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Law enforcement in Kansas recorded the front of a man’s home for 68 days straight, 15 hours a day, and obtained evidence to prove him guilty on 16 charges. The officers did not have a search warrant, using a camera on a pole positioned across the street to capture Bruce Hay’s home.

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Airbnb is banning all indoor security cameras at properties worldwide, according to an announcement published online Monday.

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More vending machines could soon have facial recognition tech.
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This person staring plaintively at the robot is, surprisingly, not me.
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The National Security Agency (NSA) is purchasing Americans’ internet records, according to government documents made public on Friday. U.S.

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Ring, Amazon’s home surveillance company, will stop letting police departments request video footage directly from users in its app, the company said in a

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The Brazilian wing of Burger King announced a surveillance technology marketing stunt this week called the “Hangover Whopper,” celebrating the booze-filled days between Christmas and New Year’s with facial recognition. All you have to do is hold your bleary-eyed visage up to a camera, and the company says its…

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Google announced changes to the way it harvests your location data this week that will finally put a stop to its compliance with geofence warrants, a police surveillance technique that many say circumvents the Constitution.

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Rob Copeland's new book, "The Fund," details apparent surveillance that caused paranoia among employees at Ray Dalio's hedge fund, Bridgewater.