DNC Hacks and Leaky Government Make Encryption Restrictions Look More Foolish Than Ever
FBI investigations reveal that encryption is increasingly important, and government officials can't be trusted with a backdoor.
Privacy
California's Gang Database Is a Privacy-Violating Mess, State Audit Declares
No oversight, no notification, and sometimes no supporting evidence.
San Diego Police Used Stingray to Solve Common Crimes, Failed to Mention Use to Judges
The cellphone tracking instrument has had questionable success.
GOP Platform Wants It Both Ways on Encryption
The infamous concept of 'balance' rears its head.
U.K. Pols Still Devoted to Destroying Citizens' Encryption, Privacy, and Security
Government would be able to demand tech companies provide data access.
The Fourth Amendment Gets Its Own House Caucus to Demand Its Respect
Coalition of 25 bipartisan lawmakers organizes against unwarranted surveillance and data collection.
Britain Welcomes New Prime Minister Theresa May. Here's Why She's Awful.
Keep calm and accept 24/7 surveillance.
And Now the Republicans Will Try to Use Orlando Attack to Undermine Citizens' Rights
Attempt to expand unwarranted FBI surveillance authority fails (barely) in Senate.
Can Urbit Reboot Computing?
Urbit seeks to distill computing into its lightest and purest possible form, leaving the user in control of more processes than previously afforded.
Surprise! FBI Has Millions of Our Photos in Facial Recognition Databases
Government report expresses concerns about accuracy, privacy, and transparency.
Bill to Require Warrants to Read Old Emails May Be Dead
Senate amendments attempt to increase government snooping authority.
Gawker Files for Bankruptcy, Will Probably Change Ownership
Over $140 million judgment for hosting Hulk Hogan sex tape.
U.K.'s Mass Surveillance Bill Slightly Less Awful Than What Could Have Been
Demands for encryption back doors removed, sort of.
Michigan High School Student Sues Over Warrantless Breathalyzer Test
The student is challenging a local ordinance and a state law for being in violation of the Fourth Amendment.
Appeals Court: No Warrant Needed to Get Cellphone Location Data
Ruling overturns panel decision in favor of privacy rights.
Encryption Is Winning! Celebrate, But Be Wary.
Terrible Senate bill is poised to go nowhere.
FBI Trying to Sneak In Ability to Access Emails Without Court Order
An attempt to secretly expand what can be gathered with National Security Letters
Bill Named After Murdered Girl Fails House Vote. Thank Goodness.
Hard cases make bad law and exploiting grief is bad politics.
Ron Wyden, Rand Paul Team Up Again to Halt New Computer Surveillance Expansion
Download malware? The feds may use that as an excuse to infiltrate your computer as well.
The Government's Attitude on Data Security: There's Too Much and Also Not Enough
'Let us in, but do a better job at keeping others out!'
Counter-Programming Alert: Watch Matt Welch Debate Mandatory Salary Transparency on PBS Tonight!
Check local listings for the late-night public-TV debate show in which Boston liberals occasionally get to vote on libertarian arguments!
If You Want to Keep Your Phone Contents Secret, Perhaps Don't Use a Fingerprint Lock
Unlike passcodes, judges seem willing to force cooperation with authorities for access.
Seattle Citizens' Trash Now Safe From Unwarranted Government Snooping
A privacy win over a really silly composting mandate
House Passes Bill Requiring Search Warrants to Access Your Old Emails
Current federal law treats online communications stored after 180 days as abandoned.
Snowden Speaks
The exiled whistleblower on Apple's privacy fight, the presidential election, and whether he's ever coming home
Another Reason to Praise Snowden: He Sped Up Encryption Development
The NSA laments what is a positive development for individual privacy and security.
Journalist Matthew Keys Faces Prison Time Over a Law You've Probably Broken
Keys tells Reason the federal prosecutor railroaded him with felony charges in order to justify his own job.
Sens. Burr, Feinstein Release Formal Draft of Encryption Law, Show They Still Don't Get It
Sen. Wyden threatens a filibuster to block it.
The Crypto Wars Are Not About Terrorism, They're About Power
Make no mistake: the War on Crypto is not primarily about "terrorism" or "fighting crime" or "public safety" at all.
Another Sexual Assault in Service of the Drug War
A lawsuit by a Pennsylvania woman describes a humiliating five-hour ordeal that discovered nothing.
Dennis Hastert Notwithstanding, the Structuring Law Is Unjust
Even people who have committed no other crime can go to jail for trying to maintain their financial privacy.
College Grad Looking For a Job? The NSA Wants YOU!
National Security Agency is recruiting college students to work at its controversial Utah Data Center.
Senate's Attempt at Encryption Bill Would Destroy the Very Idea of Cybersecurity
It wouldn't make a 'back door'-it would make a gigantic crater.
Panama Papers Previews What Donald Trump's Jacksonian Economics Would Look Like
When the biggest economy on the block gets to write the global rules, foreigners and regular Americans get screwed, elites skate, and hypocrisy rules the day.
Maryland Court to Baltimore Police: Want to Track Phones? Get a Warrant.
Ruling establishes that people have expectation of physical location privacy.
Will the FBI Share Its IPhone-Cracking Methods with Apple?
The two switch sides in the request for access, but the underlying issues are the same.
Don't Forget: Apple Still Has an Encryption Fight Going in New York
The fight over government access to your private data will not be ending anytime soon.
The FBI Might Not Need Apple's Decryption Help
The FBI says a mysterious "outside party" has found a way to unlock San Bernardino shooter Syed Farook's iPhone without assistance from Apple.
Justice Dept. to Apple: Never Mind on That Encryption Thing, Maybe
In the 11th hour, feds ask to delay court hearing over access to terrorist's work phone.
Sen. Tom Cotton's 'Brand' Depends on Americans Remaining Ignorant, Fearful of Apple's Encryption
Accusing Apple of "hyperbole" is pretty ballsy...and utterly wrongheaded.
U.S. Marshals Spent Millions on Mass Cellphone Tracking Devices
Also contend some of their work is 'classified'
Rep. Thomas Massie: I Stand with Apple in Protecting Encryption
Americans have the right to privacy and security of their digital data.
Obama and the Justice Dept. May Be Losing the P.R. Battle over Encryption, but Watch the Larger War
Nobody believes it's 'just one phone.'
Encryption Makes Us Safe, Says Sen. Mark Warner at SXSW
He wants a commission to figure out how to protect our privacy and still allow us to go after the bad guys.
President Obama Wants a Back Door on Your Phone. But Not on His.
Secure communications for me, but not for thee.
Obama Administration to Expand Unconstitutional Warrantless NSA Spying on Americans
The new surveillance rules have nothing to do with stopping terrorism.
