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50 Years Is a Long Time

50 Years Is a Long Time

Some things can be corrected, but not fixed.


Most of Social Media Is a Con of the Product of One

Most of Social Media Is a Con of the Product of One

All those fancy cars? Were the result of fraud.


Customs and the Use of Social Media Surveillance

Customs and the Use of Social Media Surveillance

Once again, be careful what you put on social media. Big Brother and Sister are watching.


Prison Strip Search Case Pits Religious Rights Against Transgender Rights

Prison Strip Search Case Pits Religious Rights Against Transgender Rights

“An appeal by a Muslim inmate is testing what Wisconsin considers more important: the inmate’s religious beliefs or a transgender prison guard’s right to be treated the same as his cisgender colleagues.”


Forfeiture Causes Perverse Incentives

Forfeiture Causes Perverse Incentives

Yet another example of the fight over money that government claims is the product of ill gotten gain.


Can Evidence Obtained by Torture Be Used in Court?

Can Evidence Obtained by Torture Be Used in Court?

Well…


Confidentiality and Alexa

Confidentiality and Alexa

The California State Bar has come out and said that Alexa should be disabled when an attorney is working from home. Yet another warning about the level of passive surveillance that people allow into their homes for convenience.


It Depends on How Your Define It

It Depends on How Your Define It

Crime supposedly went down last year And personally there appeared to be way less charges of driving under the influence (which makes sense if everyone is home and the bars are closed) but far more allegations of domestic violence.�?


Finding the Loophole

Finding the Loophole

Elon Musk found a way to sell his cars in New Mexico, despite a state law preventing it. He just went outside the state and into a separate sovereign inside its borders.


The Criminal Justice System as a Revenue Generator

The Criminal Justice System as a Revenue Generator

At least one place is at least attempting to change it. This is a significant problem in that there is a lot of money generated by the system and it hits predominately the poor that get stuck in a cycle of fines, license suspensions, more fines, maybe jail.�?