on remand, jury must be instructed that it has to determine (among other things) whether the defendant “reasonably believed the conversation was not confidential.”
Plus: Elon Musk accuses the SEC of trying to silence him, Elizabeth Warren gets her antitrust wish, and more...
It probably won't save any children, but it might mean the end of encrypted messaging.
Plus: Spike in people who want less immigration, gun enforcement won't stop violent crime, the Palin libel trial, and more...
“We totally stalked what they were doing on Google,” one teacher said.
Facial recognition software can secretly surveil and is subject to error.
In a program separate from the ones disclosed by Edward Snowden, we see more mass secret domestic data collection.
Regarding the authoritarian country's central bank digital currency, you do not, under any circumstances, “gotta hand it to them.”
“After accepting a ‘friend’ request from the officer, the defendant published a video recording to his social media account that featured an individual seen from the chest down holding what appeared to be a firearm. The undercover officer made his own recording of the posting, which later was used in criminal proceedings against the defendant.” No Fourth Amendment violation, says Massachusetts high court.
A Scottish man was just convicted for tweeting an insult about a dead person. The authorities already have too much power to censor.
Plus: What the U.S. should do about Ukraine, America’s geriatric music market, and more…
British police want greater surveillance powers and they’re willing to destroy everybody’s cybersecurity to get them.
Particular twists: "A right to use rights-protecting technologies?" and "constitutional rights to technologies that protect other constitutional rights."
Social media accounts are windows into your activities, and the cops are watching.
“During discovery, plaintiff shall not inquire of the defendant concerning his prior sexual or romantic experiences ... with anyone unless the identity of the person ... has been disclosed by the [person] or otherwise become public, in either case in connection with a claim, published report in mainstream media, or public allegation that any such sexual or romantic experience or encounter was not in all respects consensual.”
WhatsApp and iMessage are not as private as you might think.
Even when you're not wearing it.
Soviet rule promised abundance. Instead it brought misery and starvation.
Do Americans have a right to know the extent that the government surveils them?
When "protecting users' safety" actually means the opposite
With “keyword warrants,” anyone who queries certain terms on search engines will get caught in the surveillance dragnet.
More than 400 problems were found with 29 warrant requests, twice the number previously revealed.
Protecting citizens from intrusive government surveillance is a virtue well worth signaling.
We were warned about the dangerous power of the USA PATRIOT Act. Edward Snowden proved that critics were justified.
An encryption back door will lead to abusive authoritarian surveillance—even if you present it as a way to stop child porn.
Breaking encryption technologies always makes us less safe, no matter what the justification.
The law just addresses use of individuals' data by private companies, carving out exceptions for government harvesting of data.
Mandates, instead of incentives, were always going to drive people away.
Gov. Ron DeSantis' embrace of the law contradicts his avowed commitment to economic freedom.
The sheriff's predictive policing program has caused more problems than it's solved.
The warrant affidavit made generalized accusations against U.S. Private Vaults' customers but provided no evidence of criminal wrongdoing by individuals whose assets have been seized.
Los Angeles County is largely vaccinated. This is a punitive, authoritarian performance.
After getting called out for a "manifestly inadequate" attempt at establishing probable cause for the seizure, the feds now say they will return Joseph Ruiz' money.
Regulating privacy protections would put the public at greater risk than criminals.
An onslaught of antitrust and data-security crackdowns have threatened the country's biggest ride-sharing platforms, cryptocurrency exchanges, and messaging services.
Reason has joined a new legal effort seeking to force the government to unseal warrants justifying the FBI's seizure of more than 600 safe deposit boxes.
Plus: Whistleblower on drone killings sentenced to federal prison, Biden carries on Trump's legacy on trade and immigration, and more...
Watch what happens when the drive for government surveillance meets longstanding technological ignorance.
Government domination of education has bred distrust and conflict.
Some agencies don't even know ways their employees are using facial recognition.
The ION project promises to give individual users absolute control over their online identity and privacy.
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