Rand Paul Worries Whether Surveillance Reform Will Even Be Debated in Senate
Will snooping reauthorizations just get quietly dumped into a spending bill?
Privacy
Sens. Rand Paul and Ron Wyden Unveil Long-Awaited, Privacy-Protecting Surveillance Reform Bill
The Fourth Amendment matters to some legislators.
Federal Court Ponders Constitutionality of Prostitution Ban
A right to engage in prostitution seems like "a natural extension of Supreme Court precedent," says judge.
Let Police Operate Drones for Emergencies—but with Full Transparency
Activists fear secret surveillance. Push for firmly enforced rules instead of bans.
Justice Department Calls for 'Responsible' Encryption, Which Means 'Bad' Encryption
What Rosenstein wants would threaten data security. That's hardly responsible.
Supreme Court to Decide if Data Stored Overseas Can Be Demanded with Warrants
Microsoft resisted order for emails on servers in Ireland.
Judge Won't Let Feds Have Full Access to Names of People on Anti-Trump Site
The web host can redact user info unless the Justice Department provides evidence of criminal activity.
Are the Feds Using Backdoor Searches to Access Your Banking Data?
BuzzFeed reports federal agencies violating the rules to engage in warrantless domestic snooping of financial information.
Here's How Some Lawmakers Want to Reform Federal Surveillance. Prepare to Be Disappointed
The backdoor, warrantless searches won't end, but will see new limits.
U.K. Official Wants You to Stop Sneering at Her for Trying to Destroy Your Privacy
Amber Rudd admits that she doesn't understand encryption while insisting on the need to undermine it.
Would Data Breach Notification Laws Really Improve Cybersecurity?
Responses to top-down federal dictates are hard to predict.
Groups File Suit to Stop Warrantless Tech Searches at Borders
Homeland Security officials seize and snoop into thousands of phones and laptops without any evidence of criminal activity.
Congress to Trump: Reform Surveillance Authorities or Lose Them
FBI, Intel want broad snooping powers to stay intact. That may not be an option.
India's Supreme Court Upholds Privacy As "Fundamental Right"
Unanimous ruling protects bodily autonomy, could help decriminalize homosexuality
The Justice Department Wants to Know if You've Visited an Anti-Trump Resistance Site
A fishing expedition to try to track down anybody who disrupted Inauguration Day events in D.C.
Nancy MacLean's Libertarian Conspiracy Theory [Podcast]
Reason editors discuss Democracy in Chains, the future of privacy, Freedom Fest, and Trump's pardoning power.
How Much More Vicious Will the War on Painkillers Get?
Authorities look for new ways to hold others responsible for overdoses and throw them in jail.
Want to Look at Online Porn? The U.K. Gov't Wants to Strip You of Your Privacy
You must submit your credit card number-for the safety of the children!
Australian Leader's Stupid Quote About Laws Trumping Math Is Encryption Fight in a Nutshell
Government authorities refuse to consider uncontrollable, dangerous consequences of breaking data privacy.
DHS to American Citizens: Let Us Scan Your Faces, or No International Travel
Another nugget of privacy threatened in the name of national security.
California Looking to Give Unions Private Workers' Phone Numbers, Addresses
Legislature aiming at a scary precedent.
New York Lawmakers Back Unwarranted Phone Searches of Drivers
On the pretext of texting safety, they want to give cops free rein to suspend licenses and fine drivers without charges or conviction.
Gawker Documentary Fails to Make Case for Publishing Sex Tape
Film favors martyrdom over careful analysis.
Freedom Caucus Conservatives Break from Trump, Want More Surveillance Reform
Some legislators want more privacy protections from unwarranted snooping of U.S. citizens.
White House Makes It Official: It Wants to Keep Snooping on Americans
Trump and group of GOP senators don't want us to have greater privacy protections from unwarranted domestic surveillance.
James Comey's Lackluster Civil Liberties Record Shows Washington's Failure to Police Itself
Comey stood up to the Bush administration over illegal snooping, but as FBI director he defended surveillance.
Another Court Panel Allows Trans Teen to Use Bathroom of His Choice
Trio of judges reject request by school district to put ban back in place.
People Who Called Snowden a Traitor Shocked to Learn About All This Domestic Surveillance
Welcome to the club! Now let us tell you how to fix it.
San Francisco Officials Continue Attacks on Uber
City tax collector wants to post home addresses of drivers online.
Another Reason to Thank Snowden: Increased Federal Surveillance Transparency
More than 150 million phone call records of Americans were collected in 2016.
NSA Ends One Particular Type of Domestic Email Data Collection
No more gathering communications from Americans that were 'about' a foreign target.
Australian Police Admit Illegally Snooping on Journalist
Country requires companies to collect and store mass amounts of citizen metadata. Abuses are inevitable.
Hot Girls Wanted: Exploiting Sex Workers in the Name of Exposing Porn Exploitation?
Porn performers are accusing Rashida Jones and other Hot Girls Wanted: Turned On producers of a host of unethical and exploitative practices.
Border Agents Misuse Customs Regs to Try to Unmask 'Rogue' Twitter Account (Update: Attempt Withdrawn!)
This week in 'Privacy for me but not for thee.'
You Don't Have to Be a Foreigner to Have Privacy Violated by Trump's 'Extreme Vetting'
Have a friend visiting from another country? DHS wants to know your connections.
Sen. Rand Paul Wants to Use Fight over Trump Snooping to Pass Surveillance Reforms
If Susan Rice's request to unmask Americans' names was legal, should the rules be changed?
Guns, Privacy, and Freedom Benefit From New Tech Tools
A wave of new technologies is making it easier for us all to flip the bird to regulators and prohibitionists.
TSA Punishes Boy Who Left a Laptop in His Backpack With a Prolonged Pat-Down
The agency says "all approved procedures were followed."
Anti-Abortion Activists Face Dubious Eavesdropping Charges in California
Attorney General Xavier Becerra uses privacy as a pretext for a political vendetta against critics of Planned Parenthood.
Another Terror Attack Leads to Yet Another Government Assault on Your Right to Tech Privacy
The British government uses its own intel failures to demand weakening of encryption.
Banks Flagging Frequent Pharmacy Trips, Bulk DVD Rentals, and Other Ordinary Activity to Turn Over Tips to Government Snoops
All sorts of normal behavior are now triggering financial surveillance as banks try to comply with confused government policies on human trafficking.
Reason at SXSW: What Can Americans Do About Government Snooping? (Podcast)
Listen to our panel at this year's festival in Austin, Texas.
Will the Prospect of Taking Trump Down Ruin Chances for Surveillance Reform?
Privacy concerns that are worth debating get sucked into White House fight.
Neil Gorsuch to Senate Judiciary Committee: 'Yes, the Constitution Definitely Contains Privacy Rights'
The SCOTUS nominee talks unenumerated rights.
Vault 7 Versus Snowden: Why Was One Such a Bigger Story?
Vault 7 serves as another reminder of the inherent folly in building government-mandated backdoors into secure systems.
First Amendment Lawyers Ask New Calif. Attorney General to Drop 'Abusive' Crusade Against Backpage and User-Info Dragnet
A subpoena calls for copies of all Backpage ads posted over several years, all billing records, and the identities of all of the website's users.
