#undercover

Just before she became a defendant in the McLibel trial, Helen Steel was deceived into a relationship by #spycops officer John Dines. He left her 2 years later. She spent years piecing together the truth. When she traced him to New Zealand, police spent £2.5m tracking her & preventing her finding him. The public inquiry's latest jaw-dropping revelations: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jul/26/how-the-met-police-spent-25m-hiding-spycop-from-former-partner #undercoverpolicinginquiry #ucpi #police #policing #activism #undercover #undercoverpolice #corruption

#Leaked Document Shows the #Surveillance Tech at ICE’s Fingertips A leaked document shows the spread of surveillance and investigative capabilities that Immigration and #Customs Enforcement (#ICE ) officials have access to agency wide, from location data harvested from #smartphones , to facial recognition apps that can reveal someone’s #identity , to tools that let the agency stay #anonymous online and approach people #undercover. The document covers everything from monitoring social media to tracking the movements of vehicles. It is rare for the public to see such a large list of ICE’s technology capabilities in a single document. 404 Media has published the whole document, called “ICE Wide Analytical Tools,” below. #privacy #socialmedia https://www.404media.co/leaked-document-shows-the-surveillance-tech-at-ices-fingertips/