U.K. Pols Still Devoted to Destroying Citizens' Encryption, Privacy, and Security
Government would be able to demand tech companies provide data access.
Government would be able to demand tech companies provide data access.
On immigration, surveillance, torture, and press freedom, Trump's ideas are not just bad-they're unconstitutional.
Coalition of 25 bipartisan lawmakers organizes against unwarranted surveillance and data collection.
Anti-transparency measure undermines the purpose of cop cameras, according to advocates.
Keep calm and accept 24/7 surveillance.
A new book by a Wired senior editor makes the case
It's not about fighting terrorism; it's about finding leakers.
Obama's former chief speechwriter goes to bat against information leakers.
Reason TV sits down with Jon Favreau for a spirited discussion of Trump's rhetoric and Obama's record on mass surveillance, whistleblowers, drugs, & drones.
Attempt to expand unwarranted FBI surveillance authority fails (barely) in Senate.
Government report expresses concerns about accuracy, privacy, and transparency.
'You can't waive the Fourth Amendment just because it's not convenient,' says Massie.
We don't need a 'broader database.' And have we already forgotten about fusion centers?
Demands for encryption back doors removed, sort of.
'I don't want to see him in prison.'
An attempt to secretly expand what can be gathered with National Security Letters
The $4 trillion war on terror: Where did the money go?
But didn't disguise it very well
Download malware? The feds may use that as an excuse to infiltrate your computer as well.
Police in the U.K. and U.S. have used facial recognition technology on concertgoers.
'Shared Responsibility Committees' recruit neighbors to provide info-often with little training.
In the name of cyberbullying and suicide prevention, unintended consequences are not being considered.
The NSA laments what is a positive development for individual privacy and security.
The Shared Committees Responsibility program is surveillance masquerading as community service for Muslims.
The Shared Responsibility Committees program will force ordinary Muslims to spy on their own communities
The people who say they "have nothing to hide" are the most skittish about commenting on controversial topics on social media.
Ruling establishes that people have expectation of physical location privacy.
The presidential candidate's plan to snoop on Muslims is neither fair nor smart.
(Spoiler: It alienated people and didn't uncover radicals.)
More reasons to be skeptical of demands for encryption back doors.
Larry Fly, the forgotten hero who refused to illegally wiretap Americans
Also contend some of their work is 'classified'
Maryland legislators want to limit the use of listening devices on public buses.
Tor Project insists those vulnerabilities are not longer exploitable by law enforcement.
This is why you shouldn't accept the FBI's 'just one phone' decryption argument.
The national security whistleblower talks to the Free State Project from an undisclosed location in Russia.
Would the government really limit itself to just this one terrorist iPhone? Tune into Kennedy on Fox Business Network; replay at midnight
Which side are you on? Government spies or corporate guardians?
The Kentucky senator encouraged his fellow Republicans to be more consistently skeptical of big government.
But it does make it harder to conduct blanket surveillance-which may be what officials are really after.
The need for information about possible internal threats creates some predictably twisted incentives.
Something to keep an eye on as body camera programs are implemented.
Officials don't seem to care if you're more vulnerable to criminals if it helps their pet causes.
We can blame last summer's Office of Personnel Management hack on good, old-fashioned bureaucratic incompetence-not a lack of CISA-style "information sharing."
More bumbling around tech privacy issues
The USA Freedom Act wouldn't have happened without the leaks.
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