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Electronic Frontier Foundation

@eff@mastodon.social 6 hr. ago

Police using surveillance technology “to stalk people, especially romantic interests, current or former partners, is so common that in the NSA they actually have a cute little word for it,” EFF’s @evacide said. “They call it ‘LOVEINT.’ It’s short for love intelligence.” https://www.wave3.com/2026/08/27/shively-officers-flock-camera-case-reflects-pattern-officers-misusing-surveillance-tech-track-women-expert-says/

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Shively officer’s Flock camera case reflects pattern of officers misusing surveillance tech to track women, expert says

A Shively police officer accused of secretly tracking a woman’s movements for five months using a license-plate camera database is drawing new attention to a technology increasingly showing up in police misconduct cases nationwide.

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@Orca@nya.one 1 hr. ago

@eff@mastodon.social @evacide@hachyderm.io
Didn't that LOVEINT practice start in the NSA?
https://web.archive.org/web/20140201150537/http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57605051-38/nsa-offers-details-on-loveint-thats-spying-on-lovers-exes/

NSA offers details on 'LOVEINT' (that's spying on lovers, exes)

One NSA worker did it 'out of curiosity,' another for 'practice.' Agency's letter in response to query from US senator gives glimpse of romance-related -- and other -- misuses of surveillance system. Read this article by Edward Moyer on CNET News.

@evacide@hachyderm.io 16 min. ago

@Orca @eff The phrasing of this post makes it unclear, but yes I am saying that this is a term used by the NSA. It is not specific to police.

@MsDK12@c.im 3 hr. ago

@eff @evacide Cute?

@softproof@mastodon.social 4 hr. ago

@eff @evacide Expert adds, it sure as heck wouldn't be men.

@MFennVT@mastodon.world 4 hr. ago

@eff 🤮 @evacide

@eowyn@pouet.chapril.org 5 hr. ago

@eff @evacide yikes

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