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Mayor-Elect Mamdani Can Build a Tech Agenda for New York and a Model for the Country | TechPolicy.Press By resisting surveillance, extraction, and exploitation, Mamdani can show how technology truly serves the people, writes Rebecca Williams.

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Mayor-Elect Mamdani Can Build a Tech Agenda for New York and a Model for the Country | TechPolicy.Press By resisting surveillance, extraction, and exploitation, Mamdani can show how technology truly serves the people, writes Rebecca Williams.

Former FTC chair Lina Khan was just named to NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani's transition team—just one sign that his new administration will take tech matters seriously, writes Rebecca Williams. She offers a tech agenda for the new mayor to advance his campaign goals:

Cities Start Going Flockless, NYPD Cameras Lawsuit, CSAM & the Private Search Doctrine, OSINT Intro for Witness Social Media & More Vol. 6, Issue 11

New Decrypting a Defense Newsletter issue. Jon explains the growing backlash to Flock ALPR. Joel discusses a recent lawsuit brought by @stopspyingny.bsky.social against the NYPD. I review two court decisions about CSAM investigations. Allison answers a question about finding a witness' social media.

Opinion: Fixing Flaws in New York’s Freedom of Information Law  - City Limits "It is time for New York City to pave the way to a modern, functioning FOIL landscape. The public is unable to understand, debate, and challenge government practices if it is kept in the dark about wh...

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ICE Increases Capabilities, SIM Card Farm, NYCHA Surveillance Hearing, Fixing Broken Phones for Extraction & More Vol. 6, Issue 10

New Decrypting a Defense issue. Greg discusses ICE's increased surveillance capabilities. Joel reviews a recent investigation into a SIM card farm. Laura recaps the takeaways from the NYC Council hearing on NYCHA surveillance and Brandon answers a question on extracting data from a broken phone.

Over a few months, a person driving around *one* town wracked up 526 location datapoints. We know that number because police were surveilling this person--but you can be assured the geolocation data you're leaving behind is similar and just sitting on a server somewhere. ALPRs are mass surveillance.

@tiffanycaban.bsky.social arrested outside of 26 Federal Plaza along with dozens of other protesters - including faith leaders and other elected officials - demanding ICE get out of NYC

Just now, 11 state and city lawmakers were arrested by DHS police on the 10th floor of 26 Federal Plaza after a hour of demanding access to the ICE lock up on the same floor. @thecity.nyc

It is weird that the assassination of essentially a celebrity influencer is a bigger deal than the shooting of two top state legislators + their spouses

Surveillance of NYCHA Residents, Facial Recognition False Arrest, Karen Read Trial Evidence, Deleted Messages & More Vol. 6, Issue 9

New Decrypting a Defense issue. Laura addresses the NYPD secret surveillance of NYCHA residents. @diz.bsky.social discusses a false facial recognition match in NYC. Lisa examines conflicting expert testimony in the Karen Read trial and Allison answers questions about recovering deleted messages.

LAS Demands Ban on NYPD’s Use of Facial Recognition Technology Legal Aid is calling for an investigation after detailing multiple alarming cases in which the NYPD appears to have violated its own policies.

“Everyone, including the NYPD, knows that facial recognition technology is unreliable, yet the NYPD disregards even its own protocols...Elected officials must act now to ban its use by law enforcement.”
Diane Akerman, LAS Digital Forensics Unit

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Filling In the Gaps For People Search Site Removal Services

I just updated FIG: Filling in the Gaps for People Search Removal Services. It's a list of people search sites NOT covered by paid services. It's now in alphabetical order, easier to use with BADBOOL, added new brokers and removed defunct brokers and removal services. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Want rayhunter updates? You can now follow the project on bluesky! bsky.app/profile/rayh...

oh it’s a mass surveillance tool now eh? cool cool

Probe NYPD Misuse of Facial Recognition, Legal Aid Urges Inspector General Repeat violations of department policies and a city law demand action, the public defense group says.

The Legal Aid Society has asked the city Department of Investigation to look into the NYPD’s use of facial technology and apparent violations of its own internal policies.

A woman in Manhattan reported to police that an Amazon delivery man, 5'6'', exposed himself to her.

Police did a face recognition search, showed her result, arrested the wrong guy, 6'2''.

What did the NYPD not do? Call Amazon.

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/n...

Probe NYPD Misuse of Facial Recognition, Legal Aid Urges Inspector General Repeat violations of department policies and a city law demand action, the public defense group says.

The Legal Aid Society has asked the city Department of Investigation to look into the NYPD’s use of facial technology and apparent violations of its own internal policies.

www.thecity.nyc/2025/08/26/n...

Probe NYPD Misuse of Facial Recognition, Legal Aid Urges Inspector General Repeat violations of department policies and a city law demand action, the public defense group says.

“It has become so clear that the NYPD cannot be trusted with facial recognition technology. They cannot even do the bare minimum in making sure it will not lead to false arrests.”

www.thecity.nyc/2025/08/26/n...

How the N.Y.P.D.’s Facial Recognition Tool Landed the Wrong Man in Jail

Face surveillance is a scourge: scholarship.law.georgetown.edu/cgi/viewcont...

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Here is a Security Planner pages, for the U.S.
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How the N.Y.P.D.’s Facial Recognition Tool Landed the Wrong Man in Jail

The NYPD falsely arrested a man because of a bad facial recognition match www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/n...

How the N.Y.P.D.’s Facial Recognition Tool Landed the Wrong Man in Jail

The actual goal of the Digital Forensics Unit is to kill off as many bad surveillance technologies as possible.

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FRT, we are coming for you.
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It is a fact universally known that despite how many times the police brass look people and elected officials in the eyes and say "face recognition just gives us leads"--what really happens is police go arrest the name spit out by a computer without a single question or follow up.

A Teen Was Suicidal. ChatGPT Was the Friend He Confided In.

Adam Raine, 16, died from suicide in April after months on ChatGPT discussing plans to end his life. His parents have filed the first known case against OpenAI for wrongful death.

Overwhelming at times to work on this story, but here it is. My latest on AI chatbots: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/t...

How the N.Y.P.D.’s Facial Recognition Tool Landed the Wrong Man in Jail

"Traditional police work could have solved this case or at least saved Mr. Williams from going through this" - @diz.bsky.social. Another bad facial recognition match leads to another false arrest. There are more out there and there will be more coming unless we ban its use.

In answer to your question, yes he is.

How the N.Y.P.D.’s Facial Recognition Tool Landed the Wrong Man in Jail

Why publish one story about A.I. gone wrong when you can publish two?

Here's my other story today on how the NYPD used facial recognition tech to arrest the wrong man for public lewdness.

The perp was 5'6''. Cops charged Trevis Williams, who is 6'2''.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/n...

Dark Wire Written “in the manner of a good crime thriller” (The Wall Street Journal), the inside story of the largest law-enforcement sting operation ever, in whic...

Thanks to those who just came to my #hope_16 talk, all about the different ways law enforcement are compromising entire encrypted chat platforms. Here is the book if you want to read much, much more www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/josep...

Adams Quietly Uses Free Internet at NYCHA to Expand Police… The Adams administration is using its flagship broadband program to give police real-time access to NYCHA camera feeds — without telling anyone.

NEW: Eric Adams’s free internet program for NYCHA is also linking public housing cameras directly to the NYPD’s surveillance hub — without telling residents.

📆NEW DATE: New York is under attack by a Trump administration hellbent on making us sicker, hungrier, and less safe, all while making billionaires richer.

Join us on August 13 at 11AM at Foley Square to tell lawmakers: invest in NYers by taxing the rich & passing the New York for All act!