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https://youtu.be/pdifI2l1mWA

StopWatching.Us: Rally Against Mass Surveillance 10/26/13

Published on Oct 26, 2013


Thousands came together in Washington, DC on October 26, 2013 to protest the NSA's mass surveillance programs.

[Airicist]

https://youtu.be/Z1Pl9BnADa0

Hillary Clinton: 'Our technology companies are not part of our government'

Published on Aug 29, 2014


Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton discussed Edward Snowden, the NSA’s surveillance program and immigration during her appearance at the Nexenta OpenSDx Summit.

[Airicist]

https://youtu.be/mt4o-R9wzrs

Catherine Crump: The small and surprisingly dangerous detail the police track about you

Published on Dec 11, 2014


A very unsexy-sounding piece of technology could mean that the police know where you go, with whom, and when: the automatic license plate reader. These cameras are innocuously placed all across small-town America to catch known criminals, but as lawyer and TED Fellow Catherine Crump shows, the data they collect in aggregate could have disastrous consequences for everyone the world over.

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https://youtu.be/gi6SskRxGlo

Ad Company's Drones Are Collecting Personal Data...And It's Totally Legal

Published on Mar 2, 2015


An ad company called Adnear has been flying surveillance phones over Los Angeles, collecting data off of people's cell phones to use to sell ads. And it's 100% legal. How if this acceptable, and is there anything that can be done to combat it? Does the company have a right to people's data? Kim Horcher discusses with special KotN guests Xander Jeanneret (XanderVlogs) and Ivan Van Norman (Geek and Sundry, Saving Throw)!

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https://vimeo.com/36239715

Robot readable world
February 5, 2012


How do robots see the world? How do they gather meaning from our streets, cities, media and from us?
This is an experiment in found machine-vision footage, exploring the aesthetics of the robot eye.

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https://youtu.be/FrxDrpi1XNU

Published on Mar 5, 2014


Privacy researcher Christopher Soghoian sees the landscape of government surveillance shifting beneath our feet, as an industry grows to support monitoring programs. Through private companies, he says, governments are buying technology with the capacity to break into computers, steal documents and monitor activity — without detection. This TED Fellow gives an unsettling look at what's to come.

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https://youtu.be/2xVNgP0PHzg

The first talking, artificially intelligent surveillance camera

Published on Sep 10, 2015


This DIY surveillance camera will scan your face, then speak aloud what it sees. We brought the tech into the streets.

[Airicist]

https://youtu.be/_nSHsb5xKPo

Governments Don't Understand Cyber Warfare. We Need Hackers | Rodrigo Bijou | TED Talks

Published on Jan 21, 2016


The Internet has transformed the front lines of war, and it's leaving governments behind. As security analyst Rodrigo Bijou shows, modern conflict is being waged online between non-state groups, activists and private corporations, and the digital landscape is proving to be fertile ground for the recruitment and radicalization of terrorists. Meanwhile, draconian surveillance programs are ripe for exploitation. Bijou urges governments to end mass surveillance programs and shut "backdoors" — and he makes a bold call for individuals to step up.

[Airicist]

https://youtu.be/M0p64rASqZQ

Should A.I. products like Amazon Echo make us paranoid about surveillance?

Published on Jan 25, 2016

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https://youtu.be/ucRWyGKBVzo

'State of Surveillance' with Edward Snowden and Shane Smith

Published on Jun 8, 2016


The full episode of VICE on HBO's 'State of Surveillance' is available to stream for free on VICE News.

When NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden leaked details of massive government surveillance programs in 2013, he ignited a raging debate over digital privacy and security. That debate came to a head this year, when Apple refused an FBI court order to access the iPhone of alleged San Bernardino Terrorist Syed Farook. Meanwhile, journalists and activists are under increasing attack from foreign agents. To find out the government's real capabilities, and whether any of us can truly protect our sensitive information, VICE founder Shane Smith heads to Moscow to meet the man who started the conversation, Edward Snowden.

topdocumentaryfilms.com/state-surveillance (https://topdocumentaryfilms.com/state-surveillance)

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https://youtu.be/dW7k_GZYLwk

The real value of your personal data - (VPRO documentary - 2013)

Published on Jun 11, 2017


The personal data that is being collected by internet companies has turned into a goldmine. The applications for this enormous mountain of data is endless, from health care uses to marketeers who can accurately predict your behavior. But who is making money from your data? And who owns your personal data?
Original title: The value of your personal data.
Personal data is being collected constantly. Smartphones send your location data, internet browsers store which websites you visited and credit card companies carefully register your buying patterns. One would say that all this personal data is being used to send you advertisements and banners. But that’s just the start. Your data is not only used to understand who you are right now, but also what your life will look like in the future, because that is where the big money is. Could we regain the control over our own personal data, so that we can share in the profits?
Due to huge flow of information, one can tell who we are today and what we will do tomorrow. Can we get control of our own data?
Information is collected and stored on your behalf. Via mobile phone and computer, every step you take is saved and analyzed. By companies like Google, Facebook, Apple and Twitter, among others. This precious personal data is not just saved. There are now new valuable uses for your data, giving your personal data the worth of gold.
Data centers full of your personal data are the heart of what is called Big Data. A treasure of valuable new insights, derived from your location data, emails, photos, text messages, and more from your digital production. Because your personal data is not only used to send customized ads.
Your data is used to predict your future behavior. Through smart analyzes of all your behavior that you leave behind on your mobile phone and computer, it’s easy to find out who you are. And that's not that hard, it turns out. For example, the University of Cambridge just by looking at which buttons you click on Facebook, can see if your parents are divorced, whether you are gay, and so on.
Predicting human behavior, possible thanks to all your personal data, can help to design cities better, combat diseases and prevent wars. But if all of your personal data is so valuable, then shouldn’t it be time for you to get control of it? And also take part of that profit for yourself?
Originally broadcasted by VPRO in 2013.
© October 2013

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Article "Artificial Intelligence is going to supercharge surveillance (https://www.theverge.com/2018/1/23/16907238/artificial-intelligence-surveillance-cameras-security)"
What happens when digital eyes get the brains to match?

by James Vincent
January 23, 2018

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https://youtu.be/fsxKUby4EEw

Artificial intelligence: What the tech can do today

Published on Apr 7, 2019


Is the artificial intelligence we see in science fiction movies at all realistic? Many tech industry experts believe the idea of a superintelligent or sentient AI is greatly exaggerated and many years away. But there's AI already in the works to help solve real-world problems that can improve people's lives.

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https://youtu.be/1dDhqX3txf4

The dangers of video surveillance and A.I.

Premiered Jun 13, 2019


Unless we stop it, we could become a society where everyone’s public movements and behavior are subject to constant and comprehensive evaluation and judgment by an army of AI security guards.

Article "Millions of surveillance cameras could become AI security guards, ACLU warns (https://www.cnet.com/news/millions-of-surveillance-cameras-could-become-ai-security-guards-aclu-warns)"
ACLU wants lawmakers to start dealing with an increase in AI-powered surveillance.

by Oscar Gonzalez
June 13, 2019

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https://youtu.be/dQcoeClk07c

The real problem with facial recognition

Published on Jul 26, 2019


Police across the country are using facial recognition to check IDs and find suspects -- but are they using it the right way? A new study from Georgetown Law’s Center on Privacy & Technology suggests even good algorithms can be put to bad uses, particularly once police start getting creative with the images.

"Police are using facial recognition the wrong way (https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/26/8930682/facial-recognition-algorithm-police-surveillance-error-rates)"
And altering our faces?

by Russell Brandom
July 26, 2019

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Article "The Global Expansion of AI Surveillance (https://carnegieendowment.org/2019/09/17/global-expansion-of-ai-surveillance-pub-79847)"
Summary: A growing number of states are deploying advanced AI surveillance tools to monitor, track, and surveil citizens. Carnegie’s new index explores how different countries are going about this.

by Steven Feldstein
September 17, 2019

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Article "Amazon Engineer: ‘Ring should be shut down immediately and not brought back’ (https://thenextweb.com/artificial-intelligence/2020/01/28/amazon-engineer-ring-should-be-shut-down-immediately-and-not-brought-back)"

by Tristan Greene
January 28, 2020

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https://youtu.be/JhvhtzJAEDc

Facial recognition is everywhere, but are we ready for it?

Jan 31, 2020


Facial recognition technology is becoming a bigger part of our daily lives, from auto-tagging in photos to Face ID, and soon airport check-in and border control. But as this technology moves forward, driven by advances from companies like Amazon, Microsoft, Panasonic, and NEC, many people think we aren't considering the implications. Are we trading our privacy for a few seconds of convenience?

Police forces now routinely use face recognition in investigations, and the UK recently began a trial of a real-time system that can track people via surveillance cameras. And it doesn't matter if you've never opted in, if you've used social media it's almost a guarantee that you're already in a database.

[Airicist]

Article "Dressing for the Surveillance Age (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/03/16/dressing-for-the-surveillance-age)"
As cities become ever more packed with cameras that always see, public anonymity could disappear. Can stealth streetwear evade electronic eyes?

by John Seabrook
March 9, 2020

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https://youtu.be/TVNHd8ZODio

What tech companies know about your kids | Veronica Barassi

Jul 3, 2020


The digital platforms you and your family use every day -- from online games to education apps and medical portals -- may be collecting and selling your children's data, says anthropologist Veronica Barassi. Sharing her eye-opening research, Barassi urges parents to look twice at digital terms and conditions instead of blindly accepting them -- and to demand protections that ensure their kids' data doesn't skew their future.

[Airicist]

Article "How AI Is Making An Impact On The Surveillance World (https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2020/12/04/how-ai-is-making-an-impact-on-the-surveillance-world)"

by Steve Nouri
December 4, 2020

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https://youtu.be/lfOgm1IcBd0

The Spy in Your Phone | Al Jazeera World

Jan 6, 2021


In mid-2020, a mobile phone belonging to an Al Jazeera Arabic investigative team was hacked. Over the next few months, reporter Tamer Almisshal and the Canadian research group Citizen Lab investigated Pegasus, the sophisticated spyware used.

Pegasus is manufactured by an Israeli technology company called the NSO Group and is among the most advanced spyware in the world. It can access and infiltrate a smartphone without the owner clicking a link, opening an email or even answering their phone - meaning it can go undetected.

This investigation exposes how Pegasus works, how governments like Saudi Arabia and the UAE have bought the hugely expensive spyware and how it has been used beyond the stated intentions of the NSO Group of “developing technology to prevent and investigate terror and crime” - including to target journalists.

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https://youtu.be/7gSU_Xes3GQ

China - Surveillance state or way of the future? | DW Documentary

Oct 17, 2021


China is building a huge digital surveillance system. The state collects massive amounts of data from willing citizens: the benefits are practical, and people who play by the rules are rewarded.

Critics call it "the most ambitious Orwellian project in human history." China's digital surveillance system involves massive amounts of data being gathered by the state. In the so-called "brain" of Shanghai, for example, authorities have an eye on everything. On huge screens, they can switch to any of the approximately one million cameras, to find out who’s falling asleep behind the wheel, or littering, or not following Coronavirus regulations. "We want people to feel good here, to feel that the city is very safe," says Sheng Dandan, who helped design the "brain." Surveys suggest that most Chinese citizens are inclined to see benefits as opposed to risks: if algorithms can identify every citizen by their face, speech and even the way they walk, those breaking the law or behaving badly will have no chance. It’s incredibly convenient: a smartphone can be used to accomplish just about any task, and playing by the rules leads to online discounts thanks to a social rating system.

That's what makes Big Data so attractive, and not just in China. But where does the required data come from? Who owns it, and who is allowed to use it? The choice facing the Western world is whether to engage with such technology at the expense of social values, or ignore it, allowing others around the world to set the rules.

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Article "Inside Safe City, Moscow’s AI Surveillance Dystopia (https://www.wired.com/story/moscow-safe-city-ntechlab)"
Moscow promised residents lower crime rates through an expansive smart city project. Then Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine.

by Masha Borak (https://www.linkedin.com/in/masaborak)
February 6, 2023

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Article "French surveillance system for Olympics moves forward, despite civil rights campaign (https://www.politico.eu/article/paris-olympics-surveillance-arsenal-moves-ahead-despite-civil-rights-campaign)"
Government wants to better monitor suspicious or dangerous behavior, but campaigners fear privacy violations.

by Laura Kayali (https://www.linkedin.com/in/laura-kayali-5899a622)
March 8, 2023