Privacy
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Big Brother Inside, Revisited
A used CPU becomes a paper trail, a punishment, and a preview of computing’s next privacy fight.
Tim Cook Welcomes EU KIDS Act Age Verification for App Stores
Von der Leyen posted about privacy, safety, and security for children. The law behind the post needs everyone’s age checked.
DOJ Says Flock Camera Data Is Not Protected By Fourth Amendment
The government’s answer to omnipresent surveillance is that omnipresent surveillance is normal.
Florida Seeks Meta ID Checks For All Users
Florida is asking the court to make privacy the price of admission for Meta’s platforms.
Federal Judge Calls License Plate Readers a Form of Mass Surveillance
The ruling found access to a month of license plate location data violated the Fourth Amendment.
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How a US Federal Drug Program Built a National Surveillance Network
The constitutional question changes once a city’s modest camera network joins everyone else’s.
Google Challenges Las Vegas Keyword Search Warrant
The warrant wants a crowd, not a suspect, and Google is asking whether that is constitutional.
Florida Woman Arrested After Claude Flags Her Chatbot Diary Entry
Carli Michelle Heller treated Claude like a journal. Claude treated it like evidence.
New Mexico Found a Way to Fine Platforms for Speech It Didn't Delete
Lying about user data is one thing. Leaving up speech a state doesn't like is supposed to be protected.
UK Plans Passport And Facial Age Checks For Social Media
Britain is building a surveillance tollbooth for the web.
British Transport Police Facial Recognition Trial Scanned 926,912 People With Zero Arrests
Half a million faces scanned, one false alert, and still the experiment got an encore.
House Bill Would Ban Federal Use of Flock ALPR Data
The Ban Flock Act would restrict federal use of Flock ALPR data and automated license plate readers.
