disclosure of an elementary school student's YouTube video watching history to the school, which was investigating him for supposed sexual harassment of teacher.
The events expose an underappreciated downside to government registries: In addition to civil liberties concerns, so much information in a concentrated database is a potential privacy nightmare.
As states continue to implement digital ID systems, it is essential that they build tools in ways that inherently protect civil liberties rather than asking citizens to just trust government officials.
The ruling draws back the veil on routine police practices that victimize innocent drivers.
Abortion and privacy activists join over concerns that cell phones track our movements.
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Researchers report that many gun owners, especially newer ones, falsely deny owning guns.
though the city may yet prevail later in the case, if it can show enough facts justifying the mandate.
The E.U.'s new virtual currency regulations will endanger privacy and trigger an exodus of tech talent from Europe, hobbling its role in the future of finance.
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence warned that the practice threatens civil liberties, risks "mission creep," and could increase intelligence agencies' power.
Just published as part of the symposium on Media and Society After Technological Disruption, edited by Profs. Justin "Gus" Hurwitz & Kyle Langvardt.
Eight weeks ago, a camouflaged game warden came onto Josh Highlander's land, scared his son, and stole his trail camera.
"Dr. Cline inseminated many of his female patients with his own semen, ultimately, fathering approximately [94] children"; Netflix allegedly promised the Secret Children anonymity when making its film, but allegedly broke its promise.
Children raised in an atmosphere of fear become adults who prioritize security over liberty.
The lawsuit looks iffy in light of the Supreme Court's "open fields" doctrine.
How online “child protection” measures could make child and adult internet users more vulnerable to hackers, identity thieves, and snoops.
The record penalty seems to be based less on the Facebook parent company's lax data practices than the U.S. intelligence community's data-collection programs.
Police have a long history of using the real or imagined smell of marijuana to justify outrageous invasions.
Analysts and lawmakers are concerned about a new TSA program that instructs passengers to insert their IDs into a machine and takes a pictures of them.
"If you don't trust central authority, then you should see this immediately as something that is very problematic," says the Florida governor.
The loss of public key encryption service providers would make us all more vulnerable, both physically and financially.
The feds invoke national security to take away more of your rights and pretend they're keeping you safe.
Prosecutors could end up with a trove of patient-level data regarding highly personal drugs like Viagra, abortion pills, and more.
'Digidog is out of the pound," New York City Mayor Eric Adams declared, not ominously.
The Bottoms Up and the Devil Laughs author and former Reason staffer reports back from post-privacy America.
Surveillance tech that isn't banned often becomes mandatory eventually.
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As the government sets its sights on migrants crossing the border, native-born Americans have also come under its watchful eye.
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Two New Jersey women who gave birth last fall suffered harrowing ordeals thanks to their breakfast choices.
Seven sheriff's deputies say the rapper subjected them to "embarrassment, ridicule, emotional distress, humiliation, and loss of reputation" after a drug bust on his house came up empty.
Prisons and jails around the country have been banning physical mail and used book donations under the flimsy justification of stopping contraband.
Nita A. Farahany's The Battle for Your Brain shows how neurotech can help, or hurt, human liberty.
It’s a win for self-defense rights in ongoing campaigns to conscript businesses for political causes.
The trade association says the overbroad and vague A.B. 2273 places unconstitutional burdens on speech.
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Officials shield government abuses from litigation by claiming “national security.” The Supreme Court declined to weigh in.
Brokers will have to report every trade and the trader’s personal information.
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