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Australia's new data retention laws

samedi 9 mai 2015 à 14:00

Edward Snowden Says Australia's New Data Retention Laws Are 'Dangerous'.

Baltimore thugs threaten to sue prosecutor

samedi 9 mai 2015 à 14:00

Arrogant Baltimore thugs threaten to sue prosecutor Mosby, claiming she is "unprofessional". By their definition, a "professional" prosecutor would never prosecute a thug.

Bank clients' phone and location records

samedi 9 mai 2015 à 14:00

Banks are studying the idea of using clients' phone call and location records to decide about loans.

The algorithms used to evaluate the call records would be created by "machine learning", meaning they are opaque. Thus, a bank could easily develop an algorithm that effectively discriminates based on race, without making it explicit. It would be easy for some algorithm to use the phone data to produce a result 99% equivalent to "You're black" or "You live in neighborhood X".

We must make it illegal for banks to ask for or obtain these data.

Filming US thugs

samedi 9 mai 2015 à 14:00

US thugs are aware that videos threaten their ability to commit crimes with impunity; they often attack the people who make the videos, frame them, and steal the equipment to erase the videos.

We need to prosecute and jail the thugs that attack the citizens' truth squad.

Customers sue Wells Fargo Bank for fraud

samedi 9 mai 2015 à 14:00

Customers of Wells Fargo Bank are suing the bank for fraud. It seems that bank staff were pressured to open phony accounts in customers' names. When they were caught doing so, the bank hardly punished them.

If our government were not working for the banksters, it would prosecute the bank and specific executives.