KWU @htwdbstto.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Yup. And this (opinion on why the CA Dem would settle): substack.com/@thedreydoss...substack.comThe Drey Dossier (@thedreydossier)Read section III.E.4 and tell me I’m crazy. 000
KWU @htwdbstto.bsky.social · 28/09/2026A change in tech corp management is certainly necessary, but won’t change core financial incentives of the attention economy market to amplify negative/sticky content for the network man psyche. Need tech user design regs (eg end of infinite scroll) that would help soften content reach market wide. 000
KWU @htwdbstto.bsky.social · 26/09/2026While the alternatives aren’t perfect on privacy, hope you, at least, are not using Ring @ryanbelmore.com ! www.theverge.com/tech/890910/...theverge.comHow to ditch Ring’s surveillance networkOur picks for the best privacy-focused video doorbells 110
KWU @htwdbstto.bsky.social · 24/09/2026@dieworkwear.bsky.social please provide commentary on this! 020
Reposted by KWUEyes Off ALX @eyesoffalx.org · 23/09/2026Alert: Eyes Off ALX needs your help tmrw (9/24)! APD’s delayed clarifications on its ALPR policy do NOT acknowledge tech risks/harms. We need folks to show up and demand real accountability. Meet us tmrw, 9/24 @ 5:30pm Pork Barrel, then come w/ us to APD’s 6:30pm public session @ Duncan Library! 174
KWU @htwdbstto.bsky.social · 09/09/20261st they killed a right to privacy. I said nothing b/c I’m no criminal. 2nd they stopped freedom from tracking. I said nothing b/c I’m no criminal. 3rd they penalized seeking knowledge. I said nothing b/c I’m no criminal. Finally, they labeled me capable of crime. No one was left to defend me. 020
Reposted by KWUEyes Off ALX @eyesoffalx.org · 08/09/2026APD: Don’t worry about our mass surveillance tech! We have a policy we self-govern. Just trust us. LOCAL NEWS: APD not clearly answering tech Qs. APD policy was ignored. APD pushing back on data limits. ALX: Maybe we should have a public process to verify police tech need, use, etc… ACLU: 👍👏😉 0101
KWU @htwdbstto.bsky.social · 31/08/2026On the flock note - their portal was updated again today and I think the number was reduced to 156. Can you confirm against the list you saved and, if confirmed, share which counties are newly deleted? 000
Reposted by KWUPeter Carlson @peterdcarlson.bsky.social · 29/08/2026287 paid subscribers is not enough, get with the program ALX. 292
Reposted by KWU🎃 Decorative Gourd Mikell 🎃 @mikell.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Fun fact, you do not actually have to use 9/11 to frame discussion about every single Muslim American in 2026. You can simply choose to treat them as different unrelated topics, because they are. Hope this helps, media! 731856291
Reposted by KWUCake or Death @johngcole.bsky.social · 30/08/2026btwe I have warned you motherfuckers for what feels like 20 years that no fucking good was going to come from those MIT robo dogs but none of you fucking listened just stop it with this shit science and leave the mummy crypts the fuck alone, too www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...the-independent.comICE plans to spend up to $2M on robot dogsThe four-legged robots are equipped with cameras and Wi-Fi connectivity and can travel at speeds of up to about 5 feet per second 2217939
KWU @htwdbstto.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Y’all - Age Verification Will NOT Solve Parents’ Internet/Social Media Woes! Sure, there are minor wins in the Meta settlement. But the “age assurance” demand gives MORE power to the entities devising digital harms w/o changing their incentives to improve products (for kids and adults alike). Grr.static.klipy.comALT: 060
Reposted by KWUTechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 26/08/2026Meta’s $18B child-safety deal hinges on age verification tech that doesn’t work welltechcrunch.comMeta’s $18B child-safety deal hinges on age verification tech that doesn’t work wellThe historic settlement reignites ongoing concern around how age-verification technology puts privacy at risk. 5398
Reposted by KWUMatt @itsmatt.bsky.social · 24/08/2026The NYT is going to invent a new verb tense before they write a headline implying the Trump administration is responsible for anything 1165
Reposted by KWUWIRED @wired.com · 24/08/2026Flock’s surveillance cameras have already sparked outrage. WIRED reconstructed its next-generation AI system, already in use by some police, to confirm it goes much further than tracking license plates.wired.comFlock Has a Powerful New AI Tool for Police. We Got Its CodeFlock’s surveillance cameras have already sparked outrage. WIRED reconstructed its next-generation AI system, already in use by some police, to confirm it goes much further than tracking license… 11333182
KWU @htwdbstto.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Fwiw there is growing community organizing pushing for this in Alx. Stay tuned for some related events next month ... 020
KWU @htwdbstto.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Local police are increasingly doing to work of lobbying to boost Axon tech. Wouldn’t it be nice if, instead, there was robust public input, risk/benefit analysis, and meaningful (not performative) public policies surrounding such tech?! Maybe let’s push for better city gov oversight… just sayin’ 050
KWU @htwdbstto.bsky.social · 22/08/2026For every city getting rid of Flock ALPRs, beware the uninformed bait and switch with Axon… 020
Reposted by KWUKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 22/08/2026There are going to be Democrats who say we shouldn’t rip it all out — it’s already built, we have other priorities — but removing the visible signs of Trumpism is absolutely necessary. 43898982091
Reposted by KWU404 Media @404media.co · 20/08/2026Ypsilanti Township in Michigan passed a six month moratorium on “major electric utility infrastructure” as a delaying tactic, the latest in the Township’s long fight to stop the construction of a $1.2 billion data center. @mjgault.bsky.social reports. Read more: www.404media.co/township-fig... 12465144
Reposted by KWUJess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 20/08/2026The subtext here is that they expect US-born workers to soon be so desperate for employment (whether because of AI-hype-fueled or DOGE-type downsizing) that they'll be eager to take the kinds of jobs that, historically, only immigrants were willing to do. 57023
KWU @htwdbstto.bsky.social · 20/08/2026static.klipy.comDrew Scanlon Disbelief Reaction MemeALT: Drew Scanlon Disbelief Reaction Meme 000
Reposted by KWUAlan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 19/08/2026“we’re witnessing the growth of a massive public-private bureaucracy that’s metastasizing in unnerving new directions. It now appears to entail extensive domestic surveillance operations as well.” Essential from @gregsargent.bsky.social This is what the next Dem admin must dismantle 521378
Reposted by KWUBrennan Center @brennancenter.org · 19/08/2026As the midterms approach, we tested AI chatbots on election disinformation. Our research found they can challenge conspiracy theories — but they also enable users to generate deceptive election content. Here’s what we found: bit.ly/3TSPbV6 brennancenter.orgDoes AI Fight or Fuel Election Disinformation?As the midterms approach, our tests reveal that popular chatbots challenge conspiracy theories. Still, they offer users the ability to create deceitful images, audio, and video. 01815
Reposted by KWUS.T.O.P.—Surveillance Technology Oversight Project @stopspyingny.bsky.social · 19/08/2026BREAKING: S.T.O.P. Condemns New Flock AI Tools, Calls Company Safeguards "Crisis PR Stunt" "Flock isn't fixing a broken system, it's building an even worse one." - STOP Executive Director Michelle Dahl #Flock #AI #ALPRs www.stopspying.org/content-inpu...stopspying.orgS.T.O.P. - The Surveillance Technology Oversight Project 1229
KWU @htwdbstto.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Anyone sounding the AI alarm should get smart on each choke point of the AI stack layer (and the related issues). Consumer-output harms raise the loudest mass opposition, but unsexy, inherent risks of the structure underneath are also deeply in need of guardrails. Worth a read… 001
Reposted by KWUEvan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Wow this is huge. Rhode Island's Governor just became the first (I believe?) in the nation to call for a moratorium on installation of Flock cameras and other ALPRs www.wpri.com/news/politic...wpri.comMcKee calls for statewide pause on installing automated license plate readersOn Tuesday, Gov. Dan McKee announced that he had directed Rhode Island State Police and the Department of Public Safety to conduct a 60-day “comprehensive review” of ALPR systems. 433394
Reposted by KWUDaphne Keller @daphnek.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Paying to examine every detail of a business’s death spiral has kind of the same vibes as the torturer in the Princess Bride asking Westley to explain his pain in detail, for inclusion in a scientific study of pain. Or maybe Lector savoring Clarice Starling’s descriptions of childhood trauma.viewfromthewing.comGoogle Buys Spirit Airlines’ Emails, Files And Flight Records For $10 Million — So Gemini Can Learn From BankruptcyGoogle won a bankruptcy auction for Spirit Airlines’ internal data, paying $10 million for emails, Teams messages, code repositories, operating records, pricing data, maintenance history, and disrupti... 43915
Reposted by KWUData & Society @datasociety.bsky.social · 18/08/2026New surveillance technologies are always appropriated to inflict intimate partner violence. While systems like smart cameras are sold as ways to increase safety, there are few, if any, guardrails to prevent them from becoming tools of domestic violence. 19thnews.org/2026/08/floc...19thnews.orgFlock is just the latest example of using surveillance to stalk womenThe technology is under fire for how police officers have abused it. But it’s only the symptom of a larger problem. 033
Reposted by KWUHypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 18/08/2026But their CEO said they would zero out crime, so it’s hard to know what to believe.jalopnik.com5,000 Flock Cameras Cover Atlanta, Yet The Police Are Resolving Fewer Crimes - JalopnikFlock cameras are all around Atlanta, but the rates at which crimes are getting solved or "cleared" have actually gone down in the last few years. 29027
Reposted by KWUSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 17/08/2026There should be an emergency meeting among Dem leadership tonight and the entire Dem delegation should be on the Capitol steps tomorrow morning denouncing this and describing steps they’ll take in light of this latest dangerous insanity. 1252279750
Reposted by KWUElectronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 17/08/2026Without real consequences for police abuse, Flock Safety's reforms are "just a fig leaf for Flock,” EFF’s @cooperq.com told @techcrunch.com. "The best way to ensure accountability is to pass laws constraining the use of this technology and requiring a warrant for its use.”techcrunch.comFlock says its new tool will help identify police abuse, but hasn’t explained how it works | TechCrunchThe surveillance company announced it's making a tool called "Audit Assistance" mandatory for all customers, claiming it's already helped catch abuse. But the company has yet to explain how the tool w... 1624090
Reposted by KWUJonathan Larsen @jonathanlarsen.bsky.social · 15/08/2026In 2025, about a month after the US strikes on Iran, Speaker Mike Johnson met with Israeli PM Netanyahu. Johnson issued a public statement about the meeting. But I just found out more about it... 19346147
Reposted by KWUKai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 13/08/2026You do not, under any circumstances, have to hand it to Karoline Leavitt and her team. JFC 842295227
KWU @htwdbstto.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Cough cough (VA ALPR 21 day retention is justified because….?). Also fun fact : all New Hampshire ALPR retention is 3 mins ... 010
KWU @htwdbstto.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Awaiting comments from elected officials who loved emphasizing talking points that longer data retention periods were both necessary and privacy protective… With Flock shortening retention, those officials are, at best, under-informed (or not factoring true data risks under any retention length). 110
Reposted by KWUDara Lind @daralind.bsky.social · 13/08/2026It's really hard to overstate how hugely ending Salvadorian TPS would hit economically and socially -- in a very different way from Haiti. These are folks who have had TPS for LONGER THAN DHS has existed. The Great Delegalization continues apace. www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...newyorker.comThese Immigrants Lived in the U.S. Legally. Now Trump Is Changing Their Status.More than a million immigrants are seeing protections that granted them safe lives in the U.S. suddenly swept away. 14428
Reposted by KWUAmy Spitalnick @amyspitalnick.bsky.social · 13/08/2026I also want to be very clear: Heidi has been a tireless ally and partner to the Jewish community in fighting antisemitism. If we can’t stand up for her now, I don’t know what we’re doing. 321476
KWU @htwdbstto.bsky.social · 13/08/2026I’ve talked with folks across the spectrum of surveillance tech awareness: absolute abolitionists & the actively uninformed. Moral absolutism v. relativism tendencies are a very strong predictor of conversation flow, regardless prior topic knowledge. Worth a read: m.facebook.com/story.php?st...m.facebook.comLog in or sign up to viewSee posts, photos and more on Facebook. 010
KWU @htwdbstto.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Once again, excellent reporting in the full article by @ryanbelmore.com. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 110
Reposted by KWU404 Media @404media.co · 12/08/2026NEW: ICE plans to spend tens of millions of dollars on buying specialized gloves that pulse with electrical energy, which make it easier for agents to subdue people. 404 Media read the manual that says the gloves may even contribute to “sudden death.”404media.coHere's the Manual for ICE's Electric Shock GlovesICE plans to spends tens of millions of dollars on the gloves, which are supposed to incapacitate people. A manual 404 Media found says the gloves may even contribute to “sudden death.” 118480311
Reposted by KWUSpencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Flock doesn't just search for cars, it searches for you. "'FreeForm' searches... allow cops to use Flock’s system as though they would use a search engine, with Flock’s AI and image recognition interpreting what footage and which people are relevant to a police officer’s search." @404media.co404media.coHow Cops Use Flock to Track People, Not CarsCops have used Flock's FreeForm search feature to look for people with tattoos and wearing specific sport shirts, and searches sometimes include the target's race, according to data reviewed by 404 Me... 4325168
KWU @htwdbstto.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Also a lack of national legislation with real teeth to protect data rights and privacy.… but we won’t get that without reversing the trends in #1 above. 000
Reposted by KWUDr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 12/08/2026This is why they're upping online surveillance & increasingly threatening prosecution of anti-surveillance, anti-"AI", Anti-Data-Center, and all around anti-Big-Tech sentiment, btw: they know they're losing their base, & the only influences they know how to wield are lying, intimidation, & violence. 119772
KWU @htwdbstto.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Capacity constraints about surveillance concerns are real, including b/c constant paranoia is debilitating. That said - this is too often a reason people tune out completely. Ppl should NOT just settle for the status quo of guardrails - better guardrails and action is possible w/o burnout. 010
KWU @htwdbstto.bsky.social · 12/08/2026And (2) companies who bait-and-switch privacy and security practices. This is true for consumer giants like Facebook (look at their original privacy focused mission used to incentivize sharing, ie papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... as well as surveillance tech (ie Axon - themarkup.org/2023/09/08/a...)papers.ssrn.comThe Antitrust Case Against FacebookThe Facebook, Inc. (“Facebook”) social network, this era’s new communications service, plays an important role in the lives of 2+ billion people across the worl 100
KWU @htwdbstto.bsky.social · 12/08/2026The trust comes from two places: (1) under-informed users who don’t understand the risks and harms posed by data capture. It’s the mistaken idea “if I don’t do anything wrong I have no reason to fear.” @meredithmeredith.bsky.social cuts through this fable elegantly: www.instagram.com/reel/DaNzYgk...instagram.comInstagramCreate an account or log in to Instagram - Share what you're into with the people who get you. 110
KWU @htwdbstto.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Instead of quoting supposed guardrails, the mayor needs to look at the documented pattern of data disclosure despite such “controls.” See improper ALPR data disclosures found by the Illinois Secretary of State, the similar and ignored preferences of Dayton, Ohio, ongoing CA lawsuits on this issue… 020