A look at Phreeli, a privacy-focused phone carrier that lets users sign up with only a ZIP code and uses an encryption system based on “zero-knowledge proofs”
without knowing almost anything about you.. — www.wired.com/story/new-an... @evacide : If you live in the US, you may be more concerned than ever about what happens when law enforcement shows up at ...
A look at Phreeli, a privacy-focused phone carrier that lets users sign up with only a ZIP code and uses an encryption system based on “zero-knowledge proofs”
Privacy stalwart Nicholas Merrill spent a decade fighting an FBI surveillance order.
Memo: Meta terminates major DEI programs, including for hiring, training, and procurement, citing a changed “legal and policy landscape” around DEI in the US
Meta is ending its DEI programs Bradley Cortright / New York Sun : Meta Abandons its DEI Programs Days Ahead of Trump's Inauguration Edith Olmsted / New Republic : Mark Zuckerberg Goes Full MAGA With ...
A look at Musk-backed America PAC's “Register to Vote” online campaign, which collects users' personal data in swing states, but does not help them register
https://www.cnbc.com/... (NYTimes had reported in July, “The group has taken pains to be secretive. Joe Lonsdale...played a key role in the group, recruiting many of his friends — including the Jimmy...
Federal docs detailing the Jan. 6 Capitol attack show FBI used controversial surveillance tech like license plate readers and facial recognition to ID rioters
Washington Post : Tweets: @drewharwell , @drewharwell , @emilyzfeng , @evan_greer , and @kimzetter Tweets: Drew Harwell / @drewharwell : One alleged rioter, a day after the Capitol siege, said on Fac...
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution partners with United Robots to generate real estate articles tailored to ZIP code, based on large data sets
Atlanta Journal-Constitution : Tweets: @ndiakopoulos , @glenngabe , and @glenngabe See also Mediagazer Tweets: Nick Diakopoulos / @ndiakopoulos : AJC with @robots_united launches automated real-estat...
Google says it's updating its advertising policies to prohibit demographic and zip code targeting for housing, employment, and credit ads
Ginny Marvin / Search Engine Land :
Gen Z TikTok stars have embraced the rise of “collab houses” in Los Angeles, where young social media personalities chasing influence live and work together
Taylor Lorenz / New York Times : Tweets: @glengilmore , @jonacuff , @aishamoodmills , @laurenstrapa , @crtejada , @karlusss , @jessicahische , @nytimes , @bigtucsondad , and @taylorlorenz Tweets: Gle...
Orthodox Jews from a community in Brooklyn, many of whom lack formal degrees, are making millions from selling on Amazon, balancing traditions and modernity
A community of Orthodox Jews prospers by selling products on Amazon — and keeping one foot in modernity and one foot out. Tweets: @buzzfeednews , @amazonnews , @neckarvalue , @leticia , @scottlucas86 ...
As bars check IDs with PatronScan, its manufacturer, Servall Biometrics, touts a global database with 40K+ banned patrons, amid fears of enabling discrimination
the “nightlife equivalent of a no-fly list.” Important reporting by @susie_c: https://onezero.medium.com/... Lois Beckett / @loisbeckett : You hand over your ID to be scanned at the door to a bar. And...