Privacy
The Surveillance State Isn't Coming—It's Already Here
The national Panopticon is a messy work in progress, but it's already in place.
US Postal Service Recording Exterior of Mail for Law Enforcement
There's no escape from surveillance
Congress and Two Presidents Sabotaged Privacy Board
Can't have anybody questioning our snooping
MO Motor Vehicle Offices Ordered To Stop Scanning and Storing Personal Documents
And they have to destroy existing data
Florida Officials Downplay Leak of Private Information from Prescription Monitoring Database
How could concentrating confidential information in one place go wrong?
NSA Chief Claims Massive E-Mail Collection Program Was Nixed Over Privacy Concerns
Credibility in the toilet
NSA Still Appears to Be Collecting Significant Amounts of Online Data
Despite claims that program from 2011 had been discontinued
License Plate Readers Cause Huge Surveillance Worries
Family discovers more than 100 pictures taken of them
Australian Government Drops Scheme To Mandate Internet Data Retention
Is this a bad time?
EFF Sues NSA, DOJ Over Secret Surveillance Program
Q&A with Mark Rumold on Obama admin's flouting of Fourth Amendment.
British Spy Agency Also Tracks Phone, Online Data and Shares with NSA
It's not a one-way operation
Memo Shows NSA Secret Rules for Accessing US Data Without Warrants
Secret court judges not serving as the check on power, it doesn't appear
France Gives Google Ultimatum on Privacy Procedures
Data protection authority wants more data protection
Tech Companies Rush to Show Transparency Amid Scandal
Don't want to be seen as government servants
Cops Increasingly Trawl Through Driver's License Photos
Facial recognition software comes of age, and creepiness
NSA Admits It Can Listen to Domestic Calls Without Warrants
Can likely read e-mails and text messages too
Prism Just Small Part of Much Larger Data Surveillance Effort
Yes, the government is snatching data directly from the Internet's backbone
Facebook Releases Basic Details of Government Data Requests
Between 9,000 and 10,000 requests over a six-month period
Twitter May Pay a Price for Resisting Government Demands – In France, Anyway
French authorities order social media company to reveal identities of anti-Semitic tweeters
Federal Grab for Mental Health Records Sparks Opposition by Medical Groups
Obama wants it for his gun control schemes
3 Reasons the 'Nothing to Hide' Crowd Should Be Worried About Government Surveillance
Most people think the federal government would have no interest in them, but many discover to their horror how wrong they are
We're Only Spying on Ourselves
How Obama learned to stop worrying and love unaccountable surveillance