UN Cybercrime Treaty Talks End Without Consensus on Scope And Deep Divides About Surveillance Powers
By Karen Gullo As the latest negotiating session on the proposed UN Cybercrime Treaty wrapped up in New York earlier this month, one thing was…
Crime
In Argentina, Organized Groups Are Looting Stores for Food as Inflation Exceeds 100%
By Fabian Ommar In the middle of August, large groups invaded and looted supermarkets and stores in the suburbs of the capital Buenos Aires and…
Dangerous Myth: Courts are the “Last Bulwark Against Tyranny”
By Michael Boldin Many people hold the false and dangerous view that the federal court system is not only the final say on the meaning…
The Looting Conspiracy
By James Corbett If you’ve been following the news, you’ll know that shoplifting and looting have been on the rise across the US in recent…
Americans Panic Search “Live Off Grid” As Housing Crisis Worsens And Democrat Cities Implode
By Tyler Durden What’s piqued our interest is the sudden panic by some Americans searching “live off grid” on the internet, hitting the highest level…
Chicago Official Suggests “Purge” Style Ordinance For Gun Violence Prevention
By Gun Owners of America On Jan. 10, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed the Protect Illinois Communities Act into law. The act bans so-called ‘assault…
Ex-Head Of JPMorgan’s Precious Metals Desk Sentenced To Prison For Manipulation
By Tyler Durden It was not that long ago that a veritable army of trolls would emerge upon our merest mention that precious metal markets…
Proposed UN Cybercrime Treaty Threatens to be an Expansive Global Surveillance Pact
By Katitza Rodriguez This is Part V in EFF’s ongoing series about the proposed UN Cybercrime Convention. Read Part I for a quick snapshot of…
We’re All Suspects in a DNA Lineup, Waiting to be Matched with a Crime
By John W. Whitehead and Nisha Whitehead “Make no mistake about it…your DNA can be taken and entered into a national DNA database if you…
Watch: San Francisco Retailers Are Abandoning The City In Droves
By Tyler Durden Remember when San Francisco officials and the media denied that retailers were leaving metro areas? Then they claimed that the businesses leaving…
Proposed Cybercrime Treaty’s International Cooperation Provisions Could Let Tyrants Run Amok
By Katitza Rodgriguez This is the third segment in EFF’s series on the proposed UN Cybercrime Convention focusing on Chapter V, International Cooperation. Read Part…
Detroit Police Change Facial Recognition Procedure as Falsely Accused Woman Sues
By Jim Nash Police leadership in the U.S. city of Detroit is reacting to a wrongful arrest lawsuit by defending facial recognition software and coming…
Cars Easier for Criminals to Steal or Crash Thanks to New “Internet of Vehicles” Tech; “In fact, this is already happening.”
By B.N. Frank It wasn’t that long ago when owning and operating automobiles was NOT complicated. Now they are being manufactured with technologies that spy…
Wells Fargo Accused of Scam Involving Racketeering, Synthetic Identity Fraud
By Bianca Gonzalez Wells Fargo has been hit with a putative class action alleging that they worked with a credit reporting agency that they co-own…