An Amazon Ring video reveals that the company built a bespoke portal for law enforcement officers who want access to the enormous volume of residential surveillance footage generated by customers’ cameras.Illustration: Erik Blad for The Intercept Amazon Illustration surveillance
A rape victim who smuggled DNA evidence out of Rikers won a settlement. Her story reveals just how challenging it is for abused detainees to seek justice in a system set up to offer none.Illustration: Nicole Xu for The Intercept Criminal justice new york illustration jail
Prisons across the U.S. are quietly building databases of incarcerated people’s voice prints.Illustration: Alexander Glandien for The Intercept surveillance prison Criminal justice animated gif
Google’s Sidewalk Labs plans to package and sell location data on millions of cellphones.Illustration: Yotam Hadar for The Intercept surveillance animated gif google
Homeland Security will let computers predict who might be a terrorist on your plane — just don’t ask how it works.Illustration: Soohee Cho/The Intercept, Getty Images surveillance terrorism technology Illustration
The NYPD gang database can turn unsuspecting New Yorkers into instant felons. A young man who police claim is a gang member is suing the NYPD over its refusal to turn over records about its secretive gang database.Illustration: Angie Wang for The Intercept new york NYPD Criminal justice Illustration
Amazon’s accent recognition technology could tell the government where you’re from.Illustration: Erik Blad for The Intercept amazon surveillance alexa dystopia
Google’s “Smart City of Surveillance” faces new resistance in Toronto.Illustration: Soohee Cho/The Intercept, Getty Images google surveillance toronto canada
The United Nations accidentally exposed passwords and sensitive information to the whole internet.Illustration: Soohee Cho/The Intercept cybersecurity united nations security
IBM used NYPD surveillance footage to develop technology that lets police search by skin color.Illustration: Sally Thurer for The Intercept/Getty Images NYPD Police accountability surveillance ibm