License Plate Cameras Will Soon Track Phones, Wearables, Infotainment, and Even Your Pets

submitted by floofloof to privacy
34 points | 7 comments
https://www.thedrive.com/news/license-plate-cameras-will-soon-track-phones-wearables-infotainment-and-even-your-pets

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/48289957

Defense contractor Leonardo is promoting a new technology called SignalTrace that will package plate cameras with sensors that can scrape unique identifiers tied to your smart…

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This Company Will Add Phone, AirPod, and Smartwatch Trackers to License Plate Readers

submitted by floofloof to privacy
59 points | 3 comments
https://www.404media.co/this-company-will-add-phone-airpod-and-smartwatch-trackers-to-license-plate-readers/

cross-posted from: infosec.pub/post/47704273

SignalTrace “links devices that regularly travel together, correlating them to license plate.” It is a surveillance product that will sweep up and add all sorts of Bluetooth and other…

Transgender ballot initiative could require genital exams for WA secondary school students

submitted by floofloof to usa
47 points | 8 comments
https://www.kuow.org/stories/transgender-ballot-initiative-could-require-genital-exams-for-wa-secondary-school-students

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/47853701

Language in the initiative claims that kids are already required to undergo verification of their “biological sex” before they can play sports. But KUOW spoke with medical…

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Trump Administration to Dismantle Ocean Monitoring System

submitted by floofloof to usa
11 points | 1 comments
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/climate/ocean-observatories-initiative.html?unlocked_article_code=1.m1A.0zLp.GbOj8h0jUJxq

cross-posted from: slrpnk.net/post/38546618

The $368 million network of instruments collecting data in both the Atlantic and Pacific has been critical to climate and ocean research.

In Delaware, Corporations Can Now Vote. Are We Insane?

submitted by floofloof to usa
11 points | 1 comments
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/corporations-can-vote-in-delaware

cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/65680179

Seriously. Not dystopian science fiction or a new novel by an AI version of George Orwell. Actual corporations — what America’s first Supreme Court Justice, John Marshall, in 1819 called “an artificial being, invisible,…

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Signal to Ottawa: We'll Leave Canada Before We Help You Spy on Users

submitted by floofloof to privacy
250 points | 24 comments
https://www.iphoneincanada.ca/2026/05/14/signal-to-ottawa-well-leave-canada-before-we-help-you-spy-on-users/

cross-posted from: piefed.ca/…/signal-to-ottawa-we-ll-leave-canada-b…

Signal is drawing a hard line on the federal government’s proposed surveillance legislation: comply with Bill C-22 or leave the country. The secure…

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Signal to Ottawa: We'll Leave Canada Before We Help You Spy on Users

submitted by floofloof to privacy
385 points | 40 comments
https://www.iphoneincanada.ca/2026/05/14/signal-to-ottawa-well-leave-canada-before-we-help-you-spy-on-users/

cross-posted from: piefed.ca/…/signal-to-ottawa-we-ll-leave-canada-b…

Signal is drawing a hard line on the federal government’s proposed surveillance legislation: comply with Bill C-22 or leave the country. The secure…

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