Jeff Larson is a reporter at ProPublica. He is a winner of the Livingston Award for the 2011 series Redistricting: How Powerful Interests are Drawing You Out of a Vote. Jeff's public key.
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Technical Response to Northpointe
Northpointe asserts that a software program it sells that predicts the likelihood a person will commit future crimes is equally fair to black and white defendants. We re-examined the data, considered the company’s criticisms, and stand by our conclusions.
What Algorithmic Injustice Looks Like in Real Life
A computer program rated defendants’ risk of committing a future crime. These are the results.
Machine Bias
There’s software used across the country to predict future criminals. And it’s biased against blacks.
Hell and High Water
Houston is the fourth-largest city in the country. It's home to the nation's largest refining and petrochemical complex, where billions of gallons of oil and dangerous chemicals are stored. And it's a sitting duck for the next big hurricane. Why isn't Texas ready?
Hell and High Water (Full Text)
Houston is the fourth-largest city in the country. It's home to the nation's largest refining and petrochemical complex, where billions of gallons of oil and dangerous chemicals are stored. And it's a sitting duck for the next big hurricane. Why isn't Texas ready?
Fact-Checking the Debate on Encryption
The existence of coded communications is a reality and the U.S. may not be able to do much about it.
Telecoms, Manufacturers Delaying Critical Patches for Classified Military Smartphones
Telecom carriers and manufacturers are holding back critical software updates putting classified information at risk.
Verizon’s Zombie Cookie Gets New Life
Verizon is merging its cellphone tracking supercookie with AOL’s ad tracking network to match users’ online habits with their offline details.
Here's Why the Close Collaboration Between the NSA and AT&T Matters
New disclosures about the National Security Agency's partnership with AT&T could reignite constitutional challenges to the spy agency's efforts to wiretap the Internet.
A Trail of Evidence Leading to AT&T’s Partnership with the NSA
Documents provided by Edward Snowden mention a special relationship between the National Security Agency and an unnamed telecommunications company. Here’s how we figured out that’s AT&T.
NSA Spying Relies on AT&T’s ‘Extreme Willingness to Help’
The National Security Agency’s ability to capture Internet traffic on United States soil has been based on an extraordinary, decadeslong partnership with a single company: AT&T.
New Snowden Documents Reveal Secret Memos Expanding Spying
The Obama administration has stepped up the NSA’s warrantless surveillance program on U.S. soil to search for signs of hacking.
Killing the Colorado: Explore the River
How the Colorado was turned into a giant plumbing system.
Money as a Weapons System
How U.S. commanders spent $2 billion of petty cash in Afghanistan
Somebody's Already Using Verizon's ID to Track Users
Twitter is using a newly discovered hidden code that the telecom carriers are adding to every page you visit – and it's very hard to opt out.
NSA Documents Suggest a Close Working Relationship Between NSA, U.S. Companies
Documents describe "contractual relationships" between NSA and U.S. companies, as well as undercover operatives at some U.S. companies.
Leaked Docs Show Spyware Used to Snoop on U.S. Computers
Software created by the controversial U.K. based Gamma Group International was used to spy on computers that appear to be located in the United States.
