At 11:36 am on March 18, 2006, PogoWasRight.org’s co-founder “Anonadmin” (aka “Ziplock”) posted our very first news item on PogoWasRight.org. The 20,000 posts that were on Pogo’s first blog platform are archived on our drives, but since then, there have been another 22,600 posts on this WordPress version and an additional 35,850 posts on the…
DOGE Staffer Broke Treasury Rules Transmitting Personal Data
Gregory Korte and Erik Larson A staffer for the Department of Government Efficiency violated Treasury Department policies when he sent a spreadsheet containing personal information to two other people in the Trump administration, a federal official revealed in a court filing Friday. That DOGE staffer was Marko Elez, who left his job tracking Treasury payments…
Everything you say to your Echo will be sent to Amazon starting on March 28
Scharon Harding reports: Since Amazon announced plans for a generative AI version of Alexa, we were concerned about user privacy. With Alexa+ rolling out to Amazon Echo devices in the coming weeks, we’re getting a clearer view at the privacy concessions people will have to make to maximize usage of the AI voice assistant and avoid bricking functionality…
Taking $200 Out of an ATM Should Not Trigger Federal Financial Surveillance
Joe Lancaster writes: One of President Donald Trump’s Day 1 executive orders designated “certain international cartels” as “foreign terrorist organizations,” a classification that according to the State Department “play[s] a critical role in our fight against terrorism and [is] an effective means of curtailing support for terrorist activities and pressuring groups to get out of the terrorism business.” To that end,…