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Half Of U.S. Adults Already In Facial Recognition Database Study Shows

October 19, 2016 Asa J 1310 Views american civil liberties union, civil liberties, Civil rights, copblock, copblock.org, databases, department of defense, Department of Motor Vehicles, facial recognition, facial recognition database, facial recognition network, facial recognition software, FBI, freedom of information requests, fusion centers, Georgetown Law Center, Georgetown Law Center on Privacy and Technology, intelligence agencies, mugshot database, Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation, Police State, Privacy, state police, Surveillance, surveillance cameras, Technology, West Virginia Fusion Center

A new study conducted by Georgetown Law’s Center on Privacy and Technology shows that half of all U.S. adults are

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Police Illegally Contacted My Employer & Violated My Rights

September 5, 2016September 12, 2016 Alia Atreides 1054 Views employment, fired, Kansas, Matthew Hirsch, Merriam, Merriam Police Department, patrick, police illegally contacted my employer, possession charge, Privacy, tortious interference

The following story comes to us from Cop Block Network contributor Patrick, who shared his own story in his own

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Police Drones To Hit The Skies In Southern California

April 24, 2016April 24, 2016 Asa J 1398 Views ACLU of California, ACLU of Southern California, augmented reality, big brother, California, cellphone tracking, Chief David Brown, copblock, copblock.org, department of homeland security, DHS, DJI Phantom 2 quadcopter, drones, FAA, FAA approval, FBI, federal bureau of investigation, Fontana police, Fontana police department, Hemet police, Hemet police department, infrared camera, Inland Empire, Inland Empire region, Lt. Billy Green, Mission creep, NMotion drone, north dakota, Peter Bibring, police drones, Police State, Privacy, privacy rights, riverside county sheriff's department, Riverside police department, Southern California, Surveillance

Multiple police departments in southern California have been granted, or are seeking FAA approval to deploy drones in response to crime

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Feds Making Thousands Of Augmented Reality Surveillance Flights Across US

April 9, 2016 Asa J 1602 Views Adam Bates, agumented reality surveillance, aircraft, Associated Press, augmented reality, BuzzFeed News, Cato Institute, cellphone tracking, Cessna, Cessna Skylane 182, Cessnas, civil liberties, copblock, copblock.org, department of homeland security, DHS, FBI, FBI front companies, federal bureau of investigation, FlightRadar24, front companies, helicopters, Pilatus PC-2, planes, Police State, Privacy, privacy rights, Surveillance, surveillance aircraft, surveillance flights, surveillance state, Technology

The Federal Bureau of Investigation and Department of Homeland Security have been running thousands of surveillance missions employing cellphone tracking

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Cell 411 Presentation: Emergency Response without the State

February 29, 2016February 29, 2016 Pete Eyre 1426 Views Android, civil society, emergency, Free State Project, how to respond, how to use, iOS, liberty forum, manchester, medical emergency, New Hampshire, overview, patrol mode, presentation, Privacy, response, security, smartphone app, stream, Surveillance, tutorial, video, virgil vaduva

The app Cell 411 – available now, for free, on Android and iOS – is powerful. It allows you to

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DHS To Urge Public To Become Online Spies For The Government

February 24, 2016March 4, 2016 Asa J 1087 Views ALCU, anti-government groups, BATF, Central California Intelligence Center, chilling effect, Citizen spy networks, communities against terrorism program, constitutional rights, copblock, copblock.org, cyber PSA, Cyber Security, DEA, department of homeland security, Department of Justice, DHS, DHS intelligence assessment, Domestic Terrorism Counsel, facebook, federal bureau of investigation, fusion centers, government spies, homeland security, Hot Spots of Terrorism and Other Crimes in the United States, ICE, if you see something say something, Janet Napolitano, John Carlin, joint terrorism task force, Joint Terrorism Task Forces, Los Angeles Joint Regional Intelligence Center, MIAC report, National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism, national security, Nationwide Suspicious Activity Reporting Initiative, New York City, NSI, Office of Partnership and Engagement, online spies, Privacy, privacy rights, Profiles of Perpetrators of Terrorism, Propaganda, propaganda campaign, PSA, rights, see something say something, sovereign citizen, Sovereign Citizen Movement, START, Surveillance, surveillance state, suspicious activity, suspicious internet activity, Twitter, Wal-Mart

In the wake of 9/11, the “If You See Something, Say Something” campaign debuted in New York City in 2002 and then expanded

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Hawaii Legislature Proposes Access to Disciplinary Files of Police Officers

February 7, 2016February 6, 2016 Georgia Sand 1600 Views above the law, assault, Criminal History, Discharge, disciplinary action, Disturbing, Drafter, Gods, government, Government Employee, Hawaii, Hawaii's Revised Statutes, Heroes, History, Honolulu, Honolulu Civil Beat, honolulu police department, information, Law, laws, legislation, Medical Information, negligible consequences, police, police officers, Privacy, Privacy Interest, Psychiatric Information, Public safety, public servant, public trust, religion, Section 92F-14, Senate Bill 3016, Senate Public Safety Committee, Suspension, Tampering With Government Records, taxes, taxpayer, Transparency, Welfare Eligibility

According to the Honolulu Civil Beat, Hawaii’s Senate Public Safety Committee passed Senate Bill 3016, which changes Hawaii’s laws to allow access

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Cops Using Social Media Surveillance To Calculate Your “Threat Score”

January 12, 2016 Asa J 1570 Views ACLU, american civil liberties union, Beware, Beware software, big brother, Bureau of Justice Statistics, California, Chief Jerry Dyer, Civil rights, copblock, copblock.org, Fresno, Fresno Police Department, gunshot detector, houston, Matt Cagle, New York City, orwellian, Orwells hell, Police State, Privacy, privacy rights, Real Time Crime Center, rights, San Joaquin Valley, seattle, social media, social media posts, Surveillance, surveillance algorithms, surveillance cameras, surveillance center, surveillance software, surveillance state, threat level, threat score, washington post, worrisome messages

Police in California are using state of the art surveillance tools to determine an individual’s “threat score” based on social

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Paying To Add Your DNA To a Government Database via Ancestry.com and 23andMe

October 31, 2015October 31, 2015 Kelly W. Patterson 4416 Views 23andMe, Accountability, Ancestry.com, big brother, big brother is watching, civil liberties, Civil rights, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, crazy conspiracy, database, Dishonesty, DNA, eff, Electronic Frontier Foundation, FBI, filmmaker, freedom, Fusion.net, genealogy, government funded DNA databases, Harassment, Illegal search/entry, Justice System, kelly patterson, Michael Usry, murder, new orleans, New Orleans Advocate, NYU law, police, Police State, Privacy, private genetic databases, Professor Erin Murphy, rape kit, rights, totally reasonable steps by law enforcement, Transparency, video, wild goose chase, Wired

Normally, Big Brother has to go through the hassle of getting a warrant and establishing some sort of probable cause

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The Future Of Internet Freedom To Be Decided By CISA Vote

October 22, 2015October 22, 2015 Asa J 1099 Views 1st St. NE, Apple, BAS, Business Software Alliance, CCIA, CIA, CISA, CISPA, Computer and Communications Industry Association, copblock, copblock.org, Cyber-Security Information Sharing Act, cybersecurity, Debunking Myths about Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act, Dept. of Commerce, Dept. of Defense, Dept. of Homeland Security, Dept. of the Treasury, DHS, Director John Brennan, Doug Maughan, Dropbox, East Capitol St. NE, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Experian, FBI, FCC, Fight for the future of the internet, Google, internet freedom, internet privacy, NSA, online freedom, online privacy, OPM, Passcode, Privacy, privacy protections, protest, reddit, Save The Internet, Secretary Jeh Johnson, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, Sen. Richard Burr, Senate vote, Snowden leaks, Stored Communications Act, Surveillance, surveillance bill, surveillance state, Twitter, U.S. Congress, Washington D.C., Yelp

The future of internet freedom hangs in the balance as the Senate is poised to vote on the Cyber-Security Information

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New Law for California Cops Using Stingray: Get A Warrant

October 14, 2015October 15, 2015 Dylan Donnelly 1106 Views 4th amendment, ACLU of California, California, cellphone privacy, Civil rights, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, Dylan Donnelly, illegal search, Illegal search/entry, Jerry Brown, Police State, Privacy, rights, Stingray, stingray device, Surveillance, unwarranted spying

Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill into law that says police must get a warrant to use a stingray during

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Unredacted Postal Service Audit Reveals Extent Of Mail Surveillance

August 14, 2015February 29, 2016 Asa J 1673 Views ACLU, Civil rights, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, DEA, DHS, Dishonesty, FBI, first amendment, fourth amendment, freedom, Inspector General Tammy Whitcomb, irs, lawyer Frank Askin, mail covers, mail covers program, New York Times, Police State, Postal Inspection Service, Postal Inspection Service’s Office of Counsel, postal inspectors, Postal Service audit, Privacy, privacy rights, rights, Rutgers Constitutional Rights Clinic, SFGate, Surveillance, United States Postal Service, unredacted audit, USPS, warrantless searches, washington post

The United States Postal Service has been compiling a database of every Americans’ mail records into a dragnet being made

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