Oakland Privacy is honored to receive a Protecting Civil Rights award from the San Francisco Bay chapter of the Council on Islamic-American Relations (CAIR). The award ceremony will be held at CAIR-Bay Area’s 24th Annual Banquet on October 27th at…
Thank you for joining us on September 23rd for Down Under Dystopia! It was wonderful to see you all. Our feature documentary Stare Into The Lights My Pretties is available freely for noncommercial use. So for those of you who…
This Security Ledger podcast features a 15 minute interview with Robert Xiao, the Carnegie Mellon researcher who discovered the Location Smart wireless phone tracking leak.
by Admin I’d like to tell you that my heart broke when I heard about the Parkland shooting in February. But how many times can the heart break? Considering how frequently mass shootings occur in the US, it’s hard to…
By Brian Hofer Dear members and allies of Oakland Privacy: 2017 has been both a remarkable and frustrating year. While the raging dumpster fire that is our national political discourse seems to get worse by the day, Oakland Privacy and…
by Lindsey Krantz Why did I join Oakland Privacy? I joined OP because surveillance scares me. OP fights back and its camaraderie emboldens me. I joined OP because mass outdoor surveillance leads to the criminalization of the status of homelessness.…
by Cristina On October 26, 2001, “in the name of national security, the Patriot Act was the first of many changes to surveillance laws that made it easier for the government to spy on ordinary Americans by expanding the…
A FAQ ABOUT PROPOSED SURVEILLANCE EQUIPMENT TRANSPARENCY LEGISLATION Q. Why is this legislation necessary? Why isn’t the Fourth Amendment enough? A. The short answer is that the law has not kept up with technology. The longer answer is that our…
Oakland Privacy strongly supports the National Prison Strike, which begins Sept. 9, and issues this statement in support. While Oakland Privacy is primarily committed to ensuring that people’s privacy is not invaded by the state, our commitment extends to the…
1999 March. Urban Warrior. A military force “invades” Oakland as a training exercise. A precursor to “Urban Shield.” 2008 DAC began with a grant from the Dept. of Homeland Security in 2008 to the Port of Oakland to secure…