Director of Research at Oakland Privacy focused on law enforcement surveillance technologies (ALPR, StingRay, etc) and public records requests. Parent. Spouse. Card-carrying Antifa member. Posts are just me.
@calmatters.org covers the issues with AI-powered surveillance cameras and a legislative effort to protect the privacy of Californians and limit police abuse. @oaklandprivacy.bsky.social @twrling.bsky.social calmatters.org/politics/202...
California police love license plate readers. Privacy advocates and lawmakers want limitsThey’re all over our roads and really good at helping police solve crimes, but do California’s automated license plate readers need limits?calmatters.orgIn the Washington Post, "How rogue officers turned a nationwide camera network [Flock] into a tool for stalking" When you create a mass surveillance network, it gets abused by those with power against those who lack power. washingtonpost.com/technology/2... No paywall: archive.is/MTtt9#select...
Latest @lastweektonight.com covers police surveillance tech and its many problems/abuses. AI-powered surveillance cameras, microphones, cell site simulators, "crime" centers, police access to private cameras (fusus), etc. Fight back against mass surveillance! www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnBP...
Police Surveillance Technology: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)YouTube video by LastWeekTonightwww.youtube.comIn Roseville, California, police found that Flock cameras incorrectly read license plates in 71% of the 1,427 alerts in 2023 and 2024. Mass surveillance endangers all of us! @oaklandprivacy.bsky.social @deflock.org www.businessinsider.com/flock-camera...
This clearly demonstrates the extremely competent people working for the current administration. 🙄
PBS NewsThe State Department said it takes "full responsibility" for "hastily" altering and then presenting a map of Africa at a global AIDS conference that mislabeled every single country it highlighted. An analysis by Reuters found a watermark in the map image that suggests it was made with OpenAI.
Behavior like this by Meta is not at all surprising given how little Meta/Facebook actually cares about people or anything but enriching itself and its shareholders, as documented in “Careless People” by Sarah Wynn-Williams.
Brian LymanA lot of what-the-hell moments in this story, but building a data center in a floodplain in Louisiana is inviting the wrath of Poseidon.
Kern Co. Sheriff selling a Glock G47 handgun with Aimpoint ACRO optic sight in ongoing efforts to keep more handguns on the street. itsapps.kerncounty.com/clerk/minute...
Wasn’t this already the law that they had to release the video within 45 days? Vallejo has a history of not being good at following the law.
First Amendment CoalitionBIG WIN for police transparency! A judge has ruled the City of Vallejo must release video recordings from the August 2025 police shooting of Alexander Schumann. FAC represents @vallejosun.bsky.social in the public records lawsuit. firstamendmentcoalition.org/news/post/co...
And here are the earthquake details - I was right about the Hayward Fault. earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
The Earthquake Event Page application supports most recent browsers, view supported browsers. Or, try our Real-time Notifications, Feeds, and Web Services.earthquake.usgs.govExcellent coverage of mass surveillance using license plate readers by @democracynow.org, with great commentary by @chadmarlow.bsky.social and appearances by @bennjordan.bsky.social and DeflockSLO. Definitely worth 11 minutes of your time. www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaro...
Flock Cameras: ACLU Raises Alarm About Nationwide Surveillance DatabaseYouTube video by Democracy Now!www.youtube.com