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New York Daily News: A long overdue curb on NYPD spying
New York Daily News: A long overdue curb on NYPD spying
Op-ed, NYCAlbert cahnJune 16, 2020NYPD, surveillance, police, facial recognition
Gotham Gazette - Surveillance and the City: Contact Tracing, the NYPD’s Newest Spy Tool?
Gotham Gazette - Surveillance and the City: Contact Tracing, the NYPD’s Newest Spy Tool?
Op-ed, COVIDAlbert cahnJune 15, 2020covid-19, contact tracing, NYPD, New York, surveillance, technology
Fast Company - The long, ugly history of how police have tracked protesters
Fast Company - The long, ugly history of how police have tracked protesters
Policing, Op-edAlbert cahnJune 2, 2020police, facial recognition, surveillance
New York Daily News - What’s the real NYPD Budget? Nobody knows
New York Daily News - What’s the real NYPD Budget? Nobody knows
Op-ed, NYCAlbert cahnMay 29, 2020NYPD, police, surveillance
Daily Beast - COVID-19 Has Turned Paradise Into a Privacy Nightmare
Daily Beast - COVID-19 Has Turned Paradise Into a Privacy Nightmare
Op-ed, COVIDAlbert cahnMay 25, 2020privacy, surveillance, covid-19
Gotham Gazette - Surveillance and the City: Public Trust Needed for a Public Tracing System
Gotham Gazette - Surveillance and the City: Public Trust Needed for a Public Tracing System
Op-ed, COVIDAlbert cahnMay 14, 2020surveillance, Andrew Cuomo, technology, covid-19, contact tracing
The Boston Globe - Tracking coronavirus with smartphones isn’t just a tech problem
The Boston Globe - Tracking coronavirus with smartphones isn’t just a tech problem
Op-ed, COVIDAlbert cahnApril 17, 2020covid-19, technology, surveillance
Gotham Gazette - Surveillance and The City - A New York Dictatorship?
Gotham Gazette - Surveillance and The City - A New York Dictatorship?
Op-ed, NYCAlbert cahnApril 14, 2020New York, covid-19, technology, surveillance
Fast Company - Tracking everyone’s whereabouts won’t stop COVID-19
Fast Company - Tracking everyone’s whereabouts won’t stop COVID-19
Op-ed, COVIDAlbert cahnApril 6, 2020covid-19, surveillance, technology
The Daily Beast - Today’s COVID-19 Data Will be Tomorrow’s Tools of Oppression
The Daily Beast - Today’s COVID-19 Data Will be Tomorrow’s Tools of Oppression
Op-ed, COVIDAlbert cahnApril 1, 2020covid-19, surveillance, technology, data
NBC - COVID-19 tracking data and surveillance risks are more dangerous than their rewards
NBC - COVID-19 tracking data and surveillance risks are more dangerous than their rewards
Op-ed, COVIDAlbert cahnMarch 19, 2020covid-19, surveillance, technology
Gotham Gazette - Surveillance and the City: Cuomo’s Coronavirus Coup
Gotham Gazette - Surveillance and the City: Cuomo’s Coronavirus Coup
Op-ed, COVIDcommunications staffMarch 13, 2020Andrew Cuomo, surveillance, privacy
Law360 - Protect Immigrants By Limiting City And State Data Collection
Law360 - Protect Immigrants By Limiting City And State Data Collection
Policing, Op-edAlbert cahnMarch 5, 2020immigration, data
Gotham Gazette - Surveillance and the City: Tracked Until Proven Innocent?
Gotham Gazette - Surveillance and the City: Tracked Until Proven Innocent?
Technology, Op-edAlbert cahnFebruary 13, 2020New York, surveillance, technology, privacy
Fast Company - Think Iowa’s tech meltdown was bad? Just wait until the first online census
Fast Company - Think Iowa’s tech meltdown was bad? Just wait until the first online census
Technology, Op-edAlbert cahnFebruary 10, 2020surveillance, data, technology, privacy, cybersecurity
Law 360 - Most Lawyers Do Not Understand How AI Works
Law 360 - Most Lawyers Do Not Understand How AI Works
Technology, Op-edAlbert cahnJanuary 31, 2020artificial intelligence
The Independent - The NYPD-Clearview Scandal Shows Only Oversight Will Stop the Spying and the Coverups
The Independent - The NYPD-Clearview Scandal Shows Only Oversight Will Stop the Spying and the Coverups
Op-ed, NYCAlbert cahnJanuary 28, 2020NYPD, surveillance, Technology, police
Gotham Gazette - Surveillance and the City: Cuomo's Camera-On-Every-Corner Boondoggle
Gotham Gazette - Surveillance and the City: Cuomo's Camera-On-Every-Corner Boondoggle
Op-ed, NYCAlbert cahnJanuary 21, 2020surveillance, New York, technology, Andrew Cuomo
Fast Company - This unsettling practice turns your phone into a tracking device for the government.
Fast Company - This unsettling practice turns your phone into a tracking device for the government.
Technology, Op-edAlbert cahnJanuary 17, 2020democracy, surveillance, technology
Gotham Gazette - Surveillance and the City: Security Theater’s Steep Price
Gotham Gazette - Surveillance and the City: Security Theater’s Steep Price
Op-ed, NYCAlbert cahnJanuary 13, 2020de Blasio, New York, surveillance, technology, privacy
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