50 Years Is A Long Time
Some things can be corrected, but not fixed.
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Most of Social Media Is A Con (Or the Product Of One)
All those fancy cars? Were the result of fraud.
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
"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." The article is here
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?
Well...
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. And yet another warning that once...
Depends On How You 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. And I'm not sure how this tracks...
Finding The Loop Hole
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 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. This...