Flock ALPR cameras have been talked about a lot on this blog, so this is an interesting detail about this insidious violation of our 4th Amendment rights. The linked 404 Media article reporting this is paywalled. An anonymous reader…
(Headline video below) A good overview of Flock ALPR cameras, and a good recap of people detained at gunpoint for erroneous identification along with a woman falsely accused of stealing a package, and worth pointing out the cop that came…
(Headline video below) This is hilarious. The woke far left liberals capturing and poisoning some opensource projects are griping because of project forks and distributions that are shedding politics for inclusion, caring more about making good software instead of promoting…
(Headline article below) Can you imagine having the government force their app onto your phone with the manufacturer having to make sure it can’t be disabled? Well, this is a sign that it’s in the works to be rolled out…
Since one of the ways they propagandize the world is with movies, they get us comfortable with ideas and try to mold our thinking to their next move, e.g. all the alien movies and news reports over decades as a…
This is a very good overview on where the EU is going, and it has huge implications for what they’re going to do here in the US, as the piecemeal implementation of age verification is all a setup for a…
Something to be aware of if you’re an Apple Podcast user. I’m not sure if you can disable the app and use something else, but that might be a good option if you can. Maybe check out apps that support…
This is a good overview of the Amazon trash and what they’re doing. And the Amazon Sidewalk functionality using your internet turned on by default is egregious and should be opt in. The saddest part is that people are paying…
With the UFC moving from ESPN+ to Paramount Plus for the new year, I had cancelled my Hulu, Disney, and ESPN+ bundle effective towards the end of next month after the completion of 2025 UFC events. And they had raised…
It’s interesting that they want you to confirm your identity every few months. Are they anticipating people will buy, borrow or use stolen digital IDs? Behind the promise of safety lies a blueprint for state-verified identity in every click.…
(Video at Bottom) Andreas was a big promoter of the Bitcoin exit from fiat in the early days, but he’s gone off the rails. And this is after some Bitcoiners made him wealthy with donations, but I haven’t followed him…
I guess my days of using KDE are coming to an end, as I’m not using Wayland, the IBM/Red Hat AI layer for agentic AI spying. I’m kind of glad I hadn’t donated, as when I did try they didn’t…
