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 270 words
Blinded by Science: The Importance of RWD and Post-market Surveillance

Blinded by Science: The Importance of RWD and Post-market Surveillance

• The blockbuster popularity of GLP-1 medications has everyone talking about them, from promotionby Senera Williamsto satireon South Park. • That heightened profile brings attentio

3D Printer Surveillance

• NY’s 2026-27 budget bill mandates 3D printers to include blocking tech that blocks firearm designs. • The algorithm scans every print file, refusing prints flagged as potential f

Cybersecurity · February 12, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 174 words
'Free' Surveillance Tech Still Comes at a High and Dangerous Cost

'Free' Surveillance Tech Still Comes at a High and Dangerous Cost

• Surveillance technology vendors, federal agencies, and wealthy private donors have long helped provide local law enforcement ‘free’ access to surveillance equipment that bypasses

No One, Including Our Furry Friends, Will Be Safer in Ring's Surveillance Nightmare

No One, Including Our Furry Friends, Will Be Safer in Ring's Surveillance Nightmare

• Amazon Ring’s Super Bowl ad offered a vision of our streets that should leave every person unsettled about the company’s goals for disintegrating our privacy in public. • In the

Big Brother Watch consultation response

• Big Brother Watch urges stronger safeguards for biometric data in upcoming EU surveillance regulation. • Calls for mandatory transparency and public reporting on facial recogniti

November Update: Something Borrowed Something New

November Update: Something Borrowed Something New

• Pine64 unveils November update with new SBC, PineCam, and PineCube successor, boosting open‑hardware lineup. • PineCam replaces PineCube IP camera, featuring polished design, 512

Open Hardware · November 21, 2024 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 201 words