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Cambridge Mass surveillance
CHRIS FARAONE

In Trump Era, Even Progressive Cambridge Picks Surveillance Over Civil Liberties

If a city with an ACLU-backed ordinance requiring community control over police surveillance concedes to Big Brother, is there any hope for the rest of us?

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CHRIS FARAONE March 18, 2025
CHRIS FARAONE

Drone Contractor Gets “Rare” Permission To Follow Individuals And Vehicles In Boston

When it comes to private companies working with local cops to conduct mass aerial surveillance, Massachusetts is the “wild west”

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CHRIS FARAONE January 27, 2025
DANIEL DEFRAIA

CAUGHT ON CAM-SHARE

BPD seeks access to private security cameras, experiments with new surveillance network The Boston Police Department wants to deputize your surveillance system. After a crime, police canvass for private security cameras. Sometimes, they obtain a warrant for the tapes or data, or simply ask for the owner’s consent to access

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DANIEL DEFRAIA March 21, 2018
KENNETH LIPP

LICENSE TO CONNIVE

Boston still tracks vehicles, lies about it, and leaves sensitive resident data exposed online Prior to two weeks ago, when this reporter alerted authorities that they had exposed critical data, anyone online was able to freely access a City of Boston automated license plate reader (ALPR) system and to download dozens

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KENNETH LIPP September 8, 2015
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