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Thursday technology links round-up
From warrantless location tracking to spooky data mining and everything in between, here's your Thursday tech links round-up.
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Stasi 2.0: the West Virginia fusion center’s snitch app
Don't like your neighbor? Think your kid's math teacher unfairly gave her a bad grade? Have an ex-girlfriend you'd like to bother?Don't fear: there's an easy way to (anonymously) send the police after them, now with a mobile phone app!
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Portland, OR restricts JTTF operations
In April 2005, then-mayor Tom Potter withdrew Portland City police from participating in the local Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) with the FBI, citing public concerns about improper spying and other civil liberties issues, making it the first city in the nation to pull out of a JTTF agreement with the FBI.
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What’s wrong with this picture? (Media silence on H.R. 347)
Earlier this week we covered the passage of a terrible bill that now awaits the President's signature. Only three representatives voted against H.R. 347, which restricts speech rights at demonstrations.
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Another looking glass moment: the President as judge, jury and executioner
There was a time when the notion that the executive branch possesses the power to decide (in secret, with no explanation given) whether to execute an American citizen would have provoked outrage.
There was a time when due process and the Fifth Amendment had something to do with the courts.
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The ghosts in our machines: DHS’ “complete operational awareness”
You are leaving work, walking through the city, tweeting about politics and texting your friend about dinner plans. You turn the corner to skip down the stairs to get the train. You are focused on your phone: twitter, the music in your ears. You slide your metro card through the electronic card reader and step inside.
