03/09/18 Morning News & Commentary

Motherboard: There are no guardrails on our privacy dystopia

Reason: Whose dystopia is it, anyway? Ed: Present culture definitely has a Farenheit 451 thing going on

The Intercept: Amazon partnership with British police alarms privacy advocates

National Review: Radio-dispatch recordings blow up Florida cop’s excuse for not engaging shooter

Activist Post: TSA expands body scanner searches to NYC, LA train stations

Digital Journal: Second shady company claims to have broken Apple iPhone encryption

Cipher Brief: Could AI-driven information warfare be democracy’s Achilles Heel?

Ars Technica: Switzerland first test integrating drones into its air traffic control

The Federalist: Gun control advocates want to lift the ban on politically-motivated gun research because they’re interested in politically-motivated research

WarIsBoring: How the Pentagon devours the federal budget

Daily Mail: Video shows Border Patrol agents rip mother away from her crying children

High Times: The endocannabinoid system: What nobody is actively discussing

Bulletin: CRISPR’s inventor assesses her creation

Gizmodo: Ice crystals in diamonds reveal pockets of water deep in Earth’s mantle

Author: S. Smith