Sam Metz May 13, 2021 - 1:17 PM
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) â The Nevada website the public uses to get information on coronavirus vaccines is packed with more ad trackers and third-party cookies than any state vaccination website in the country, allowing companies to track how visitors navigate the internet and collect data on them that can potentially be used or sold by third parties.
Since vaccines became available, health officials have directed people looking for vaccine information â where doses are available and how to schedule appointments, for example â to ImmunizeNevada.org or NVCOVIDFighter.org, which is an address that directs visitors to the same website.
As more and more people use their smartphones to pay for everyday items, public transit agencies are encouraging millions of Americans to use their phones as their primary means of paying their fares.
In New York City and elsewhere, police can use ‘touch ‘n go’ or ‘touchless fares’ to track millions of public transit users movements.
New York’s Metropolitan Transit Authority’s OMNY Executive Director Al Putre said that as of December 2020 there have been over 34 million taps.
Imagine you are the Feds or the NYPD and you just found out that your agency now has access to detailed records of over 34 million transit user’s personal information. What do you think will happen?
Millions Of Public Transit Touch N Go Smartphone Users Can Be Tracked By Law Enforcement
Published: May 11, 2021
As more and more people use their smartphones to pay for everyday items, public transit agencies are encouraging millions of Americans to use their phones as their primary means of paying their fares.
In New York City and elsewhere, police can use touch n go or touchless fares to track millions of public transit users movements.
New York’s Metropolitan Transit Authority s OMNY Executive Director Al Putre said that as of December 2020 there have been over 34 million taps.
Imagine you are the Feds or the NYPD and you just found out that your agency now has access to detailed records of over 34 million transit user s personal information. What do you think will happen?
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A not-so-friendly four-legged friend briefly joined the New York City Police Department this year, shocking New Yorkers in viral videos when it was deployed in response to a hostage situation in the Bronx, and later in a public housing building in Manhattan.
The tool – a 70-pound robot made by the company Boston Dynamics that is capable of transmitting video, sound and two-way communication – sparked an outcry about an overreach in the kinds of police surveillance that New Yorkers are exposed to.(The device was first tested and deployed by the NYPD last year.) Police have touted the so-called “digidog” for its ability to evaluate the safety of a scene, such as a hostage situation, and make officers aware of any potential threats before going in themselves.Facing scrutiny of the tool, department officials have countered that robots have been used to assess dangerous situations and diffuse bombs for decades.
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