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So You’ve Heard About Flock. Now What?

Automated license plate readers (ALPRs) are quietly turning public roads into surveillance checkpoints. Every passing car gets photographed, logged, and stored, building a record of where the driving public goes and when. You've heard about Flock, but it’s only one of many vendors fueling the rapid ALPR expansion across the...

Vision Weekend USA 2026 Nov 13-15 San Francisco

Building the Future

Foresight Institute (not EFF) will host this event. EFF Executive Director Nicole Ozer will be speaking.From the Organizers:2026 marks the 40th anniversary of Foresight Institute. For the past decades, we’ve championed frontier science and technology; supported future Nobel Prize-winning research, hosted the world’s first nanotechnology conference, and provided...

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Why Fewer People Are Challenging Bad Patents

The number of petitions being filed at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) has collapsed. That’s not reason for celebration. The PTAB is an important line of defense against low-quality software patents being used in lawsuits against people and companies.The drop didn’t happen because suddenly patents have become higher...

Google Forcing AI on Students Is BS

Google is rightfully facing blowback for forcing K-12 schools to enable AI if they wanted to keep using Google search. The company quickly backtracked and decoupled and turned off the services by default, but made it clear search will continue to be just another AI chatbot. This mandate forces an...
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Presenting 'Desire Lines: Encoding Queer Digital Futures'

What does the digital future look like? Who gets to imagine it, shape it, and make it real?Building a freer, more inclusive digital age requires not only challenging systems of surveillance and control, but also making space for creativity, community, and radical imagination. That's why earlier this year with the...

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