2026-10-25 18:01SURVEILLANCEFlock Camera Abuse: Research DigestFlock Safety's August announcement of new privacy safeguards -- seven-day default data retention, offense-based sharing filters, and mandatory audit detection -- landed l…2026-10-24 18:01LAW & MAKING3D Printing and CNC Manufacturing Laws: Research DigestA new legal strategy for controlling homemade firearms has arrived, and it does not target the guns or the people making them. It targets the machines. California, New Yo…2026-10-24 03:01LAW & MAKING3D Printing CNC Manufacturing Laws: Research DigestThe 3D printing and digital manufacturing law story in 2026 is a rare case of state-level policy moving faster than federal action, and doing so on both sides of the issu…2026-10-22 03:00LAW & MAKING3D Printing & CNC Manufacturing Laws, Research DigestThe 3D printing and CNC manufacturing law wave of 2026 is the most significant expansion of firearm-adjacent regulation since the ghost gun rules (and it reaches far beyo…2026-10-21 18:00LAW & MAKING3D Printing & CNC Manufacturing Laws, Research DigestIn 2026, the legislative assault on digital manufacturing crossed a line that should alarm anyone who makes things (not just gun owners. The target was always going to be…2026-10-21 18:00SURVEILLANCEFlock Camera Abuse, Research DigestThe Flock Safety backlash is no longer a niche privacy complaint, it is a full-blown crisis of legitimacy for one of the fastest-growing surveillance vendors in America. …2026-10-20 10:04SURVEILLANCEFlock Cameras: Jackson Ends Its Contract, Tempe Votes a Ban, and the Surveillance Just Moves Next DoorThe point of a license-plate reader network was never that it photographs cars. It is that every car, everywhere, becomes searchable by any cop, anywhere, without a warra…2026-10-20 03:00SURVEILLANCEFlock Camera Abuse, Research DigestNPR (August 22, 2026): Dozens of cities have canceled their contracts with Flock Safety, with about 100 cities having deactivated cameras, rejected deals, or cancelled co…
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