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law Let's Bring Digital Liberties into the Big Conversation Aengus Anderson

police Police militarization is objectively bad for police and for society, according to science Thom Dunn
Business Facial recognition leads to wrongful arrest of Black man in Detroit Xeni Jardin
Business Plagued by security woes, Zoom promises end-to-end encryption starting in July Xeni Jardin
COVID-19 Politico asked 34 big thinkers to predict how the coronapocalypse will permanently change our world Gareth Branwyn
privacy Spying on everyone to combat COVID-19 will further erode civil liberties just like 9/11, privacy advocates warn Xeni Jardin
State of Kentucky must pay $150,000 to man with "IM GOD" license plate following First Amendment suit David Pescovitz
privacy The answer to the Clearview AI scandal is better privacy laws, not anti-scraping laws Cory Doctorow
prison Why aren't more conservatives concerned about felon voting rights? Thom Dunn
law Breasts are 'lewdness', Utah judge rules in humiliation for 'topless at home' mom Xeni Jardin
guns Gun Violence Isn't a Problem — it's actually 5 Problems, with Different Solutions Thom Dunn
politics Why AG Barr's use of Pensacola shooter case to rebuke Apple is so suspicious Xeni Jardin
security Amazon's Ring surveillance doorbell leaks its customers' home addresses, linked to their doorbell videos Cory Doctorow
security Model stealing, rewarding hacking and poisoning attacks: a taxonomy of machine learning's failure modes Cory Doctorow
law enforcement That Robot Dog from Boston Dynamics has a new job on the Massachusetts State Police Bomb Squad Thom Dunn
law About Face: EFF's new campaign to end government use of face surveillance Cory Doctorow
privacy Public treated to obfuscation at Waterfront Toronto meeting on negotiations with Google sister company over surveillance district Rosemary Frei
authoritarianism Democrats in Congress reauthorize Patriot Act, again Mark Frauenfelder
monopolism Beyond antitrust: the anti-monopoly movement and what it stands for Cory Doctorow
Funny Kentucky atheist can get ‘IM GOD’ license plate, US court rules Xeni Jardin