Flock cameras & license-plate readers
Who collects vehicle-location data, how long it is retained, who can search it, and whether oversight matches the scale of surveillance.
NEW POST DAILY
Security matters.
So does the right to be left alone.
Independent coverage of surveillance technology and digital rights from a privacy-first position. Exceptions can be justified, but only when the purpose is legitimate and the power is necessary, proportionate, limited, transparent, and accountable.
Facial recognition
Accuracy, bias, watchlists, consent, law-enforcement use, private-sector deployment, and the consequences of a false match.
Data brokers
How location, identity, purchasing, and behavioral information is gathered, combined, sold, and obtained without a traditional warrant.
Identity & biometrics
The risks of collecting fingerprints, face templates, voiceprints, and other identifiers that cannot simply be changed after a breach.
Encryption & lawful access
Whether a proposed access mechanism can remain limited to legitimate investigations without weakening security for everyone.
Necessity & accountability
Whether surveillance addresses a legitimate need, uses the least intrusive method, has strict limits, and leaves an auditable record.
Questions every surveillance system should answer
- 01PurposeWhat specific harm is the system intended to prevent or investigate?
- 02NecessityIs the collection genuinely needed, or merely convenient?
- 03ProportionalityDoes the public benefit justify the privacy intrusion?
- 04LimitsWho can access the data, for what reason, and for how long?
- 05AccountabilityCan misuse be detected, challenged, corrected, and punished?