Over the last week, people in all 50 states in the U.S.—and well over a dozen cities across the globe—have protested against police brutality and systemic racism after George Floyd, a black man living in Minneapolis, was killed in police custody on May 25.
But now that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has granted authority to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) to "conduct covert surveillance" on protesters, according to an alarming memo that BuzzFeed obtained, all participating protesters are at risk of being jailed or having police collect intel on them.
When taking a digital photo, your phone not only captures an image of what it sees through its lenses, but also records information about your location (right down to the GPS coordinates), the date and time, your shutter settings and device, and even the type of software you used to edit. All of this information is known as metadata, and it makes it far easier for authorities to track protesters and nail down their identities.
When taking a digital photo, your phone not only captures an image of what it sees through its lenses, but also records information about your location (right down to the GPS coordinates), the date and time, your shutter settings and device, and even the type of software you used to edit. All of this information is known as metadata, and it makes it far easier for authorities to track protesters and nail down their identities.
0 Comments