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AP Photo/Keith Srakocic Americans aren’t fond of gun registries. Even the most ardent gun control fan knows that, which is why most of them don’t want to mention them in the least. See, the reason so many people object to registries is that there’s absolutely no way a database full of gun owners won’t be abused in some way, shape, or form. There’s zero chance that it’ll just sit there, undisturbed, waiting for absolutely no one to ever use it for anything. Proposals to create a national gun registry have long been met with fierce opposition from gun rights advocates. While proponents say a registry would help in tracking guns used in crimes, opponents worry that it would compromise privacy and could be used by the federal government to confiscate firearms. Now, a team of Brown University computer scientists has devised a way of implementing a registry that may allay some of those concerns. ....
Brown University computer scientists, working with a U.S. senator, have proposed a gun registry database that’s ultra-secure and decentralized, potentially easing concerns about privacy and federal overreach. ....
Emptied villages, locked campuses: China battles virus resurgence Beijing authorities are fearful of COVID-19 spreading before the upcoming Spring Festival, when hundreds of millions of Chinese crisscross the country to go home each year. More than 500 new cases have been found since January 2 in Hebei, the industrial province surrounding Beijing. Xinhua Share Zhao Renmi awakened to the sound of village officials shouting that everyone had to pack and go, without explanation of where or for how long. Word was spreading of a new COVID-19 outbreak, so she gathered her children and obeyed. “My heart is really troubled. It’s hard to bear,” said Zhao, a woman with close-cropped hair who lives in rural Hebei, in a video posted this week on Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok. She was one of about 20,000 residents being evacuated from 12 nearby villages, according to local reports and health officials, as part of China’s crackdown on its largest coron ....
BEIJING Zhao Renmi awakened to the sound of village officials shouting that everyone had to pack and go, without explanation of where or for how long. Word was spreading of a new COVID-19 outbreak, so she gathered her children and obeyed. “My heart is really troubled. It’s hard to bear,” said Zhao, a woman with close-cropped hair who lives in rural Hebei, in a video posted this week on Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok. She was one of about 20,000 residents being evacuated from 12 nearby villages, according to local reports and health officials, as part of China’s crackdown on its largest coronavirus outbreak in months. ....