Privacy

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Reason Writers on Varney & Co.: Matt Welch Talks Digital Medical Records on Fox Business Network

Reason Staff | 5.6.2011 4:35 PM

Policy

The Cost of Getting Bin Laden

Lost lives, lost dollars, and lost liberty

Andrea Rich | 5.4.2011 12:00 PM

Politics

The Smell of Privacy

Jacob Sullum | 4.22.2011 5:44 PM

Policy

Watch the Watchmen

It shouldn't be a crime to record the cops.

John Stossel | 4.21.2011 12:00 PM

Politics

Gun Owners Have a Right to Privacy

The government has no business infringing on our Second Amendment rights.

John Stossel | 4.7.2011 12:00 PM

Policy

Timothy Lee on the FTC's Do Not Track Regulations: "The devil is in the details of what it means to track you."

Peter Suderman | 3.18.2011 4:00 PM

Policy

Former Police Commissioner Explains Why Cops Lie

Jacob Sullum | 3.18.2011 1:11 PM

Politics

The Mind of a Police Dog

How misconceptions about dogs can lead to abuse of humans

Radley Balko | 2.21.2011 12:00 PM

Policy

Police Cameras and Crime

Can a surveillance state make us safer?

Steve Chapman | 2.21.2011 7:00 AM

Politics

Hillary Clinton and the U.S. Government: Love the Twitter, Hate the Tweet

Brian Doherty | 2.16.2011 1:40 PM

Politics

What Happens When You Insist on Your 5th Amendment Rights to Not Answer Questions or Show Your Papers to Immigration Cops in an Empty Desert Somewhere?

Matt Welch | 1.27.2011 10:54 AM

Civil Liberties

Being Smart With Your Smartphone, Police Search Edition

Brian Doherty | 1.19.2011 7:15 PM

Politics

A Drug-Sniffing Coin Would Be Cheaper

Jacob Sullum | 1.6.2011 5:00 PM

Politics

California Supreme Court: Cell Phone Searches Don't Need a Warrant

Brian Doherty | 1.5.2011 12:56 PM

Politics

Minnesota Tenants Challenge Nosy Housing Inspectors

Jacob Sullum | 12.29.2010 4:31 PM

Politics

Follow the Bouncing Buck

The year's highlights in blame shifting

Jacob Sullum | 12.29.2010 7:00 AM

Policy

How to Record the Cops

A guide to keeping law enforcement accountable

Radley Balko | 12.21.2010 7:00 AM

Politics

The SWAT Team Would Like to See Your Alcohol Permit

How police use regulatory inspections to conduct warrantless searches

Radley Balko | 12.13.2010 12:00 PM

Politics

Don't Scan Me Because I'm Beautiful

Jacob Sullum | 12.8.2010 6:51 PM

Politics

The WikiLeaks Debate

Julian Assange is neither a hero nor a villain.

Ken Kurson | 12.3.2010 10:30 AM

Politics

Naked Truth

Are travelers happy to bare all in the name of homeland security?

Jacob Sullum | 12.1.2010 7:00 AM

Policy

TSA Today: The Thoughtless, Dataless Panopticon

Brian Doherty | 11.30.2010 1:15 PM

Politics

Diplomats Fret About German Classical Liberals

Jesse Walker | 11.30.2010 12:32 PM

Politics

Opt-Out Cop-Out

Jacob Sullum | 11.29.2010 2:41 PM

Politics

TSA Chief: We Don't Do Body Cavities

Jacob Sullum | 11.22.2010 4:39 PM

Politics

Editorial Boards to the Little People Complaining About the TSA: Bend Over and Take it Like a Man!

Matt Welch | 11.22.2010 1:46 PM

Politics

FBI to Facebook: More Privacy Breaches, Please

Jesse Walker | 11.17.2010 9:42 AM

Policy

Get the Government Out of Our Pants

Has the Transportation Security Administration finally gone too far?

Steve Chapman | 11.15.2010 7:00 AM

Policy

The TSA: They're Laughing At You, Not With You

Brian Doherty | 11.12.2010 2:10 PM

Nanny State

Do You Have Any DHS Agents On Your Friends List?

Armin Rosen | 10.18.2010 1:26 PM

Politics

How to Record the Cops

A guide to the technology for keeping government accountable

Radley Balko | 9.20.2010 12:00 PM

Politics

The Fourth Amendment: It Has Got to be About More than Privacy

Brian Doherty | 9.13.2010 4:06 PM

Policy

'I'm Not Going to Be Interrogated As a Pre-Condition of Re-Entering My Own Country'

Jacob Sullum | 9.8.2010 5:42 PM

Politics

Do Police Need a Warrant for GPS Tracking?

Jacob Sullum | 8.25.2010 11:56 AM

Politics

She Could Have Given Someone a Nasty Paper Cut With Those Checks

Jacob Sullum | 8.20.2010 3:40 PM

Politics

Former Homeland Security Adviser Explains Why He Admires the UAE's Dictators

Jacob Sullum | 8.11.2010 5:27 PM

Politics

Take a Picture—It'll Last Longer

Jacob Sullum | 8.5.2010 3:00 PM

Policy

We Want to Clarify That Our Authority Is Vague

Jacob Sullum | 7.30.2010 2:10 PM

Politics

Reason Morning Links: Oil, Water, Tea, and Coke

Jesse Walker | 7.29.2010 8:08 AM

Politics

Stevens Calls the Right to Arms a 'Property Right' (for Him, the Ultimate Insult)

Jacob Sullum | 6.29.2010 4:20 PM

Politics

Secret Watchdogs

WikiLeaks and similar sites are a check on institutional misbehavior.

Jesse Walker | 6.17.2010 4:30 PM

Policy

Orrin Hatch: Drug-test Welfare Recipients

Matt Welch | 6.16.2010 11:28 AM

Science & Technology

Pennsylvania AG Sought to Anonymously Out Anonymous Critics

Peter Suderman | 6.9.2010 4:53 PM

Politics

Terrorists Stole My Pre-Paid Cell Phone

Matt Welch | 6.7.2010 7:44 AM

Politics

Teachers Accused of Poisoning Kids' Minds With Constitutional Law

Jacob Sullum | 5.28.2010 3:36 PM