According to the BBC, the UK is shifting its technology based contact-tracing to a model based on technology provided by Apple and Google (a model… Read More »UK Virus-Tracing App Switches to Apple-Google Model
Law enforcement’s use of social media surveillance is growing, and companies such as Media Sonar are at the forefront of this invasion of privacy. Media… Read More »NoTechFor: Media Sonar
In 2019, 500 new officers were appointed to the MTA by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to stop “attacks against transit workers and persistent fare… Read More »NoTechFor: OMNY
Clearview AI is possibly one of the biggest threats to privacy you’ve never heard of: a facial recognition tool powered by more than 3 billion… Read More »NoTechFor: Clearview AI (& their Clients)
Amazon’s Ring Doorbell is a seemingly innocuous piece of smart household technology that allows homeowners to remotely monitor their doorsteps. The accompanying app, Neighbours by… Read More »NoTechFor: Amazon
PredPol’s algorithm uses historical crime datasets on location, time/date, and type of crime to produce 500 x 500 square foot areas called “hotspots,” where it… Read More »NoTechFor: PredPol
In recent years the ascent of the police industrial complex has been impossible to ignore: the increased use of technology to facilitate policing practices has… Read More »NoTechForU Part I: #NoTechFor… Policing
Today, NoTechForTyrants is launching our NoTechForU campaign, following our commitment to advance justice and anti-racism in the wake of the global outrage facing especially police… Read More »PRESS RELEASE: Launching the “NoTechForU” Campaign
The UK government has released its controversial contracts with Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Faculty.ai, and Palantir.
The NHS Covid-19 contact tracing app – a new digital tool that will, officials hope, dramatically slow the community transmission of coronavirus by tracking each… Read More »WIRED: ‘Everything you need to know about the NHS test, track and trace app’