Surveillance

Domestic spying

Mitch McConnell: USA FREEDOM Act Would Be 'Tying Our Hands Behind Our Back.' Yes, That's Actually the Point of It.

Ronald Bailey | 11.18.2014 4:02 PM

Politics

Former Cop Earns Federal Indictment for Teaching How to Pass a Polygraph!

Nick Gillespie | 11.17.2014 10:02 AM

Politics

Americans Trust Government Less and Less Because We Know More and More About How It Operates

Nick Gillespie | 11.16.2014 10:09 AM

Rand Paul

Rand Paul Gives Thumbs Down to Weaker NSA Reform Bill

Scott Shackford | 11.14.2014 4:00 PM

Edward Snowden

For Thanksgiving: Go See Citizenfour!

Ronald Bailey | 11.14.2014 12:23 PM

Surveillance

Feds Engage in Massive Spying on Americans' Cellphones from the Air

Ronald Bailey | 11.14.2014 11:01 AM

Politics

Run the Jewels Talks About Gun Rights, Government Surveillance, and the Political Power of Big Beats

Reason has a conversation with "top tag team for two summers."

Rob Montz | 11.11.2014 8:30 AM

Surveillance

Harvard Secretly Photographs Undergrads

Reason Staff | 11.6.2014 4:00 PM

NSA

Appeals Court Hears NSA Mass Surveillance Arguments

Battle over whether it is constitutional

Reason Staff | 11.4.2014 3:55 PM

Surveillance

New UK Spy Chief Dismisses Privacy, Demands "New Deal" for Surveillance

For public safety, natch

Reason Staff | 11.4.2014 8:38 AM

Civil Liberties

Postal Service Mail-Tracking: Three Big Questions

Inspector general's report finds that postal workers screw up even creepy surveillance.

Kevin Kosar | 11.4.2014 7:00 AM

Public schools

ACLU and EFF Call Out Tennessee School District for Violating Students' Constitutional Rights

Lucian McMahon | 11.3.2014 4:05 PM

Civil Liberties

School Paid Ex-FBI Agent $157,000 to Spy on Kids' Facebook Pages

Robby Soave | 11.3.2014 12:13 PM

Civil Liberties

Carry Me Back

Charles Oliver | 10.31.2014 6:00 AM

Civil Liberties

Brickbat: Carry Me Back

Charles Oliver | 10.31.2014 6:00 AM

Surveillance

Feds Bugged Sharyl Attkisson's Computer

"Worse than anything Nixon ever did."

Reason Staff | 10.28.2014 4:15 PM

Policy

You Look Too Calm. What Are You, a Terrorist? Now You Look Nervous, Terrorist.

Zenon Evans | 10.28.2014 2:12 PM

Department of Homeland Security

Have the Feds Tracked Down the Terror Watchlist Guidance Leaker?

Scott Shackford | 10.27.2014 4:35 PM

Civil Liberties

Maybe Your Kid Won't Be Ear-Tagged After All. Student-Tracking Loses Favor.

J.D. Tuccille | 10.27.2014 3:56 PM

Politics

Ready for Cops to Check You for Explosives, Chicago CTA Riders?

Zenon Evans | 10.24.2014 5:40 PM

Surveillance

Rep. King: U.S. Needs To 'Go All Out With Surveillance' Of Muslims

Today in terrible, no good, unconstitutional ideas.

Reason Staff | 10.24.2014 4:30 PM

Politics

'Omnipresence': The NYPD's New Secret Orwellian Tactic

Anthony Fisher | 10.23.2014 1:21 PM

Edward Snowden

NSA Groupie Rep. Mike Rogers Wants Edward Snowden Charged with Murder

Scott Shackford | 10.22.2014 5:30 PM

Politics

NSA Opponent Mark Udall Could Lose Senate Seat

Lucian McMahon | 10.20.2014 3:59 PM

NSA

NSA Investigating Current Official's Work With Ex-Chief's Lucrative New Firm

Yet, they somehow don't know if the two are actually working together.

Zenon Evans | 10.20.2014 3:10 PM

Politics

Live Today at 12 Noon ET: Edward Snowden Interviewed by Lawrence Lessig

Nick Gillespie | 10.20.2014 11:13 AM

Civil Liberties

Your Driving History is Public, Unless You Want a Copy

Patrick Hannaford | 10.16.2014 4:35 PM

Republican Party

4 Ways Republicans Are Full of Shit

Jason Keisling and J.D. Tuccille | 10.16.2014 2:30 PM

Civil Liberties

Florida Supreme Court Rules Cell Phone Location Data Protected by 4th Amendment

Reason Staff | 10.16.2014 12:50 PM

Politics

Google Warns That NSA Is Breaking Internet

Lucian McMahon | 10.10.2014 3:39 PM

Policy

Feds: If FBI Conducted Warrantless Hack of Silk Road, It Was Legal Because Servers Were Foreign

Zenon Evans | 10.8.2014 2:55 PM

Civil Liberties

Intrusive National Security Letters Get Appeals Court Scrutiny

J.D. Tuccille | 10.8.2014 12:08 PM

Civil Liberties

Gay Egyptians Worry the Government Has Been Using a Hookup App to Track Them

Grindr: tool of the state?

Jesse Walker | 10.7.2014 12:50 PM

Policy

Law Enforcement Keeps Defending ComputerCOP Spyware, Will Distribute Until Someone Gets Hurt

Zenon Evans | 10.7.2014 11:35 AM

Politics

Lindsey Graham 'Nowhere Near' a Presidential Run, Lucky for Us All

Patrick Hannaford | 10.6.2014 4:44 PM

Politics

Senator Exploits JP Morgan Data Breach to Push Surveillance Bill

Zenon Evans | 10.6.2014 3:45 PM

Civil Liberties

Librarians Mount Defense Against Government Surveillance

Lucian McMahon | 10.6.2014 3:32 PM

Policy

Sheriff Says 'ComputerCOP' Spyware Isn't Spyware. If You Disagree You're a 'Liberal' Who Supports Murderers and Pedophiles

Zenon Evans | 10.3.2014 1:20 PM

Civil Liberties

Cops Distribute 'Internet Safety Software' That's Actually Unsafe Spyware

Zenon Evans | 10.1.2014 6:00 PM

Politics

Eric Holder is a Back Door Man (Tech Edition)

Nick Gillespie | 10.1.2014 10:11 AM

Policy

This Speed Camera Handed Out $77,550 Worth of Tickets in One Day

Zenon Evans | 9.29.2014 2:40 PM

Politics

Free Speech at Risk in Australia, Thanks to Terrible New Counter-Terrorism Bill

Patrick Hannaford | 9.26.2014 4:19 PM

Policy

Cops Must Promise to Keep Secrets for FBI, FCC Phone Snooping Tech

Zenon Evans | 9.24.2014 6:15 PM

Surveillance

Smartphone Experiment Shows How Your Metadata Tells Your Story

Scott Shackford | 9.15.2014 10:50 AM

Politics

Obama's ISIS War Already Hits Home: DHS Tells Retailers to Spy on You

Zenon Evans | 9.12.2014 12:20 PM

Surveillance

$250,000 a Day: That's the Fine the Feds Threatened Yahoo With for Resisting Data Demands

Scott Shackford | 9.11.2014 5:12 PM

Surveillance

Blocking Google Glass, Drone, and Wireless Microphone Snoops: Cyborg Unplug

Ronald Bailey | 9.10.2014 3:07 PM