A Swan Song for Digital Control? The timing is difficult to ignore. As US Representative Darrell Issa prepares to conclude a long career in Congress at the end of this year, he has introduced legislation Read More
The Architected Disintegration of Trust The real danger isn’t merely that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has appointed eight new members to the US Preventive Services Task Force; it’s the insidious precedent this move Read More
The Faustian Bargain for California’s Internet The price of internet access in rural California may soon be paid in regulatory concessions, not just dollars. Sacramento finds itself in a profound bind, contemplating a nearly $2 Read More
The Network Imperative Meets Local Control Boston just offered a stark lesson in the hidden architecture of urban surveillance. Its recent decision to abandon a trial with Flock Safety’s Automated License Plate Reader (ALPR) Read More
The ‘No FLOCK’ Act: Standardizing the Surveillance State A curious tension defines the emerging battle over automated license plate readers (ALPRs) in the United States. While US Congressmen Raja Krishnamoorthi and Michael Cloud position their Read More
The Facade of Digital Identity in Online Litigation A bizarre twist in a copyright lawsuit against some of the internet’s most exclusive private torrent trackers — PassThePopcorn, BroadcasTheNet, and HDBits — exposes a fundamental and often Read More
The Deceptive Lure of Unofficial Authority A recent dispatch noted Robert F. Kennedy Jr., described as “US Health Secretary,” slated to deliver a keynote at an anti-vaccine conference alongside the discredited former doctor Andrew Wakefield. Read More
The Asymmetry of Algorithmic Demand Seven thousand complaints to the UK’s housing ombudsman last year, up from 2,600 just two years prior. A five-fold increase in grievances hitting the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. These Read More
The Quiet Resilience of the Health Machine As autumn leaves begin to turn, pharmacies across the United States are already pinging phones, deploying texts, and hanging flyers for this season’s updated flu and COVID-19 Read More
The Quiet Erosion of NASA’s Talent Pipeline The establishment of an “emeritus” status for decorated astronauts like Reid Wiseman and Victor Glover is not merely a bureaucratic tweak to a retirement program; it is Read More