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  1. An Open Letter to the Members of the Wassenaar Arrangement
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    As members of the Coalition Against Unlawful Surveillance Exports (CAUSE), Reporters Without Borders, Amnesty International, Digitale Gesellschaft, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), Human Rights Watch, Open Technology Institute
  2. Bringing the Battlefield to the Border
    The Wild World of Border Security and Boundary Building in Arizona

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2012
    The U.S.-Mexican border has not only become Ground Zero for every experiment in immigration enforcement and drug interdiction, but also the incubator, testing site, showcase, and staging ground for ever newer versions of border-enforcement technology that, sooner or later, are sure to be applied globally.
  3. Companies that cooperate with dictatorships must be sanctioned
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2011
    Reporters Without Borders condemns the criminal cooperation that exists between many western companies, especially those operating in the new technology area, and authoritarian regimes.
  4. Fake cell phone 'towers' may be spying on Americans' calls, texts
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    More than a dozen 'fake cell phone towers' could be secretly hijacking Americans' mobile devices in order to listen in on phone calls or snoop on text messages, a security-focused cell phone company claims. It is not clear who controls the devices.
  5. For Owners of Amazon’s Ring Security Cameras, Strangers May Have Been Watching Too
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2019
    Amazon's Ring security cameras have a history of lax, sloppy oversight when it comes to deciding who has access to some of the most precious, intimate data belonging to any person: a live, high-definition feed from around -and perhaps inside- their house.
  6. Gaza: Life and death under Israel's drones
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2013
    There are many things to fear in Gaza. Drones are increasingly being used for surveillance and extra-judicial execution in parts of the Middle East, especially by the US. There are no statistics that detail the effect of the drones on Palestinians in Gaza.
  7. How California police are tracking your biometric data in the field
    Agencies are using mobile fingerprint scanners, tattoo and facial recognition software

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    EFF and MuckRock got together to reveal how state and local law enforcement agencies are using mobile biometric technology in the field by filing public records requests around the country. Thousands of pages of documents were obtained from more than 30 agencies.
  8. How to Avoid Electronic Eavesdropping and Privacy Invasion
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1972
  9. Met police using surveillance system to monitor mobile phones
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2011
    Civil liberties group raises concerns over Met police purchase of technology to track public handsets over a targeted area.
  10. UN body urged to take position on export of surveillance material
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    As the UN Human Rights Council continues its 26th session and a panel discussion is held today on corporate social responsibility, Reporters Without Borders urges the council to promote the adoption of clear and binding rules on online surveillance

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