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Data Collection

A collection of 21 issues

Warrantless Surveillance

Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) has recently expired, as a House vote failed on Thursday. After Donald Trump appointed a rather controversial person, Bill Pulte, to be the director of National Intelligence, Democrats refused to let Section 702 continue without a significant reform. What is Section

What Actually is Privacy in the Digital Age?

In the Digital Age, there are many different ways of being exposed to data brokers. Some of these ways include social media, streaming applications, and ALPRs. But what can we actually do about these things? Some social media platforms people find irresistible. It takes so much more effort to go

Know Your Customer

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) put out a document on April 30th, 2026 that recently gained traction due to 404 Media's recent post on the matter. The document puts out a potential method of ridding the world of scam calls; they want all of your personally identifiable information

Eye Level

Meta, the company that holds Facebook, came out with the first mainstream "smart glasses" with the launch of their Wayfarer model of Ray-Ban Stories glasses released back in 2021. For the concerning low price of $224, you can get your hands on the Meta AI Glasses, renamed

Wake Word

"Ok, Google, what's the weather?" "Alexa, when is my order arriving?" "Hey Siri, open the DoorDash app." These are all words commonly said in the home. Google and Amazon are large competitors when it comes to home voice assistants. Google has the

Good News

Everything about privacy is bad news nowadays. Every single article you see today is simply doomer-based and it gets tiring hearing about it. Unfortunately, good news doesn't get likes, so it's not brought up frequently. I'm writing this post to say there is

Cold as ICE

As of May 4th, the city of Kettering, Ohio will no longer allow use of their Flock cameras for immigration enforcement. This comes months after the council meeting to install the surveillance ALPRs saying they would not be used for ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) or speeding tickets. They can&

Flock Surveillance

Flock Group Inc., or Flock Safety. They were founded back in 2017 (9 years ago, holy...) and employ over 1,500 people now as of 2025. The products they sell are security cameras. More specifically, they lease Automated License Plate Readers (ALPRs) to cities around the United States. Cities agree

Markup Theaters

When was the last time you went to a movie theater? It's likely that when you last went to the theaters, it wasn't an independent cinema. Nowadays, there are only a few companies that hold nearly all of the movie theaters near you: * Cinemark Holding, Inc.

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