DHS Focus on "Soft Targets" Risks Out-of-Control Surveillance

AI surveillance of public places risks subjecting everyday spaces to airport-level security that heightens the risk of discrimination.

Pedestrians walking through Times Square.

State Legislatures Need to Block Creation of Nightmarish National Identity System

The ACLU has issued legislative recommendations on protecting privacy and accessibility when creating digital IDs.

A hand (within a car) holding a cellphone displaying a digital drivers license.

The Federal Trade Commission Must Investigate Meta and X for Complicity with Government Surveillance

These platforms promised to protect their users. Are they?

Logos of the social media platforms X and Meta.

Is the Government Tracking Your Social Media Activity?

Suspicionless monitoring of social media accounts chills speech and threatens our right to live without fear of constant government scrutiny.

Social media icons on a smartphone screen.

Tesla Camera Scandal is the Latest Lesson in Dangers of Letting Companies Record You

Whether for AI training purposes or simple voyeurism, this abuse of privacy is shocking but unsurprising.

A Tesla camera that is built into the car.

Is This the End of the Internet As We Know It?

This month, the Supreme Court heard two cases that could forever change the way we interact online.

A person using a laptop with just their fingers showing.

New Mobile Phone Service Shows We Can Have Both Privacy and Nice Things

Despite the desires of companies to monetize our data, we must insist that privacy be built into the technologies we depend on.

A cellphone screen with its privacy and security settings covered by a transparent hand with a red background.

It’s Simply Too Dangerous to Arm Robots

Here are our guiding principles that communities and policymakers should follow when debating police robots.

Demonstrators, (holding various signs, with the most prominent reading "WE ALL SAW THAT MOVIE ... NO KILLER ROBOTS") protest the use of robots by the San Francisco Police Department outside of City Hall in San Francisco, Monday, Dec. 5, 2022.

Are Gun Detectors the Answer to Mass Shootings?

Surveillance technologies that promise to prevent gun violence are unproven and threaten our privacy.

The Evolv Express weapons detection system.