Privacy
Madison Square Garden Made Dossier on Activists Who Opposed Facial Recognition
The document, titled “Facial Recognition Activists.docx,” includes specific activists’ comments about MSG's facial recognition program and tweets criticizing it.
Podcast
Stopping Tech Company Censorship (with Jake Hanrahan)
Joseph speaks to Jake Hanrahan all about Patreon, YouTube, and getting journalism in front of people.
Behind The Blog
Behind the Blog: Landfillcore and Go Knicks
This week, we discuss questionable analysis, mysterious parcels, and the Knicks (sorta).
AI
Salesforce’s Internal AI Leaderboard Has Teams Competing for Little Trophies
The leaderboard, sorted by executive and the teams underneath them, has a feature that shows users which employees have not earned the badges. “click to see who 👀,” the leaderboard says.
ICE
ICE Appears to Be Buying Immigrants’ Tax Identifiers from a Data Broker
A $10 million procurement reviewed by 404 Media indicates ICE is buying records related to immigrants’ tax identifiers. “It looks for all the world like Trump is trying to skirt the law and a court order to fuel his mass-deportation campaign,” Senator Ron Wyden said.
Podcast
Podcast: The Government Wants to End Anonymity on Phones
The FCC's proposed changes to getting a phone plan; cops keep stalking with Flock; and a software update changes the AC in Amazon vans.
Cybersecurity
Hackers Publish Knicks and Madison Square Garden Data Online
The data contains a list of "talent," including former Knicks players and coaches, and whether other celebrities are considered "Low Risk" or "High Risk." The data also contains emails between customers and MSG.
Hacking
Hackers Are Hijacking Entire Roblox Games Now
Whereas Roblox hackers were previously focused on stealing players' high value items, some have taken over entire Roblox games, stealing their ownership and Robux in the process.
Behind The Blog
Behind the Blog: World Cup Madness and Film Reviews
This week, we discuss Trump fucking up the World Cup, some thoughts on ICE coverage, and movies.
Flock
Flock Leaked Cops’ License Plate Searches via DuckDuckGo, Bing
Flock, the automatic license plate reader (ALPR) company, exposed some of the license plate cops were looking for and the reason for doing so.
Podcast
Podcast: Google Employees Meme About How Bad Their AI Is
Memes at Google; Microsoft wants to make its new AI assistant addictive; and manipulating Reddit.
Privacy
FCC Wants to Kill Burner Phones By Forcing Telecoms to Get All Customers’ IDs
The FCC wants to legally force telecoms to collect new and renewing customers’ government issued identity number and physical address, impacting everyone from the privacy-conscious to domestic abuse survivors. “We never thought that would happen here.”