Privacy

Politics

Wait and Hurry Up

The artificial panic behind the rush to extend the PATRIOT Act

Jacob Sullum | 6.1.2011 7:00 AM

Politics

'It's Almost As If There Are Two PATRIOT Acts'

Jacob Sullum | 5.31.2011 4:38 PM

Politics

Reason Writers Around Town: Block Big Brother's Internet Snoops

Reason Staff | 5.27.2011 9:07 AM

Policy

The FBI Cracks Down on Little Old Ladies With Plastic Bags

Jacob Sullum | 5.26.2011 2:01 PM

Politics

Go Ahead and Mess With Texas; It's Run by Pussies

Jacob Sullum | 5.26.2011 12:24 PM

Politics

Big Brother Is Watching You

Overreaching law enforcement puts privacy rights at risk.

A. Barton Hinkle | 5.25.2011 4:30 PM

Politics

Feds Threaten No-Fly Zone Over Texas

Jacob Sullum | 5.25.2011 1:46 PM

Politics

Would Meek Compliance Have Saved Jason Kemp's Life?

Jacob Sullum | 5.25.2011 12:08 PM

Politics

Home Insecurity

Two privacy rulings hit us where we live.

Jacob Sullum | 5.25.2011 7:00 AM

Politics

The Supreme Court's Advice About the Fourth Amendment: Use It or Lose It

Jacob Sullum | 5.23.2011 3:41 PM

Politics

"Why Should Fourth Amendment Protections Be Lessened to Prevent the Destruction of Evidence?"

Damon Root | 5.18.2011 2:39 PM

Politics

No Right to Resist Rogue Cops in Indiana

Jacob Sullum | 5.18.2011 11:12 AM

Politics

Camera Surveillance and GPS Tracking: Public Yet Private

Jacob Sullum | 5.12.2011 1:19 PM

Policy

DOJ Wants to Make ISPs Keep Data on Your Internet Use

Jacob Sullum | 5.11.2011 12:18 PM

Civil Liberties

Is It Hard to Put a Rubber Stamp on an Email?

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 5.9.2011 11:42 AM

Policy

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