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The American Civil Liberties Union on Thursday filed suit in Cook County against Clearview AI, a New York-based startup that has developed a controversial facial recognition tool that allows users to compare an image against a database of billions of photos lifted from the internet. The lawsuit against Clearview — which has provided its program …

with Paulina Firozi On the surface, it might sound good: Test Americans to find out who already had the novel coronavirus. Give those with protective antibodies an “immunity passport” allowing them to return to work safely. But the American Civil Liberties Union — the nation’s largest civil rights group — isn’t so jazzed about the …

SAN DIEGO (Border Report) — New technology that uses Bluetooth and is meant to warn people about COVID-19 may provide results for which it’s not intended. The technology is called “contact tracing” and it’s already being used in several countries like China and Italy, where the coronavirus spread at high rates. It’s supposed to notify …

The ACLU’s national and New York arms filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and three of its agencies to expose law enforcement’s secretive use of facial recognition surveillance technology. The new suit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York came after DHS and the agencies—Customs and …

Getty Images/Oli Scarff The ACLU says the growing use of surveillance and facial recognition technology threatens liberty. Getty Images/Oli Scarff The ACLU says the growing use of surveillance and facial recognition technology threatens liberty. Related stories WASHINGTON, D.C. – The America Civil Liberties Union is suing multiple government agencies to release records on how facial …

CHICAGO (WLS) — When Metra riders pass through the Ogilvie station Thursday morning, they may cross paths with a device that’s designed to detect potential threats hidden under clothing, such as bomb vests or guns. The Transportation Security Administration has been loaning the heat scanners out to transit agencies across the country. Metra said they’re …