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Sure, we all love secure communications. And government officials shouldn't be afraid of using encrypted communication options. But they need to remember their obligations to the public. Security can often be converted to obscurity. And yet, government officials migrate towards encrypted messaging options, but not for security reasons. Instead, they choose the same options they…

Posts about child protective services written by Tim Cushing, Techdirt, and Michael Ho

Governments set up rules governing how they govern. Then they ignore them. So, what's the point? Is it a nod to decorum before the proverbial government party guest throws up in the bathtub and hits on your mom? If the law says an entry order or warrant is needed to enter people's homes to investigate…

Posts about thrifty written by Tim Cushing

8 posts published by Tim Cushing, Mike Masnick, Gretchen Heckmann, and Karl Bode on October 26, 2022

Posts about car theft written by Tim Cushing and Techdirt

Posts about investigatory records written by Tim Cushing

There have been some pretty garbage responses to California's amendment of its open records laws, which rolls back the extreme level of opacity shielding police misconduct records. The City of Inglewood gave its police force a zero-accountability parting gift by granting it permission to destroy hundreds of officer-involved shooting files just prior to the new…

Posts about car rentals written by Tim Cushing and Techdirt

Open records laws were passed because governments simply aren't interested in voluntarily sharing their documents with the people that foot the bill for both the people and the paper. But governments have to pass these laws, in essence forcing transparency upon themselves. Since most governments seem to be more interested in opacity, massive holes in…