Lifting the Fog: 2022 in Review
By Will Greenberg Earlier this year, a cross-team group of EFF technologists, researchers, activists, and lawyers broke the story of Fog Data Science, a secretive…
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Self-Driving Taxi Incidents Lead to New Gov’t Investigation
By B.N. Frank Experts and research have warned and continue to warn that all autonomous aka self-driving features are problematic (see 1, 2, 3, 4)…
Least Qualified Candidates Selected for World Health Org’s Radiofrequency Fields (RF) and Health Risks Task Group
By B.N. Frank Decades of research has already determined that exposure to electromagnetic fields (EMF) – including from radiofrequency (RF) aka wireless radiation (also referred…
It’s Time To Free Julian Assange Now!
By Neenah Payne New York Times Now Supports Julian Assange! explains that the pressure on the UK Government to free Julian Assange is very high —…
Governments are Still Free to Use the Pegasus Software Without Human Rights Safeguards in Place
By Veszna Wessenauer In September 2022, Szabolcs Panyi, a Hungarian investigative journalist with Direkt36, published a story on how the Pegasus software was brought to…
A Roller Coaster for Decentralization: 2022 in Review
By Ross Schulman This year has been a roller coaster for the movement to decentralize the services and tools that we rely on every day….
Boston Dynamics’ Creepy Robo-Hounds Decorate A Christmas Tree
By Tyler Durden Netflix’s post-apocalyptic drama Black Mirror featured a terrifying vision of robot dogs hunting humans. The quadruped robot resembles the actual real-life robot…
Energy Supplier Stops Forced Prepayment Smart Meter Installations Over Christmas due to “Cost of Living” Crisis
By B.N. Frank Opposition to utility “smart” meters (electric, gas, and water) is worldwide. Utilities encourage or sometimes force consumers to accept these dangerous devices…
Multi-Car Collision Being Blamed on Tesla “Full Self-Driving” Software
By B.N. Frank Experts and research have warned and continue to warn that all autonomous aka self-driving features are problematic (see 1, 2, 3, 4)…
Digital Surveillance, Privacy, Censorship and Cybersecurity– 2022 Year in Review
By Cindy Cohn EFF believes we can create a future where our rights not only follow us online, but are enhanced by new technology. The…
FBI Says Twitter Infiltration Business As Usual, Slams “Conspiracy Theorists”
By Tyler Durden The FBI has issued a statement in response to Elon Musk’s release of THE TWITTER FILES, which boils down to ‘Of course…
Residents Request 5-Mile Setback for Wind Farm Based on Aviation, Health, Livestock, Noise, and Wildlife Risks
By B.N. Frank Opposition to wind turbines and farms on land and offshore is likely to increase in the U.S. and worldwide until substantial biological…
Same Sh*t, Different Utility: Smart Meter Catches Fire, Utility Denies Homeowners’ Damage Claim
By B.N. Frank Opposition to utility “smart” meters (electric, gas, and water) is worldwide. Utilities encourage or sometimes force consumers to accept these dangerous devices…
Why Are (Some) American Libertarians Falling for Elon Musk?
Op-Ed by Derrick Broze Friends, I started spending time in the American Libertarian/Liberty/Voluntaryist movement around 2011. First, in Houston, and then nationally, attending conferences, festivals,…