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California Surveillance Equipment Bill Gains Important Amendments with Urging of Privacy Rights Advocates; Passes Committee

Post author By restorethe4th
Post date May 26, 2017
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UPDATE: (5/31/17) SB21 passed the California State Senate 21-15, and now will move on to the Assembly. SB 21 was filed in December by state Sen. Jerry Hill (D-San Mateo), proposing that all new law enforcement surveillance equipment to be first approved by local government. The approval process would require agencies to submit a Surveillance Use Policy at […]

Tags ACLU, committee, EFF, law enforcement, Oakland Privacy, policy, Restore the 4th, Restore the Fourth, SB21, surveillance

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Restore the Fourth represents strong at HOPE XI

Post author By restorethe4th
Post date July 27, 2016
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Restore the Fourth had a strong showing from around the country at this year’s HOPE XI conference. Brian Hofer and aestetix of RT4 San Francisco hosted the talk ‘Spy Hard with a Vengeance: How One City Stood Up to the Department of Homeland Security‘ regarding their fight against a DHS Domain Awareness Center in Oakland, […]

Tags 2600, activism, activists, aestetix, Alex Marthews, Brian Hofer, chilling, chills, conference, DAC, DHS, fongaboo, hacker conference, hackers, HOPE, HOPE XI, privacy, security, surveillance, technology, Zaki Manian