@XLabRocks

Preparing for the tech-policy battles of the near-future through bold policy interventions, privacy-conscious tech dev, and novel business models.

 Washington, DC
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Joined April 2014
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Know where your elected members stood on #broadbandprivacy. *Senate votes: senate.gov/legislative/LIS/r… *House votes: clerk.house.gov/evs/2017/rol…
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With this week's talk of Section 702, here's how @danielschuman & @SeanVitka think it should be reformed: justsecurity.org/39142/drawi…

Drawing a Line on Mass Surveillance: How Congress Must Reform Section 702

RAF Menwith Hill in the United Kingdom, host to U.S. National Security Agency facilities. On Monday, members of the House Intelligence Committee held an open hearing into Russian involvement in the...

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Something good from Congress?? House just passed #EmailPrivacyAct to stop unconst. surveillance. Senate, let’s go! huffingtonpost.com/entry/us-…
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Civil Liberty champion @PGEddington tells Congress to put up or shut up re: supposed Russian hacking of US election: thehill.com/blogs/congress-b…
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Obama's surveillance legacy & @realDonaldTrump's opportunity to champion Civil Liberty csmonitor.com/World/Passcode… by @XLabRocks @saschameinrath

Opinion: Obama's surveillance legacy

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Opinion: Obama's surveillance legacy via @XLabRocks @saschameinrath csmonitor.com/World/Passcode…
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Big news: @xychelsea Manning is on President Obama's shortlist for commutation. @POTUS, please give her #timeserved! nbcnews.com/news/us-news/arm…

He has her on the 'short list,' but will Obama free Chelsea Manning?

A Justice Department source says a decision could come Wednesday for Manning, who was sentenced for swiping military files and diplomatic cables.

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Opinion: What some lawmakers still don't get about encryption csmonitor.com/World/Passcode…
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#Facebook check ins backing #NoDAPL show activists working to blunt #surveillance @XLabRocks @fightfortheftr goo.gl/bIK8Bh – at Baltimore, MD
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Threshold issue on #Rule41 from @Robyn_Greene of @OTI: The law hasn't authorized hacking, and because of that there are no rules of the road
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.@NACDL Rules of Procedure co-chair Peter Goldberger: The Rule 41 change is a deceptive effort to get a substance change through a procedure
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30,000 Americans are demanding @ChuckGrassley call a hearing on #Rule41. It's time to #stopmasshacking now! cc @GrassleyPress
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EFF
@EFF28 Sep 2016
Representative @Farenthold on the changes to Rule 41: "The Fourth Amendment is in jeopardy." Learn more at noglobalwarrants.org
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@EFF15 Sep 2016
Executive secrecy "is criminalizing transparency to protect illegitimate uses of power," says EFF's @sheeyahshee fair.org/home/we-are-crimina…
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Today, the world's three leading human rights groups, @ACLU, @Amnesty, and @HRW asked the President to reconsider the war on whistleblowers.
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@EFF18 Aug 2016
Tell @FCC to stop harmful—and discriminatory—interference with cell networks by police cell-site simulators act.eff.org/action/tell-fcc-…
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.@XLabRocks @karlgrindal & @JeffLandale say Dem tech platform should ask for CFAA reform & NSA changes csmonitor.com/World/Passcode…
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Beyond the Crypto Wars: Outcomes from #CryptoSummit 2.0 buff.ly/29RTuo3
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reason
@reason14 Jul 2016
The Fourth Amendment Gets Its Own House Caucus to Demand Its Respect bit.ly/29Bz9DD
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After two years of work -- chalking this up in the "SUCCESS" column! xitter.cf/XLabRocks/status/75360…
X-Lab@XLabRocks14 Jul 2016
Missed #FourthAmendment Caucus launch? Watch here w/ @justinamash , @RepZoeLofgren , @TulsiGabbard & @RepTedLieu youtube.com/watch?v=6RK1HjAK…
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