Peanut Politician

An Exfiltration Test Against a Consumer AI Assistant: A Researcher Asked Claude Which Coffee Shop Was Best. It Sent His Name to a Stranger.

A security researcher proved that Anthropic’s Claude can be induced to send a username, employer, and hometown to an attacker controlled server, using…

Aug 12 • Ben

America's Divorce Lawyer Funded Three Rockland Judges

Under the court system's own rule, James J. Sexton's contributions disqualified three Rockland judges from hearing his cases.

Aug 9 • Ben

July 2026

The Email Address Apple Promised to Hide

A paid Apple privacy feature contains a flaw that lets almost anyone recover the real email address it is meant to conceal, and more than a year after…

Jul 24 • Ben

The Ways Your Phone Is Located Without Its GPS

The satellite receiver in a phone works out where the phone is and transmits nothing. What reports a person’s location is the cellular connection the…

Jul 22 • Ben

From the Father’s Right to the Mother’s Preference: Custody in New York, 1765 to 1924

Part One of a history of custody law in New York

Jul 19 • Ben

June 2026

The License Plate Reader That Also Tracks the Devices You Carry

Police License Plate Readers Are Being Upgraded to Track Your Phone and Wearables.

Jun 27 • Ben

May 2026

Alexander Graham Bell’s Campaign to Eliminate Sign Language

Alexander Graham Bell, the Milan Conference, and the Ban on Sign Language in Deaf Education, 1880-2025

May 28 • Ben

How Orangetown Acquired Six Acres of Hudson River Waterfront for $3.05 Million

A public records review of the first waterfront acquisition in the town’s 237-year history

May 8 • Ben

Governor Hochul’s Annual Plate Check Operation Returns With Record Enforcement and Rising Revenue for the State

The 2026 operation follows a 250 percent increase in tickets and new toll increases on the Cuomo Bridge (formerly the Tappan Zee Bridge)

May 7 • Ben

What New Hempstead's Zoning Was Supposed to Protect from Development

Two recorded agreements promised to preserve 124 acres of the golf course as open space in perpetuity. The Village is now advancing a 325-home rezoning…

May 4 • Ben

Did New Hempstead Residents Know There Was an Election?

The village passed resolutions, placed a newspaper notice, and still left most of its residents unaware that every seat on the Board was on the ballot.

May 1 • Ben

March 2026

Your Walls Are No Longer Walls

A piece of open-source software can map your body through them using only WiFi signals. No federal law prohibits it.

Mar 24 • Ben

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