Facebook Got Caught Phishing For Friends
By Bennett Cyphers and Jason Kelley Once again, Facebook is in the news for bad security practices, dark design patterns, and secretly reappropriating sensitive data…
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The “National Emergency” Scam
By Thomas Eckert Donald Trump found himself in hot water last month with critics and supporters alike. His new spending bill didn’t sit well with…
A Privacy-Focused Facebook? We’ll Believe It When We See It
By Gennie Gebhart In his latest announcement, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg embraces privacy and security fundamentals like end-to-end encrypted messaging. But announcing a plan is…
Fire Departments Are “Going Dark” and Becoming Secret Public Safety Organizations
By MassPrivateI Across the country fire departments in Connecticut, Georgia, Tennessee, North Carolina and Illinois have begun encrypting their radio transmissions, effectively turning them into secret public safety…
Facebook Doubles Down On Misusing Your Phone Number
By Gennie Gebhart When we publicly demanded that Facebook stop messing with users’ phone numbers last week, we weren’t expecting the social network to double…
Trump Tweets In Favor of Risky and Harmful 5G and 6G Tech Despite Opposition from Security Experts, Doctors, Elected Officials, Environmentalists, Scientists, etc.
By B.N. Frank The Telecom Industry can’t even say that 5G technology is safe. Insurance companies don’t even cover them anymore – it’s too risky….
Why Would Anyone Want to Live in a Smart City When IoT Already has an Almost 75% Failure Rate?
By B.N. Frank 66% of Americans don’t want to live in “Smart Cities.” Smart Cities require Internet of Things (IoT) technology which has an almost…
Rule by Fiat: National Crises, Fake Emergencies and Other Dangerous Presidential Powers
By John W. Whitehead “When the President does it, that means that it is not illegal.”—Richard Nixon Who pays the price for the dissolution of…
Florida School Hires Former US Soldiers to Prevent Mass Shootings
By Tyler Durden Just south of Tampa, Fla., students at the Manatee School for the Arts (MSA) roam the hallways past an armed combat veteran…
Chicago Public Schools Monitored Social Media for Signs of Violence, Gang Membership
By Aaron Leibowitz for ProPublica Illinois, and Sarah Karp, WBEZ Chicago This is a collaboration between ProPublica Illinois and WBEZ Chicago. In January 2017, after…
The 5G Protocol May Still Be Vulnerable to IMSI Catchers
By Cooper Quintin It’s hard to talk about the vulnerabilities in cellular technology without increasing the amount of fear, uncertainty, and doubt. There is already…
Former FCC Chair Wants to Know Why 5G Isn’t Secure. Still Doesn’t Care That 5G Radiation Exposure Isn’t Safe.
By B.N. Frank An op-ed by former FCC Chairman, Tom Wheeler, was published in The New York Times: “If 5G Is So Important, Why Isn’t…
Beware the Emergency State: Imperial, Unaccountable and Unconstitutional
By John W. Whitehead “For seven decades we have been yielding our most basic liberties to a secretive, unaccountable emergency state – a vast but…
U.S. Government Using Amazon’s Facial Recognition Technology
Activist Post Editor’s Note: Despite the many warnings about the increased privacy invasion from this technology, as well as evidence showing that it is far…