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Abbott Freezes Texas Funding for AI Surveillance Cameras
The governor halted state spending on Flock cameras after agencies spent $30 million on the license plate readers, sparking bipartisan privacy concerns.
Texas Halts State Funding for Flock Cameras During Privacy Furor
Gov. Greg Abbott ordered state agencies to stop funding AI-powered surveillance cameras after an investigation exposed $30 million in state grants for a network of over 3,200 devices.
54 U.S. Cities Ditch Flock License Plate Readers Over Privacy Fears
Cities from California to New York are scrapping contracts with Flock Safety after a Los Angeles Police Department audit found a 32 percent false-positive rate.
People-Search Tool Exposed 9M Faces in S3 Bucket
ClarityCheck's data breach reveals the structural vulnerability of identity-search businesses that monetize facial recognition without robust consent frameworks.
Flock Safety's AI Pivot Tests Legal Boundaries—and Revenue Model
The surveillance startup's new OS Investigate platform searches by behavior and location rather than license plate, expanding into riskier legal territory while facing infrastructure sabotage and bipartisan scrutiny.
Flock Safety's AI Tool Expands Police Surveillance Far Beyond License Plates
OS Investigate integrates 45 data tools across 6,000 communities, allowing officers to identify drivers based on movement patterns and associates—a sharp departure from the company's prior claims about its technology's limits.
OpenAI's Chronicle Repeats Microsoft's Recall Privacy Mistakes
OpenAI's opt-in macOS screen-capture feature for its Codex agent stores memories unencrypted and sends data to company servers, echoing Microsoft's battered Recall rollout.
Ethereum Roadmap Adds Privacy Pools, Quantum Resistance and Protocol Simplification
Vitalik Buterin compared the Foundation's updated Strawmap to the 2023 roadmap, flagging Privacy Pools, quantum defenses and the Lean Ethereum initiative as new core priorities.
EU Moves to Kill Cookie Pop-Ups, Shifting Consent Control to Browsers
The European Commission proposed overhauling its 2009 cookie consent rules, aiming to save users 198 million hours a year by letting web browsers manage preferences
Apple Bets Privacy Will Define Its Smart Glasses Business Model
Apple plans to differentiate its upcoming smart glasses through privacy-first design, targeting enterprise clients and premium consumers wary of data-hungry rivals.
Trump's FISA Showdown: High-Stakes Lobbying Battle Shapes Surveillance Future
President Trump's final push for FISA reauthorization pits powerful tech lobbies against national security hawks, with the outcome poised to reshape digital privacy and influence investor sentiment across key sectors.