01/07/18 Overnight links

Techdirt: New York State appellate court says cell site location records have no expectation of privacy

Also Techdirt: For cops handing out bogus pedestrian tickets, ignorance of the law is the most profitable excuse

Chicago Tribune: Huge security flaws revealed–and tech companies can barely keep up

Truthdig: How the U.S. and the New York Times stifled journalist James Risen

Reason: As Sessions moves against legal weed, Vermont lawmakers approve marijuana bill

Politico: Did Jeff Sessions just increase the odds that Congress will legalize marijuana?

Forbes: Marijuana investors aren’t scared by Sessions change in pot policy

National Review: “Economist’s Say” a lot of things that turn out to be wrong.

HuffPost: Covering your webcam in 2017: the current state of computer security

TheFreeThoughtProject: Elderly veteran accidentally tripped his medical alert system.  Cops showed up and killed him.

IB Times: Turning the human mind into computer data: where sci-fi meets reality

Digital Trends: See what happens when you leave the room with Snowden’s new surveillance app

Daily Beast: How George Washington survived America’s worst winter

Author: S. Smith