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From Macy’s to Ace Hardware, facial recognition is already everywhere

July 15, 2021 // by Sarah Olson

From Macy’s to Ace Hardware, facial recognition is already everywhereRead More

App trackers secretly sell your location data to the government. App stores won’t stop them.

February 23, 2021 // by Sarah Olson

App trackers secretly sell your location data to the government. App stores won’t stop them.Read More

A surprising number of government agencies buy cellphone location data. Lawmakers want to know why.

December 2, 2020 // by Sarah Olson

A surprising number of government agencies buy cellphone location data. Lawmakers want to know why.Read More

Amazon’s surveillance cameras fly now — which is unsettling

September 24, 2020 // by Sarah Olson

Amazon’s surveillance cameras fly now — which is unsettlingRead More

Google employees are demanding the company stop selling software to police

June 22, 2020 // by Sarah Olson

Google employees are demanding the company stop selling software to policeRead More

Why it matters that IBM is getting out of the facial recognition business

June 10, 2020 // by Sarah Olson

Why it matters that IBM is getting out of the facial recognition businessRead More

How to Fix a Drug Scandal is the staggering true story of justice gone very wrong

April 1, 2020 // by Sarah Olson

How to Fix a Drug Scandal is the staggering true story of justice gone very wrongRead More

The police want your phone data. Here’s what they can get — and what they can’t.

February 24, 2020 // by Sarah Olson

The police want your phone data. Here’s what they can get — and what they can’t.Read More

Alexa records you more often than you think

February 21, 2020 // by Sarah Olson

Alexa records you more often than you thinkRead More

The world’s scariest facial recognition software, explained

February 11, 2020 // by Sarah Olson

The world’s scariest facial recognition software, explainedRead More

Why we don’t know as much as we should about police surveillance technology

February 5, 2020 // by Sarah Olson

Why we don’t know as much as we should about police surveillance technologyRead More

How to avoid a dystopian future of facial recognition in law enforcement

December 10, 2019 // by Sarah Olson

How to avoid a dystopian future of facial recognition in law enforcementRead More

What facial recognition steals from us

December 10, 2019 // by Sarah Olson

What facial recognition steals from usRead More

The vaping illness outbreak is strengthening the argument for legalizing marijuana

October 25, 2019 // by Sarah Olson

The vaping illness outbreak is strengthening the argument for legalizing marijuanaRead More