Digital Fourth
@digital4th.bsky.social
The Massachusetts campaign to protect ourselves & our data from unconstitutional government surveillance. Based in Cambridge, Belmont, Boston and Somerville since 2012. Sign up at www.warrantless.org
Victory in Cambridge! With the help of @aclum.bsky.social, @masspirates.bsky.social , @cambridgedsa.bsky.social, @aaup.org and all the members of the public who testified against it, we have ended the use of Flock Safety cameras in Cambridge, MA!
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City cancels deal for license plate tech - Cambridge Day
Cambridge drops Flock Safety after company acknowledges it installed cameras against the orders of the city council.
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December 17, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Victory in Cambridge! With the help of @aclum.bsky.social, @masspirates.bsky.social , @cambridgedsa.bsky.social, @aaup.org and all the members of the public who testified against it, we have ended the use of Flock Safety cameras in Cambridge, MA!
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www.cambridgeday.com/2025/12/10/c...
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Thanks to @purplebandanna.bsky.social , @digital4th.bsky.social and others for coming out today. Looking forward to coming back to @boston-a-bookfair.bsky.social tomorrow. See you at noon!
We will have a Pirate Meetup @boston-a-bookfair.bsky.social this weekend. Come out to support the bookfair, meet fellow pirates and find Ring cameras in the neighborhood. We'll meet at the 5 Callender Street entrance at noon.
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November 1, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Thanks to @purplebandanna.bsky.social , @digital4th.bsky.social and others for coming out today. Looking forward to coming back to @boston-a-bookfair.bsky.social tomorrow. See you at noon!
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Podcast: ICE's 'Backdoor' Into a Nationwide AI Surveillance Network
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Podcast: ICE's 'Backdoor' Into a Nationwide AI Surveillance Network
How ICE is accessing data from Flock cameras; a new invasive surveillance product; and the radical changes made at AI platform Civitai.
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May 29, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Podcast: ICE's 'Backdoor' Into a Nationwide AI Surveillance Network
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New: DHS tells police to brace for the anti-ICE movement to grow much bigger in threat bulletins last month that lists ordinary behavior, like riding a skateboard or livestreaming, as threatening to law enforcement.
By me w/ records by @propertyofthepeople.org:
By me w/ records by @propertyofthepeople.org:
Skateboards and Livestreams: DHS Tells Police That Common Protest Activities Are ‘Violent Tactics’
DHS is urging law enforcement to treat even skateboarding and livestreaming as signs of violent intent during a protest, turning everyday behavior into a pretext for police action.
www.wired.com
July 10, 2025 at 10:17 PM
New: DHS tells police to brace for the anti-ICE movement to grow much bigger in threat bulletins last month that lists ordinary behavior, like riding a skateboard or livestreaming, as threatening to law enforcement.
By me w/ records by @propertyofthepeople.org:
By me w/ records by @propertyofthepeople.org:
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Police who keep their identities secret are, quite literally, secret police. I don’t know why this is even controversial. You don’t get to yank people off the streets while hiding your face and identity and still retain the respectability of an accountable, democratic police force.
“Secret police” are your words, not mine. Seems like you’ve been giving them a lot of thought.
Unlike NYPD, your agents don’t identify themselves & wear masks that cover their faces. Now they ignore judges’ rulings, too.
What law enforcement agents are supposed to uphold … is the rule of law.
Unlike NYPD, your agents don’t identify themselves & wear masks that cover their faces. Now they ignore judges’ rulings, too.
What law enforcement agents are supposed to uphold … is the rule of law.
July 9, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Police who keep their identities secret are, quite literally, secret police. I don’t know why this is even controversial. You don’t get to yank people off the streets while hiding your face and identity and still retain the respectability of an accountable, democratic police force.
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July 1, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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Don't get excited, Flock is training law enforcement agencies on what to write in the search reason field. Functionally just telling them to stop using terms like "abortion," "ICE", & "immigration"
Surveillance can't provide safety because it isn't designed to. Surveillance is control, not safety
Surveillance can't provide safety because it isn't designed to. Surveillance is control, not safety
Flock Removes States From National Lookup Tool After ICE and Abortion Searches Revealed
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Flock Removes States From National Lookup Tool After ICE and Abortion Searches Revealed
Following 404 Media’s reporting and in light of new legislation, automatic license plate reader (ALPR) company Flock has stopped agencies reaching into cameras in California, Illinois, and Virginia.
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June 25, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Don't get excited, Flock is training law enforcement agencies on what to write in the search reason field. Functionally just telling them to stop using terms like "abortion," "ICE", & "immigration"
Surveillance can't provide safety because it isn't designed to. Surveillance is control, not safety
Surveillance can't provide safety because it isn't designed to. Surveillance is control, not safety
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Deadline to submit comment to Seattle IT against SPD's proposed expansions of CCTV cameras & FUSUS is tomorrow 6/23. stopsurveillancecity.wordpress.com/take-action/
Nashville stopped pursuing FUSUS in April due to Trump & ICE's ability to access it nashvillebanner.com/2025/04/28/m...
Nashville stopped pursuing FUSUS in April due to Trump & ICE's ability to access it nashvillebanner.com/2025/04/28/m...
June 22, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Deadline to submit comment to Seattle IT against SPD's proposed expansions of CCTV cameras & FUSUS is tomorrow 6/23. stopsurveillancecity.wordpress.com/take-action/
Nashville stopped pursuing FUSUS in April due to Trump & ICE's ability to access it nashvillebanner.com/2025/04/28/m...
Nashville stopped pursuing FUSUS in April due to Trump & ICE's ability to access it nashvillebanner.com/2025/04/28/m...
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So according to ICE, there was a pack of armed masked men *pretending* to be them at Dodger Stadium?
Uh ....
Uh ....
This is so pathetic. They really think that we will trust their word over our own eyes, again and again. This kind of Big Lie was far more effective pre-ubiquitous camera phones.
June 20, 2025 at 1:43 AM
So according to ICE, there was a pack of armed masked men *pretending* to be them at Dodger Stadium?
Uh ....
Uh ....
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In a time when Texas cops can run nationwide searches for women seeking reproductive care, automated traffic cameras aren't all they're cracked up to be:
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The Risks of Automated Traffic Enforcement – Digital Fourth (RT4 – Boston)
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June 17, 2025 at 12:34 PM
In a time when Texas cops can run nationwide searches for women seeking reproductive care, automated traffic cameras aren't all they're cracked up to be:
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Don’t Ban Masks At Protests – Digital Fourth (RT4 – Boston)
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June 17, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Massachusetts can #ChoosePrivacy if it wants to.
And right now, it really should.
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And right now, it really should.
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Pass the Mass Digital Privacy Act – Digital Fourth (RT4 – Boston)
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June 17, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Massachusetts can #ChoosePrivacy if it wants to.
And right now, it really should.
warrantless.org/2025/06/it-d...
And right now, it really should.
warrantless.org/2025/06/it-d...
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“A deranged maniac impersonated a police officer and killed lawmakers but if you’re an immigrant be sure you immediately comply with plain clothes people who won’t identify themselves telling you to get in a van”, what a fuckin country
June 14, 2025 at 4:33 PM
“A deranged maniac impersonated a police officer and killed lawmakers but if you’re an immigrant be sure you immediately comply with plain clothes people who won’t identify themselves telling you to get in a van”, what a fuckin country
Last night, Cambridge City Council discussed what they could do about ICE raids, and agreed to have staff formulate appropriate language. Our notes on the discussion are here:
drive.proton.me/urls/BSRWDAD...
City Councils (and Towns) can do more than they think:
warrantless.org/2025/06/our-...
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City Councils (and Towns) can do more than they think:
warrantless.org/2025/06/our-...
Our New “ICE Agent Identification Ordinance” – Digital Fourth (RT4 – Boston)
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June 10, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Last night, Cambridge City Council discussed what they could do about ICE raids, and agreed to have staff formulate appropriate language. Our notes on the discussion are here:
drive.proton.me/urls/BSRWDAD...
City Councils (and Towns) can do more than they think:
warrantless.org/2025/06/our-...
drive.proton.me/urls/BSRWDAD...
City Councils (and Towns) can do more than they think:
warrantless.org/2025/06/our-...
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throwback to that time @dmehro.bsky.social found the location data of people who visited Epstein's island for no reason whatsoever www.wired.com/story/jeffre...
Jeffrey Epstein’s Island Visitors Exposed by Data Broker
A WIRED investigation uncovered coordinates collected by a controversial data broker that reveal sensitive information about visitors to an island once owned by Epstein, the notorious sex offender.
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June 5, 2025 at 7:47 PM
throwback to that time @dmehro.bsky.social found the location data of people who visited Epstein's island for no reason whatsoever www.wired.com/story/jeffre...
Today, we launch a new initiative, to help local elected officials in Massachusetts who are worried about the issue of masked or plain-clothes "ICE agents" conducting raids in our communities.
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DM us if you're interested in ordinance text for your town or city!
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DM us if you're interested in ordinance text for your town or city!
June 5, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Today, we launch a new initiative, to help local elected officials in Massachusetts who are worried about the issue of masked or plain-clothes "ICE agents" conducting raids in our communities.
warrantless.org/2025/06/our-...
DM us if you're interested in ordinance text for your town or city!
warrantless.org/2025/06/our-...
DM us if you're interested in ordinance text for your town or city!
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Troopers in Central Florida appear to have been given direction not to wear their name tags during ICE operations.
‘Remove your name tag:’ Email appears to direct troopers to take off nameplates when working with ICE
One day after more than 100 undocumented immigrants were arrested in Tallahassee with the help of the Florida Highway Patrol, an email shared with News 6 appears to show some troopers in Central Flori...
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May 31, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Troopers in Central Florida appear to have been given direction not to wear their name tags during ICE operations.
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Leaks and official disclosures have repeatedly shown that "gang databases" like this are only good at spending money and putting people in prison - not at keeping people safe or ""predicting"" anything
It's not a matter of the database's (bad) intel or Palantir's software - it's conceptually flawed
It's not a matter of the database's (bad) intel or Palantir's software - it's conceptually flawed
May 30, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Leaks and official disclosures have repeatedly shown that "gang databases" like this are only good at spending money and putting people in prison - not at keeping people safe or ""predicting"" anything
It's not a matter of the database's (bad) intel or Palantir's software - it's conceptually flawed
It's not a matter of the database's (bad) intel or Palantir's software - it's conceptually flawed
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If attempted, this would constitute flagrant violations of the Privacy Act of 1974 www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/t...
Trump Taps Palantir to Compile Data on Americans
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May 30, 2025 at 9:57 AM
If attempted, this would constitute flagrant violations of the Privacy Act of 1974 www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/t...
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New from 404 Media: a cop in Texas performed a nationwide search of license plate reading cameras for a woman who got an abortion, according to multiple sets of data we've reviewed. Included cameras where abortion is legal, like Washington and Illinois www.404media.co/a-texas-cop-...
A Texas Cop Searched License Plate Cameras Nationwide for a Woman Who Got an Abortion
The sheriff said the woman self-administered the abortion and her family were concerned for her safety, so authorities searched through Flock cameras. Experts are still concerned that a cop in a state...
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May 29, 2025 at 5:36 PM
New from 404 Media: a cop in Texas performed a nationwide search of license plate reading cameras for a woman who got an abortion, according to multiple sets of data we've reviewed. Included cameras where abortion is legal, like Washington and Illinois www.404media.co/a-texas-cop-...
We believe it would be lawful for any city or town, to pass an ordinance requiring their police department, in the event of purported ICE agents conducting a raid, to require those agents to identify themselves to police, and to treat the raid as being unlawful if they refuse.
Watch this space.
Watch this space.
Which city will pass a law prohibiting their police from assisting DHS *in any way* with kidnapping, including providing armed security for the kidnappers?
May 29, 2025 at 11:49 PM
We believe it would be lawful for any city or town, to pass an ordinance requiring their police department, in the event of purported ICE agents conducting a raid, to require those agents to identify themselves to police, and to treat the raid as being unlawful if they refuse.
Watch this space.
Watch this space.
The Black Response is organizing folks to turn out for a public hearing this coming Monday, June 2, 12pm-2pm at City Hall, on the audio surveillance technology ShotSpotter, deployed in poorer and higher-minority areas of Cambridge, Somerville and Boston.
End the ShotSpotter contract now!
End the ShotSpotter contract now!
WELCOME TO PUBLIC COMMENT - THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING
WELCOME TO PUBLIC COMMENT - THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING
www.cambridgema.gov
May 29, 2025 at 11:44 PM
The Black Response is organizing folks to turn out for a public hearing this coming Monday, June 2, 12pm-2pm at City Hall, on the audio surveillance technology ShotSpotter, deployed in poorer and higher-minority areas of Cambridge, Somerville and Boston.
End the ShotSpotter contract now!
End the ShotSpotter contract now!
The President wants Harvard to hand over surveillance footage of all protests in the last five years involving at least one Harvard student here on a nonimmigrant visa.
Let's hope they don't have any.
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Let's hope they don't have any.
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DHS Orders Harvard To Hand Over Surveillance Footage Of All Protests “Involving A Nonimmigrant Student” – Digital Fourth (RT4 – Boston)
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May 29, 2025 at 11:38 PM
The President wants Harvard to hand over surveillance footage of all protests in the last five years involving at least one Harvard student here on a nonimmigrant visa.
Let's hope they don't have any.
warrantless.org/2025/05/dhs-...
Let's hope they don't have any.
warrantless.org/2025/05/dhs-...