The Second Circuit holds that no warrant and no suspicion is needed to search a citizen's cell phone at the border. According to the court, per Judge Menashi, the border search exception authorizes searches to find criminals crossing the border, and Riley does not apply. #N

Scoop: Intelligence officials have told the Hill that they need to pass a FISA Section 702 reauthorization bill by Thanksgiving to avoid a lapse in the spring for the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, per multiple sources. Takes several months to make arguments at the court before its certification expires. Reporting w/ @briana_reilly @AnthonyAdragna

Jacob is correct here—we really do earnestly believe AI could kill all humans! I personally think it is >10% within the next decade. I believe Anthropic is trying its best, but we do not yet have a plan to solve alignment for superintelligence and are not clearly on track to.

Really good article from a cop who has used Flock pretty extensively. This excerpt stood out to me the most. Despite what the anecdotal hysteria suggests, tools like Flock make it less likely for officers to pull over the wrong person. Read it here: worksinprogress.news/p/a-cop…

"These cameras, the license plate readers — I think it’s out of control...When I see like a police officer using this to track like an ex-girlfriend I’m like you know, what the hell’s going on with this...I don’t want to have this become a surveillance state" - DeSantis on Flock

STOP FLOCK. STOP AI MASS SURVEILLANCE. Totalitarianism is when a government or another entity with overwhelming power seeks to know, control and influence everything you do, say and even think. I fear very much that if we don't act aggressively, that is where we’re heading. You may not know it, but you may already be being tracked by artificial intelligence. Flock, a surveillance company backed by Big Tech oligarchs like Marc Andreessen and Peter Thiel, has installed more than 120,000 AI-powered surveillance cameras across America. These AI cameras scan and record 20 BILLION vehicles every month across more than 6,000 communities. What does that mean for you? It means that if Flock is in your community, every time you leave your house, a Flock camera records and tracks you. If you are dropping your kids off at school, Flock knows. If you are going to a doctor, Flock knows. If you are going out on a date, Flock knows. And that’s not all. Newer Flock cameras do not just record vehicles. They record people. Flock’s AI system can combine images of you and your vehicle with databases of phone numbers, relatives and court records to find out who you are, where you're going and why. In my view, this raises some very fundamental questions. Do we want to live in an America where AI companies like Flock can work with the government to track our every movement? Do we want to live in an America where our privacy rights and civil liberties — enshrined in the Constitution — are traded away so that AI oligarchs can collect more information, and increase their profits even more? The answer must be NO. We cannot allow America to become a surveillance state where a handful of AI oligarchs profit by giving the government the power to track our every movement. We must come together to stop Flock and AI mass surveillance. That is why I will soon be introducing legislation to do just that.

"What we have to prioritize as a country is compromise." Flock Safety CEO Garrett Langley argues Americans shouldn't be forced to choose between privacy and safety as lawmakers debate restrictions on public safety technology. Langley says he values his own family's privacy, but argues an outright ban goes too far. His comparison: America didn't ban cars because of the risks. It created laws to make them safer.

For years you all willingly paid your speed camera fines and peacefully drove through EZ Pass lanes. BUT Flock is just beyond the pale, a provocation requiring a response of vandalism and domestic terrorism? This makes no sense to me.

Here’s a long list of news stories about times Flock cameras have stopped crime flockstopscrime.com/

Ever feel like you're being watched? You might be right. But Flock Safety cameras aren't interested in you—unless you're a kidnapper, a thief, or up to no good. @SulkinMaya dives into why people need to stop destroying tech that's actually stopping crime.