Adam Schwartz

The Government Uses Targeted Advertising to Track Your Location. The online advertising industry has built a massive surveillance machine, and the government can co-opt it to spy on us.

Targeted advertising gives your location to the government—just ask CBP. eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Screenshot of an X post by Senator Tom Cotton saying Iran has been an imminent threat to the United States for 47 years and that the president was right to act. Below is a Fox News segment with Cotton speaking while footage labeled “U.S. Central Command – Unclassified” shows a strike.

“Imminent.” You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

Ridiculous! Friendly reminder that this bad take is just from the local Loma Prieta chapter of the national organization. I voted in the recent chapter election for new leadership that supports building new homes, but sadly a majority of local members stuck with old leadership that opposes.

It should become California's rallying cry, that we will build up our cities so anyone can find safe refuge here.

Ring’s Founder Knows You Hated That Super Bowl Ad

Part of the myth of Ring is that this is MY camera on MY door--but when you see a map and realize that there are a hundred in your neighborhood and they're all connected by a corporation that serves the police, the illusion dissolves.

Governor Pritzker convenes a roundtable on housing in Illinois.

Just unveiled the Building Up IL Developments (BUILD) plan and gathered a group to talk about housing in our state.

The consensus? We need to build more and fast.

Looking forward to getting it out to communities across Illinois.

Seven Billion Reasons for Facebook to Abandon its Face Recognition Meta’s analysis that it can avoid scrutiny by releasing a privacy invasive product during a time of political crisis is craven and morally bankrupt. It is also dead wrong.

Now more than ever, people have seen the real-world risk of invasive face recognition technology. We won’t lose focus. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

‘Rental market is largely frozen’: San Diego rent prices fall in national rankings National rents are down 2% annually but Zumper said Southern California is seeing more of a slowdown because of increased supply.

San Diego rents fall 5.5%—proof that building housing works.

Add 6,000 apartments, prices drop.

This eases pressure on voucher programs, helps low-income renters, makes the city more accessible.

Want sustained affordability? Keep building.

www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2026/02/04/r...

A lot of residential only zoning in California traces back to anti Chinese laundry services and general anti saloon politics.

The Legal Case Against Ring’s Face Recognition Feature Many biometric privacy laws across the country are clear: Companies need your affirmative consent before running face recognition on you.

With minor tweaks, Amazon Ring’s tool to search for lost dogs could be used to track people www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...

ICE OUT NOW

Yes to the “ICE Out of My Face Act” Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) have descended into utter lawlessness, most recently in Minnesota. The violence is shocking. So are the intrusions on

ICE and CBP face-scanned 100,000 people last year. So EFF is proud to support Senator Markey’s “ICE Out of My Face Act,” which will stop these agencies’ biometric surveillance. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Homeland Security S @DHSgov X.com Want affordable housing? Help report illegal aliens in your area. Call 866-DHS-2-ICE. If you are an illegal alien, you can take control of your departure using DHS.GOV/CBPHOME.

It really cannot be overstated that the government is openly call for ethnic cleansing as economic policy
This is Literally what Nazis did to push the population towards violence against their neighbors and others.

This is a call to genocide.

There is exactly *one* big city mayor in the Bay Area who supported SB79, the holy grail of YIMBY housing reforms. It was Barbara Lee. No other big city mayor in the Bay Area chose to do so.

Do with that information what you will.

This is a lot of the Bay Area's urban core.

Promotional image of "Privacy's Defender: My Thirty-Year Fight Against Digital Surveillance" by Cindy Cohn.

In "Privacy's Defender," @eff.org Director Cindy Cohn chronicles her career protecting our right to digital privacy through 3 key legal battles, weaving her story with the history of Crypto Wars, FBI gag orders, and the post-9/11 surveillance state.

Out March 10th: mitpress.mit.edu/978026205124...

in case you're curious about how angry Minnesota is about ICE, it was -20 today

Thanks to @xianleonard.bsky.social for covering our new research on local impact fees charged to new subsidized affordable housing developments in California.

I've been feeling blue about the world, so to cheer me up, my friend and I did some DIY benching. There are new & improved community AC Transit bus benches at:
6 : Telegraph & Wesbter @ Whole Foods
6 : Telegraph & Woolsey @ Smokehouse
12 : MLK & University @ Trader Joes
27 : Ashby & Shattuck

Omg this is literally the best thing ever!

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said, "We cannot address our housing crisis without making it easier to build housing in New York City. Environmental review reform would bring our regulations into the 21st century and ensure we can deliver an affordability agenda on the timetable needed," said New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani. "I commend Governor Hochul for this commonsense proposal and hope it will be a part of the enacted state budget this year. New Yorkers can't wait any longer for action on housing."

@ZohranKMamdani.bsky.social calls for modernizing environmental review “to deliver an affordability agenda on the timetable needed.”

“We cannot address our housing crisis without making it easier to build in NYC.”

My Favorite Local Zoning Codes in the Country New zoning code, who dis? A feel-good piece to kick off 2026!

In crazy political times, good things are still happening in local governments across America! As we head into 2026, I’m excited about all the communities that are reimagining what a city can be

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What’s the Difference Between AI Glasses and an iPhone? A Helpful Guide for Meta PR Meta thinks its camera glasses, which are often used for harassment, are no different than any other camera.

Meta thinks its camera glasses, which are often used for harassment, are no different than any other camera.

Here's 404 Media's guide to the PR team at Meta:
www.404media.co/whats-the-di...

Showing yet again that he has no interest in making people’s lives better & more affordable, Trump throws down with the NIMBYs & against building the millions of homes we need.

Housing costs are a key driver of the affordability crisis. Trump just doesn’t get it.

Leila Bozorg is great and was literally a board member of Open New York, the largest YIMBY nonprofit in NYC.

this is so awesome. NIMBYs in shambles rn

If you’re serious about prioritizing people over profit, pass a comprehensive consumer data privacy law that protects everyone from exploitive corporate surveillance.

NIMBYTales: Stop the Sound of Children Playing Profiting off of my haters, Substack edition

I want to make it easier to build childcare for families who need it

Since writing about the barriers to childcare, I’ve gotten some pretty amazing hate mail from people who can’t stand the sound of children playing. Enjoy!

jeremyl.substack.com/p/nimbytales...

BREAKING: @aclu-norcal.bsky.social, Lieff Cabraser, and Tobener Ravenscroft just sued San Francisco landlords over AI-powered surveillance in people's homes.

Our homes are the last refuge of privacy. What happens there is none of your landlord's business.

www.aclunc.org/news/aclu-su...

New vacancy chain paper: