Dave Maass 🔦
@maassive.bsky.social
Investigations at EFF, researching border and police tech. Scholar in res. at UNR Reynolds School of Journalism. My graphic novel Death Strikes: The Emperor of Atlantis (https://a.co/d/gHsJzAa) is out now from Berger Books/Dark Horse.
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Only two more days to get your applications sent in for Comics Camp. I'm happy to answer any questions!
...Although, any s'mores related questions should be directed to @mariancall.bsky.social
...Although, any s'mores related questions should be directed to @mariancall.bsky.social
2026 Comics Camp Application
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November 22, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Only two more days to get your applications sent in for Comics Camp. I'm happy to answer any questions!
...Although, any s'mores related questions should be directed to @mariancall.bsky.social
...Although, any s'mores related questions should be directed to @mariancall.bsky.social
Here are the law enforcement agencies who searched Flock Safety's ALPR database related to this year's No Kings protests.
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
November 22, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Here are the law enforcement agencies who searched Flock Safety's ALPR database related to this year's No Kings protests.
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
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“This is a wake-up call for leaders: Flock (ALPR) technology is a threat to our core democratic values,” EFF’s @Maassive.bsky.social told @404media.co. www.404media.co/cops-used-f...
Cops Used Flock to Monitor No Kings Protests Around the Country
A massive cache of Flock lookups collated by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) shows as many as 50 federal, state, and local agencies used Flock during protests over the last year.
www.404media.co
November 21, 2025 at 10:57 PM
“This is a wake-up call for leaders: Flock (ALPR) technology is a threat to our core democratic values,” EFF’s @Maassive.bsky.social told @404media.co. www.404media.co/cops-used-f...
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Cops all over the country used Flock to surveil No Kings protesters, public records show: www.404media.co/cops-used-fl...
Cops Used Flock to Monitor No Kings Protests Around the Country
A massive cache of Flock lookups collated by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) shows as many as 50 federal, state, and local agencies used Flock during protests over the last year.
www.404media.co
November 21, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Cops all over the country used Flock to surveil No Kings protesters, public records show: www.404media.co/cops-used-fl...
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A massive cache of Flock lookups collated by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) shows as many as 50 federal, state, and local agencies used Flock during protests over the last year.
Cops Used Flock to Monitor No Kings Protests Around the Country
A massive cache of Flock lookups collated by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) shows as many as 50 federal, state, and local agencies used Flock during protests over the last year.
www.404media.co
November 21, 2025 at 12:30 AM
A massive cache of Flock lookups collated by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) shows as many as 50 federal, state, and local agencies used Flock during protests over the last year.
Cops around the country searched Flock Safety ALPR databases related to the No Kings protests.
It's no secret that 2025 has given Americans plenty to protest about. But as news cameras showed protesters filling streets of cities across the country, cops were watching those streets through different lenses: Flock Safety license plate readers that tracked every car. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
How Cops Are Using Flock Safety's ALPR Network to Surveil Protesters
Through an analysis of 10 months of nationwide searches on Flock Safety's servers, we discovered that more than 50 federal, state, and local agencies ran hundreds of searches through Flock's national
www.eff.org
November 21, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Cops around the country searched Flock Safety ALPR databases related to the No Kings protests.
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NEW: We're suing the DOJ and DHS to get their emails demanding Apple, Google, and Facebook remove apps tracking immigration activity www.eff.org/document/com...
Complaint - EFF v. DOJ, DHS (ICE tracking apps)
001_complaint.pdf
www.eff.org
November 20, 2025 at 4:32 PM
NEW: We're suing the DOJ and DHS to get their emails demanding Apple, Google, and Facebook remove apps tracking immigration activity www.eff.org/document/com...
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Brought to you by the @eff.org and MuckRock, the Foilies “honor” the institutions and individuals most determined to keep the public in the dark.
It’s that magical time of year again: Foilies submissions are open. www.muckrock.com/news/archive...
It’s that magical time of year again: Foilies submissions are open. www.muckrock.com/news/archive...
It’s time to name and shame: Let us know 2025’s worst transparency offenders with a Foilies nomination!
Brought to you by the Electronic Frontier Foundation and MuckRock, the Foilies “honor” the institutions and individuals most determined to keep the public in the dark.
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November 19, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Brought to you by the @eff.org and MuckRock, the Foilies “honor” the institutions and individuals most determined to keep the public in the dark.
It’s that magical time of year again: Foilies submissions are open. www.muckrock.com/news/archive...
It’s that magical time of year again: Foilies submissions are open. www.muckrock.com/news/archive...
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🚨BREAKING NEWS🚨
We're suing the city of San Jose for its pervasive ALPR surveillance program. With nearly 500 ALPRs, the SJPD allows its officers to search millions of records, all without a warrant. These unconstitutional searches must be stopped. Read the complaint: www.eff.org/cases/siren...
We're suing the city of San Jose for its pervasive ALPR surveillance program. With nearly 500 ALPRs, the SJPD allows its officers to search millions of records, all without a warrant. These unconstitutional searches must be stopped. Read the complaint: www.eff.org/cases/siren...
SIREN and CAIR-CA v. San Jose
The San Jose Police Department has blanketed the city’s roadways with nearly five hundred Automatic License Plate Readers (ALPRs). The police department uses this unblinking surveillance network to
www.eff.org
November 18, 2025 at 6:43 PM
🚨BREAKING NEWS🚨
We're suing the city of San Jose for its pervasive ALPR surveillance program. With nearly 500 ALPRs, the SJPD allows its officers to search millions of records, all without a warrant. These unconstitutional searches must be stopped. Read the complaint: www.eff.org/cases/siren...
We're suing the city of San Jose for its pervasive ALPR surveillance program. With nearly 500 ALPRs, the SJPD allows its officers to search millions of records, all without a warrant. These unconstitutional searches must be stopped. Read the complaint: www.eff.org/cases/siren...
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Activists in more and more cities are pressuring local elected officials to rethink their automated license plate reader contracts, or at least to put more solid privacy protections and accountability in place, EFF’s Rin Alajaji told @AZMirror.com.
azmirror.com/2025/11/13/...
azmirror.com/2025/11/13/...
Glendale police used an ethnic slur to search a license plate surveillance database
Glendale police used anti-Romani slur in Flock surveillance system search as privacy advocates warn of abuse risks
azmirror.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Activists in more and more cities are pressuring local elected officials to rethink their automated license plate reader contracts, or at least to put more solid privacy protections and accountability in place, EFF’s Rin Alajaji told @AZMirror.com.
azmirror.com/2025/11/13/...
azmirror.com/2025/11/13/...
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A Reno man is suing a police officer in federal court after being wrongfully arrested at the Peppermill Casino due to an artificial intelligence facial recognition error.
👉 More on This Is Reno: thisisreno.com/2025/11/pepp...
#thisisreno #renonews #reno #renonv #biggestlittlecity #localnews
👉 More on This Is Reno: thisisreno.com/2025/11/pepp...
#thisisreno #renonews #reno #renonv #biggestlittlecity #localnews
AI Facial Recognition Leads to Wrongful Arrest at Casino
Peppermill Casino's AI facial recognition system misidentifies a UPS driver as a trespasser, leading to wrongful arrest and lawsuit.
thisisreno.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:30 AM
A Reno man is suing a police officer in federal court after being wrongfully arrested at the Peppermill Casino due to an artificial intelligence facial recognition error.
👉 More on This Is Reno: thisisreno.com/2025/11/pepp...
#thisisreno #renonews #reno #renonv #biggestlittlecity #localnews
👉 More on This Is Reno: thisisreno.com/2025/11/pepp...
#thisisreno #renonews #reno #renonv #biggestlittlecity #localnews
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The Grand Prairie Police Department in Texas searched for "g*psy" six times while using Flock's "Convoy" feature, which allows an agency to identify vehicles traveling together—in essence targeting an entire community of Roma without specifying a crime.
Anti-Roma racism is rampant in Flock Safety license plate searches www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
License Plate Surveillance Logs Reveal Racist Policing Against Romani People
More than 80 law enforcement agencies across the United States have used language perpetuating harmful stereotypes against Romani people when searching the nationwide Flock Safety automated license pl...
www.eff.org
November 3, 2025 at 9:43 PM
The Grand Prairie Police Department in Texas searched for "g*psy" six times while using Flock's "Convoy" feature, which allows an agency to identify vehicles traveling together—in essence targeting an entire community of Roma without specifying a crime.
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Cops ran hundreds of searches for license plates using targeted and offensive terms such as "roma" and "g*psy," and in many instances, without any mention of a suspected crime---perpetuating systemic harm by demeaning individuals based on their race or ethnicity. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
License Plate Surveillance Logs Reveal Racist Policing Against Romani
More than 80 law enforcement agencies across the United States have used language perpetuating harmful stereotypes against Romani people when searching the nationwide Flock Safety automated license
www.eff.org
November 4, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Cops ran hundreds of searches for license plates using targeted and offensive terms such as "roma" and "g*psy," and in many instances, without any mention of a suspected crime---perpetuating systemic harm by demeaning individuals based on their race or ethnicity. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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Flock Safety audit logs obtained and analyzed by EFF reveal that law enforcement agencies across the US have used language perpetuating harmful stereotypes against Romani people when searching the nationwide ALPR network. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
License Plate Surveillance Logs Reveal Racist Policing Against Romani
More than 80 law enforcement agencies across the United States have used language perpetuating harmful stereotypes against Romani people when searching the nationwide Flock Safety automated license
www.eff.org
November 3, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Flock Safety audit logs obtained and analyzed by EFF reveal that law enforcement agencies across the US have used language perpetuating harmful stereotypes against Romani people when searching the nationwide ALPR network. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
The Grand Prairie Police Department in Texas searched for "g*psy" six times while using Flock's "Convoy" feature, which allows an agency to identify vehicles traveling together—in essence targeting an entire community of Roma without specifying a crime.
Anti-Roma racism is rampant in Flock Safety license plate searches www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
License Plate Surveillance Logs Reveal Racist Policing Against Romani People
More than 80 law enforcement agencies across the United States have used language perpetuating harmful stereotypes against Romani people when searching the nationwide Flock Safety automated license pl...
www.eff.org
November 3, 2025 at 9:43 PM
The Grand Prairie Police Department in Texas searched for "g*psy" six times while using Flock's "Convoy" feature, which allows an agency to identify vehicles traveling together—in essence targeting an entire community of Roma without specifying a crime.
Anti-Roma racism is rampant in Flock Safety license plate searches www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
License Plate Surveillance Logs Reveal Racist Policing Against Romani People
More than 80 law enforcement agencies across the United States have used language perpetuating harmful stereotypes against Romani people when searching the nationwide Flock Safety automated license pl...
www.eff.org
November 3, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Anti-Roma racism is rampant in Flock Safety license plate searches www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
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I’ve been a fan of @eff.org for a long time, and I’m joining them in the fight to #TakeBackCTRL. Authoritarians are using tech to spy on us and silence our voices. Technology should enhance our lives and support democracy, not make them worse. Join the fight today: takebackctrl.org
Take Back CTRL
Dont let tyrants co-opt tech. Join EFF and help fight back
takebackctrl.org
October 29, 2025 at 12:57 AM
I’ve been a fan of @eff.org for a long time, and I’m joining them in the fight to #TakeBackCTRL. Authoritarians are using tech to spy on us and silence our voices. Technology should enhance our lives and support democracy, not make them worse. Join the fight today: takebackctrl.org
Tucson PD spent a ton of money on Cobwebs/Tangles to conduct mass surveillance during a gem show and a Harris election event
“I’m just flabbergasted. I for sure don’t want anybody surveilling me on the basis of being in the city of Tucson, in my district, just going about my personal business.”
story via @jerodmacevoy.com
story via @jerodmacevoy.com
TPD used border security money for controversial surveillance software
Tucson police Cobwebs surveillance tool funded by border security raises privacy concerns among Arizona lawmakers
azmirror.com
October 29, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Tucson PD spent a ton of money on Cobwebs/Tangles to conduct mass surveillance during a gem show and a Harris election event
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Just incredibly, unnecessarily cruel. And I’d be shocked if there wasn’t wanton corruption going on here, too.
It literally took decades of advocacy to pass these reforms, which would have prevented prison phone and teleconferencing companies from ripping off inmates and their families to the tune of hundreds of millions annually
F.C.C. Changes Course on the Price of Prisoners’ Phone Calls
www.nytimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Just incredibly, unnecessarily cruel. And I’d be shocked if there wasn’t wanton corruption going on here, too.
Just to clarify: M2S2 systems aren't new at the border, although some of the proposed AI/autonomous features may be. They're essentially just an upgrade of the MVSS program. Texas has been crowing about its M2S2s for awhile. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXy7...
October 25, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Just to clarify: M2S2 systems aren't new at the border, although some of the proposed AI/autonomous features may be. They're essentially just an upgrade of the MVSS program. Texas has been crowing about its M2S2s for awhile. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXy7...
More please.
October 21, 2025 at 2:02 PM
More please.
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🔔 Join a discussion about digital safety and legal rights for journalists reporting on immigration in the U.S, featuring @harloholm.es, @jennifernelson.bsky.social, @ckuck.bsky.social, @maassive.bsky.social, and Lucy Westcott.
🗓️ Thursday, Oct. 30, at 1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT
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October 20, 2025 at 8:19 PM
🔔 Join a discussion about digital safety and legal rights for journalists reporting on immigration in the U.S, featuring @harloholm.es, @jennifernelson.bsky.social, @ckuck.bsky.social, @maassive.bsky.social, and Lucy Westcott.
🗓️ Thursday, Oct. 30, at 1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT
RSVP: cpj.org/USJANPanel
🗓️ Thursday, Oct. 30, at 1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT
RSVP: cpj.org/USJANPanel
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ICYMI: California's Attorney General has filed a lawsuit against El Cajon (CA) for sharing license plate reader data with agencies outside of California, in violation of a 2016 California state law.
Evidence: transparency.flocksafety.com/-el-cajon-pd...
calmatters.org/justice/2025...
Evidence: transparency.flocksafety.com/-el-cajon-pd...
calmatters.org/justice/2025...
California sues city over surveillance data, warns it can be shared with federal agencies
California limits how police store and share data they collect with automated license plate readers to protect residents' privacy. The state is suing El Cajon, alleging it's misusing that data.
calmatters.org
October 19, 2025 at 3:56 PM
ICYMI: California's Attorney General has filed a lawsuit against El Cajon (CA) for sharing license plate reader data with agencies outside of California, in violation of a 2016 California state law.
Evidence: transparency.flocksafety.com/-el-cajon-pd...
calmatters.org/justice/2025...
Evidence: transparency.flocksafety.com/-el-cajon-pd...
calmatters.org/justice/2025...
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📢 BREAKING NEWS 📢
EFF and co-counsel have filed a lawsuit against the Departments of State and Homeland Security for their viewpoint-based surveillance and suppression of First Amendment-protected speech online. (1/5)
EFF and co-counsel have filed a lawsuit against the Departments of State and Homeland Security for their viewpoint-based surveillance and suppression of First Amendment-protected speech online. (1/5)
October 16, 2025 at 7:01 PM
📢 BREAKING NEWS 📢
EFF and co-counsel have filed a lawsuit against the Departments of State and Homeland Security for their viewpoint-based surveillance and suppression of First Amendment-protected speech online. (1/5)
EFF and co-counsel have filed a lawsuit against the Departments of State and Homeland Security for their viewpoint-based surveillance and suppression of First Amendment-protected speech online. (1/5)