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Op-ed: America's Ring doorbell camera obsession highlights the scourge of mass surveillance (NBC)
Submitted by dclay@benton.org on Wed, 11/02/2022 - 10:45Disinformation via text message is a problem with few answers (NBC)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 09/14/2022 - 06:36Starlink flies under the radar at public schools nationwide
Tech magnate Elon Musk’s satellite internet service Starlink has quietly made inroads with public schools nationwide over the past two years, winning over students, families and administrators who say it’s the kind of connectivity that has been sorely lacking in some of the most rural corners of the US. Public school districts in Arizona, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, Texas and Virginia have announced pilot projects or are already using Starlink to bring broadband internet service to students’ out-of-the-way homes via a network of satellites. But it’s not cheap.