#Surveillance
Events indexed under #Surveillance — 160 entries in the record.
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| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-06-16 | Anduril Industries Founded by Palmer Luckey and Former Palantir Executives
2 src Palmer Luckey · Peter Thiel · Trae Stephens · Brian Schimpf · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2017-04-07 | Taser International Rebrands as Axon, Offers Free Body Cameras to Every US Police Officer in Aggressive Market Expansion
3 src Axon · Rick Smith · Law Enforcement | confirmed | |
| 2017-01-01 | Hacker Steals 900 GB of Data from Cellebrite, Exposing Customer Information and Technical Details
3 src Cellebrite | confirmed | |
| 2016-11-30 | Amazon launches Rekognition facial recognition service, targeting law enforcement
3 src Amazon · AWS · Andy Jassy | confirmed | |
| 2016-10-11 | ACLU Exposes Geofeedia's Surveillance of Black Lives Matter Protests Through Social Media Platforms
3 src American Civil Liberties Union · Geofeedia · Twitter · Facebook · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2016-05-09 | Twitter Blocks Intelligence Agencies from Using Dataminr for Social Media Surveillance
3 src Twitter · Dataminr · Central Intelligence Agency · In-Q-Tel | confirmed | |
| 2016-03-01 | FBI Works with Cellebrite to Crack San Bernardino Shooter's iPhone After Apple Refuses
4 src Federal Bureau of Investigation · Cellebrite · Apple | confirmed | |
| 2016-01-01 | Grayshift Founded in Atlanta to Develop GrayKey iPhone Unlocking Technology
3 src Grayshift · David Miles · Braden Thomas · Justin Fisher · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2015-09-01 | Chainalysis Secures First Federal Contract with FBI for $9,000
2 src Chainalysis · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Internal Revenue Service | confirmed | |
| 2015-08-01 | ShotSpotter Gunshot Detection System Expands to Major U.S. Cities
3 src ShotSpotter · NYPD · Sacramento Police Department | confirmed | |
| 2015-02-01 | PredPol Predictive Policing Software Adopted by 60 U.S. Police Departments
3 src PredPol | confirmed | |
| 2014-10-01 | Chainalysis Founded to Provide Blockchain Forensics to Governments and Banks
3 src Chainalysis · Michael Gronager · Jonathan Levin · Jan Møller | confirmed | |
| 2014-06-25 | Supreme Court Rules Warrantless Cell Phone Searches Unconstitutional in Riley v. California
3 src U.S. Supreme Court · John Roberts | confirmed | |
| 2014-02-24 | Oracle Acquires BlueKai Data Broker for $400 Million, Expands Surveillance Operations
3 src Oracle · BlueKai · Larry Ellison | confirmed | |
| 2013-08-01 | Chicago Police Launch Strategic Subject List "Heat List" Predictive Policing Program
3 src Chicago Police Department | confirmed | |
| 2013-06-21 | Obama Prosecutes 8 Whistleblowers Under Espionage Act, More Than All Presidents
3 src Barack Obama · Eric Holder · Edward Snowden · Chelsea Manning · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2013-06-01 | Elliptic Founded as First Cryptocurrency Anti-Money Laundering Firm
2 src Elliptic · Adam Joyce · Tom Robinson · James Smith | confirmed | |
| 2012-06-01 | New Orleans Police Launch Secret Palantir Predictive Policing Program
3 src NOPD · Palantir Technologies · Mitch Landrieu · Peter Thiel | confirmed | |
| 2012-02-27 | WikiLeaks Publishes 5 Million Stratfor Emails Revealing Private Intelligence Firm's Surveillance of Activists and Corporate Espionage
4 src WikiLeaks · Julian Assange · Jeremy Hammond · Stratfor · +10 | confirmed | |
| 2012-01-15 | PredPol Predictive Policing Company Founded
2 src George Mohler · Jeff Brantingham | confirmed | |
| 2012-01-01 | Amazon Implements Automated Worker Surveillance and Tracking System
3 src Jeff Bezos · Amazon | confirmed | |
| 2011-09-01 | FBI Surveils Occupy Wall Street as "Terrorist Threat" Before First Protest
3 src Federal Bureau of Investigation · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · Occupy Wall Street · Joint Terrorism Task Force | confirmed | |
| 2011-09-01 | LAPD Launches Operation LASER Predictive Policing Program with Palantir
3 src LAPD · Palantir Technologies · Craig Uchida · Peter Thiel | confirmed | |
| 2011-01-01 | Geofeedia Founded to Enable Location-Based Social Media Surveillance
3 src Phil Harris · Mike Mulroy · Scott Mitchell · In-Q-Tel | confirmed | |
| 2010-09-24 | FBI Raids Anti-War Activists' Homes in Coordinated Nationwide Operation
3 src Federal Bureau of Investigation · Department of Justice · Anti-war activists · Grand jury | confirmed | |
| 2010-07-19 | Washington Post Publishes "Top Secret America," Revealing 1,931 Private Companies in Intelligence Work and Massive Revolving Door
4 src Dana Priest · William Arkin · The Washington Post · Office of the Director of National Intelligence | confirmed | |
| 2010-04-08 | Thomas Drake Indicted Under Espionage Act for NSA Whistleblowing
3 src Thomas Drake · National Security Agency · Obama Administration · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2010-01-01 | Chertoff Promotes Airport Body Scanners on Media While His Firm Represents Manufacturer Rapiscan
4 src Michael Chertoff · The Chertoff Group · Rapiscan Systems · Department of Homeland Security · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2009-01-01 | Dataminr Founded to Provide Real-Time Social Media Surveillance, Later Backed by CIA Venture Capital
3 src Ted Bailey · Sam Hendel · Jeff Kinsey · In-Q-Tel · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2008-08-29 | Bush Privatizes 70% of Intelligence Budget to Contractors
3 src Bush Administration · Booz Allen Hamilton · SAIC · CACI · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2008-03-20 | Sprint Nextel GPS Location Data Sharing with Law Enforcement
4 src Sprint Nextel · National Security Agency · Bush Administration · Law Enforcement Agencies | confirmed | |
| 2007-08-01 | Verizon's Deep Involvement in NSA Surveillance Programs
3 src Bush Administration · National Security Agency · Verizon Communications | confirmed | |
| 2007-01-01 | Cellebrite Launches Universal Forensic Extraction Device (UFED) for Law Enforcement
3 src Cellebrite | confirmed | |
| 2006-03-01 | FBI Infiltrates Orange County Mosques with Informant in Dragnet Surveillance
3 src Federal Bureau of Investigation · Craig Monteilh · Muslim community · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2006-01-29 | NSA Cancels Trailblazer Program After SAIC Wastes Over $1 Billion on Failed Surveillance System
3 src Science Applications International Corporation · National Security Agency · Michael Hayden · William Binney · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2005-12-16 | New York Times Exposes NSA Warrantless Surveillance Program
5 src James Risen · Eric Lichtblau · New York Times · George W. Bush · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2004-03-10 | Hospital Confrontation Over NSA Surveillance Program
6 src John Ashcroft · James Comey · Alberto Gonzales · Andy Card · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2004-02-01 | Accenture Awarded Competitive DHS US-VISIT Contract
4 src Accenture · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · Asa Hutchinson · Smart Border Alliance | confirmed | |
| 2003-09-24 | Congress Officially Defunds Total Information Awareness Program
3 src U.S. Congress · United States Senate · U.S. House of Representatives · George W. Bush · +5 | confirmed | |
| 2003-08-29 | John Poindexter Resigns from DARPA After TIA Scandal, Surveillance Architect Exits to Private Sector
3 src John Poindexter · DARPA · Information Awareness Office · SAIC · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2003-06-15 | NSA Awards AT&T $500 Million Multi-Year Surveillance Infrastructure Contract
3 src George W. Bush · Michael Hayden · AT&T Leadership · NSA Officials | confirmed | |
| 2002-11-09 | New York Times Exposes Total Information Awareness Surveillance Program, Sparking Public Outcry
3 src New York Times · John Markoff · DARPA · John Poindexter · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2002-08-02 | Poindexter Announces DARPA Total Information Awareness Program
3 src John Poindexter · DARPA · Information Awareness Office · George W. Bush administration | confirmed | |
| 2001-10-26 | Bush Signs PATRIOT Act After 45-Day Rush with Minimal Debate
3 src George W. Bush · Russ Feingold · Tom Daschle · Jim Sensenbrenner · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2001-10-04 | Bush Authorizes NSA Stellar Wind Program Bypassing FISA Court
4 src George W. Bush · Michael Hayden · National Security Agency · Dick Cheney · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2001-09-21 | AT&T Establishes Mass Internet Surveillance Infrastructure for NSA
3 src AT&T Corporate Leadership · National Security Agency · Bush Administration · Mark Klein (AT&T Technician) | confirmed | |
| 1999-01-01 | Cellebrite Founded in Israel to Develop Mobile Phone Data Transfer Technology
3 src Cellebrite · Avi Yablonka · Yaron Baratz · Yuval Aflalo | reported | |
| 1996-01-01 | George Friedman Founds Strategic Forecasting (Stratfor), the "Shadow CIA" of Private Geopolitical Intelligence
4 src George Friedman · Stratfor · Matthew Baker | confirmed | |
| 1978-10-25 | Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act as Executive-Power Bargain: Statutory Authorization in Exchange for Court Review Becomes Template
3 src Jimmy Carter · Edward Kennedy · Frank Church · Birch Bayh · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1977-01-01 | Oracle Corporation Founded to Build CIA Database, Named After CIA Project
3 src Larry Ellison · Robert Miner · Central Intelligence Agency · Oracle | confirmed | |
| 1975-04-26 | Church Committee Exposes Systemic Intelligence Agency Abuses
3 src Frank Church · Central Intelligence Agency · National Security Agency · Federal Bureau of Investigation | confirmed | |
| 1973-07-16 | Alexander Butterfield Reveals Nixon White House Secret Taping System in Bombshell Testimony
3 src Alexander Butterfield · Richard Nixon · H.R. Haldeman · Donald Sanders · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1971-03-08 | COINTELPRO Exposed - FBI's Secret War on Civil Rights and Dissent Revealed
3 src Federal Bureau of Investigation · J. Edgar Hoover · Citizens' Commission to Investigate the FBI | confirmed | |
| 1967-08-25 | FBI COINTELPRO Launches Black Nationalist Hate Groups Program Targeting Civil Rights Leaders
3 src J. Edgar Hoover · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Martin Luther King Jr. · Black Panther Party · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1966-10-15 | Black Panther Party Formation in Oakland Triggers Immediate FBI COINTELPRO Surveillance and State Repression
4 src Bobby Seale · Huey P. Newton · FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover · California State Legislature | confirmed | |
| 1963-10-10 | Attorney General Robert Kennedy Authorizes FBI Wiretapping of Martin Luther King Jr.
3 src J. Edgar Hoover · Robert F. Kennedy · Martin Luther King Jr. · Federal Bureau of Investigation · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1956-08-28 | FBI Director Hoover Launches COINTELPRO to Target Communist Party and Domestic Dissent
6 src J. Edgar Hoover · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Communist Party USA | confirmed | |
| 1947-03-21 | Executive Order 9835 Establishes Federal Loyalty Program - 5 Million Screened, Guilt Presumed
4 src Harry S. Truman · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Civil Service Commission · House Un-American Activities Committee | confirmed | |
| 1917-04-20 | Justice Department Authorizes American Protective League, 250,000-Member Vigilante Surveillance Network
3 src Thomas Gregory · A. M. Briggs · Bureau of Investigation · American Protective League · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1892-01-01 | Pinkerton Detective Agency Operates as Private Corporate Army Against Unions
3 src Pinkerton National Detective Agency · Allan Pinkerton · Corporate employers · State Governments · +1 | confirmed |