Browsing: Surveillance

College administrators read an adjunct professor’s comments to students on personal essays. Managers told a pharmacist to spend less time with patients after tracking the number and length of her appointments. Scanners on a warehouse conveyor belt monitored the pace of workers to ensure they inspected hundreds of items per hour

New World screwworm larvae eat living animals from the inside out. The flies lay eggs in open wounds, and the hatched larvae burrow inward, consuming flesh while the host is still breathing. For livestock, it’s a death sentence without fast intervention. Since June 3, USDA has conducted more than 1,000 drone surveillance flights across Texas,…

The CEO of surveillance technology company Flock Safety apologized Thursday for instances where its data was misused by law enforcement officers and discussed changes the company is rolling out to its systems

Flock, the US surveillance firm, is rolling out new safeguards to prevent police misuse of its technology which, its founder and chief executive admits, should have happened sooner

Roadside safety advocates say some automated license plate readers may not meet highway safety standards

The cost of a flight has always generally been a simple calculation: ticket price, baggage fees, seat selection, and perhaps a pricey airport coffee. But a new question is emerging: could airlines eventually use passenger data to influence how much people pay?

From doorbell cameras to automated license plate readers, the speed of adoption of surveillance technologies has inspired awe from law enforcement and angst from privacy advocates. But the embrace of these tools may be slowing in Silicon Valley, as the first to adopt may become the first to drop the technology