Electronic Frontier FoundationThe mass collection and storage of license plate data is “by definition indiscriminate surveillance,” EFF’s Matthew Guariglia told the Provincetown (MA) Independent. “You have these license plate readers tracking somebody throughout their day.” https://provincetownindependent.org/local-journalism-project/2026/03/18/advocates-warn-drivers-of-indiscriminate-surveillance/
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Congress had two years to negotiate real reforms to Section 702—it’s past time to get started. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/03/congress-dropping-ball-clean-extension-fisa
Congress is dropping the ball with a clean extension of FISA
Two years ago, Congress passed the “Reforming Intelligence and Securing America” Act (RISAA) that included nominal reforms to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). The bill unfortunately included some problematic expansions of the law—but it also included a relatively big...
For nearly 30 years, journalists have relied on the Internet Archive to see how stories were originally published, before edits, removals, or changes. We need to safeguard that. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/03/blocking-internet-archive-wont-stop-ai-it-will-erase-webs-historical-record
Blocking the Internet Archive Won’t Stop AI, But It Will Erase the Web’s Historical Record
Imagine a newspaper publisher announcing it will no longer allow libraries to keep copies of its paper. That’s effectively what’s begun happening online in the last few months. The Internet Archive—the world’s largest digital library—has preserved newspapers since it went online in the mid-1990s....
Scientific AmericanEverything about this week’s record-shattering western heat wave is extreme
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/extreme-u-s-heat-wave-smashes-all-time-hottest-march-temperature-record/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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More cameras and microphones mean "more eyes and ears are available to adversaries, regardless of the original intention,” EFF’s Samantha Baldwin told @arstechnica. “Creating a dystopian world full of computerised eyes and ears is not the solution.” https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/03/after-discord-fiasco-age-check-tech-promises-privacy-by-running-locally-does-it-work/
JA WestenbergFour hundred years ago, the people Andreessen imagines were blissfully unselfconscious were reading Augustine and Montaigne and arguing about Stoic philosophy. They were writing diaries and letters that examined their own motives with considerable care. They were not, in fact, just moving forward without asking where they were going.
https://www.joanwestenberg.com/marc-andreessen-is-wrong-about-introspection/
Privacy InternationalNEW: 63% of sexual and reproductive justice activists who responded to our survey shared fears of being surveilled. We have developed a guide to help them better protect their privacy online and on their devices.
What is the ‘acid rain’ in the wake of U.S. bombings in Iran?
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-is-the-acid-rain-in-the-wake-of-u-s-bombings-in-iran/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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404 MediaAn internal DHS document obtained by 404 Media shows for the first time CBP used location data sourced from the online advertising industry to track phone locations. ICE has bought access to similar tools.
https://www.404media.co/cbp-tapped-into-the-online-advertising-ecosystem-to-track-peoples-movements/
https://www.404media.co/cbp-tapped-into-the-online-advertising-ecosystem-to-track-peoples-movements/
An Oklahoma man tried to talk about a data center coming to his community. Police arrested him when he went a few seconds over his time limit.
https://www.404media.co/man-opposing-data-center-arrested-for-speaking-slightly-too-long/
