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A researcher who writes about #FOIA, policing and technology. I help run @lucyparsonslabs.com & give advice to @ddosecrets.com & @MuckRock.com

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*States into the camera anarchistically after Noem got fired.*

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06.03.2026 00:19 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is one of those β€œsenate norms” that exists for no reason. It’s the same reason Rubio was unanimously voted in. It exists for no reason other than class solidarity among the powerful.

05.03.2026 22:00 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s very hard to pick a single passage to give you a sense of just how fucked up this is.

04.03.2026 19:34 πŸ‘ 267 πŸ” 112 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 11
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Cities join Amazon in ending their partnership with license-plate reader Flock following Super Bowl Ad. β€˜Your privacy is totally fine,’ says Ring CEO | Fortune "It was a shame" that people reacted that way to Ring's Super Bowl ad, says Ring CEO Jamie Siminoff. The company won't use Flock, but the reaction means people want safer neighborhoods.

β€œSince the beginning of 2025, at least 30 cities have canceled their contracts with Flock…”

03.03.2026 22:27 πŸ‘ 227 πŸ” 57 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 6
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CBP Tapped Into the Online Advertising Ecosystem To Track Peoples’ Movements An internal DHS document obtained by 404 Media shows for the first time CBP used location data sourced from the online advertising industry to track phone locations. ICE has bought access to similar t...

New from 404 Media: CBP tapped into the online advertising ecosystem to track peoples' movements, according to an internal DHS document. Shows for the first time DHS tracked phones via process for putting ads in ordinary appsβ€”video games, fitness apps, many more www.404media.co/cbp-tapped-i...

03.03.2026 14:07 πŸ‘ 1169 πŸ” 727 πŸ’¬ 31 πŸ“Œ 119

The meritocracy people

03.03.2026 04:39 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

you couldn't torture me into tweeting like this.

02.03.2026 18:09 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Liberals will have you believe that the American Empire lashing out wildly is incoherent and without reason.

Imperialism itself is reason enough.

02.03.2026 01:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is a bombshell: "the Pentagon wanted the company to allow for the collection and analysis of unclassified, commercial bulk data on Americans, such as geolocation and web browsing data"

This kind of agenda echoes the defunded Total Information Awareness effort, post-9/11

01.03.2026 19:26 πŸ‘ 2319 πŸ” 1028 πŸ’¬ 54 πŸ“Œ 62
ICE Contracts - Distributed Denial of Secrets Details on ICE contracts with over 6,000 different entities ranging from private businesses to government agencies and even dozens of universities. Some of the notable firms include Anduril, HBGary, L...

DHS's Office of Industry Partnership was hacked by a group called "Department of Peace" and info about ICE contracts with over 6,000 companies is now published on @ddosecrets.org!

Enjoy πŸ§ŠπŸ”¨ ddosecrets.org/article/ice-...

01.03.2026 19:45 πŸ‘ 663 πŸ” 345 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 20

I see the confusion. When I said β€œyou should feel safe,” I don’t actually mean *you*.

01.03.2026 01:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

How many people have to be murdered overseas for you to feel safe at home?

01.03.2026 01:50 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

It looks like they took down the original post.

27.02.2026 03:51 πŸ‘ 39 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Jesus Christ

26.02.2026 03:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œMr. Ayala’s partner’s ex learned about the location tracking from the website Have I Been Flocked, which shows people when their license plates have been searched in the company’s systems.”

Because Flock is run by scumbags, it has been sending fake takedown threats to the operators of HIBF.

26.02.2026 03:54 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Police Officer Accused of Tracking Partner Using License Plate Reader The Milwaukee officer used the technology to run searches on his partner’s plate 124 times, officials said, and he also tracked the person’s ex.

A Milwaukee police officer was criminally charged after using license plate recognition technology to surveil a person he was dating and the person’s ex for two months last year, the authorities said.

26.02.2026 03:30 πŸ‘ 147 πŸ” 42 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 19

This is the second time a cop has charged with abusing ALPR data to stalk a former partner. (It is not the second time it has happened).

FWIW: cops abusing data to stalk partners is one of the most common reasons they are arrested.

26.02.2026 03:46 πŸ‘ 32 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

well this simply cannot be true. every police department and Flock have assured the public that safeguards are in place to prevent and catch this exact thing (this was not revealed by any safeguards or audits)

26.02.2026 03:33 πŸ‘ 105 πŸ” 31 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

excited to hear tech companies will now be allowed to build their own power plants for their data centers. i am sure the makers of "the app that tells kids to kill themselves" will responsibly operate coal plants

25.02.2026 02:55 πŸ‘ 5411 πŸ” 848 πŸ’¬ 95 πŸ“Œ 14

Oh man seems like a great candidate otherwise.

22.02.2026 03:00 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Moderate Democrat 🚩🚩🚩
with an MBA from Northwestern 🚩🚩🚩
is applying his analytical skills 🚩🚩🚩🚩
to a platform of safety, affordability, and growth. 🚩🚩🚩🚩

22.02.2026 01:01 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This is beneath the US military which should always base promotions the old fashioned wayβ€”by your proximity to the board of Raytheon or Boeing.

21.02.2026 03:36 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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DHS Wants a Single Search Engine to Flag Faces and Fingerprints Across Agencies Homeland Security aims to combine its face and fingerprint systems into one big biometric platformβ€”after dismantling centralized privacy reviews and key limits on face recognition.

NEW: Homeland Security officials are asking companies to help them combine all of their face and fingerprint systems together into one giant biometric platform.

Buttttttt it's unclear how workable this really is since DHS uses a wide mishmash of proprietary algos.

20.02.2026 20:09 πŸ‘ 247 πŸ” 105 πŸ’¬ 32 πŸ“Œ 29
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Revealed: Epstein cultivated relationship with CBP officer, causing US investigation Guardian review of US justice department files reveals Epstein interacted with six CBP officers. The officer investigated denied any knowledge of trafficking underage girls

NEW: Jeffrey Epstein cultivated relationships with CBP officers at the airports he frequented.

Epstein emailed and texted with six CBP officers, invited them to his island, visited with them at the airport, and frequently sought to determine who was going to be on duty when he was traveling

19.02.2026 23:00 πŸ‘ 6373 πŸ” 2975 πŸ’¬ 204 πŸ“Œ 356
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'NVIDIA Contacted Anna’s Archive to Secure Access to Millions of Pirated Books' * TorrentFreak NVIDIA executives allegedly authorized the use of millions of pirated books from Anna's Archive to fuel its AI training.

JUST IN: NVIDIA's attempts to pause all production against an amended complaint for its records related to this was denied.
torrentfreak.com/nvidia-conta...

19.02.2026 22:54 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Films for a Changing World presents: The Spies Among Us - Haymarket House Join us Thursday, February 19th at 6 PM for a screening of Jamie Coughlin Silverman and Gabriel Silverman’s 2025 documentary The Spies Among Us. The film will be followed by […]

TONIGHT: We are at Haymarket House (@haymarketbooks.org) for a screening of the documentary The Spies Among Us, a look at the fall of the Stasi and what surveillance can teach us about our world. There will be a discussion afterwards with the filmmakers!

www.haymarkethouse.org/events/films...

19.02.2026 20:05 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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In-person and Online: Lucy Parsons Labs - Chi Hack Night Description coming soon.

We are excited to return to @chihacknight.org to talk about all of the many projects going on monitoring the explosive growth of license plate readers. The live stream will be up on Tuesday but you can find details here chihacknight.org/events/2026/...

12.02.2026 21:03 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

HBD Christiaan!

16.02.2026 23:11 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

(Forgot to mention there is a livestream if you want to follow along and aren’t in Chicago.)

16.02.2026 20:56 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Chat if you come to @chihacknight.org tomorrow, there is a better than even chance I will bring you paΓ§zkis. You can munch of them while I talk about the fight against #ALPR tech in Chicago and nationwide.

16.02.2026 20:38 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0