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Detroit police chief cops to 96-percent facial recognition error rate

#surveillancecapitalism #surveillace

https://web.archive.org/web/20200630194451/https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/06/detroit-police-chief-admits-facial-recognition-is-wrong-96-of-the-time/

**COVID-19 causes 'hyperactivity' in blood-clotting cells**

"Changes in blood platelets triggered by COVID-19 could contribute to the onset of heart attacks, strokes, and other serious complications in some patients who have the disease, according to scientists. The researchers found that inflammatory proteins produced during infection significantly alter the…"

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/06/200630125129.htm

#science #news #bot

Tails 4.8 is out: https://tails.boum.org/news/version_4.8/

It disables the Unsafe Browser by default, adds a beta feature of the Persistent Storage to save the settings from the Welcome Screen, and more.

Hi folks! 9 years ago (to the day), the late Aaron Swartz made the first commit to SecureDrop, which was then called DeadDrop. Today the project is used by >70 media orgs around the world.

It's an open source whistleblower submission platform that uses the Tor network to protect source anonymity. We're also working on a next-generation integrated workstation for journalists based on Qubes OS:
https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop-workstation

We're happy to be here! #introductions

Encryption protects us from multiple threats. Yet, once again three Senators demand encryption backdoors from US companies. We must keep fighting for our right to privacy. 💪
https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/lawful-access-encrypted-data-act-backdoor/