hudson
@knifedog.bsky.social
dog with a knife. press guy at @eff.org. opinions are my own.
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Knowing how often face recognition and other AI-based recognition and decision making tech gets things wrong--to take its decision as unimpeachable even if a person can *prove* they're a US citizen is unspeakably bad.
New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
October 29, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Knowing how often face recognition and other AI-based recognition and decision making tech gets things wrong--to take its decision as unimpeachable even if a person can *prove* they're a US citizen is unspeakably bad.
big ups to EFF’s lawyers and happy huluween, marco theintercept.com/2025/10/16/u...
Unions Sue to Stop AI Surveillance Powering Trump’s “Catch and Revoke” Deportation Scheme
From pro-Palestine students to Charlie Kirk commenters, the immigration system is being weaponized against people whose views Trump doesn’t like.
theintercept.com
October 17, 2025 at 3:27 PM
big ups to EFF’s lawyers and happy huluween, marco theintercept.com/2025/10/16/u...
tech guys got tired of inventing the bus so now they keep inventing ED-209
October 9, 2025 at 8:38 PM
tech guys got tired of inventing the bus so now they keep inventing ED-209
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EFF’s Hudson Hongo opens the EFF Awards: “If you’re here, you believe in a better future and recognize the central role of technology as we work to build one. I'm thrilled to help celebrate some remarkable individuals and organizations that have led the way towards that future.”
September 11, 2025 at 2:49 AM
EFF’s Hudson Hongo opens the EFF Awards: “If you’re here, you believe in a better future and recognize the central role of technology as we work to build one. I'm thrilled to help celebrate some remarkable individuals and organizations that have led the way towards that future.”
hard to overstate how openly racist this entire scheme is www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
When Your Power Meter Becomes a Tool of Mass Surveillance
Sacramento’s power company and law enforcement agencies have been running an illegal mass surveillance scheme for years, using our power meters as home-mounted spies. The Electronic Frontier Foundatio...
www.eff.org
July 21, 2025 at 7:31 PM
hard to overstate how openly racist this entire scheme is www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
🚨some personal news🚨
i’m the new editor of the electronic frontier foundation newsletter, first published in 1990(!) www.eff.org/effector/37/6
i’m the new editor of the electronic frontier foundation newsletter, first published in 1990(!) www.eff.org/effector/37/6
👁️ Big Brother's Little Problem
www.eff.org
June 18, 2025 at 3:11 PM
🚨some personal news🚨
i’m the new editor of the electronic frontier foundation newsletter, first published in 1990(!) www.eff.org/effector/37/6
i’m the new editor of the electronic frontier foundation newsletter, first published in 1990(!) www.eff.org/effector/37/6
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Mark Zuckerberg says people in California are more inherently biased than people in Texas
January 7, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Mark Zuckerberg says people in California are more inherently biased than people in Texas
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Teenager is woken by police in the middle of the night.
“As it turns out, a poem she had written years ago triggered the alarms of a software called GoGuardian Beacon, which its maker describes as a way to ‘safeguard students from physical harm.’”
“As it turns out, a poem she had written years ago triggered the alarms of a software called GoGuardian Beacon, which its maker describes as a way to ‘safeguard students from physical harm.’”
Schools Using AI to Send Police to Students' Homes
Schools are employing dubious AI-powered software to accuse teenagers of wanting to harm themselves — and sending the police to their homes.
futurism.com
December 14, 2024 at 6:22 PM
Teenager is woken by police in the middle of the night.
“As it turns out, a poem she had written years ago triggered the alarms of a software called GoGuardian Beacon, which its maker describes as a way to ‘safeguard students from physical harm.’”
“As it turns out, a poem she had written years ago triggered the alarms of a software called GoGuardian Beacon, which its maker describes as a way to ‘safeguard students from physical harm.’”
really jealous of the guy who lives in hawaii working at an aquarium and has a side hustle selling stickers about how elon musk is the worst
Tesla Owners Use Bumper Stickers to Express Feelings About Elon Musk
As Elon Musk has become a key player in President-elect Donald J. Trump’s world, Tesla owners are marking their cars to signify where they stand — for or against.
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2024 at 5:23 PM
really jealous of the guy who lives in hawaii working at an aquarium and has a side hustle selling stickers about how elon musk is the worst
Minority Report promised us wet little freaks that dream about murder and instead we got the WolfCryer3000, a million-dollar computer that goes AWOOGA whenever it detects brown people
December 4, 2024 at 6:41 PM
Minority Report promised us wet little freaks that dream about murder and instead we got the WolfCryer3000, a million-dollar computer that goes AWOOGA whenever it detects brown people
"At the end of the day, we support the Constitution" is really an all-timer of a non-comment
These Tech Firms Won’t Tell Us If They Will Help Trump Deport Immigrants
The Intercept asked data companies that store personal data if they will help Trump conduct mass deportations. Few had anything to say.
theintercept.com
December 2, 2024 at 9:29 PM
"At the end of the day, we support the Constitution" is really an all-timer of a non-comment
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just won the lottery!! I don’t even remember buying a ticket lmao. I can see all the townspeople coming over right now, probably wanna congratulate me. probably jealous lol
October 24, 2024 at 9:50 PM
just won the lottery!! I don’t even remember buying a ticket lmao. I can see all the townspeople coming over right now, probably wanna congratulate me. probably jealous lol
put it on the tombstone of this world
October 3, 2024 at 5:40 PM
put it on the tombstone of this world
chelsea manning did 7 years but the guy who titles the simpsons episodes walks free
October 1, 2024 at 5:40 PM
chelsea manning did 7 years but the guy who titles the simpsons episodes walks free
'first stop is always instanbul' — just iconic
September 26, 2024 at 4:18 PM
'first stop is always instanbul' — just iconic
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It Keeps Happening
September 26, 2024 at 3:17 PM
It Keeps Happening
tic tacs were pretty good whatever happened to tic tacs
September 26, 2024 at 3:52 PM
tic tacs were pretty good whatever happened to tic tacs
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A jockey who is paralyzed from the waist down lost his ability to walk after a small battery for his $100,000 exoskeleton broke and the manufacturer refused to fix it because it was more than 5 years old
www.404media.co/paralyzed-jo...
www.404media.co/paralyzed-jo...
Paralyzed Jockey Loses Ability to Walk After Manufacturer Refuses to Fix Battery For His $100,000 Exoskeleton
Michael Straight learned to walk again with the help of an exoskeleton. After an accessory to the device broke, the company refused to fix it.
www.404media.co
September 26, 2024 at 2:20 PM
A jockey who is paralyzed from the waist down lost his ability to walk after a small battery for his $100,000 exoskeleton broke and the manufacturer refused to fix it because it was more than 5 years old
www.404media.co/paralyzed-jo...
www.404media.co/paralyzed-jo...
not a coincidence, i think, that this is the most interesting twitter clone to read and also the one where i most often see a post and think ‘oh, twitter drove you insane’
September 26, 2024 at 2:39 PM
not a coincidence, i think, that this is the most interesting twitter clone to read and also the one where i most often see a post and think ‘oh, twitter drove you insane’
i love james cameron's movies but no one should be surprised he's team machine. like you know dude would boot up skynet in a second if it promised to turn him into a submarine.
James Cameron Joins Board of Stability AI in Coup for Tech Firm
The director says that “the intersection of generative AI and CGI image creation is the next wave” of film technology, as he joins the company behind the popular Stable Diffusion AI model.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
September 24, 2024 at 9:23 PM
i love james cameron's movies but no one should be surprised he's team machine. like you know dude would boot up skynet in a second if it promised to turn him into a submarine.
‘delete my data’ probably doesn’t mean what you think it does dogjail.substack.com/p/nowhere-to...
🕵️♂️ Nowhere to Hide
Big Tech is getting your data whether you like it or not
dogjail.substack.com
September 23, 2024 at 8:14 PM
‘delete my data’ probably doesn’t mean what you think it does dogjail.substack.com/p/nowhere-to...
the system ‘working’ looks like police responding to someone’s mental health episode by shooting a random bystander in the head nymag.com/intelligence...
September 21, 2024 at 7:03 PM
the system ‘working’ looks like police responding to someone’s mental health episode by shooting a random bystander in the head nymag.com/intelligence...
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you can determine how bad a political scandal is by looking at its permalink slug
September 19, 2024 at 7:33 PM
you can determine how bad a political scandal is by looking at its permalink slug
just like a staggering advance in corporate bullying dogjail.substack.com/p/when-your-...
🧑🤝🧑 When Your AI Clone Sells Out
Your pretty face is going to sell
dogjail.substack.com
September 19, 2024 at 4:04 PM
just like a staggering advance in corporate bullying dogjail.substack.com/p/when-your-...
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“you keep using that word…”
September 19, 2024 at 2:58 PM
“you keep using that word…”