Police State

At least 700,000 routers have security flaw that has gone unfixed for four years. That means spy agencies are exploiting it.

New Zealand Customs wants power to demand passwords and encryption keys. Coming soon to the US. Governments are turning electronics into a liability instead of a benefit.

Great quote:

"“The game is rigged, the network is bugged, the government talks double-speak, the courts are complicit and there’s nothing you can do about it.”—David Kravets, reporting for Wired"

Pithy.

Chevy Malibu will snitch on your teen if he breaks the speed limit. Foolish parents think this is a good thing. This will soon become mandatory for all drivers.

Ohio man exonerated after 39 years in prison received $1 million for his trouble.

"He and two brothers were convicted on the basis of the testimony of a 13-year-old boy who said that he witnessed the killing of Harold Franks. The boy, Eddie Vernon, was on a school bus a block away with other children at the time. He later recanted his account as an adult."

That's ridiculous. He should own the Ohio government. What this article doesn't report is how prosecutors pressured the boy to lie.

"Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Timothy McGinty said the case fell apart after witness Eddie Vernon recanted, The Plain Dealer reported, saying that Vernon said he had been fed details of the crime by police and kept quiet about his lies because investigators had threatened to imprison his parents."

This happens every day.