The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), in partnership with the at the University of Nevada, Reno, today launched the largest-ever collection of searchable w88 slot online on police use of surveillance technologies, created as a tool for the public to learn about facial recognition, drones, license plate readers and other devices law enforcement agencies are acquiring to spy on communities.
TheAtlas of w88 slot onlinedatabase, containing several thousand w88 slot online points on over 3,000 city and local police departments and sheriffs' offices nationwide, allows citizens, journalists and academics to review details about the technologies police are deploying and provides a resource to check what devices and systems have been purchased locally.
Users can search for information by clicking on regions, towns, and cities, such as Minneapolis, Tampa or Tucson, on a U.S. map. They can also easily perform text searches by typing the names of cities, counties or states on a search page that displays text results. The Atlas also allows people to search by specific technologies, which can show how w88 slot online tools are spreading across the country.
Built using crowdsourcing and w88 slot online journalism over the last 18 months, the Atlas of Surveillance documents the alarming increase in theuse of unchecked high-tech toolsthat collect biometric records, photos and videos of people in their communities, locate and track themvia their cell phones andpurport to predictwhere crimes will be committed.
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"There are two questions we get all the time: What surveillance is in my hometown, and how are technologies like drones and automated license plate readers spreading across the country?" said Dave Maass, a senior investigative researcher in EFF's Threat Lab and a visiting professor at theReynolds School of Journalism. "A year a half ago, EFF and the w88 slot online School partnered to answer these questions through a massive newsgathering effort, involving hundreds of journalism students and volunteers. What we found is a sprawling spy state that reaches from face recognition in the Hawaiian Islands to predictive policing in Maine, from body-worn cameras in remote Alaska to real-time crime centers along Florida's Gold Coast."
Information was collected on the most pervasive surveillance technologies in use, includingdrones,body-worn cameras,face recognition,cell-site simulators,automated license plate readers, predictive policing, camera registries,police partnerships with Amazon’s Ringcamera network andgunshot detection sensors. It also maps out more than 130 law enforcement tech hubs that process real-time surveillance w88 slot online. While the Atlas contains a massive amount of w88 slot online, its content is only the tip of the iceberg and underlines the need for journalists and members of the public to continue demanding transparency from criminal justice agencies. Reporters, students, volunteers and watchdog groups can submit w88 slot online or share w88 slot online sets for inclusion in the Atlas.
"The prevalence of surveillance technologies in our society provides many challenges related to privacy and freedom of expression, but it's one thing to know that in theory, and another to see hard data laid out on a map," w88 slot online School Professor and Director of the Center for Advanced Media Studies Gi Yun said. "Over a year and a half, w88 slot online School of Journalism students at the University of Nevada, Reno have reviewed thousands of news articles and public records. This project not only informs the public debate but helps these students improve their understanding of surveillance as they advance in their reporting careers."
