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@shaneferro.bsky.social
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public defender / privacy lawyer who used to blog

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Jerome D. Greco @jdgreco.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
June issue of Decrypting a Defense. Greg reports on NYC continuing Securus contract to surveil jail calls. @shaneferro.bsky.social discusses how cities lack control over their surveillance. Joel reviews how well an officer must know someone to identify them. Guest Nina Loshkajian answers 5 questions
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Securus Jail Surveillance, Cities Lose Control Over Surveillance, Police IDs Made from Video, Nina Loshkajian Answers 5 Questions & More
Vol. 7, Issue 6
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Jerome D. Greco @jdgreco.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
April Decrypting a Defense issue. Greg discusses age verification laws. Max criticizes police purchasing data instead of getting a warrant. @shaneferro.bsky.social analyzes a recent decision on IDs and how it may affect police use of facial recognition. Last, I answer a question about phone records
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Age Verification Laws, Buying Data to Violate Your Rights, ID Case and Facial Recognition, Tracking Down Phone Callers & More
Vol. 7, Issue 4
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Foreign Exchanges @fxnewsletter.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Iran war roundup: March 1 2026
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Iran war roundup: March 1 2026
Day 2 of Donald Trump's war of choice
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shane @shaneferro.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
The museum that is sending me marketing emails because giving them my email address was a requirement to buy a ticket is again asking for my email to 2FA my unsubscribe request that I clicked from my email account
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Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
A dispatch from Surprise AZ where residents gathered to protest plans for a warehouse concentration camp in their community by @azrww.bsky.social “Despite this evidence of authoritarian power, it is possible for even the most local form of government to take a stand in the name of the people.”
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A Surprise Zone of Interest
We are All Responsible for What Happens in our Community
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Jack Mirkinson @jackmirkinson.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Media coverage of Gaza has plummeted. So today on @thenation.com, we're doing something pretty special: we're only running pieces by people in and from Gaza. We're calling it "A Day for Gaza." You can find links to all of the incredible pieces here. Please read! www.thenation.com/article/worl...
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A Day for Gaza
Today, The Nation is turning over its website exclusively to stories from Gaza and its people. This is why.
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Jerome D. Greco @jdgreco.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
February Decrypting a Defense Newsletter. Greg discusses federal watchlists tracking protesters. @shaneferro.bsky.social criticizes an attempt to ban ghost guns and digital blueprints. @diz.bsky.social analyzes an automated license plate readers decision. Chris explains file signatures and carving.
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Federal Watchlists for Protesters, Banning Ghost Guns, ALPR Virginia Federal Ct. Decision, File Signatures and Carving & More
Vol. 7, Issue 2
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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Always read @kimkelly.bsky.social on labor and labor action lithub.com/kim-kelly-on...
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Kim Kelly on the Difference Between a General Strike and a National Shutdown (And Why It Matters)
On January 23, thousands of people across the state of Minnesota took part in a massive day of action to protest ICE’s violent occupation of their home. Despite subzero temperatures, the day saw be…
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shane @shaneferro.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
How many non citizen "sex traffickers and violent criminals" do people think are out there 1) at all and 2) that ICE was ignoring previously?? This chart shows enforcement has gone up for everyone there are just a lot more people with no criminal record who exist
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shane @shaneferro.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
We should have sent @dieworkwear.bsky.social to the trial
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shane @shaneferro.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
I assume the jury is holding out til lunch tomorrow when they can properly reenact the testimony with their government provided lunches
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The Onion @theonion.com · 05/11/2025
Flying Squirrel Loves It Every Time
Flying Squirrel Loves It Every Time
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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
If the sandwich don’t split, you must acquit
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shane @shaneferro.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
They ran out of I Voted stickers at my polling place (w/in commie corridor) just now, I feel like that's good????
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lindsey adler @lindseyadler.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
do you recognize that sandwich
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
no. NO!!!!
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Dave Jamieson @jamieson.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
The defense team presses Lairmore on whether the sandwich really 'exploded.' They return to the photo of the sandwich and wrapper on the ground. "That sandwich hasn't exploded at all, has it?" defense asks. "It looks like a little bit is coming out towards the bottom," Lairmore replies.
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Domestique @domestiquecycling.com · 29/10/2025
🇳🇱 Lars van der Haar to call time on his career after 25/26 cyclocross season “From Family to the spectators. Let's make this last season something special!” 📰 www.domestiquecycling.com/en/news/lars... 📸 Cor Vos
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shane @shaneferro.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
This Louvre heist reminds me of one of my great pet peeves, that we as a society do not teach people the difference between a burglary and a robbery
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shane @shaneferro.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
My 1L Contracts professor introduced contracts with a whole class on surrogacy (bless her) and it was so horrifying I'll never forget
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 05/09/2025
NYC Mayor Eric Adams: "I want to be clear with you: Andrew Cuomo is a snake and a liar. I am in this race, and I'm the only one that can beat Mamdani [mispronounced]." (Full announcement video via Reuters, part 1 of 2)
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Kashmir Hill @kashhill.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
A woman in Manhattan reported to police that an Amazon delivery man, 5'6'', exposed himself to her. Police did a face recognition search, showed her result, arrested the wrong guy, 6'2''. What did the NYPD not do? Call Amazon. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/n...
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hannah gais @hannahgais.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
In its alleged fight against antisemitism, the Trump administration has relied on two groups with murky funders—one of which is in Israel. Here's my deep dive @thebaffler.com into Canary Mission and Betar, two extreme Zionist groups at the heart of Trump's crackdown. thebaffler.com/latest/for-b...
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For Betar or Worse | Hannah Gais
Under the guise of fighting antisemitism, the Trump administration has turned to groups like Canary Mission and Betar.
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shane @shaneferro.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
The NYPD falsely arrested a man because of a bad facial recognition match www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/n...
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How the N.Y.P.D.’s Facial Recognition Tool Landed the Wrong Man in Jail
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shane @shaneferro.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Does my trash can get sad when I empty it
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shane @shaneferro.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
I love to box my client in to the stupidest possible defense before the investigation is even over
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Colin Spacetwinks @spacetwinks.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
let your haters become taters in the chip bag of success
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Dana Rubinstein @danarubinsteinbsky.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
McGuinness Boulevard rears its head again: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/n...
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More Adams Associates and Supporters Are Said to Face Corruption Charges
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shane @shaneferro.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
It's 5pm(ish) which means it's time to log on, review the output, and send @hassankhan.bsky.social individual texts of all the posts I thought were cute today
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nilay patel @reckless.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
The fucking protein powder has a shrink wrap arbitration agreement now? This is like a nightmare law school hypo
READ THIS: By opening and using this product you agret
to be
bound
Ayall do not agree to be bound, please return this product immediately,
IN PEEL BACK
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shane @shaneferro.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
lol nypost.com/2025/08/17/u...
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shane @shaneferro.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Listen normally I do not recommend speaking to the cops but
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shane @shaneferro.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
This should win a Pulitzer www.mvtimes.com/2025/08/06/g...
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shane @shaneferro.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
It's not really summer until there's a new Dershowitz vs Martha's Vineyard story
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shane @shaneferro.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
While this is fucked up, this is also the funniest local news video I've ever seen. "The ladies have been charged with 'writhing'" - Harry Boomer, 19NEWS
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Kashmir Hill @kashhill.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
When police don’t have access to a tool they want to use, they phone a friend in an agency that does
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Samantha Maldonado @smaldo.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
FDNY helped NYPD identify a pro-Palestinian protestor using the facial recognition tech, Clearview AI — which the NYPD isn’t allowed to use. Manhattan DA used the ID to charge a hate crime. A judge dismissed the case & warned about government surveillance: www.thecity.nyc/2025/07/18/n...
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NYPD Bypassed Facial Recognition Ban to ID Pro-Palestinian Student Protester
Barred from using Clearview AI, NYC police relied on a marshal in the fire department to run a search that turned up photos of the student at his high school graduation.
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Jerome D. Greco @jdgreco.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
“The way that the NYPD used FDNY to access broader and even more unreliable facial recognition technologies — in this case, to identify a protester — brings up questions about the NYPD following its own policies, the NYPD complying with the POST Act...” @shaneferro.bsky.social said.
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NYPD Bypassed Facial Recognition Ban to ID Pro-Palestinian Student Protester
Barred from using Clearview AI, NYC police relied on a marshal in the fire department to run a search that turned up photos of the student at his high school graduation.
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shane @shaneferro.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Why is FDNY using Clearview AI to identify protesters? GREAT QUESTION and they won't tell me so we are suing to try to find the answer www.thecity.nyc/2025/07/18/n...
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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
Let’s talk about Professor Jonathan Caravello, who teaches math and philosophy at CSU Channel Islands. He’s been detained by the feds based on events at a protest in Ventura County on Thursday. /1 www.pacbiztimes.com/2025/07/12/c...
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CSUCI Professor arrested among Glass House raids | Pacific Coast Business Times
Jonathan Caravello, a professor at CSU Channel Islands, was among one of the more than 200 people arrested from the federal agent’s raid of Glass House Farms’ operations in both Carpinteria and Camari...
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shane @shaneferro.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
JNCOs are back so it's not that surprising that skateboarding is criminal again
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shane @shaneferro.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Mayor's office extended my 2019 FOIL request again, for something like the 28th time. @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social can I get a commitment that a Mamdani admin will finally respond to my 6 year old FOIL about bike lane safety???
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shane @shaneferro.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
The NYT's Zohran Mamdani hit piece crosses a line for me as a journalist. here's @lopatto.bsky.social's clear-eyed take on the genuine travesty of it all www.theverge.com/culture/7000...
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How The New York Times is (still) getting gamed by the right
And blowing its credibility in the process.
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Max Rivlin-Nadler @maxrn.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
An incredible assembly of: —New York's most cartoonish billionaire —New York's second-most corrupt former governor —The reddest man in New York City All trying, in public, to come up with a plan to thwart the overwhelming will of NYC voters. Hell yeah! Delicious! hellgatenyc.com/david-paters...
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Former Governor David Paterson Wants Anti-Mamdani Candidates to Unite, Then Sacrifice Themselves
"This is, today, the beginning of a process. It is publicizing our wish to try to find the right candidate for the people of the city of New York. We'll have more later on."
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Lidl-Trek @lidltrek.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
YESSSSSS 🥳 Anna Henderson wins the two-up sprint to the line to take victory on Stage 2 at Giro d'Italia Women 🩷 #GirodItaliaWomen
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shane @shaneferro.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Our legal system was not designed to bring justice full stop. Ted Talk over
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shane @shaneferro.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
So um how do you (successfully) deploy the military to the middle east while also telling them any kids born abroad are not US citizens?
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shane @shaneferro.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
based, let's have a zohran-cuomo-adams election
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