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ACLU Probes License Plate Scanners

The civil liberties group plans to saturate police departments with requests for information about privacy-threatening automated license plate reader technology

Reason Staff | 7.31.2012 7:20 PM

Surveillance Fourth Amendment Violations Admitted by Feds

J.D. Tuccille | 7.24.2012 3:46 PM

North Dakota the New Center for Drone Concerns

Calvin Thompson | 7.23.2012 1:36 PM

YouTube Face Blurring Tech Latest Google Thwarting of Authoritarian Governments

Ed Krayewski | 7.18.2012 6:01 PM

Constitution, Schmonstitution, Bloomberg Says

Jacob Sullum | 7.18.2012 1:14 PM

The Truth About "Deep Throat"

A new book sheds light on the Watergate whistleblower's real motives.

Athan Theoharis | 7.18.2012 9:00 AM

Facial Recognition Technology Will Make You Hard To Miss

J.D. Tuccille | 7.16.2012 3:55 PM

Drone Records Gush from FAA Spigot, But Privacy Issues Not a Priority

Scott Shackford | 7.16.2012 2:43 PM

DEA Quietly Builds Its Network of License Plate Scanners

J.D. Tuccille | 7.11.2012 3:06 PM

Drone Code of Conduct Says and Accomplishes Nothing

Calvin Thompson | 7.10.2012 3:05 PM

FTC Will Fine Google $22.5 Million, the Largest Fine in Agency History, According to WSJ Report

Peter Suderman | 7.10.2012 2:05 PM

The Dark Side of Anti-"Swiss Bank Account" Politics

Democratic Swissophobia is hurting patriotic, middle-class Americans.

Matt Welch | 7.10.2012 9:20 AM

Police Ask for More Cell Records, Oregon May Vote to Legalize Pot, "Fast and Furious" Suspects Named: P.M. Links

Scott Shackford | 7.9.2012 4:30 PM

Anthony Randazzo Discusses Loch Ness, Unibrows, and Facebook on Alyona's Happy Hour

Reason Staff | 7.5.2012 12:00 AM

Keep Your Data Safe From Snoopy Officials at the Border

J.D. Tuccille | 6.27.2012 4:35 PM

As Demands for Identification Grow, Fake IDs Get More Sophisticated

J.D. Tuccille | 6.26.2012 3:00 PM

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Pocket Rat

Cellphone tracking

Jacob Sullum | 6.24.2012 9:12 AM

If You Have a License Plate, You're Going To Be Tracked

J.D. Tuccille | 6.22.2012 2:38 PM

Ed Krayewski Discusses the Controversial Use of Domestic Drones on RTAmerica

Reason Staff | 6.22.2012 12:00 AM

Government Still Says It Can't Be Sued for Snooping

J.D. Tuccille | 6.7.2012 4:37 PM

On the Verge of Serving His Jail Sentence, Dharun Ravi Apologizes

Jacob Sullum | 5.30.2012 12:17 PM

Ray Kelly Outlines Measures to Curtail the Illegal Police Stops He Says Are Not Occurring

Jacob Sullum | 5.25.2012 3:21 PM

J.D. Tuccille Sounds Off About Cops Tracking Your License Plate

J.D. Tuccille | 5.25.2012 1:08 PM

The Lighter Side of Electronic Monitoring

History shows the benefits of positive reinforcement for Ankleted-Americans.

Greg Beato | 5.24.2012 4:30 PM

A Skin Deep Big Brother Proposal

Matthew Feeney | 5.23.2012 3:30 PM

Is That a Spy in Your Pocket?

How warrantless cellphone tracking threatens your privacy

Jacob Sullum | 5.23.2012 7:00 AM

Lucy Steigerwald Discusses NDAA and Propaganda on RT

Reason Staff | 5.23.2012 12:00 AM

DEA Wants to Track Your License Plate, and You May Already Be Tagged!

J.D. Tuccille | 5.22.2012 3:22 PM

One Virginia School District Still Demanding Search Warrants

Ed Krayewski | 5.21.2012 12:29 PM

The TSA Can't Say Whether Full-Body Scanners Work, Because Its Failures Are Classified

Jacob Sullum | 5.18.2012 2:49 PM

Jacob Sullum Discusses the Right to Record Cops on RT

Reason Staff | 5.18.2012 11:58 AM

Charles Krauthammer Goes "Hard Left" and Rants Against Domestic Drones: Or, Killing People Abroad is Okay, But Spying at Home is Wrong

Lucy Steigerwald | 5.16.2012 10:30 PM

Federal Judge Allows Class Action Challenging the NYPD's Stop-and-Frisk Program

Jacob Sullum | 5.16.2012 6:11 PM

Lucy Steigerwald Confiscated Cell Phones at an Obama Donor Dinner with Alyona

Reason Staff | 5.16.2012 12:00 AM

Court Says NSA Doesn't Have to Disclose Its Relationship With Google

J.D. Tuccille | 5.15.2012 7:34 PM

The First Amendment vs. the War on Cameras

Damon Root | 5.14.2012 5:43 PM

Bloomberg Likens the NYPD's 'Stop and Frisk' Program to Random DUI Checkpoints

Jacob Sullum | 5.11.2012 4:36 PM

Science & Technology

Twitter Goes to Court To Defend User Privacy

J.D. Tuccille | 5.9.2012 3:51 PM

7th Circuit Orders Injunction Against Illinois Ban on Recording Cops

Jacob Sullum | 5.8.2012 7:45 PM

Your Daily Dystopia: Drone Edition

Jesse Walker | 5.8.2012 8:58 AM

Cops in Cruisers Sniff Out Cars Carrying Pot Smokers

Jacob Sullum | 5.4.2012 11:37 AM

Ed Markey Looks Into Warrantless Cellphone Tracking

Jacob Sullum | 5.3.2012 2:48 PM

How Dharun Ravi's Prosecutors Turned a Minor, Nonviolent Offense Into a Felony Subject to a 10-Year Prison Sentence

Jacob Sullum | 5.2.2012 2:50 PM

Reason.tv: Schools Use GPS Uniforms to Track Students! (Nanny of the Month, April 2012)

Ted Balaker | 5.1.2012 11:09 AM

Schools Use GPS Uniforms to Track Students! (Nanny of the Month, April 2012)

Reason Staff | 5.1.2012 7:30 AM

Every Move You Make

How new surveillance technologies threaten privacy

Jacob Sullum | 4.30.2012 12:00 PM

Rick Scott's Thirst for Urine Will Remain Unslaked

Jacob Sullum | 4.27.2012 12:50 PM

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