#surveillance — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #surveillance, aggregated by home.social.
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"OpenAI's ad collector at bzr.openai.com sets a cookie called __obi, scoped to .openai.com. The value is while you are on ChatGPT and tied to your ChatGPT account. __obi is then sent to OpenAI from ordinary websites you visit.
Any company that buys ads on ChatGPT installs a small piece of OpenAI code on its own site, the same way retailers already install Meta and Google tracking code. Loading that code, sends __obi to OpenAI along with data about the page you are browsing. This includes products you are searching for, articles you are reading, and purchase behaviors.
The bottom line is that OpenAI can connect what you do on those sites to your ChatGPT account.
I reproduced the full mechanism on my own phone, verified with two independent capture methods, and cross-checked against several months of observed traffic covering 936 distinct advertiser pixels across 1,029 hostnames."
https://www.buchodi.com/chatgpt-now-knows-what-you-do-on-other-websites-via-ad-collector/
#AI #GenerativeAI #LLMs #OpenAI #DataProtection #AdTech #Privacy #Surveillance
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"OpenAI's ad collector at bzr.openai.com sets a cookie called __obi, scoped to .openai.com. The value is while you are on ChatGPT and tied to your ChatGPT account. __obi is then sent to OpenAI from ordinary websites you visit.
Any company that buys ads on ChatGPT installs a small piece of OpenAI code on its own site, the same way retailers already install Meta and Google tracking code. Loading that code, sends __obi to OpenAI along with data about the page you are browsing. This includes products you are searching for, articles you are reading, and purchase behaviors.
The bottom line is that OpenAI can connect what you do on those sites to your ChatGPT account.
I reproduced the full mechanism on my own phone, verified with two independent capture methods, and cross-checked against several months of observed traffic covering 936 distinct advertiser pixels across 1,029 hostnames."
https://www.buchodi.com/chatgpt-now-knows-what-you-do-on-other-websites-via-ad-collector/
#AI #GenerativeAI #LLMs #OpenAI #DataProtection #AdTech #Privacy #Surveillance
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"OpenAI's ad collector at bzr.openai.com sets a cookie called __obi, scoped to .openai.com. The value is while you are on ChatGPT and tied to your ChatGPT account. __obi is then sent to OpenAI from ordinary websites you visit.
Any company that buys ads on ChatGPT installs a small piece of OpenAI code on its own site, the same way retailers already install Meta and Google tracking code. Loading that code, sends __obi to OpenAI along with data about the page you are browsing. This includes products you are searching for, articles you are reading, and purchase behaviors.
The bottom line is that OpenAI can connect what you do on those sites to your ChatGPT account.
I reproduced the full mechanism on my own phone, verified with two independent capture methods, and cross-checked against several months of observed traffic covering 936 distinct advertiser pixels across 1,029 hostnames."
https://www.buchodi.com/chatgpt-now-knows-what-you-do-on-other-websites-via-ad-collector/
#AI #GenerativeAI #LLMs #OpenAI #DataProtection #AdTech #Privacy #Surveillance
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"OpenAI's ad collector at bzr.openai.com sets a cookie called __obi, scoped to .openai.com. The value is while you are on ChatGPT and tied to your ChatGPT account. __obi is then sent to OpenAI from ordinary websites you visit.
Any company that buys ads on ChatGPT installs a small piece of OpenAI code on its own site, the same way retailers already install Meta and Google tracking code. Loading that code, sends __obi to OpenAI along with data about the page you are browsing. This includes products you are searching for, articles you are reading, and purchase behaviors.
The bottom line is that OpenAI can connect what you do on those sites to your ChatGPT account.
I reproduced the full mechanism on my own phone, verified with two independent capture methods, and cross-checked against several months of observed traffic covering 936 distinct advertiser pixels across 1,029 hostnames."
https://www.buchodi.com/chatgpt-now-knows-what-you-do-on-other-websites-via-ad-collector/
#AI #GenerativeAI #LLMs #OpenAI #DataProtection #AdTech #Privacy #Surveillance
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"OpenAI's ad collector at bzr.openai.com sets a cookie called __obi, scoped to .openai.com. The value is while you are on ChatGPT and tied to your ChatGPT account. __obi is then sent to OpenAI from ordinary websites you visit.
Any company that buys ads on ChatGPT installs a small piece of OpenAI code on its own site, the same way retailers already install Meta and Google tracking code. Loading that code, sends __obi to OpenAI along with data about the page you are browsing. This includes products you are searching for, articles you are reading, and purchase behaviors.
The bottom line is that OpenAI can connect what you do on those sites to your ChatGPT account.
I reproduced the full mechanism on my own phone, verified with two independent capture methods, and cross-checked against several months of observed traffic covering 936 distinct advertiser pixels across 1,029 hostnames."
https://www.buchodi.com/chatgpt-now-knows-what-you-do-on-other-websites-via-ad-collector/
#AI #GenerativeAI #LLMs #OpenAI #DataProtection #AdTech #Privacy #Surveillance
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How #Meta Could Quietly Win The #AI Race #Privacy #Security #Surveillance #Muse #yt #ProfGMarkets
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How #Meta Could Quietly Win The #AI Race #Privacy #Security #Surveillance #Muse #yt #ProfGMarkets
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How #Meta Could Quietly Win The #AI Race #Privacy #Security #Surveillance #Muse #yt #ProfGMarkets
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How #Meta Could Quietly Win The #AI Race #Privacy #Security #Surveillance #Muse #yt #ProfGMarkets
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How #Meta Could Quietly Win The #AI Race #Privacy #Security #Surveillance #Muse #yt #ProfGMarkets
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Meta's #Muse Is Better at #Surveilling Than Helping Me
The Muse app continues Meta’s trend of opting users into data collection for #AItraining. It also nudges you to share your bank account, email, and passport information.
#meta #privacy #security #surveillance #aihttps://www.wired.com/story/metas-muse-is-better-at-surveilling-than-helping-me/
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Meta's #Muse Is Better at #Surveilling Than Helping Me
The Muse app continues Meta’s trend of opting users into data collection for #AItraining. It also nudges you to share your bank account, email, and passport information.
#meta #privacy #security #surveillance #aihttps://www.wired.com/story/metas-muse-is-better-at-surveilling-than-helping-me/
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Meta's #Muse Is Better at #Surveilling Than Helping Me
The Muse app continues Meta’s trend of opting users into data collection for #AItraining. It also nudges you to share your bank account, email, and passport information.
#meta #privacy #security #surveillance #aihttps://www.wired.com/story/metas-muse-is-better-at-surveilling-than-helping-me/
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Meta's #Muse Is Better at #Surveilling Than Helping Me
The Muse app continues Meta’s trend of opting users into data collection for #AItraining. It also nudges you to share your bank account, email, and passport information.
#meta #privacy #security #surveillance #aihttps://www.wired.com/story/metas-muse-is-better-at-surveilling-than-helping-me/
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Meta's #Muse Is Better at #Surveilling Than Helping Me
The Muse app continues Meta’s trend of opting users into data collection for #AItraining. It also nudges you to share your bank account, email, and passport information.
#meta #privacy #security #surveillance #aihttps://www.wired.com/story/metas-muse-is-better-at-surveilling-than-helping-me/
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👉 Privacy alert. The Aviva driving insurance app will now use AI to investigate you for fraud, deny claims and cancel your car insurance.
Turning off your phone's data or GPS can lead to an increase in insurance, being banned from the app, or investigated for fraud.
Your behavior will now be monitored for "distracted driving". So they could be tracking your phone clicks/taps, mic, or even camera.
Your data will be shared with law enforcement.
You can be marked for fraudulent activity by AI automatically without any human oversight.
Your data will be used for "science research".
Your data can be sent outside of Canada.
Exclusive automated AI processes will take over. Including for building future "predictions". #privacy
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New Europol proposal pushes for deregulation and more AI in policing
‚Under a new proposal, Europol is set to receive unprecedented access to personal data related to current and potential cross-border investigations. It’s part of a wider plan to expand the use of AI in policing….‘
#Europol #Data #BigTech #Surveillance #Police #Repression #AI #Privacy #Europe
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John Ternus kicked off his tenure as Apple CEO by announcing the long-awaited folding iPhone.
But behind the scenes, it looks like products and services are going to get more expensive to please shareholders and he’s ready to sacrifice privacy on the altar of AI.
https://disconnect.blog/red-flags-at-the-start-of-apples-john-ternus-era/
#tech #ai #apple #privacy #iphone #iphoneduo #generativeai #surveillance
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John Ternus kicked off his tenure as Apple CEO by announcing the long-awaited folding iPhone.
But behind the scenes, it looks like products and services are going to get more expensive to please shareholders and he’s ready to sacrifice privacy on the altar of AI.
https://disconnect.blog/red-flags-at-the-start-of-apples-john-ternus-era/
#tech #ai #apple #privacy #iphone #iphoneduo #generativeai #surveillance
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John Ternus kicked off his tenure as Apple CEO by announcing the long-awaited folding iPhone.
But behind the scenes, it looks like products and services are going to get more expensive to please shareholders and he’s ready to sacrifice privacy on the altar of AI.
https://disconnect.blog/red-flags-at-the-start-of-apples-john-ternus-era/
#tech #ai #apple #privacy #iphone #iphoneduo #generativeai #surveillance
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John Ternus kicked off his tenure as Apple CEO by announcing the long-awaited folding iPhone.
But behind the scenes, it looks like products and services are going to get more expensive to please shareholders and he’s ready to sacrifice privacy on the altar of AI.
https://disconnect.blog/red-flags-at-the-start-of-apples-john-ternus-era/
#tech #ai #apple #privacy #iphone #iphoneduo #generativeai #surveillance
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John Ternus kicked off his tenure as Apple CEO by announcing the long-awaited folding iPhone.
But behind the scenes, it looks like products and services are going to get more expensive to please shareholders and he’s ready to sacrifice privacy on the altar of AI.
https://disconnect.blog/red-flags-at-the-start-of-apples-john-ternus-era/
#tech #ai #apple #privacy #iphone #iphoneduo #generativeai #surveillance
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https://www.europesays.com/ch-fr/317103/ CFF : des trains munis d’IA analysent l’état des rails #Business #camera #Capteur #CFF #Diagnostic #Dialogue #Économie #ÉconomieEtFinances #Economy #IA #IntelligenceArtificielle #Rail #RéseauFerré #ScienceEtTechnologie #Suisse #surveillance #TechnologieDeL'informationEtInformatique #TechnologieEtIngénierie #train #Transport #TransportFerroviaire #Transports #VoieFerrée
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Interesting event tonight in Berlin:
Peter Thiel ante portas
Three days before Peter Thiel receives the Axel Springer Award, the CCC Berlin (@clubdiscordia) is hosting a talk and discussion about Thiel, Palantir, his political networks and worldview, and the relationship between tech power, surveillance and democracy.
📅 Tonight, 21 September, 19:00
📍 CCC Berlin, Marienstraße 11https://berlin.ccc.de/post/2026/08/28/peter-thiel-ante-portas/
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Interesting event tonight in Berlin:
Peter Thiel ante portas
Three days before Peter Thiel receives the Axel Springer Award, the CCC Berlin (@clubdiscordia) is hosting a talk and discussion about Thiel, Palantir, his political networks and worldview, and the relationship between tech power, surveillance and democracy.
📅 Tonight, 21 September, 19:00
📍 CCC Berlin, Marienstraße 11https://berlin.ccc.de/post/2026/08/28/peter-thiel-ante-portas/
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Interesting event tonight in Berlin:
Peter Thiel ante portas
Three days before Peter Thiel receives the Axel Springer Award, the CCC Berlin (@clubdiscordia) is hosting a talk and discussion about Thiel, Palantir, his political networks and worldview, and the relationship between tech power, surveillance and democracy.
📅 Tonight, 21 September, 19:00
📍 CCC Berlin, Marienstraße 11https://berlin.ccc.de/post/2026/08/28/peter-thiel-ante-portas/
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Interesting event tonight in Berlin:
Peter Thiel ante portas
Three days before Peter Thiel receives the Axel Springer Award, the CCC Berlin (@clubdiscordia) is hosting a talk and discussion about Thiel, Palantir, his political networks and worldview, and the relationship between tech power, surveillance and democracy.
📅 Tonight, 21 September, 19:00
📍 CCC Berlin, Marienstraße 11https://berlin.ccc.de/post/2026/08/28/peter-thiel-ante-portas/
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Interesting event tonight in Berlin:
Peter Thiel ante portas
Three days before Peter Thiel receives the Axel Springer Award, the CCC Berlin (@clubdiscordia) is hosting a talk and discussion about Thiel, Palantir, his political networks and worldview, and the relationship between tech power, surveillance and democracy.
📅 Tonight, 21 September, 19:00
📍 CCC Berlin, Marienstraße 11https://berlin.ccc.de/post/2026/08/28/peter-thiel-ante-portas/
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🕵️ Latest from #Surveillance #Technology Oversight Project (S.T.O.P.) #NYC
“Anthropic is establishing a system to spy on activists calling for a slowdown of AI development, with a goal of stopping protests before they happen: a clear effort to surveil speech․
Read ﹫drboguslaw․bsky․social's re…”
https://bsky.app/profile/stopspyingny.bsky.social/post/3mviruhzv7c2p
🤖 via RSS feed. May not reflect our views.
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🕵️ Latest from #Surveillance #Technology Oversight Project (S.T.O.P.) #NYC
“Anthropic is establishing a system to spy on activists calling for a slowdown of AI development, with a goal of stopping protests before they happen: a clear effort to surveil speech․
Read ﹫drboguslaw․bsky․social's re…”
https://bsky.app/profile/stopspyingny.bsky.social/post/3mviruhzv7c2p
🤖 via RSS feed. May not reflect our views.
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🕵️ Latest from #Surveillance #Technology Oversight Project (S.T.O.P.) #NYC
“Anthropic is establishing a system to spy on activists calling for a slowdown of AI development, with a goal of stopping protests before they happen: a clear effort to surveil speech․
Read ﹫drboguslaw․bsky․social's re…”
https://bsky.app/profile/stopspyingny.bsky.social/post/3mviruhzv7c2p
🤖 via RSS feed. May not reflect our views.
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🕵️ Latest from #Surveillance #Technology Oversight Project (S.T.O.P.) #NYC
“Anthropic is establishing a system to spy on activists calling for a slowdown of AI development, with a goal of stopping protests before they happen: a clear effort to surveil speech․
Read ﹫drboguslaw․bsky․social's re…”
https://bsky.app/profile/stopspyingny.bsky.social/post/3mviruhzv7c2p
🤖 via RSS feed. May not reflect our views.
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🕵️ Latest from #Surveillance #Technology Oversight Project (S.T.O.P.) #NYC
“Anthropic is establishing a system to spy on activists calling for a slowdown of AI development, with a goal of stopping protests before they happen: a clear effort to surveil speech․
Read ﹫drboguslaw․bsky․social's re…”
https://bsky.app/profile/stopspyingny.bsky.social/post/3mviruhzv7c2p
🤖 via RSS feed. May not reflect our views.
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Appel à une assemblée citoyenne contre l'IA https://www.agendamilitant.org/Appel-a-une-assemblee-citoyenne-contre-l-IA.html #Luttepourlaprotectiondel'environnement,écologie #Surveillance,répression,libertés,technopolice #Luttedesclasses,travailetinternationalisme #Réunionpublique
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Appel à une assemblée citoyenne contre l'IA https://www.agendamilitant.org/Appel-a-une-assemblee-citoyenne-contre-l-IA.html #Luttepourlaprotectiondel'environnement,écologie #Surveillance,répression,libertés,technopolice #Luttedesclasses,travailetinternationalisme #Réunionpublique
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Appel à une assemblée citoyenne contre l'IA https://www.agendamilitant.org/Appel-a-une-assemblee-citoyenne-contre-l-IA.html #Luttepourlaprotectiondel'environnement,écologie #Surveillance,répression,libertés,technopolice #Luttedesclasses,travailetinternationalisme #Réunionpublique
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Appel à une assemblée citoyenne contre l'IA https://www.agendamilitant.org/Appel-a-une-assemblee-citoyenne-contre-l-IA.html #Luttepourlaprotectiondel'environnement,écologie #Surveillance,répression,libertés,technopolice #Luttedesclasses,travailetinternationalisme #Réunionpublique
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Appel à une assemblée citoyenne contre l'IA https://www.agendamilitant.org/Appel-a-une-assemblee-citoyenne-contre-l-IA.html #Luttepourlaprotectiondel'environnement,écologie #Surveillance,répression,libertés,technopolice #Luttedesclasses,travailetinternationalisme #Réunionpublique
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‘People are pissed off’: anger at the elite and the establishment is fueling this year’s midterms
By Rachel LeingangComing midterm elections are starting to be framed not as right versus left but instead the ‘well-fed versus the fed-up’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/sep/20/anger-midterm-elections
#USmidtermelections2026 #Democrats #DonaldTrump #JeffreyEpstein #Thesuperrich #Inflation #ICEUSImmigrationandCustomsEnforcement #USIsraelwaronIran #Surveillance #Abortion #Trumptariffs #MinnesotaICEshootings #USimmigration #Healthcareindustry #AIartificialintelligence #DatacentersUS #Republicans #USeconomy #USpolitics #Iowa #Florida #Montana #Nebraska #Wisconsin #Minnesota #Minneapolis #Detroit #Michigan #USnews #Ohio #TheGuardian #RachelLeingang
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‘People are pissed off’: anger at the elite and the establishment is fueling this year’s midterms
By Rachel LeingangComing midterm elections are starting to be framed not as right versus left but instead the ‘well-fed versus the fed-up’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/sep/20/anger-midterm-elections
#USmidtermelections2026 #Democrats #DonaldTrump #JeffreyEpstein #Thesuperrich #Inflation #ICEUSImmigrationandCustomsEnforcement #USIsraelwaronIran #Surveillance #Abortion #Trumptariffs #MinnesotaICEshootings #USimmigration #Healthcareindustry #AIartificialintelligence #DatacentersUS #Republicans #USeconomy #USpolitics #Iowa #Florida #Montana #Nebraska #Wisconsin #Minnesota #Minneapolis #Detroit #Michigan #USnews #Ohio #TheGuardian #RachelLeingang
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‘People are pissed off’: anger at the elite and the establishment is fueling this year’s midterms
By Rachel LeingangComing midterm elections are starting to be framed not as right versus left but instead the ‘well-fed versus the fed-up’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/sep/20/anger-midterm-elections
#USmidtermelections2026 #Democrats #DonaldTrump #JeffreyEpstein #Thesuperrich #Inflation #ICEUSImmigrationandCustomsEnforcement #USIsraelwaronIran #Surveillance #Abortion #Trumptariffs #MinnesotaICEshootings #USimmigration #Healthcareindustry #AIartificialintelligence #DatacentersUS #Republicans #USeconomy #USpolitics #Iowa #Florida #Montana #Nebraska #Wisconsin #Minnesota #Minneapolis #Detroit #Michigan #USnews #Ohio #TheGuardian #RachelLeingang
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‘People are pissed off’: anger at the elite and the establishment is fueling this year’s midterms
By Rachel LeingangComing midterm elections are starting to be framed not as right versus left but instead the ‘well-fed versus the fed-up’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/sep/20/anger-midterm-elections
#USmidtermelections2026 #Democrats #DonaldTrump #JeffreyEpstein #Thesuperrich #Inflation #ICEUSImmigrationandCustomsEnforcement #USIsraelwaronIran #Surveillance #Abortion #Trumptariffs #MinnesotaICEshootings #USimmigration #Healthcareindustry #AIartificialintelligence #DatacentersUS #Republicans #USeconomy #USpolitics #Iowa #Florida #Montana #Nebraska #Wisconsin #Minnesota #Minneapolis #Detroit #Michigan #USnews #Ohio #TheGuardian #RachelLeingang
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‘People are pissed off’: anger at the elite and the establishment is fueling this year’s midterms
By Rachel LeingangComing midterm elections are starting to be framed not as right versus left but instead the ‘well-fed versus the fed-up’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/sep/20/anger-midterm-elections
#USmidtermelections2026 #Democrats #DonaldTrump #JeffreyEpstein #Thesuperrich #Inflation #ICEUSImmigrationandCustomsEnforcement #USIsraelwaronIran #Surveillance #Abortion #Trumptariffs #MinnesotaICEshootings #USimmigration #Healthcareindustry #AIartificialintelligence #DatacentersUS #Republicans #USeconomy #USpolitics #Iowa #Florida #Montana #Nebraska #Wisconsin #Minnesota #Minneapolis #Detroit #Michigan #USnews #Ohio #TheGuardian #RachelLeingang
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‘People are pissed off’: anger at the elite and the establishment is fueling this year’s midterms https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/sep/20/anger-midterm-elections #UsMidtermElections2026 #Democrats #DonaldTrump #JeffreyEpstein #TheSuperrich #Inflation #IceUsImmigrationAndCustomsEnforcement #UsisraelWarOnIran #Surveillance #Abortion #TrumpTariffs #MinnesotaIceShootings #UsImmigration #HealthcareIndustry #AiArtificialIntelligence #DatacentersUs #Re...
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‘People are pissed off’: anger at the elite and the establishment is fueling this year’s midterms https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/sep/20/anger-midterm-elections #UsMidtermElections2026 #Democrats #DonaldTrump #JeffreyEpstein #TheSuperrich #Inflation #IceUsImmigrationAndCustomsEnforcement #UsisraelWarOnIran #Surveillance #Abortion #TrumpTariffs #MinnesotaIceShootings #UsImmigration #HealthcareIndustry #AiArtificialIntelligence #DatacentersUs #Re...
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‘People are pissed off’: anger at the elite and the establishment is fueling this year’s midterms https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/sep/20/anger-midterm-elections #UsMidtermElections2026 #Democrats #DonaldTrump #JeffreyEpstein #TheSuperrich #Inflation #IceUsImmigrationAndCustomsEnforcement #UsisraelWarOnIran #Surveillance #Abortion #TrumpTariffs #MinnesotaIceShootings #UsImmigration #HealthcareIndustry #AiArtificialIntelligence #DatacentersUs #Re...
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‘People are pissed off’: anger at the elite and the establishment is fueling this year’s midterms https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/sep/20/anger-midterm-elections #UsMidtermElections2026 #Democrats #DonaldTrump #JeffreyEpstein #TheSuperrich #Inflation #IceUsImmigrationAndCustomsEnforcement #UsisraelWarOnIran #Surveillance #Abortion #TrumpTariffs #MinnesotaIceShootings #UsImmigration #HealthcareIndustry #AiArtificialIntelligence #DatacentersUs #Re...
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‘People are pissed off’: anger at the elite and the establishment is fueling this year’s midterms https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/sep/20/anger-midterm-elections #UsMidtermElections2026 #Democrats #DonaldTrump #JeffreyEpstein #TheSuperrich #Inflation #IceUsImmigrationAndCustomsEnforcement #UsisraelWarOnIran #Surveillance #Abortion #TrumpTariffs #MinnesotaIceShootings #UsImmigration #HealthcareIndustry #AiArtificialIntelligence #DatacentersUs #Re...
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"The Trump administration won a substantial victory in a Fourth Amendment fight on Thursday as a federal court of appeals ruled that a traveler's cellphone may be searched by government agents at the border without a warrant or suspicion.
In a case that began under the Biden administration, Chinwendu Alisigwe, a green card holder, was convicted of financial crimes in 2023. On appeal, and in an earlier suppression memo, he argued that his Fourth Amendment rights were violated when Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents scrolled through his cellphone and took photographs.
The Department of Justice, in bipartisan fashion, aimed to keep the cellphone evidence in play, arguing the border search exception applies. The government further argued against extending the reach of a landmark Fourth Amendment opinion by the U.S. Supreme Court in which the justices unanimously found police must have a warrant to search a cellphone seized during an arrest.
In an effectively unanimous decision, with one concurrence, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit sided with the DOJ. The appellate court's ruling, however, notably and explicitly breaks with the district court decision that reached the same result."
#USA #Trump #BorderProtection #DHS #FourthAmendment #Surveillance #PoliceState
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"The Trump administration won a substantial victory in a Fourth Amendment fight on Thursday as a federal court of appeals ruled that a traveler's cellphone may be searched by government agents at the border without a warrant or suspicion.
In a case that began under the Biden administration, Chinwendu Alisigwe, a green card holder, was convicted of financial crimes in 2023. On appeal, and in an earlier suppression memo, he argued that his Fourth Amendment rights were violated when Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents scrolled through his cellphone and took photographs.
The Department of Justice, in bipartisan fashion, aimed to keep the cellphone evidence in play, arguing the border search exception applies. The government further argued against extending the reach of a landmark Fourth Amendment opinion by the U.S. Supreme Court in which the justices unanimously found police must have a warrant to search a cellphone seized during an arrest.
In an effectively unanimous decision, with one concurrence, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit sided with the DOJ. The appellate court's ruling, however, notably and explicitly breaks with the district court decision that reached the same result."
#USA #Trump #BorderProtection #DHS #FourthAmendment #Surveillance #PoliceState