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Larry Ellison, cofounder of the software giant Oracle, believes that an age of surveillance supercharged by AI will soon be upon us.

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Billionaire Drools That “Citizens Will Be on Their Best Behavior” Under Constant AI Surveillance

By Frank Landymore

Albedo Space wants to launch satellites that can track the movements of and even image individual people. Obviously, privacy is an issue.

Alarming New Satellite Can Spy on Individual People

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A number of US government agencies have been collecting detailed money transfer records of Americans without a warrant, according to a shocking new report by The Wall Street Journal.

Senator Says There’s a Secret Program Spying on Americans’ Money Transfers

By Victor Tangermann

Singapore has rolled out robot cops meant to catch residents in the act of not following social distancing guidelines — and Singaporeans are fed up.

People in Singapore Furious About Robot Cops That Lecture People on Social Distancing

By Victor Tangermann

The National Guard and law enforcement flew surveillance planes above the heads of thousands of protesters marching in solidarity of George Floyd.

Cops Are Using Military Spy Planes to Surveil BLM Protesters

By Victor Tangermann

Citizens in China will have to have their face scanned by facial recognition when signing up for internet services or a new number.

China Will Make Citizens Scan Faces to Sign Up for Internet

By Victor Tangermann

Within four years, 97% of passengers leaving the U.S. will be subjected to airport face scans, according to a new Homeland Security report.

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US Airports Will Scan 97% of Outbound Flyers’ Faces Within 4 Years

By Kristin Houser

A train pulls into a station in Hong Kong.

China’s Social Credit System Barred Millions from Traveling in 2018

The TSA's Quiet Skies program instructs teams of armed air marshals to track U.S. citizens through airports and aboard domestic flights.

For TSA’s “Quiet Skies” Program, Air Marshals Followed Travelers’ Every Move

By Kristin Houser