The article spends the first 2/3rds focusing on a single facial recognition app, so here's a list in case you can't make it through the whole article: They're using the controversial ClearView AI...
The article spends the first 2/3rds focusing on a single facial recognition app, so here's a list in case you can't make it through the whole article:
They're using the controversial ClearView AI facial recognition suite of tools that scrapes profiles on Facebook and the web, vacuuming up people's profile pics and cataloging them.
They also use license plate readers from PIPS Technology.
Data aggregation software Thomson Reuters CLEAR.
BriefCam, a high-definition surveillance camera system used throughout the city’s rail, bus, and metro system.
Body camera manufacturer Axon [supplies cameras.]
It uses Milestone software from Arxys — a video management tool that claims to offer "video motion detection" and "video analytics" — to analyze CCTV footage.
ShotSpotter, an audio surveillance tool that listens for gunshots and visualizes possible shooting locations on a map.
Minnesota BCA has the ability to deploy Stingrays, a tool that mimics cellphone towers in order to approximate the location of cellphone users.
Additionally, several local police departments in the Minneapolis metropolitan area —[...] — have signed contracts with Ring, Amazon’s home surveillance company,
In regard to the use of Stingrays, there's a project here called Silent Protest and its github repo that can be used to create a closed, repeated network for protestors to chat and share video.
In regard to the use of Stingrays, there's a project here called Silent Protest and its github repo that can be used to create a closed, repeated network for protestors to chat and share video.
The article spends the first 2/3rds focusing on a single facial recognition app, so here's a list in case you can't make it through the whole article:
They're using the controversial ClearView AI facial recognition suite of tools that scrapes profiles on Facebook and the web, vacuuming up people's profile pics and cataloging them.
They also use license plate readers from PIPS Technology.
Data aggregation software Thomson Reuters CLEAR.
In regard to the use of Stingrays, there's a project here called Silent Protest and its github repo that can be used to create a closed, repeated network for protestors to chat and share video.