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Smile, You’re On Candid Camera: Cops Have Half Of All Americans On Facial Recognition Database

October 26, 2016TruthOpener 0

But That’s Not Even My Good Side: Cops Have Half Of All Americans In Their Facial Recognition Database We read a lot about the intrusion of the surveillance state in a general sense, the fears we have about the ways our rights are being violated through 007-like activities that have become alarmingly routine. Activities like local, state and FBI use of Stingray devices to scoop up all cell phone activity in a particular area, or the Snowden revelations about the NSA doing the same greedy hoover routine only a much grander scale with our email and phone calls.… Read the rest

Your Government At Work: How The DEA Targets Travelers For Civil Forfeiture Using Data Mining Techniques

August 24, 2016TruthOpener 0

DEA Data Mining And Civil Forfeiture: Agency Uses Travel Data To Harass And Rob Americans Who Have Done No Wrong If you are traveling in the U.S.–whether you’re a citizen or not–there is a phrase you should familiarize yourself with: civil asset forfeiture. This is the means by which government agencies from local police departments on up to the Drug Enforcement Agency legally rob people of their assets–even if they aren’t being charged with a crime.… Read the rest

Suspicious Activity According To The Cops Now Includes Perfectly Legal Actions: Man Arrested For Filming In Cop Shop Parking Lot

June 23, 2016TruthOpener 0

What’s Suspicious About Exercising Your First Amendment Rights, Or, Why Can They Film Us But We Can’t Film Them? It’s no secret that the government is big into surveillance. The Snowden revelations about how the entire U.S. government operates above the law, greedily scooping up every email, phone call, and text message every U.S. resident sends and receives every day were quite the eye-opener for many.… Read the rest