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A #Religious Public #CharterSchool in #Oklahoma? Not on Our Watch.

#rights #religion #aclu

https://www.aclu.org/news/religious-liberty/a-religious-public-charter-school-in-oklahoma-not-on-our-watch

Eight Months #Pregnant and Arrested After False #FacialRecognition Match

Porsha Woodruff thought the #police who showed up at her door to arrest her for #carjacking were joking. She is the first woman known to be wrongfully accused as a result of facial recognition technology.

#biometrics

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/06/technology/facial-recognition-false-arrest.html

#Ransomware Attack Disrupts Health Care in at Least Three States

Southern California Hospital at Hollywood is one of the hospitals that is part of Prospect Medical Holdings, which was hit by a #cyberattack this week.

#privacy #security

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/05/us/cyberattack-hospitals-california.html

The Senate’s #AI Future Is Haunted by the Ghost of #Privacy Past

The US #Congress is trying to tame the rapid rise of artificial intelligence. But senators’ failure to tackle privacy reform is making the task a nightmare.

https://www.wired.com/story/ai-regulation-privacy-us-senate/

Austria’s leader is proposing to enshrine in the country’s #constitution a right to use #cash which remains more popular in the Alpine nation than in many other places.

#Nehammer said in a statement on Friday that “more & more people are concerned that cash could be restricted as a means of payment in #Austria.” His office said that the “uncertainty” is fueled by contradictory information & reports.

https://apnews.com/article/austria-cash-constitution-proposal-e63078b1682b375a84d0132857374e43

The Impending #Privacy Threat of Self-Driving Cars

With innovations often come unintended consequences—one of which is the massive collection of data required for an autonomous vehicle to function.

#selfdriving #autonomousvehicles #autonomous #autonomouscars

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/08/impending-privacy-threat-self-driving-cars

#Microsoft comes under blistering criticism for “grossly irresponsible” #security https://arstechnica.com/?p=1958508

#Canon warns #printer users to manually wipe #Wi-Fi settings before discarding

#privacy

https://arstechnica.com/?p=1958242

Looks like I have some reading to do.

The four-count #indictment reveals new details about a dark chapter in modern American history, detailing handwritten notes from former Vice President Mike #Pence about Trump’s relentless goading as well as how #Trump sought to exploit the violence of the Jan. 6, 2021 riot to remain in office.

#J6 #JAN6

https://apnews.com/article/trump-indicted-jan-6-investigation-special-counsel-debb59bb7a4d9f93f7e2dace01feccdc