the study of apps

*The FBI Just Put White Nationalists and Neo-Nazis on the Same Threat Level as [PISSI].*

I think that the right-wing extremists are far more dangerous in the US than Islamists. There are other parts of the world where Islamist terrorists are a substantial threat, but they don't have much power here.

*Virginia will eliminate a state holiday honoring Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson. It'll make Election Day a day off instead.*

Chinese live under the total surveillance of a totalitarian state. The new face recognition systems can recognize people even wearing masks. And the systems automatically judge everything people do.

In the special emergency of the coronavirus epidemic, I might consider tracking justified as an emergency measure. It could, potentially, save thousands of lives, maybe even millions. I would pay the price of being surveilled to achieve that — if it were used only to prevent the spread of the epidemic, and would be removed when the disease is eradicated.

But once a country gets people used to surveillance, it won't stop surveilling people, and mission-creep is sure to follow.

Meanwhile, the US government uses location data from a commercial database to track unauthorized immigrants. The database is fueled by malicious phone apps.

*West Virginia Legislation Would Make Civil Disobedience Against Gas Pipelines a Felony.*