Stop Rider Surveillance

Fighting for safer streets, local transparency, and rider privacy. We Are Communities Against Rider Surveillance.

[Stop Rider Surveillance @CARScoalition]

.@LACity has built a massive surveillance tool called MDS to track, record, and monetize the movements of Angelenos’ vehicles. City officials say it's safe because your location data is anonymous. According to the experts, "it really isn't." Read more →
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[Stop Rider Surveillance @CARScoalition]

"This is about a structural failure that allows real-time data on Americans’ movements to exist in the first place and to be used without our knowledge or true consent." More on the dangers of tracking people's location data →
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[Stop Rider Surveillance @CARScoalition]

"I suspect that many people would feel unnerved if someone followed their teenager or spouse everywhere they went." Thanks to surveillance tools like MDS, city governments are now tracking your movements in real time. More on the risks to privacy/safety →
https://t.co/F17ykE2k6B

[Stop Rider Surveillance @CARScoalition]

Making matters worse, @NYC_DOT is now implementing @LADOTofficial's MDS surveillance program, allowing city officials (or anyone with access to MDS data) to track people's personal movements in real time.

[Amnesty International USA @amnestyusa]

New York is in danger of becoming a total surveillance city.

Today @amnesty revealed that the NYPD can feed images from 15,280 cameras in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and the Bronx alone into discriminatory facial recognition software.

https://t.co/wa0iGbp39R

[LGBT Tech @LGBTTech]

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Mobile #surveillance by law enforcement is a common practice, in the US and globally. This can have very serious implications for those who are disproportionately targeted by law enforcement, such as the #LGBTQ+, immigrant, and black communities. #privacy

[Stop Rider Surveillance @CARScoalition]

"Refugees, undocumented immigrants, and other vulnerable communities always seem to fall victim to the unintended consequences of surveillance tools like MDS." Fayaz Nawabi of @CAIRCalifornia speaks out about smart city surveillance in @ladailynews → https://t.co/QRZApXxSLx

[Andrew G. Ferguson @ProfFerguson]

I wrote a book about the dangerous rise of big data policing three years ago. Read this article. It’s here. It’s worse than you thought. It must be checked now. #surveillance #privacy

There Are Spying Eyes Everywhere—and Now They Share a Brain | WIRED https://t.co/IjFl6NFzGC

[Stop Rider Surveillance @CARScoalition]

"This should set off alarm bells for all of us." Read more from Fayaz Nawabi of @CAIRCalifornia about the risks of smart city surveillance in @ladailynews →

[Stop Rider Surveillance @CARScoalition]

ICYMI via @ladailynews: Fayaz Nawabi of @CAIRCalifornia explains how surveillance tools like MDS erode transportation equity and put vulnerable communities at risk. Read more →

[Stop Rider Surveillance @CARScoalition]

"It’s especially worrisome that LADOT hasn’t instituted clear, enforceable policies to limit how MDS data is shared, meaning it could end up in anyone’s hands, including law enforcement." Read more →

[L.A. Daily News @ladailynews]

Opinion: Mass surveillance puts immigrants and refugees at risk https://t.co/xtuKOyZMkD

[Stop Rider Surveillance @CARScoalition]

"Los Angeles should be on the frontlines of the fight to protect refugees and immigrants ... Surveillance tools like MDS directly undermine that charge." Read more from Fayaz Nawabi of @CAIRCalifornia in @ladailynews → https://t.co/QRZApXxSLx

[EFF @EFF]

It sounds unconstitutional because it is. The government should not be able to buy geolocation data gathered by the apps on your phone without a warrant. https://t.co/1KUtaJXCI6

[NNEDV @nnedv]

"It’s not uncommon for victims of tech abuse to hear that they should get offline. But survivors have a right to use technology and live a life free of harassment, abuse, & stalking." - Corbin Streett, NNEDV Technology Safety Specialist

Via @wearecommons: https://t.co/pWkpgALvjv

[Stop Rider Surveillance @CARScoalition]

Ironically, LADOT's Seleta Reynolds was caught using Signal while developing the controversial MDS surveillance program, deleted the records & hasn't said whether she still uses it. It looks like public records laws are taken more seriously in other states.

[EFF @EFF]

Tell Congress: The Fourth Amendment is not for sale. Your Senators and Representatives need to hear that the government should be barred from purchasing personal data it would otherwise need a warrant to acquire.

https://t.co/fSCuFSifQy

[Stop Rider Surveillance @CARScoalition]

Imagine driving to a sensitive health appointment, then stopping at home or another location that could give away your identity. Now imagine the city government tracking your movements. Will LADOT require @MoceanCarshare to share trip data with the city through the MDS platform?

[LADOT @LADOTofficial]

We continue investing in shared mobility options that help Angelenos get around the city. We’re excited to work alongside @MikeBoninLA and @MoceanCarshare which debuted on LA’s West LA-Sawtelle neighborhood last week!

[Stop Rider Surveillance @CARScoalition]

A reminder that @LongBeachCity has partnered with Los Angeles and @LADOTofficial to support the development of its massive vehicle surveillance platform known as MDS.  Would you trust Long Beach to track the real-time movements of your vehicle and store your travel history?

[Stop Rider Surveillance @CARScoalition]

When it comes to vehicle surveillance, LA puts license plate readers to shame. The City's paying to build a digital platform that will track and direct the movements of individual vehicles. The platform’s owners have even raised the possibility of “instantaneous search warrants.”

[EFF @EFF]

New data shows that in some parts of California, the average vehicle will be scanned by an automated license plate reader every few miles. Tiburon Police, for example, averaged one plate scan for every 1.85 miles driven.
https://t.co/M8vGiJmAsb

[Stop Rider Surveillance @CARScoalition]

Los Angeles is spending millions to build a massive vehicle surveillance platform known as MDS. Will @LACityCouncil continue to subsidize a technology that's owned and controlled by Silicon Valley, or give @LADOTofficial’s budget a much-needed scrubbing?
https://t.co/9VoXvQcnSs

[Stop Rider Surveillance @CARScoalition]

“General transparency measures meant to protect us from government overreach and provide information to citizens are just simply disrespected. If we are going to allow the use of these technologies, we need to demand that accountability be urgent.” More →
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