Investigations

Long-form research and databases to promote accountability, provide resources, and educate the public, policy makers, and police on responsible surveillance practices.

• Police Data Pipelines12 min read

  The Reciprocity Trap: How Local Police Data Reaches ICE

  Local agencies sign software contracts without realizing the hidden cost: a permanent, irrevocable feed of their data to a national broker network. We traced how it works.

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• Surveillance Vendors9 min read

  Surveillance Saturation: The Technologies Converging on Anonymity

  Gait recognition, facial recognition, device fingerprinting, and movement tracking are each individually manageable. Together, they approach something we have never had to govern.

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