Federal Agencies Are Still Using Our Phones as Tracking Beacons
Our mobile devices constantly snitch on our whereabouts.
Our mobile devices constantly snitch on our whereabouts.
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Politicians lean on the financial industry to target activities they don’t like.
Officials shield government abuses from litigation by claiming “national security.” The Supreme Court declined to weigh in.
The government is refining its ability to track your movements with little discussion.
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These days, he may run for president. His politics have changed.
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They both share in their authoritarian desires to censor online speech and violate citizen privacy.
Thousands of local, state, and federal law-enforcers have access to sensitive financial data.
Eliminating privacy in schools would be a disaster for academic freedom and social development.
An op-ed in The New York Times tries to make the case that the Chinese Communist Party is a worthy partner in raising children.
Part of a law that authorizes warrantless snooping is about to expire, opening up a opportunity to better protect our privacy rights.
Intelligence-gathering “fusion centers” repeatedly abuse civil liberties without making us safer.
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The first FBI director wasn't all bad (or a cross-dresser). But he and the agency he created regularly flouted constitutional limits on power.
The first FBI director wasn't a cross-dresser, says a new biography, but he was often quick to flout constitutional limits on state power.
A surveillance state is no less tyrannical when the snoops really believe it's for your own protection.
The director worries that the public doesn't trust his spy agency.
Once the government has an excuse to electronically track everywhere you've been and everyone you've been near, abuses are predictable.
Kelly Conlon's bizarre experience gives a glimpse into a future with omnipresent facial recognition systems.
Senator Warren wants to extend the financial surveillance state cooked up by drug warriors and anti-terrorism fearmongers to cryptocurrencies.
Report: “Half of democratic governments around the world are in decline.”
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Photos and information you store on iCloud will be safer from hackers, spies, and the government.
The San Francisco Police Department assured the public it had "no plans to arm robots with guns." But assurances aren't guarantees.
A precedent set in the January 6 prosecutions could be dangerous to the public.
How a Prohibition-era legal precedent allows warrantless surveillance on private property.
This surveillance would be unconstitutional—and there’s no reason to believe it will make anyone safer.
The Atlas of Surveillance lets us monitor the agencies that snoop on the public.
The bill would amp up surveillance while doing little to actually protect anyone.
The CCP’s tyranny extends even to U.S. college campuses, where Chinese and Taiwanese students fear censorship.
The Institute for Justice argues evidence from warrantless searches can’t be used for zoning enforcement.
A new ordinance passed by the city's Board of Supervisors allows police to request live access to private security cameras even for misdemeanor violations.
Politicians bypass hard legislative work and constitutional protections to target activities they don’t like.
Data collection is not the same as surveillance.
When taxing authorities get more resources and power, they will find ways to make everyone pay more.
The law has been abused to prosecute citizens for reasons other than spying. But there are better examples than Trump to highlight problems.
A mother-daughter arrest in Nebraska was fueled in part by unencrypted Facebook messages police accessed through a warrant.
Evidence turned over in a lawsuit shows that wildlife officers set up a trail camera at a private club to surveil hunters who may be breaking state laws.
After Amazon admitted it gives Ring footage to police departments upon "emergency" request, San Francisco Mayor London Breed wants cops to be able to access any camera at any time.
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The surveillance state’s appetite for sensitive information is dangerous under any flag.