Stories Tagged as
Surveillance
The growing business of immigrant surveillance
Aug 2, 2023
Under the Biden administration, there’s been a rapid expansion of the electronic monitoring of immigrant families and individuals waiting for their immigration cases to move through the courts over several years. This investment in surveillance and case management tech is throwing private prison companies a lifeline.
Some employers are using software to remotely monitor worker productivity
by
David Brancaccio
, Alex Schroeder
and Jarrett Dang
Aug 30, 2022
Jodi Kantor from The New York Times describes how companies are increasingly using new software tools to evaluate how hard their employees are working.
Mixing work and play on a company computer comes with risks
Aug 24, 2021
After being stuck at home for 18 months, it's tempting to use your work laptop for fun. But your employer may be watching.
Chinese surveillance companies on U.S. blacklist still using Silicon Valley components
by
Scott Tong
Dec 20, 2019
Blacklisted firms are still using essential components from the U.S., analysts and company statements suggest.
Volvo says driver-facing cameras are key to cutting crashes
by
Jack Stewart
Mar 21, 2019
The company is shifting its attention to accident prevention.
New tech doorbells can record video, and that's an ethics problem
by
Molly Wood
Jan 17, 2019
They might be recording a lot more than who's at the front door.
Tech can sift through video evidence ... but can it avoid bias?
by
Molly Wood
Jan 7, 2019
Forensic video evidence is no smoking gun.
For public good, not for profit.
The U.S. government doesn’t want 5G tech that’s made in China
by
Molly Wood
Nov 30, 2018
The thing that makes the technology so useful can also make it vulnerable.
The problem of governments using facial recognition software
by
Molly Wood
, Stephanie Hughes
and Shaheen Ainpour
May 24, 2018
"They know both the question and the answer," one CEO says.
The convenience store of the future is always watching
by
Stephanie Hughes
and Molly Wood
Jan 24, 2018
Sure, no lines sounds great, but is being constantly monitored worth the trade-off?