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wired.com
Chicago-Area Cops Helped HSI Spy on Minnesota Anti-ICE Activists

Despite Illinois' sanctuary laws, local police in and around Chicago helped ICE investigative agents track activists engaged in First Amendment–protected activities.

— Ali Winston
2w ago

The moment you have protected an individual you have protected society. But the moment you destroy an individual you have destroyed an individual — and that is all. Society cannot be protected by the destruction of individuals.

3w ago
readtheprofile.com
The Profile: The AI titans locked in an arms race & the VC whose bet turned into a billion-dollar exit

Flock Safety has become an $8 billion surveillance giant by installing license-plate-reading cameras across more than 5,000 communities, helping police solve crimes while creating what critics fear is one of the most powerful tracking networks in America. Its cameras can potentially reconstruct where people drive, work, sleep, and worship. How much privacy are Americans willing to trade for safety?

2mo ago

The moment you have protected an individual you have protected society which is made up of individuals. The moment you have lost the individual you have lost everything.

3mo ago
platformer.news
Why Meta is retreating from encryption

At the same time, for the majority of people, encryption is a protective technology. Activists, sex workers, LGBTQ users in authoritarian states, people discussing reproductive rights in post-Dobbs America, and journalists and their sources are among the many groups that benefit from being able to talk in private.

7mo ago

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