witness in the news Archives - WITNESS https://www.witness.org/tag/witness-in-the-news/ Human Rights Video Wed, 22 Nov 2017 15:51:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.2 76151064 WITNESS in the News: The Intercept https://www.witness.org/witness-news-intercept/ Fri, 22 Sep 2017 18:55:24 +0000 https://www.witness.org/?p=2192995 Axon (aka Taser) has a new platform that could turn smartphones into surveillance cameras. That’s not a good thing. They stand to profit from a new platform that would encourage citizens to upload videos of potential crimes, and charging for access.

Dia Kayyali, WITNESS’ Tech + Advocacy Program Manager, chimes in on the potential dangers to users, on what The Intercept calls a “Dropbox for cops.”

Read the full article “Taser Wants to Start Building an Army of Smartphone Informants” in The Intercept.

Photo Illustration: Soohee Cho for The Intercept/youtube

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