New: a judge has ruled that Flock surveillance images are public records that can be requested by anyone. Shows that at least in some cases, police cannot withhold the data collected by its surveillance systems.
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Judge Rules Flock Surveillance Images Are Public Records That Can Be Requested By Anyone
A Washington judge said images taken by Flock cameras are "not exempt from disclosure" in public record requests.
New from 404 Media: ICE plans to spend as much as $180 million on bounty hunters to physically locate and stalk immigrants. I spoke to multiple private investigators/skip tracers. Some horrified. Others said they will do this work. "Money is money."
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ICE Plans to Spend $180 Million on Bounty Hunters to Stalk Immigrants
Newly released documents provide more details about ICE's plan to use bounty hunters and private investigators to find the location of undocumented...
The 404 Media Podcast is up! This week: - inside a town's fight against a $1.2 billion AI data center - how people are 3D-printing whistles to fight ICE - subscribers: AI's war on knowledge YouTube here. Subscribe on Apple, Spotify, etc too
Behold: you can now see all 23 years of BYTE magazine in all its glory, all at once. Every issue on a single zoomable interface
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Visualize All 23 Years of BYTE Magazine in All Its Glory, All at Once
Software engineer Hector Dearman built a zoomable map of every issue of BYTE magazine.
DHS is deploying a powerful surveillance data sharing program at college football games
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DHS Is Deploying a Powerful Surveillance Tool at College Football Games
Public records show DHS is deploying the "Homeland Security Information Network" at college protests and football games.
DARK WIRE is in paperback today! The true story of how the FBI secretly ran a tech company for criminals to wiretap the world. "A tense, deep, beautifully told tale that could be a top-notch techno thriller... except it's all true." Available everywhere
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Dark Wire
Written โ€œin the manner of a good crime thrillerโ€ (The Wall Street Journal), the inside story of the largest law-enforcement sting operation eve...
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A Danish Redditor was sentenced for posting nude scenes from copyrighted films. Was similar to massive subreddit r/WatchItForThePlot, where people post clips of nude scenesโ€”almost always featuring female actorsโ€”out of context
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Danish Redditor Charged for Posting Nude Scenes from Films
A man running a Danish copycat of the r/WatchItForThePlot subreddit was assured of posting no less than 347 nude scenes from films, and downloading...
New from 404 Media: people are 3D-printing whistles to warn each other about the presence of ICE. Some people make designs and upload them; others are given a design and are printing hundreds and hundreds of whistles at home. It's been effective in Chicago
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The Latest Defense Against ICE: 3D-Printed Whistles
Chicagoans are making, sharing, and printing designs for whistles that can warn people when ICE is in the area. The goal is to โ€œprevent as many p...
Our new FOIA Forum is next week, Weds 19th! In this hour+ live-streamed event, we'll show you how researchers got Flock "network audits," which show what cops are tapping into Flock's nationwide network of AI surveillance cameras for, including helping ICE Details:
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Our New FOIA Forum! 11/19, 1PM ET
Come learn how researchers and others learned what cops were using Flock's nationwide network of cameras for, including searches for ICE.
New from 404 Media: a small town is fighting a $1.2 billion AI datacenter for America's nuclear weapon scientists. It is fighting the construction of a "high-performance computing facility" that would service a nuclear weapons laboratory 1,500 miles away.
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A Small Town Is Fighting a $1.2 Billion AI Datacenter for America's Nuclear Weapon Scientists
Ypsilanti, Michigan has officially decided to fight against the construction of a 'high-performance computing facility' that would service a nuclea...