California Town Says Flock Cameras Misread License Plates 71% of the Time(techdirt.com)

14 points by hn_acker 2 months ago | 0 comments

Sens Ask Gabbard to Tell Americans That VPN Use Subjects Them to Surveillance(techdirt.com)

24 points by c420 6 months ago | 3 comments

Computer fraud laws used to prosecute leaking air crash footage to CNN(techdirt.com)

190 points by BallsInIt 1 year ago | 81 comments

Apple Decides ICE Agents Are a Protected Class(techdirt.com)

33 points by BallsInIt 1 year ago | 1 comments

Florida Sheriff Grady Judd Decides He's Capable of Running an AI Crime Thingy(techdirt.com)

28 points by rntn 2 years ago | 6 comments

Lawmakers Want to Ban VPNs–and They Have No Idea What They're Doing(techdirt.com)

56 points by speckx 10 months ago | 11 comments

Uber charges more if you have credits in your account(viewfromthewing.com)

346 points by cwwc 2 years ago | 174 comments

View from the Wing article reporting that Uber may quote higher fares to riders who have credits in their accounts.

A Cop's Case for Flock(worksinprogress.co)

6 points by skadamat 19 days ago | 6 comments

A Works in Progress essay by a police officer arguing in favor of Flock Safety's automated license plate reader cameras.

Flock-Powered Police Chiefs Stalking Women Shows Why Warrants Are Needed(ipvm.com)

527 points by jhonovich 4 months ago | 237 comments

IPVM public report arguing that cases of police chiefs using Flock license plate reader data to stalk women show warrants should be required.

FTC takes action against Uber for deceptive billing and cancellation practices(ftc.gov)

373 points by pinewurst 1 year ago | 219 comments

FTC press release announcing action against Uber for enrolling consumers in its Uber One subscription without consent and making cancellation difficult.

Americans Are Spending More Money to Drive Worse Cars(theatlantic.com)

24 points by fortran77 6 days ago | 89 comments

An Atlantic technology article by Andrew Moseman on why Americans keep paying more for gas cars instead of switching to electric vehicles despite high gas prices.

Oakland cops gave ICE license plate data; SFPD also illegally shared with feds(sfstandard.com)

472 points by danso 1 year ago | 365 comments

San Francisco Standard news article reporting that Oakland police shared license plate reader data with ICE and SFPD also illegally shared such data with federal agencies.