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👁 Selling #MassSurveillance | EFFector 38.7
Time and time again, we've seen police #surveillance suffer from 'mission creep'—technology sold as a way to prevent heinous crimes ends up enforcing traffic violations, #tracking #protestors , and more. In our latest EFFector newsletter, we're diving into this troubling pattern and sharing all the latest in the fight for #privacy and #freespeech online.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/selling-mass-surveillance-effector-387
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👁 Selling #MassSurveillance | EFFector 38.7
Time and time again, we've seen police #surveillance suffer from 'mission creep'—technology sold as a way to prevent heinous crimes ends up enforcing traffic violations, #tracking #protestors , and more. In our latest EFFector newsletter, we're diving into this troubling pattern and sharing all the latest in the fight for #privacy and #freespeech online.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/selling-mass-surveillance-effector-387
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👁 Selling #MassSurveillance | EFFector 38.7
Time and time again, we've seen police #surveillance suffer from 'mission creep'—technology sold as a way to prevent heinous crimes ends up enforcing traffic violations, #tracking #protestors , and more. In our latest EFFector newsletter, we're diving into this troubling pattern and sharing all the latest in the fight for #privacy and #freespeech online.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/selling-mass-surveillance-effector-387
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👁 Selling #MassSurveillance | EFFector 38.7
Time and time again, we've seen police #surveillance suffer from 'mission creep'—technology sold as a way to prevent heinous crimes ends up enforcing traffic violations, #tracking #protestors , and more. In our latest EFFector newsletter, we're diving into this troubling pattern and sharing all the latest in the fight for #privacy and #freespeech online.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/selling-mass-surveillance-effector-387
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👁 Selling #MassSurveillance | EFFector 38.7
Time and time again, we've seen police #surveillance suffer from 'mission creep'—technology sold as a way to prevent heinous crimes ends up enforcing traffic violations, #tracking #protestors , and more. In our latest EFFector newsletter, we're diving into this troubling pattern and sharing all the latest in the fight for #privacy and #freespeech online.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/selling-mass-surveillance-effector-387
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“Economic #CivilWar ”: States Push Laws to Shield #Oil & #Gas Companies From #Accountability
GOP-led state legislatures are passing a slate of laws that effectively shield oil & gas companies from legal claims that they are responsible for the destruction & mounting toll caused by #climateChange. 15 laws have either been passed or are currently being debated in 11 states. Together, they threaten to remove long-standing tools for the public to hold corps #accountable.
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“Economic #CivilWar ”: States Push Laws to Shield #Oil & #Gas Companies From #Accountability
GOP-led state legislatures are passing a slate of laws that effectively shield oil & gas companies from legal claims that they are responsible for the destruction & mounting toll caused by #climateChange. 15 laws have either been passed or are currently being debated in 11 states. Together, they threaten to remove long-standing tools for the public to hold corps #accountable.
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“Economic #CivilWar ”: States Push Laws to Shield #Oil & #Gas Companies From #Accountability
GOP-led state legislatures are passing a slate of laws that effectively shield oil & gas companies from legal claims that they are responsible for the destruction & mounting toll caused by #climateChange. 15 laws have either been passed or are currently being debated in 11 states. Together, they threaten to remove long-standing tools for the public to hold corps #accountable.
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“Economic #CivilWar ”: States Push Laws to Shield #Oil & #Gas Companies From #Accountability
GOP-led state legislatures are passing a slate of laws that effectively shield oil & gas companies from legal claims that they are responsible for the destruction & mounting toll caused by #climateChange. 15 laws have either been passed or are currently being debated in 11 states. Together, they threaten to remove long-standing tools for the public to hold corps #accountable.
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How Accurate Are Google’s A.I. Overviews?
The company’s A.I.-generated answers look authoritative, but they draw on an array of sources, from trustworthy sites to #Facebook posts.
> it depends on the #training data. You give it worthless data, you get worthless answers.
#Google #ai #gigo #artificialintelligencehttps://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/technology/google-ai-overviews-accuracy.html
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Forget the A.I. #Apocalypse. #Memes Have Already Nuked Our #Culture.
From our jokes and slang to the #WhiteHouse ’s policy messaging, internet “brain rot” has escaped our phones to take over … well, everything.
#ai #aiapocalypse #politics #brainrothttps://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/06/magazine/ai-apocalypse-brain-rot-memes.html
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Forget the A.I. #Apocalypse. #Memes Have Already Nuked Our #Culture.
From our jokes and slang to the #WhiteHouse ’s policy messaging, internet “brain rot” has escaped our phones to take over … well, everything.
#ai #aiapocalypse #politics #brainrothttps://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/06/magazine/ai-apocalypse-brain-rot-memes.html
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Forget the A.I. #Apocalypse. #Memes Have Already Nuked Our #Culture.
From our jokes and slang to the #WhiteHouse ’s policy messaging, internet “brain rot” has escaped our phones to take over … well, everything.
#ai #aiapocalypse #politics #brainrothttps://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/06/magazine/ai-apocalypse-brain-rot-memes.html
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Forget the A.I. #Apocalypse. #Memes Have Already Nuked Our #Culture.
From our jokes and slang to the #WhiteHouse ’s policy messaging, internet “brain rot” has escaped our phones to take over … well, everything.
#ai #aiapocalypse #politics #brainrothttps://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/06/magazine/ai-apocalypse-brain-rot-memes.html
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Forget the A.I. #Apocalypse. #Memes Have Already Nuked Our #Culture.
From our jokes and slang to the #WhiteHouse ’s policy messaging, internet “brain rot” has escaped our phones to take over … well, everything.
#ai #aiapocalypse #politics #brainrothttps://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/06/magazine/ai-apocalypse-brain-rot-memes.html
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The #DOJ Misled a #Judge About How It’s Using #VoterRoll Data
The acting head of the DOJ’s #voting section told a judge last week that the agency had not touched the nonpublic #voter roll data it has collected. That wasn’t true.
#privacy #elections
> and if the original statement was true, why did they make such a big stink to get the data if they weren’t going to use ithttps://www.wired.com/story/doj-misled-judge-voter-roll-data/
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The #DOJ Misled a #Judge About How It’s Using #VoterRoll Data
The acting head of the DOJ’s #voting section told a judge last week that the agency had not touched the nonpublic #voter roll data it has collected. That wasn’t true.
#privacy #elections
> and if the original statement was true, why did they make such a big stink to get the data if they weren’t going to use ithttps://www.wired.com/story/doj-misled-judge-voter-roll-data/
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The #DOJ Misled a #Judge About How It’s Using #VoterRoll Data
The acting head of the DOJ’s #voting section told a judge last week that the agency had not touched the nonpublic #voter roll data it has collected. That wasn’t true.
#privacy #elections
> and if the original statement was true, why did they make such a big stink to get the data if they weren’t going to use ithttps://www.wired.com/story/doj-misled-judge-voter-roll-data/
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The #DOJ Misled a #Judge About How It’s Using #VoterRoll Data
The acting head of the DOJ’s #voting section told a judge last week that the agency had not touched the nonpublic #voter roll data it has collected. That wasn’t true.
#privacy #elections
> and if the original statement was true, why did they make such a big stink to get the data if they weren’t going to use ithttps://www.wired.com/story/doj-misled-judge-voter-roll-data/
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The #DOJ Misled a #Judge About How It’s Using #VoterRoll Data
The acting head of the DOJ’s #voting section told a judge last week that the agency had not touched the nonpublic #voter roll data it has collected. That wasn’t true.
#privacy #elections
> and if the original statement was true, why did they make such a big stink to get the data if they weren’t going to use ithttps://www.wired.com/story/doj-misled-judge-voter-roll-data/
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#Copilot Is 'For Entertainment Purposes Only,' According To #Microsoft 's #ToS
#AI skeptics aren't the only ones warning users not to unthinkingly trust models' outputs -- that's what the AI companies say themselves in their terms of service. … "Copilot is for entertainment purposes only," the company warned. "It can make mistakes, and it may not work as intended. Don't rely on Copilot for important advice. Use Copilot at your own risk."
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#BorderPatrol Agents Sold #ChallengeCoins With ‘Charlotte’s Web’ Characters in #RiotGear
Nonprofits run out of US Border Patrol stations are also selling other “operation”-themed coins that include a phrase popularized by the #ProudBoys , potentially in violation of government rules.
#cbphttps://www.wired.com/story/us-border-patrol-challenge-coins-nonprofits/
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#BorderPatrol Agents Sold #ChallengeCoins With ‘Charlotte’s Web’ Characters in #RiotGear
Nonprofits run out of US Border Patrol stations are also selling other “operation”-themed coins that include a phrase popularized by the #ProudBoys , potentially in violation of government rules.
#cbphttps://www.wired.com/story/us-border-patrol-challenge-coins-nonprofits/
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#BorderPatrol Agents Sold #ChallengeCoins With ‘Charlotte’s Web’ Characters in #RiotGear
Nonprofits run out of US Border Patrol stations are also selling other “operation”-themed coins that include a phrase popularized by the #ProudBoys , potentially in violation of government rules.
#cbphttps://www.wired.com/story/us-border-patrol-challenge-coins-nonprofits/
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#BorderPatrol Agents Sold #ChallengeCoins With ‘Charlotte’s Web’ Characters in #RiotGear
Nonprofits run out of US Border Patrol stations are also selling other “operation”-themed coins that include a phrase popularized by the #ProudBoys , potentially in violation of government rules.
#cbphttps://www.wired.com/story/us-border-patrol-challenge-coins-nonprofits/
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#BorderPatrol Agents Sold #ChallengeCoins With ‘Charlotte’s Web’ Characters in #RiotGear
Nonprofits run out of US Border Patrol stations are also selling other “operation”-themed coins that include a phrase popularized by the #ProudBoys , potentially in violation of government rules.
#cbphttps://www.wired.com/story/us-border-patrol-challenge-coins-nonprofits/
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The Federal Government Is Rushing Toward #AI. Our Reporting Offers Three Cautionary Tales.
As a #cybersecurity reporter at #ProPublica , much of my work over the past two years has focused on how the federal government and its #IT contractors, like #Microsoft , have navigated major technological transitions. The one now in the news every day is #artificialintelligence.
https://www.propublica.org/article/federal-government-ai-cautionary-tales
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#Wildlife #Conservation Police Are Searching Thousands of #Flock #Cameras for #ICE
highlights how ICE, which does not have a contract with Flock, continues to get access to Flock’s AI-powered #licensePlate scanning cameras thru local & state police…& difficult for the public to track or hold the agency accountable for. In this case, ICE has gained access to Flock data through an … agency that is nominally supposed to be focused on conservation
#alpr #privacy #aihttps://www.404media.co/floridas-wildlife-cops-are-searching-thousands-of-flock-cameras-for-ice/
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Wisconsinites Can Keep Watching #Porn After Governor Vetoes #AgeVerification Bill
Evers wrote that the bill doesn’t prevent platforms from giving collected personal data to third parties, such as the government or #dataBrokers. “This is a violation of personal privacy,” he wrote.
#privacy #pii #security #wisconsin #vetohttps://www.404media.co/wisconsin-age-verification-bill-vetoed/
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Multiple #Hackers Warned Anti-Porn App #Quittr About #Security Issue for Months
At least three people warned Quittr, an app that wants to help men stop masturbating, about serious security issues for months, but the creators of the app didn’t fix them until weeks after 404 Media reached out for comment multiple times.
#porn #privacy