An “elite FBI forensic unit” admitted that for two decades, nearly every examiner “gave flawed testimony” (aka lied) about hair sample evidence in criminal trials. This is important, as the author of … Continue reading FBI admits to giving “flawed” testimony (they lied) for decades
You probably think the US government needs a warrant if they want to dig through your old emails, texts, and instant messages, right? Well, you’re wrong! That may change soon with the … Continue reading Why You Should Care About the Coming Email Privacy Law
I’m curious what folks think about this. The idea that travel is becoming cheaper, that kids can go to school, that we have newspapers, etc. seems without depth. Yeah, sure, we have … Continue reading Senator Sanders and the Fixed Pie Fallacy
Perhaps you’ll remember when Justine Sacco, a former communications director with IAC, tweeted this: “The internet has a way of taking our evolution-derived instincts and kicking them into hyperdrive. Twitter is like a … Continue reading Science explains why it’s so easy to get sucked into fights on the Internet
“The EU’s move is the latest in a series of anti-trust challenges Google has faced in both the EU and countries including India, Brazil and Russia. U.S. regulators closed their most recent investigation of the company in 2013 without taking action.” A Google monopoly. I bet the U.S. never went went anywhere … Continue reading EU hits Google with second antitrust charge
when you realize all the snap chat filters are really building a facial recognition database ☕️? — B.o.B (@bobatl) April 16, 2016 You might laugh when you first hear this idea, especially … Continue reading Rapper B.o.B. has chilling theory about Snapchat—but can we trust him?
“Arundhati Roy is quoted as saying: “There’s really no such thing as the ‘voiceless’. There are only the deliberately silenced, or the preferably unheard.” For decades and even centuries, the region of … Continue reading What This World Needs is Some Really Honest Journalists
“WHAT’S TRUE: A 1998 episode of SNL included a “Schoolhouse Rock!” parody segment called “Conspiracy Theory Rock!” that was dropped from subsequent reruns of the episode.” Here’s a perfect example of … Continue reading Saturday Night Skive
Chalk up another victory for user privacy. Add Viber to your list of secure messaging apps, along with Apple’s iMessage and Facebook’s (???) WhatsApp. The fact that FaceBook owns WhatsApp is a … Continue reading Viber Adds End-to-End Encryption like WhatsApp, Apple
“There are many ways to influence voters—more ways than ever these days, thanks to cable television, mobile devices and the Internet. Why be so afraid of Google’s search engine? If rankings are … Continue reading How Google Could Rig the 2016 Election – Robert Epstein
NSA whistleblower responds to admission by Australian federal police that it investigated leaks to a Guardian journalist by requesting his metadata Great comment over at Reddit regarding this article: Drew If only … Continue reading Edward Snowden on police pursuing journalist data: the scandal is what the law allows
The legislation effectively makes it impossible for firms to implement unbreakable encryption in their products and still comply with the law. No thank you. Source: Feinstein–Burr encryption bill effectively bans unbreakable encryption Continue reading Feinstein–Burr encryption bill effectively bans unbreakable encryption
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