government surveillance

RSG #342: How To Investigate Government Use of Private Spyware Against Journalists and Activists

RSG #342: How To Investigate Government Use of Private Spyware Against Journalists and Activists

Private spyware gives governments access to capabilities once associated with elite intelligence agencies. Depending on the product and method used, an operator may collect messages, contacts, photographs, location data, recordings, and other information from a targeted device. Journalists, activists, dissidents, attorneys, and human rights defenders face particular danger because compromising one phone can expose entire …

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RSG #318: How To Investigate a Government Artificial Intelligence Inventory

Government agencies are rapidly adopting artificial intelligence to review records, identify patterns, evaluate applications, detect suspected fraud, monitor borders, analyze images, sort tips, and assist with decisions that can alter real lives. Many federal agencies must publish inventories describing these systems. That sounds reassuring until you remember who completes the inventory. An artificial intelligence inventory …

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RSG #313: How To Map A Government Data Fusion Network

Resistance Survival Guide #313 Government surveillance rarely operates through one agency or one database. Information can move between police departments, federal agencies, emergency management offices, schools, private contractors, technology vendors, and intelligence centers. Each organization may hold only part of the picture. Together, they can form a powerful government data fusion network. Mapping that network …

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