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Here’s another case, this time from the Netherlands, demonstrating the Iron Law of Data Collection. Modern cars all collect information on the car’s operation. Accident investigators love this type of information because it tells them the vehicle’s speed, braking, and … Continue reading →

The new hotness in law enforcement is reverse warrants. Those are warrants that aren’t targeted at an individual but specify some criterion and seek to identify all individuals who meet that criterion. The most common example is the so-called geofence … Continue reading →

It won’t come as a surprise to anyone with the slightest bit of skepticism or, indeed, two brain cells to rub together that Google’s replacement for cookies, FLoC, is a privacy nightmare. Google, of course, is touting the system as … Continue reading →

Speaking of governments supplying examples of the Iron Law of Data Collection, one of the US Government’s most notorious abusers of data collection and constitutional protections whose TLA is not NSA, has stepped up to provide yet another example. The … Continue reading →

It’s no secret that we here at Irreal are adamantly opposed to surveillance. That includes the casual monitoring of our communications by the government but especially the hoovering up of our every actions by the malevolent adtech industry. It’s a … Continue reading →

In what could be considered a corollary to The Iron Law of Data Collection1, the UK’s GCHQ (their version of the American NSA) has informed Parliament that their use of bulk device hacking—originally promised to be used sparingly only in … Continue reading →

What could go wrong? The iron law of data collection, that’s what. It’s been a while since I’ve written about the iron law, so here’s a quick recap: The iron law states: Whenever the government (or anyone else for that … Continue reading →

BuzzFeed—I know, I know—is reporting that the Treasury Department is now spying on Americans and their financial data. As the late, great Jimmy Durante used to say, “Everybody wants to get into the act.” This spying is so egregious that … Continue reading →