The hawkish defender of Guantanamo Bay and the post-9/11 security state worries President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown is threatening civil liberties.
The former FBI director's cringey Instagram photos are not an "exigent circumstance" that allows law enforcement to circumvent the Constitution.
The immigration agency has reportedly gained access to a private database designed to fight insurance fraud.
Why Edward Snowden deserves not only a presidential pardon, but a hero's welcome home.
America is slipping steadily down the slippery slope to a surveillance state.
More government agencies are using facial recognition for enforcement than ever before.
Officials at the border have the power to paw through sensitive data on your phone.
A lawsuit against the genomics company "imposes top-down restrictions" rather than "establishing clear rules" or "letting companies equip individuals with better tools to manage their privacy," says one expert.
Partly from coercion and partly by choice, many banks and social media businesses impose severe gun controls
Flock Safety’s 40,000 cameras present in over 5,000 communities across the U.S. are being used to detain undocumented immigrants, many of whom have no criminal history.
The FBI spied on the civil rights leader for years. Would releasing its surveillance files just be a further violation of King's privacy, or would it make future abuses less likely?
In 1968, the feds thought that the boxing champion—and future grill salesman—could be a potent weapon against the left.
If you think the government will only use these tools to track illegal immigrants, think again.
A camera network developed to help find missing cars and persons is now being used for immigration enforcement.
To make us safer, the feds required standardized ID and one-stop shopping for identity thieves.
Although the AI-generated surveillance of the public has been paused, the program continues to send automatic alerts to the Louisiana State Police and federal authorities.
The Big Sky State becomes the first to close the "data broker loophole" allowing the government to get private information without a warrant.
A Supreme Court case could determine whether Americans own their digital data—or whether the government can take that information without a warrant.
The temporary restraining order allows time to challenge burdensome reporting requirement.
The law was passed 20 years ago, and enforcement finally looms.
The feds are rapidly deploying artificial intelligence across spy agencies. What could go wrong?
No, not even if you do it in a county that borders Mexico.
Thousands of people have lost their bank accounts over "suspicious" activity. Here's what to do if it happens to you.
For all the money spent on it, the gunshot detection system has a spotty record at best.
Public records obtained by the Electronic Frontier Foundation show how sensitive police databases are used and abused.
The Bank Secrecy Act regime forces banks to report customers to the government for an ever-growing list of “red flags.”
The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board should be Trump's ally in a battle against the deep state. So why is he undermining it?
With a name inspired by a controversial police surveillance technology, Bop Spotter scans the streets for ambient tunes.
Administrators say AI surveillance tech helps struggling students get care. But false alarms are common.
Body camera footage shows Pasco County deputies harassing families and threatening them with code violations because one of them was placed on a "prolific offender" list.
Trump's picks for FBI director and Middle East adviser buck his trend of appointing superhawks.
Ending these unaccountable agencies would safeguard civil liberties and improve intelligence gathering.
A new "inactivity reboot" protects data from thieves and helps preserve due process.
Supposedly targeted at immigrants and travelers, the program endangers everybody’s liberty.
Michiganders had to choose between a hawkish Democrat with an intelligence background and a hawkish Republican with an intelligence background for Senate.
Federal agents are allowed to search private property without a warrant under this Prohibition-era Supreme Court precedent.
Decades of border surveillance programs have spent billions of dollars but achieved little.
Two Harvard undergrads give us a glimpse of the surveillance future.
A backdoor for anybody is a backdoor for everybody.
We can't stop technological advancement, but we should limit government misuse of it.
The government needs a warrant to spy on you. So agencies are paying tech companies to do it instead.
Personal data retained by government or private entities are always at risk of compromise, misuse, or access by law enforcement.
A lawyer who should know better wants to ignore the history of snooping cops to fight guns and crime.
Argentina's self-proclaimed libertarian president touts a crime-fighting plan that sounds like Minority Report.
Warrantless surveillance, Comic Con "sex trafficking," and the persistence of trafficking myths
Robert Williams was arrested in 2020 after facial recognition software incorrectly identified him as the person responsible for a Detroit-area shoplifting incident.
Scott wrote about the ways people resist authority—and the unmapped territories where much of that resistance takes place.
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