Surveillance

Introduction: The integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in surveillance has ushered in a new era of advanced monitoring and threat detection. With remarkable capabilities in video analytics and predictive analytics, AI has revolutionized surveillance systems, enabling more efficient and effective security measures. …

Using AIS for Open Source Maritime Surveillance. Earlier, we published Wings over Europe where we took a look at military air traffic using open source ADS-B transmissions. This article will be a follow up to this, focusing on the usage of AIS transmissions to track shipping. Lets get to it. …

One of today’s leading moral philosophers, Peter Singer, put forward an article “Visible Man: ethics in a world without secrets” (2011) in which he muses over privacy and the internet. He begins by introducing the idea of panopticon surveillance. Originally theorised by Jeremy Bentham in the 18th century, the panopticon…

It is disheartening to see how some companies and governments attempt to convince the public that privacy is unattainable or unimportant! In this article, I will drive into the tactics used by certain companies and governments to discourage individuals from prioritizing their privacy. Corporate Discouragement: Privacy as an obstacle to profit: Some…

“One of the creeping hands of totalitarianism running through the democracy is the Federal Bureau of Investigation… Because why does the FBI do all this? To scare the hell out of people… They work for the establishment and the corporations and the politicos to keep things as they are. And…

Everyone already knows that neural networks are a thing of the year 22/23. They seem to have only just appeared, but they have already become so dense in our daily lives that if they were to disappear, people would immediately go crazy and scream that everything is lost. …

“The tyrant, who in order to hold his power, suppresses every superiority, does away with good men, forbids education and light, controls every movement of the citizens and, keeping them under a perpetual servitude, wants them to grow accustomed to baseness and cowardice, has his spies everywhere to listen to…

Looks like this tenant’s landlord has a Ph.D. in “Nosy-ology” and a minor in “Boundary Invasion”. — Oh boy, do I have a tale of neighborly nightmares for you! Picture this: a woman moves into a new place, excited about her fresh start. Little did she know, she was in for a dose of the “creepy landlord” experience. …

In a dystopian future where privacy is a relic of the past, the partnership between Google and law enforcement has paved the way for an intrusive surveillance system. …