According to data release by Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and MuckRock through public records requests from agencies, there have been “more than 2.5 -billion license plate scans in 2016 and 2017.” On today’s Good Morning Liberty, Michael Boldin (follow) talks about how the ALPR systems, how “99.5% of the license [Read More…]
Angus Berwick of Reuters reports: Venezuela is rolling out a new, smart-card ID known as the “carnet de la patria,” or “fatherland card,” manufactured by Chinese telecom giant ZTE Corp. The ID transmits data about cardholders to government computer servers, and is increasingly linked to subsidized food, health, and other [Read More…]
Austin Berg has a welcomed update to a case that never should have been hanging over a teenager’s head: Paul Boron no longer has a potential felony hanging over his head. But Illinois’ eavesdropping law means others like him might not be so lucky. The young Illinoisan spent his summer [Read More…]
Eli Richman reports: Would you sell your own healthcare data to a private company? What if it could help them discover a new treatment? What if you were poor and desperate for income? Those are the questions patients are faced with in the new world of protected health information (PHI) [Read More…]