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With More Automated Policing - Shape Up and Level Up, or Pay Up

Dec

2024

With More Automated Policing - Shape Up and Level Up, or Pay Up

The rise of automated law enforcement, particularly through the use of cameras for traffic violations, has sparked debate about its implications for public safety and civil liberties. As municipalities increasingly adopt these technologies, the article by Doug Turnbull for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution examines the growing trend of automated policing, its effectiveness, and the potential consequences for drivers.

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Biden's Kill Switch: The Growing Threat of Government Control of Your Car

Apr

2024

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Biden's Kill Switch: The Growing Threat of Government Control of Your Car

The government may soon be able to shut down your car. Biden's $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill includes a kill switch for new cars.

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Jan

2024

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The Cops Are Watching You

New online database details the shocking extent of intrusive surveillance tech used by American police.

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Diffusing the Connected Car's Ticking Data-Privacy Timebomb

Aug

2022

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Diffusing the Connected Car's Ticking Data-Privacy Timebomb

Connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs) collate a significant amount of data to ensure vehicle safety, requiring an always-on internet connection and hundreds of sensors.

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Washington Post Hacked Into a Chevy Volt to Show How Much Cars Are Spying on Their Owners

Aug

2022

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Washington Post Hacked Into a Chevy Volt to Show How Much Cars Are Spying on Their Owners

Your car is collecting and transmitting a lot more data than you think, as this investigation graphically depicts.

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Civil Liberties Groups and Lawmakers Object to Government Agencies Buying Personal Data

Jul

2022

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Civil Liberties Groups and Lawmakers Object to Government Agencies Buying Personal Data

The Department of Homeland Security is buying "huge volumes" of U.S. residents' cellphone data and sidestepping Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable government searches and seizures, according to data compiled by the ACLU.

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May

2022

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Intelligently Assisted

The "technology" -- as these things are styled -- was introduced, predictably, as a gentle reminder; you're driving faster than whatever the posted limits says you may. Perhaps you weren't paying attention. You are doing 60 in a 55 and so susceptible to being "pulled over" -- that is, forced to stop by the threat of murderous violence if you do not -- and then issued a "ticket," the insipid-sounding euphemism given to the extortion-demand note handed to you by the armed government worker (AGW) who "pulled you over."

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Jimmy Dore: "Disinformation Governance Board" Chief Is Huge Spreader of Disinformation

Apr

2022

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Jimmy Dore: "Disinformation Governance Board" Chief Is Huge Spreader of Disinformation

Jimmy and The Grayzone's Max Blumenthal discuss this chillingly authoritarian turn in the so-called war against misinformation and fake news.

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George Orwell's Dystopian Society Becoming a Reality With Biden's Latest Action

Apr

2022

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George Orwell's Dystopian Society Becoming a Reality With Biden's Latest Action

Truth-telling became the cardinal sin of Orwell's dystopian state, where a power hungry state reigned in on shutting down free speech and was all guided by what Orwell termed the Ministry of Truth.

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