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This webcam dares to ask: what if the panopticon had flesh?

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This webcam dares to ask: what if the panopticon had flesh? Many digital eyes and ears are on us as we move about our daily lives. Surveillance cameras watch us on the street and smart devices listen for us in our homes. What if some of that watching happened through an expressive simulacrum of a human eye? Continue Reading . . . https://www.theverge.com/tldr/2021/4/8/22374375/flesh-eyeball-webcam-surveillance

Uninstall This Alleged Emirati Spy App From Your Phone Now

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A social messaging app called ToTok has been surging in popularity around the world in recent weeks. If you happen to be one of the hundreds of thousands of users who downloaded it you should delete the app from your phone immediately. from https://www.wired.com/story/totok-alleged-emirati-spy-app/ https://media.wired.com/photos/5e000f1a91848b0008e65861/master/w_2560%2Cc_limit/Security-ToTok-924551844.jpg

The Pentagon has a laser that identifies people by their heartbeat

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Biometric identification has become part of everyday life. from https://www.engadget.com/2019/06/27/the-pentagon-has-a-laser-that-identifies-people-by-their-heartbe/ https://o.aolcdn.com/images/dims?quality=85&image_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fo.aolcdn.com%2Fimages%2Fdims%3Fcrop%3D6000%252C4000%252C0%252C0%26quality%3D85%26format%3Djpg%26resize%3D1600%252C1067%26image_uri%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fs.yimg.com%252Fos%252Fcreatr-images%252F2019-06%252F1534b380-98c7-11e9-bffe-6e6e5909fb0f%26client%3Da1acac3e1b3290917d92%26signature%3D89027e281ec0637b234508631ab4f8e152f6b967&client=amp-blogside-v2&signature=12173db4bc929e5748a6a87cd24ab9f277f7a404