Matthew Wollenweber
@mjw.bsky.social
NOLA based security engineer, privacy advocate, and progressive organizer. BJJ brown belt. Rescuer of bulldogs. Opinions are my own
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NOPD Mass Surveillance: October 2025
I’ve obtained another public records production from the City of New Orleans — request 26-650, 80 pages of email between NOPD officers and Bryan Lagarde of Project NOLA, the private nonprofit…
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Want to know how NOPD spied on New Orleans in October 2025? insomniac.tech/2026/09/15/n...
NOPD’s drone program is bad but drones are just cameras. @NOPDNews has almost 3000 cameras attached to the RTCC and over 5000 with Project NOLA. The @nolacitycouncil.bsky.social needs to do more than pause the drone program. New Orleans needs the mass surveillance to end
September 17, 2026 at 6:36 PM
NOPD’s drone program is bad but drones are just cameras. @NOPDNews has almost 3000 cameras attached to the RTCC and over 5000 with Project NOLA. The @nolacitycouncil.bsky.social needs to do more than pause the drone program. New Orleans needs the mass surveillance to end
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I chatted with @thezedwards.bsky.social about the theft of 150+ million US/Canadian driver's licenses that he helped to confirm, and why this breach is a national security and privacy disaster unlike anything else.
Plus: More on Florida's drivers' leak, and why Revolut gave hackers customers' data.
Plus: More on Florida's drivers' leak, and why Revolut gave hackers customers' data.
A breach of over 150 million U.S. and Canadian driver's license photos is an anonymity disaster
The breach links the names and photos of millions of people across North America. One expert said this is likely the largest database of facial images ever breached.
this.weekinsecurity.com
September 17, 2026 at 11:49 AM
I chatted with @thezedwards.bsky.social about the theft of 150+ million US/Canadian driver's licenses that he helped to confirm, and why this breach is a national security and privacy disaster unlike anything else.
Plus: More on Florida's drivers' leak, and why Revolut gave hackers customers' data.
Plus: More on Florida's drivers' leak, and why Revolut gave hackers customers' data.
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"The fundamental right to life does not cease to exist simply because a person is pregnant" is devastating.
Family is also suing Ken Paxton and Texas hospital officials under federal civil rights law section 1983—the Ku Klux Klan Act.
Defendants "deprived" Tierra of her right to life under the 14th Amendment ... "the fundamental right to life does not cease to exist simply because a person is pregnant."
Defendants "deprived" Tierra of her right to life under the 14th Amendment ... "the fundamental right to life does not cease to exist simply because a person is pregnant."
![page 38 of the lawsuit:
V. CAUSES OF ACTION
CLAIM I: VIOLATION OF 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (TIERRA WALKER’S RIGHT TO LIFE)
(against Defendants Paxton, Carlton, Clifton, Stewart, and Franka in their individual capacity)
138. Plaintiffs incorporate by reference all of the foregoing as if fully restated herein and further alleges as follows:
139. Individual Defendants’ conduct, as described in this petition, deprived Ms. Walker of her right to life as guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
140. There is no right more fundamental to our system of government, more clearly established, than a person’s right to life. Cruzan v Director, Mo. Dep’t. of Health, 497 US 261, 281 (1990) (“It cannot be disputed that the Due Process Clause protects an interest in life.”); see also Tennessee v. Garner, 471 U.S. 1, 9 (1985) (“[The] fundamental interest in [one’s] own life need not be elaborated upon.”); Kallstrom v. City of Columbus, 136 F.3d 1055, 1063 (6th Cir. 1998) (“[I]t goes without saying that an individual’s interest in preserving her life is one of constitutional dimension.” (internal citations and quotations omitted)). The fundamental right to life does not cease to exist simply because a person is pregnant. Wilner v. Prowda, 158 Misc.2d 579, 583 (Sup. Ct. N.Y. County 1993) (“[W]omen do not lose their constitutionally protected liberty . . . when they are pregnant” (internal citations omitted)); State v. Zurawski, 690 S.W.3d 644, 673 (Tex. 2024) (Lehrmann, J., concurring) (“[A] pregnant patient retains a liberty interest in access to medical care, including abortion, to protect her life and health.”).
https://abortioninamerica.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Walker-Petition.pdf](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4fdfjfnhhyeo4hsmoxpeazsg/bafkreifgwct3hijclwwowsapcrd3p7e56khywz42r3cawxzao27jqoe4im)
September 16, 2026 at 7:51 PM
"The fundamental right to life does not cease to exist simply because a person is pregnant" is devastating.
I have unread emails older than the kids pontificating about our AI doom
September 16, 2026 at 2:32 AM
I have unread emails older than the kids pontificating about our AI doom
Want to know how NOPD spied on New Orleans in October 2025? insomniac.tech/2026/09/15/n...
NOPD Mass Surveillance: October 2025
I’ve obtained another public records production from the City of New Orleans — request 26-650, 80 pages of email between NOPD officers and Bryan Lagarde of Project NOLA, the private nonprofit…
insomniac.tech
September 15, 2026 at 11:53 PM
Want to know how NOPD spied on New Orleans in October 2025? insomniac.tech/2026/09/15/n...
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I admire the dedication of Sen. McConnell, coming back as he did from the dead to distract from Trump's loss on mail voting in the Supreme Court this evening.
September 15, 2026 at 3:14 AM
I admire the dedication of Sen. McConnell, coming back as he did from the dead to distract from Trump's loss on mail voting in the Supreme Court this evening.
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Truth.
Ossoff: "Look, we already know that Donald Trump is a dangerously corrupt and incompetent man. The question is what we're going to do about it."
September 15, 2026 at 5:54 AM
Truth.
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This is AI, please stop spreading disinformation. ✍️😈
September 15, 2026 at 7:25 AM
This is AI, please stop spreading disinformation. ✍️😈
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The Essence flights are nuts.
September 15, 2026 at 1:49 AM
The Essence flights are nuts.
New @NOPDNews drone flight logs are available for April 1 - Aug 8, 2026. Spoiler alert: the drones are mostly spying on innocent people at public events insomniac.tech/2026/09/14/n...
NOPD April–August 2026 Drone Flights: Better Paperwork Same Mass Surveillance
NOPD’s drone flight log through early August 2026 arrived in response to public records request 26-10297. This post covers flights from April 1 forward. NOPD’s record-keeping is markedl…
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September 15, 2026 at 1:21 AM
New @NOPDNews drone flight logs are available for April 1 - Aug 8, 2026. Spoiler alert: the drones are mostly spying on innocent people at public events insomniac.tech/2026/09/14/n...
It’s going to be a long season
September 13, 2026 at 7:19 PM
It’s going to be a long season
Hackers never sleep. Late night post on NOPD using facial recognition on a crime victim and then warrantlessly tracking a bystander for a month insomniac.tech/2026/09/12/n...
NOPD Ran Facial Recognition on a Robbery Victim
On October 29, 2025, an NOPD detective emailed a private facial recognition surveillance company a photograph of a crime victim and asked them to find him on camera. Eighty-seven minutes later he g…
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September 13, 2026 at 3:45 AM
Hackers never sleep. Late night post on NOPD using facial recognition on a crime victim and then warrantlessly tracking a bystander for a month insomniac.tech/2026/09/12/n...
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Yes! I love CYBERWARCON! Get your talks submitted.
CYBERWARCON is BACK for 2026!
Registration and CFP are now officially open!
We’ll be in Arlington, VA+ virtually on November 20th, with Rob Joyce as our keynote.
cyberwarcon.com 1/x
Registration and CFP are now officially open!
We’ll be in Arlington, VA+ virtually on November 20th, with Rob Joyce as our keynote.
cyberwarcon.com 1/x
September 10, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Yes! I love CYBERWARCON! Get your talks submitted.
Flock’s technology isn’t special or new. It’s been trivial for a decade to detect a license plate and extract text. The problem is that the tech is so easy any asshole can do it
September 10, 2026 at 7:36 PM
Flock’s technology isn’t special or new. It’s been trivial for a decade to detect a license plate and extract text. The problem is that the tech is so easy any asshole can do it
In what world is this screenshot not NOPD requesting illegal facial recognition and warrantless tracking?
September 10, 2026 at 3:11 AM
In what world is this screenshot not NOPD requesting illegal facial recognition and warrantless tracking?
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‘We must work to crush any dissent to Doom’s vision of public safety,’ the Marvel supervillain told the city as it considered multiple surveillance proposals.
Doctor Doom Thanked Seattle for All the Surveillance Cameras
‘We must work to crush any dissent to Doom’s vision of public safety,’ the Marvel supervillain told the city as it considered multiple surveillance proposals.
www.404media.co
September 9, 2026 at 7:30 PM
‘We must work to crush any dissent to Doom’s vision of public safety,’ the Marvel supervillain told the city as it considered multiple surveillance proposals.
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Where the backlash against Flock Safety is having the biggest impact
via @suzannesmalley.bsky.social & @therecordmedia.bsky.social
via @suzannesmalley.bsky.social & @therecordmedia.bsky.social
Where the backlash against Flock Safety is having the biggest impact
Two populous states and two large cities are among the U.S. jurisdictions where leaders have taken direct action to address criticisms of automated license plate readers (ALPRs).
therecord.media
September 9, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Where the backlash against Flock Safety is having the biggest impact
via @suzannesmalley.bsky.social & @therecordmedia.bsky.social
via @suzannesmalley.bsky.social & @therecordmedia.bsky.social
What I did in August to fight mass surveillance insomniac.tech/2026/09/08/a...
August 2026 in Review
In August I trained a room at the Healing Center to pull NOPD records, published my request templates, filed four complaints against NOPD detectives for illegal use of facial recognition and mass s…
insomniac.tech
September 9, 2026 at 12:20 PM
What I did in August to fight mass surveillance insomniac.tech/2026/09/08/a...
New swag from @defendnola.bsky.social
September 4, 2026 at 3:27 PM
New swag from @defendnola.bsky.social
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“It’s not ... just body cameras, just drones, just license plate readers, just fixed surveillance cameras - it’s all of these things are being integrated, and the analysis that can be done on these cameras is pretty extensive,” EFF's Beryl Lipton told @48hills.bsky.social.
It's not just Flock - 48 hills
Cities are cancelling contracts with the spy agency over its abuses—but the alternatives are not a lot better
48hills.org
September 4, 2026 at 3:25 PM
“It’s not ... just body cameras, just drones, just license plate readers, just fixed surveillance cameras - it’s all of these things are being integrated, and the analysis that can be done on these cameras is pretty extensive,” EFF's Beryl Lipton told @48hills.bsky.social.
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In my latest blog at this.weekinsecurity.com, I wrote about why Americans are destroying Flock license plate tracking cameras on a near-daily basis, and why I think this growing hatred for Flock is much different from previous mass surveillance scandals — but doesn't stop with Flock.
Vigilantism comes for Flock
More Americans than ever are destroying Flock license plate cameras amid rising backlash against the company. Is the tide turning on intrusive U.S. mass surveillance, and where does the privacy fight ...
this.weekinsecurity.com
September 4, 2026 at 12:07 PM
In my latest blog at this.weekinsecurity.com, I wrote about why Americans are destroying Flock license plate tracking cameras on a near-daily basis, and why I think this growing hatred for Flock is much different from previous mass surveillance scandals — but doesn't stop with Flock.
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ID Scan's New Orleans connection points to a Delaware-based company coraweb.sos.la.gov/CommercialSe...
September 3, 2026 at 2:19 PM
ID Scan's New Orleans connection points to a Delaware-based company coraweb.sos.la.gov/CommercialSe...
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Exclusive numbers on August ICE arrests from @nbcnews.com: "ICE is in the midst of a nationwide arrest surge that is not as visible as aggressive enforcement efforts from earlier in 2026..." [no paywall] www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
ICE arrests 50 thousand people in August, continuing record pace
ICE is in the midst of a nationwide arrest surge that is not as visible as aggressive enforcement efforts from earlier in 2026.
www.nbcnews.com
September 1, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Exclusive numbers on August ICE arrests from @nbcnews.com: "ICE is in the midst of a nationwide arrest surge that is not as visible as aggressive enforcement efforts from earlier in 2026..." [no paywall] www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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NEW: "...The code WIRED collected holds Flock’s user interface and shows both the network calls it makes and the answers it expects in return... Two notification systems are aimed at human beings."
@dmehro.bsky.social's and my latest
www.wired.com/story/flock-...
@dmehro.bsky.social's and my latest
www.wired.com/story/flock-...
September 3, 2026 at 12:09 PM
NEW: "...The code WIRED collected holds Flock’s user interface and shows both the network calls it makes and the answers it expects in return... Two notification systems are aimed at human beings."
@dmehro.bsky.social's and my latest
www.wired.com/story/flock-...
@dmehro.bsky.social's and my latest
www.wired.com/story/flock-...