Facebook demands LAPD end social media surveillance and use of fake accounts https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/18/facebook-lapd-social-media-surveillance-fake-accounts
There may be a steep privacy cost if you park at this Trader Joe’s https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2021-11-09/column-trader-joes-parking-app
Truckload of GPUs stolen on their way out of San Francisco https://www.theregister.com/2021/11/08/evga_gpu_theft/
California passes law targeting Amazon labor algorithms https://www.theverge.com/2021/9/9/22664846/amazon-labor-algorithms-warehouse-newsom-california-senate
Oakland police give FBI “unfettered access” to license plate reader data, according to lawsuit https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2021/09/04/oakland-police-give-fbi-unfettered-access-to-license-plate-reader-data-according-to-lawsuit/
LAPD officers told to collect social media data on every civilian they stop https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/sep/08/revealed-los-angeles-police-officers-gathering-social-media
A Los Angeles man who hacked thousands of iCloud accounts and collected nude photos has pleaded guilty https://www.realmicentral.com/2021/08/25/a-los-angeles-man-who-hacked-thousands-of-icloud-accounts-and-collected-nude-photos-has-pleaded-guilty/
Decoding California’s New Digital Vaccine Records and Potential Dangers https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/06/decoding-californias-new-digital-vaccine-records-and-potential-dangers
50,000 security disasters waiting to happen: The problem of America’s water supplies https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/hacker-tried-poison-calif-water-supply-was-easy-entering-password-rcna1206
EFF tells California Court that Forensic Software Source Code Must Be Disclosed to the Defendant https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/05/eff-tells-california-court-forensic-software-source-code-must-be-disclosed
Grand jury subpoena for Signal user data, Central District of California https://signal.org/bigbrother/central-california-grand-jury/
Police Took And Uploaded 114,155 License Plate Tracking Scans AN HOUR Into A Universal Database To Track And Predict Every Americans’ Travel Habits https://www.thewashingtongazette.com/2021/04/data-driven-2-california-dragnetnew.html
California is banning companies from using ‘dark patterns,’ a sneaky website design that makes things like canceling a subscription frustratingly difficult https://www.businessinsider.com/what-are-dark-patterns-2021-3
EFF Joins Effort to Restrict Automated License Plate Readers in California https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/01/eff-joins-effort-restrict-automated-license-plate-readers-california
Why Are Prosecutors Keeping a Huge, Secretive DNA Database in Orange County? https://www.vice.com/en/article/4ade3g/why-are-prosecutors-keeping-a-huge-secretive-dna-database-in-orange-county