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The Hill - Putting a price on privacy: Ending police data purchases

The Hill - Putting a price on privacy: Ending police data purchases

Op-ed, PolicingWilliam OwenMay 6, 2021privacy, police, ICE, FBI, CBP

Newsday - Differing views on COVID-19 vaccine passports

Newsday - Differing views on COVID-19 vaccine passports

Op-ed, COVIDcommunications staffApril 29, 2021covid-19, Excelsior Pass, vaccine passports

Wired - Vaccine Registries Are Good, Vaccine Apps Are Invasive

Op-ed, COVIDcommunications staffApril 27, 2021vaccine app, Excelsior Pass, New York, covid-19

NY Daily News - Corey Johnson should face the music: The Council speaker is bottling up a face recognition ban

NY Daily News - Corey Johnson should face the music: The Council speaker is bottling up a face recognition ban

Op-ed, NYCcommunications staffApril 27, 2021New York City, NYPD, facial recognition, City Council, ICE, police, Corey Johnson

NY Daily News - Ban ‘digital stop-and-frisk’: Facial recognition technology too prone to errors

NY Daily News - Ban ‘digital stop-and-frisk’: Facial recognition technology too prone to errors

Op-ed, TechnologyAlbert cahnMarch 10, 2021facial recognition, New York, surveillance

Wired - Vaccine Passports Can Help the US Reopen— or Further Divide Us

Wired - Vaccine Passports Can Help the US Reopen— or Further Divide Us

COVID, Op-edAlbert cahnMarch 2, 2021vaccine passports, covid-19

NY Daily News - The software behind the curtain: New York’s first attempt to let its people see the workings of government algorithms is woefully incomplete

NY Daily News - The software behind the curtain: New York’s first attempt to let its people see the workings of government algorithms is woefully incomplete

Op-ed, NYCAlbert cahnFebruary 9, 2021NYPD, surveillance, New York

NY Daily News - Ban ‘digital stop-and-frisk’: Facial recognition technology too prone to errors

NY Daily News - Ban ‘digital stop-and-frisk’: Facial recognition technology too prone to errors

Op-ed, NYCAlbert cahnFebruary 8, 2021New York, facial recognition, NYPD

OneZero - Note to Reporters: If Surveillance Data Shouldn’t Exist, Then Don’t Use It

OneZero - Note to Reporters: If Surveillance Data Shouldn’t Exist, Then Don’t Use It

Technology, Op-edAlbert cahnFebruary 8, 2021surveillance, Data

Fast Company - The U.S. can’t rebuke global tyranny when our companies sell tools that enable it

Fast Company - The U.S. can’t rebuke global tyranny when our companies sell tools that enable it

Technology, Op-edAlbert cahnFebruary 5, 2021facial recognition, New York City

The Hill - States are failing on big tech and privacy — Biden must take the lead

The Hill - States are failing on big tech and privacy — Biden must take the lead

Technology, Op-edAlbert cahnFebruary 5, 2021

OneZero - Black-Box Algorithms Shouldn’t Decide Who Gets a Vaccine

OneZero - Black-Box Algorithms Shouldn’t Decide Who Gets a Vaccine

Technology, Op-edcommunicationsJanuary 29, 2021vaccine, algorithms, covid-19

Gotham Gazette - Expand the School Ban, End the Use of Facial Recognition in New York

Gotham Gazette - Expand the School Ban, End the Use of Facial Recognition in New York

Op-ed, NYCAlbert cahnJanuary 26, 2021schools, facial recognition, education

The Daily Beast - Don’t let Cops Use the Insurrection to Justify Surveillance

The Daily Beast - Don’t let Cops Use the Insurrection to Justify Surveillance

Policing, Op-edAlbert cahnJanuary 23, 2021police, surveillance

Wired - The Capitol Attack Doesn’t Justify Expanding Surveillance

Wired - The Capitol Attack Doesn’t Justify Expanding Surveillance

Technology, Op-edAlbert cahnJanuary 9, 2021surveillance, democracy, facial recognition

The Daily Beast - Trump Didn’t Just Cross a Line in Inciting Today’s Riot in the Capitol—He Committed a Crime

The Daily Beast - Trump Didn’t Just Cross a Line in Inciting Today’s Riot in the Capitol—He Committed a Crime

Policing, Op-edAlbert cahnJanuary 7, 2021trump

The Daily Beast - Vaccine Passports are Big Tech’s Latest Dystopian Nightmare

The Daily Beast - Vaccine Passports are Big Tech’s Latest Dystopian Nightmare

Op-ed, COVIDAlbert cahnDecember 29, 2020vaccine passports, covid-19, surveillance, technology

City Limits - Opinion: City’s E-Scooter Program Must Ensure Privacy for Riders

City Limits - Opinion: City’s E-Scooter Program Must Ensure Privacy for Riders

Op-ed, NYCAlbert cahnDecember 11, 2020privacy, surveillance, New York

Gotham Gazette - De Blasio Backs NYPD Harassment of Muslim New Yorkers

Gotham Gazette - De Blasio Backs NYPD Harassment of Muslim New Yorkers

Op-ed, NYCAlbert cahnDecember 10, 2020NYPD, DeBlasio, New York City

The Reboot - The Assault on Internet Privacy: Why Data Encryption Is Essential

The Reboot - The Assault on Internet Privacy: Why Data Encryption Is Essential

Technology, Op-edAlbert cahnDecember 8, 2020data, surveillance, privacy