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Experts say companies are well aware that people rarely read privacy policies closely, if we read them at all. But what iRobot’s global test agreement attests to, says Ben Winters, a lawyer with the Electronic Privacy Information Center who focuses on AI and human rights, is that “even if you do read it, you still don’t get clarity.”

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On Monday, EPIC filed comments with the Federal Trade Commission supporting the agency’s proposal for a trade regulation rule based on its Endorsement Guides. EPIC urged the agency to incorporate the full scope of the Endorsement Guides into its rule, as the FTC had included in its proposed rule undisclosed incentives (i.e., situations in which the endorser receives a benefit in exchange for their endorsement) but did not explicitly include unsupported claims (i.e., situations in which the endorser says the product is effective but the company fails to show effectiveness). EPIC also urged the Commission to make explicit that companies are liable for violations of the Endorsement Guides made by police promoters.

Using Amazon Ring as just one example, EPIC explained how surveillance technology companies can use law enforcement entities to make crime reduction claims about their products that are unsupported by scientific evidence, and can cultivate relationships that go undisclosed to consumers, such as incentivized discounts or editorial review of public statements. This can result in harm to consumers, who are misled by public sector promoters, and in harm to competition, as the market gets saturated with one company’s product due to police endorsements.

EPIC has published reports and filed amicus briefs regarding technology that has not substantiated its explicit crime reduction claims or implicit accuracy claims, petitioned the FTC for rulemaking regarding the privacy and security of consumer data, and filed comments in support of more robust disclosures by law enforcement organizations regarding their use of surveillance technology.

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I have always lived in a small space (apartment/mobile home/cabin) since leaving mom and dad’s nest many years ago. Small living is not for everyone. Being in a small living area, with pets and personal belongings, it can get crowded quickly. My husband jokingly says that we live homicidally close! I find that organization is important, as is letting stuff go when no longer needed or used. If you save everything because you may need it one day, then you can quickly run out of space. Clutter can take over quickly if not kept in check. We try to keep things tidy and organized. Evaluate everything you are bringing into your home, do I really need/use/covet this item?

About 13 years ago, my husband and I moved into our little cabin. It was 680 square feet,. It had been built as a three-season hunting cabin. After looking at it and discussing how we could fit in it, we made an offer and here we are. There were no closets, no basement, and no outbuildings. Closets and outbuildings were added but a basement would have to wait for that winning lottery ticket. My husband and I and our dogs welcome you on a tour of our home and how we made it work for us. I offer you a cup of coffee and some homemade cookies!

THE LOFT

The cabin is a 1 bedroom on ground level with a ladder leading to an open loft. We had ½ of the loft enclosed as a storage space and filled the other open half with books, plants and such. We use the enclosed storage for the many mason jars we have, blankets, Christmas decorations, etc. My husband built some very sturdy wood shelves to hold most of the items. As we live in a very cold climate, blankets and quilts take up a lot of space. Plastic boxes hold various items. Make sure you label the boxes or it will be a frustrating hunting trip locating the box that the shoe laces are in. And you need those shoelaces right now as the dog just ran away and your shoelace just broke! The ceiling is slanted in the loft so smacking your head on a wooden beam is still a daily occurrence. Every home my husband and I have owned has had a slanted ceiling in it somewhere so you would think we would know to duck our heads by now. See, can’t teach an old dog new tricks!

Several bags of dog food can be tucked into the open corner of the loft. We also have a wooden blanket chest filled a lot of stuff but not blankets! Make use of as much of the space as you can. When entering our home, you can see the open loft area filled with bookshelves and plants but stuff tucked in the corners is not visible. We also have an indoor clothesline here for those rainy/snowy days. In the spring you will see grow…

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In an amicus brief submitted in Facebook v. New Jersey, EPIC, EFF, and CDT—with help from Davis Wright Tremaine, urged the New Jersey Supreme Court to rule that police need a wiretap order if they want Facebook to provide them with users’ future communications in 15-minute increments. When police request prospective communications, they need a wiretap order with its extra protections, not a search warrant. But the New Jersey police in the case tried to get by without a wiretap order based on a technicality: Facebook’s servers store the communications, so they weren’t asking to intercept the communications like a traditional wiretap or secret recording device does. EPIC, EFF, and CDT’s amicus brief explained that this technicality is legally meaningless: electronic communications are sensitive and deserve the wiretap statutes’ protections. EPIC regularly submits amicus briefs in cases involving communications privacy.

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Gardening has always had its challenges—like the time the raccoons got most of my sweet corn. (The fuzzy vandals had taken a few bites out of each ear and then just cast them aside with little regard for all of my hard work.) But I’ve noticed that—little by little and year after year—gardening seems to have become even more challenging.

Many gardeners now must contend with more extreme weather events, extended periods of heat and drought, unchecked insect pests and many other climate change-related troubles.

But that doesn’t mean we need to give up on our gardens. The Climate Change Garden: Down to Earth Advice for Growing a Resilient Garden, co-authored by Sally Morgan and Kim Stoddart, aims to help gardeners everywhere to become more climate-wise—and to grow more resilient gardens as a result.

Based in Somerset, England, Morgan operates a 100-acre certified organic farm. She’s also edited the U.K.-based Organic Farming magazine for the last decade.

“My time with Organic Farming has brought me into contact with some inspiring farmers and growers,” she says. “Looking around their holdings and attending conferences, such as the Oxford Real Farming Conference, has given me new insights on how they cope with the extremes of climate.”

Those insights helped to inform The Climate Change Garden. According to Morgan, a couple of keys to more resilient gardens include developing healthy soil and a healthy soil food web—both of which can help to mitigate the effects of today’s “topsy-turvey climate.”

Read more: Prepare your farm for climate change with these tips!

Do Not Disturb!

“I’ve not dug my soils for 20 years or more,” she notes. “Instead, [I] have moved to no-till, where the soil is left undisturbed as much as possible.”

But what if you have your heart set on turning over your garden beds each season? “For those who still like digging, I point out that every time you bring soil to the surface, some of the carbon is lost,” Morgan says.

That newly released carbon contributes to the warming of the planet. What’s more, Morgan continues, “The soil structure is disrupted, and you lose water retention capacity. [Digging also] damages the network of fungal hyphae in the soil that are so important for plant health.”

Digging also brings weed seeds up to the surface where they’re more likely to sprout. This, in turn, necessitates more work from you—removing the unwanted plants. To keep weeds down, lock in moisture and protect the soil, Morgan recommends adding a thin layer of compost to your gardens in the fall, as well as mulching during the summer.

Extra Protection

Morgan further protects her soil by growing living mulches like clover and nasturtiums underneath her crops. She explains, “[Living mulches are] low-growing, carpeting species.”

(Not only does clover fix nitrogen in the soil, but its flowers, along with the nasturtiums, attract pollinators.)

She continues, “I am…

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I have always lived in a small space (apartment/mobile home/cabin) since leaving mom and dad’s nest many years ago. Small living is not for everyone. Being in a small living area, with pets and personal belongings, it can get crowded quickly. My husband jokingly says that we live homicidally close! I find that organization is important, as is letting stuff go when no longer needed or used. If you save everything because you may need it one day, then you can quickly run out of space. Clutter can take over quickly if not kept in check. We try to keep things tidy and organized. Evaluate everything you are bringing into your home, do I really need/use/covet this item?

About 13 years ago, my husband and I moved into our little cabin. It was 680 square feet,. It had been built as a three-season hunting cabin. After looking at it and discussing how we could fit in it, we made an offer and here we are. There were no closets, no basement, and no outbuildings. Closets and outbuildings were added but a basement would have to wait for that winning lottery ticket. My husband and I and our dogs welcome you on a tour of our home and how we made it work for us. I offer you a cup of coffee and some homemade cookies!

THE LOFT

The cabin is a 1 bedroom on ground level with a ladder leading to an open loft. We had ½ of the loft enclosed as a storage space and filled the other open half with books, plants and such. We use the enclosed storage for the many mason jars we have, blankets, Christmas decorations, etc. My husband built some very sturdy wood shelves to hold most of the items. As we live in a very cold climate, blankets and quilts take up a lot of space. Plastic boxes hold various items. Make sure you label the boxes or it will be a frustrating hunting trip locating the box that the shoe laces are in. And you need those shoelaces right now as the dog just ran away and your shoelace just broke! The ceiling is slanted in the loft so smacking your head on a wooden beam is still a daily occurrence. Every home my husband and I have owned has had a slanted ceiling in it somewhere so you would think we would know to duck our heads by now. See, can’t teach an old dog new tricks!

Several bags of dog food can be tucked into the open corner of the loft. We also have a wooden blanket chest filled a lot of stuff but not blankets! Make use of as much of the space as you can. When entering our home, you can see the open loft area filled with bookshelves and plants but stuff tucked in the corners is not visible. We also have an indoor clothesline here for those rainy/snowy days. In the spring you will see grow…

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