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Open Rights Group @openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org
· 14h ago
Boosted by @trending@homestead.social
Facial recognition in aisle 1, 2, 3... Having this tech in UK supermarkets threatens our "data, privacy, and human rights." It only lines the pockets of Big Tech and does "nothing to address the root causes of crimes of poverty such as theft — unmet social and economic need." 💬 ORG's @sarahlasoye@mastodon.social. https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/sainsburys-dangerous-facial-recognition-is-back-months-after-ejecting-an-innocent-shopper-and-theres-no-way-to-opt-out#facialrecognition #privacy #surveillance #ukpolitics #ukpol
Sainsbury’s 'dangerous' facial recognition is back, months after ejecting an innocent shopper
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Sainsbury’s 'dangerous' facial recognition is back, months after ejecting an innocent shopper

Critics say the technology puts our "data, privacy, and human rights" at risk

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Open Rights Group @openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org
· 1mo ago
Boosted by @trending@homestead.social
THIS THURSDAY ⏰ The #SafetyNotSurveillance coalition is coming to Manchester for the next townhall event. Find out about how Greater Manchester Police is using AI and live facial recognition, such as recently at Manchester Carnival. 🗓️ 24 Sep 🕧 6-9pm 📍 Central Hall Sign up ⬇️ https://www.openrightsgroup.org/events/safety-not-surveillance-manchester-townhall/ #facialrecognition #predictivepolicing #precrime #ai #policing #manchester #event
Safety Not Surveillance Manchester Townhall
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Safety Not Surveillance Manchester Townhall

Join the #SafetyNotSurveillance coalition in Manchester as we explore how AI and ‘crime-predicting’ technologies are currently being used by Greater Manchester Police, the harms and risks of their continues roll out, and what action local communities and councils can take to invest in true, lasting community safety – not surveillance.

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gtbarry @gtbarry@mastodon.social
· 1mo ago
Walmart Is Scanning Your Face, License Plate, and Data. Here’s How They Are Rolling Back Privacy, Not Prices Walmart’s privacy policy authorizes collecting face geometry, iris scans, palm prints, and license plate data. Walmart says biometric data will be permanently destroyed when its purpose is fulfilled, within three years of your last interaction, or as the law requires — whichever comes first. #walmart #facialrecognition #biometrics #surveillance #privacy #alpr
Walmart Is Scanning Your Face, License Plate, and Data. Here's How They Are Rolling Back Privacy, Not Prices
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Walmart Is Scanning Your Face, License Plate, and Data. Here's How They Are Rolling Back Privacy, Not Prices

Walmart's privacy policy confirms it may collect face geometry, license plate data, and biometrics from shoppers. Know your state's legal protections.

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Techy Geek :verified: @techygeek@infosec.exchange
· 2mo ago
Apple's Photos app has been automatically scanning every face in your photo library since 2016, no consent, no toggle to turn it off, not just for you but for anyone who appears in your pictures, including minors. A federal judge already certified this as a class action covering 6.5 million Illinois residents, and damages could theoretically reach $32.5 billion. Apple's defense is that the data gets encrypted after it leaves your device, so they claim it's not a stored "biometric identifier," and that not even they can read it. I'm not buying that completely. Companies don't build features like this, with zero opt out and zero toggle, out of pure generosity. If there was truly nothing in it for them, there'd be an off switch. Call me skeptical, but "we can't see it" is a hell of a convenient thing to say about data you built the entire pipeline for. Facebook paid $650 million and Google paid $100 million for doing this exact thing to their users. That's not a coincidence, that's a pattern. 🔗 https://www.mlex.com/mlex/data-privacy-security/articles/2518846 #Apple #Privacy #BIPA #ConsumerRights #FacialRecognition
Apple battles over encryption protections for biometrics in US Photos app case | MLex | Specialist news and analysis on legal risk and regulation
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Apple battles over encryption protections for biometrics in US Photos app case | MLex | Specialist news and analysis on legal risk and regulation

Apple told a federal judge in East St. Louis, Illinois, that because data that can be used to group similar faces is fully encrypted after it leaves a user's device, its iPhone Photos app couldn't have violated the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act. A lawyer for the plaintiffs countered, however, that unlike Apple's  “fundamentally different” use of facial recognition to allow users to use their faces to unlock their iPhones, the company violated BIPA because it failed to obtain consent

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jbz @jbz@indieweb.social
· 2mo ago
Boosted by @oxy@social.bsdlab.au
🛂 Meta Files Patent for Facial Recognition, Automatic Recording of People https://www.privacyguides.org/news/2026/08/17/meta-files-patent-for-facial-recognition-automatic-recording-of-people/ #facialrecognition #meta #privacy
privacyguides.org

Meta Files Patent for Facial Recognition, Automatic Recording of People

Meta filed for a patent that includes a "memory recall" system that appears to detect people via facial recognition and record them automatically, and show you a highlights real later.

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MusiqueNow 🇵🇸 ✡️ @MusiqueNow@masto.ai
· 3mo ago
#TheLeahFiles #tech #ALERT 🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨 #FuckFlock and #FuckAxon#Axon the new #surveillance company that founded #tasers, now creating #facialrecognition #surveillance gridcontrolled by #droneshttps://substack.com/@theleahfiles/note/c-304862359 #techsurveillance #fascism
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Leah (@theleahfiles)

We thought Flock was bad. Wait until you hear about Axon…the new surveillance company that founded Tasers, now creating a facial recognition surveillance grid controlled by drones…what could go wrong? Deep dive coming today for those who prefer to read about it 🙏

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Nick Appleyard @nick_appleyard@mastodonapp.uk
· 3mo ago
“Forecourt Eye said it would partner with facial recognition company Facewatch to offer more than 2,000 retailers free access to crime reporting technology from the autumn.” https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy8mrrlkjppo #FacialRecognition #Surveillance
Almost £200,000 of fuel stolen from UK forecourts every day since Iran war began
bbc.co.uk

Almost £200,000 of fuel stolen from UK forecourts every day since Iran war began

Incidents of fuel being taken without payment have risen by a fifth in five months, according to industry analysis.

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Miguel Afonso Caetano 🦾 🌹 @remixtures@tldr.nettime.org
· 3mo ago
The US is definitely a very awkward society. Instead of restricting the personal ownership of guns, they implement mechanisms for total surveillance.. "Recent reports have raised alarm about the use of PatronScan, an ID-checking and face-scanning system, at multiple LGBTQ+ bars in San Francisco’s Castro neighborhood. Much of the attention has focused on reports that the system photographs patrons as they enter venues and questions about whether those images are used for facial recognition. A broader privacy concern also deserves scrutiny. For years, PatronScan has marketed itself not just as an ID-verification tool, but as a system that allows bars and clubs to identify patrons, keep records about them, and share information across venues. As one news article published in 2019 documented, PatronScan built a network that allowed participating bars to flag patrons and share information about them with other establishments. And in California, it’s not at all clear how PatronScan’s business model of scanning IDs and sharing the information from those scans with other bars comports with the law. California’s ID privacy law, which was amended in 2018 to add ID “scans,” states that no businesses shall “retain or use” any information from a scanned ID card except for limited purposes such as to verify age, comply with a legal requirement, or prevent fraud. A venue cannot claim to be a safe space while feeding its patrons’ data to a third party database." #USA #California #Surveillance #PatronScan #FacialRecognition #Privacy
Why Are Gay Bars Building Databases of Their Patrons?
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Why Are Gay Bars Building Databases of Their Patrons?

Recent reports have raised alarm about the use of PatronScan, an ID-checking and face-scanning system, at multiple LGBTQ+ bars in San Francisco’s Castro neighborhood. For venues serving vulnerable communities, the stakes of using this technology are high.

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Metaverse 💞 beyond.pictures @metaverse@eicker.news
· 3mo ago
#Meta executives initially denied the existence of a #facialrecognition feature, #NameTag, in their #AIGlasses. However, CTO Andrew Bosworth later described the feature in detail, contradicting previous statements. The feature, which would be encrypted and localised to the user’s device, aims to help users remember people they’ve met, addressing the “cocktail party problem.“ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/meta-exec-describes-facial-recognition-feature?Metaver.se #Metaverse #VirtualWorlds #XR #VR #MR #AR #BeyondPictures
Top Meta Exec Describes Controversial Facial Recognition Feature in Detail After the Company Claimed It Didn’t Exist
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Top Meta Exec Describes Controversial Facial Recognition Feature in Detail After the Company Claimed It Didn’t Exist

Meta executives claimed that a controversial facial recognition feature didn't "exist." Now they're saying exactly how it might work.

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PrivacyDigest @PrivacyDigest@mas.to
· 3mo ago
The #ACLU Is Arming #Lawyers to Expose State #Surveillance #Secrets A new toolkit for #attorneys in #Massachusetts targets the technologies #police use—and conceal—to build criminal cases, from facial recognition to AI-written police reports. #ai #facialrecognition #security
The ACLU Is Arming Lawyers to Expose State Surveillance Secrets
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The ACLU Is Arming Lawyers to Expose State Surveillance Secrets

A new toolkit for attorneys in Massachusetts targets the technologies police use—and conceal—to build criminal cases, from facial recognition to AI-written police reports.

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Patrick.sh @psh@infosec.exchange
· 3mo ago
Now that the CEO of Flock has called deflock.me a terrorist organization, I'd hate for other people to know about these other flock watchdog groups. Please don't go on these websites, I beg you. Alpr.wtf - Every U.S. jurisdiction using ALPR, plus how to file info requests. EyesOnFlock.com - Crowdsourced map of Flock cameras and city contracts. Deflock.me - Nationwide ALPR map tracking Flock deployments, removals, and resistance. HaveIBeenFlocked.com — Quick check to see if Flock is watching your neighborhood. DontGetFlocked.com — Plots your route, counts ALPR/Flock cameras, and suggests surveillance-free alternatives. #flock #surveillance #uspol #police #politics #ai #noai #facialrecognition
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Francisca Sinn @fsinn@mas.to
· 4mo ago
RE: https://mastodon.social/@zackwhittaker/116884302738509527 100% And I reiterate, we can not have democracy without privacy. #PervertGlasses#PrivacyLaw#PrivacyRights#PersonalData#FacialRecognition#SmartGlasses #Democracy
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Zack Whittaker
@zackwhittaker@mastodon.social
Smart glasses with cameras and microphones built-in and facial recognition to come are the latest fad in surveillance tech. For my blog & newsletter ~ this week in security ~ I wrote about why the backlash against smart glasses — aka "pervert glasses" — is justified from a security and privacy perspective. Please read and share! More: https://this.weekinsecurity.com/reframing-smart-glasses-as-pervert-glasses/ Sign up/RSS for my weekly newsletter: https://this.weekinsecurity.com
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The New Oil @thenewoil@mastodon.thenewoil.org
· 3mo ago
Alarm over launch of #FacialRecognition in #UK shops that instantly alerts #police https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jul/10/facewatch-facial-recognition-uk-shops-instantly-alerts-police-civil-liberties #privacy #surveillance #FRT
Alarm over launch of facial recognition in UK shops that instantly alerts police
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Alarm over launch of facial recognition in UK shops that instantly alerts police

Civil liberties groups say Facewatch system in stores such as Sainsbury’s and B&M is ‘dangerous escalation’

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Open Rights Group @openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org
· 3mo ago
"Entrenching a climate of surveillance across public life." "People’s faces being scanned without consent and being added to lists is worrying enough, but the speed which Facewatch technology now makes it possible for someone to encounter the police force in the middle of their daily shop is a really dangerous escalation." 🗣️ Sarah Lasoye for ORG. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jul/10/facewatch-facial-recognition-uk-shops-instantly-alerts-police-civil-liberties#facialrecognition #surveillance #policing #privacy #ukpolitics #ukpol
Alarm over launch of facial recognition in UK shops that instantly alerts police
theguardian.com

Alarm over launch of facial recognition in UK shops that instantly alerts police

Civil liberties groups say Facewatch system in stores such as Sainsbury’s and B&M is ‘dangerous escalation’

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jbz @jbz@indieweb.social
· 3mo ago
:meme_catto: Alarm over launch of facial recognition in UK shops that instantly alerts police // The Guardian “The idea of calling the police on somebody who hasn’t committed a crime, but there’s a concern they might, is really upending the way we do things. And of course, it’s not infallible. These systems do make mistakes, and it’s very hard to argue with that when it happens to you.” https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jul/10/facewatch-facial-recognition-uk-shops-instantly-alerts-police-civil-liberties #facialrecognition #uk #privacy #civilliberties
Alarm over launch of facial recognition in UK shops that instantly alerts police
theguardian.com

Alarm over launch of facial recognition in UK shops that instantly alerts police

Civil liberties groups say Facewatch system in stores such as Sainsbury’s and B&M is ‘dangerous escalation’

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Liberation News @newsbot@uate.social
· 4mo ago
After a Wegmans disclosure, Erie County, New York, bans businesses from using facial recognition https://prismreports.org/2026/06/24/after-wegmans-disclosure-erie-county-new-york-bans-businesses-from-using-facial-recognition/ #FacialRecognition #LandTheft #UATE #DataIsLabor
Erie County, New York, bans businesses from using facial recognition
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Erie County, New York, bans businesses from using facial recognition

After a Wegmans disclosure, Erie County, New York, passed one of the most restrictive facial recognition laws in the U.S. on May 26

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this.ven @thisven@metalhead.club
· 4mo ago
#FacialRecognition is a serious threat to #privacy, #FreeSpeech and entails means of #discrimination. As an artists, we should refuse to performe at places insecured by this technology. As a venue, it's your responsibility to keep it out of your #SecurityConcept. https://www.banfacialrecognition.com/venues And as a fan, one should support the #FacialRecognitionBan. https://www.banfacialrecognition.com
Ban AI Surveillance at Live Events
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Ban AI Surveillance at Live Events

Artists and venues take the pledge: no facial recognition at shows.

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