Major tech firms promise not to violate student rights, but promises aren’t enough

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Police now using face recognition enabled Google Glass, but it doesn’t have to be this way

School cop claims student social media spying operation started with call from the NSA

This is the weirdest story I've heard in a while. It shines a bright light on the trickle down of the national spy state to the local level, where officials apparently think they can invent fairytales about terrorism to justify their local dragnets.

Catch up on the most important surveillance and privacy news from the week

Fusion centers to store information about every school in Massachusetts

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Our friends at Digital Fourth read through a July 2014 Massachusetts state government report about "school safety" and found some pretty depressing stuff. Among other problems, the state intends to use post-9/11 DHS "fusion centers" to store information about every school in the Commonwealth.

Bronx teen spent three years in prison without trial after accusation of petty theft

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Governor Brown once again vetoes privacy legislation, siding with law enforcement

Apple releases security patch to address “Bash”

Apple has released security patches to address the serious "Bash" vulnerability discovered last week.

To patch your machine, visit one of the links below and download the fix.

Apple #Shellshock patches: Mavericks http://t.co/pfxEi988uf Lion http://t.co/0a7g3TyEpL Mountain Lion http://t.co/HugDi95KJo

FBI plans to enlist local cops nationwide in massive DNA collection scheme

Law enforcement claims privacy harms security, but that’s false