A wave of attacks on Jewish cemeteries and bomb threats against Jewish community centers might not be anti-Semitic acts but “the reverse,” Donald Trump hinted darkly on Tuesday, according to Josh Shapiro, Pennsylvania’s attorney general. Trump’s apparent embrace of a… Read More ›
Archive for February 2017
Stupid Patent of the Month: IBM Patents Out-of-Office Email
Update: March 1, 2017 Today IBM told Ars Technica that it “has decided to dedicate the patent to the public.” While this is just one patent in IBM’s massive portfolio, we are glad to learn that it has declared it… Read More ›
Tor in Google Summer of Code 2017
Interested in coding on Tor and getting paid for it by Google? If you are a student, we have good news for you: we have been accepted as a mentoring organization for Google Summer of Code 2017! Here’s the facts:… Read More ›
Donald Trump’s Economic Policy Team Is Stacked With Lobbyists and Conflicts of Interest
Donald Trump’s personnel selections have made a complete mockery of his promise to “drain the swamp.” A newly-released list of White House staffers on his National Economic Council — which is helmed by former Goldman Sachs President Gary Cohn — is… Read More ›
Trump Surrogate Suggests Democrats Could Be Behind Bomb Threats Against Jews
Jewish community centers across the United States are operating in a climate of fear after a fifth wave of bomb threats aimed at Jews on Monday that targeted at least 13 community centers and eight schools in a dozen states. A top… Read More ›
Congress May Lack Technical Expertise to Properly Investigate Russian Hacking
Congressional intelligence committee leaders have pledged to examine Russia’s involvement in hacks against Democrats during the 2016 presidential election. As the ranking member of the Senate’s intelligence panel Rep. Adam Schiff put it, “we want to make sure that the… Read More ›
The New Yorker’s Big Cover Story Reveals Five Uncomfortable Truths About U.S. and Russia
The New Yorker is aggressively touting its 13,000-word cover story on Russia and Trump that was bylined by three writers, including the magazine’s editor-in-chief, David Remnick. Beginning with its cover image menacingly featuring Putin, Trump and the magazine’s title in… Read More ›
Trump’s Proposed Increase in U.S. Defense Spending Would Be 80 Percent of Russia’s Entire Military Budget
The U.S. government already spends $600 billion dollars a year on its military – more money than the next seven biggest spenders combined, including China and Russia. On Monday, the White House said it would request $54 billion more in military… Read More ›
After ICE Stakes Out a Church Homeless Shelter, Charities Worry Immigrants Will Fear Getting Help
Two dozen homeless men and women filed out of Rising Hope United Methodist Church, where they had found sanctuary the night before from the wind and brutal cold. Each winter for more than 15 years, the church has acted as an… Read More ›
Data Brokers: Don’t Let Your Data be Used For Human Rights Abuses
EFF, Amnesty International, Color of Change, the Center for Democracy and Technology, and our other coalition partners are urging data brokers to take a stand against government surveillance and discrimination based on religion, national origin, and immigration status. As explained… Read More ›